New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
COUNT KARL BONDE HERE
His Family Furnished Sweden
with Her Patron Saint.

Copyright 1911 by the brentwood Comrauy}
Count Karl Ronde, who arrived IN this
country last Tuesday on board the Kaiser
Wilhelm II, and who 5 staying at the
Hotel Gotham with his nephew, Nils Flor
man. recently Tilted by Miss Helena stailo.
daughter Of Edmund X. Stallo, Of New
York, and granddaughter of the late Al
eXaE6er Macdonald. the Standard oil man.
OF Cincinnati. is one of the greatest mobiles
OF Sweden, and three years ago was Sc
leuted by the present King OF Sweden 90
notify his accession TO the throne 10 the
foreign powers OF Europe. .u the capacity
OF special ambassador. lie is the owner
OF Ericsberg. a magnificent chateau, situ-
ated at "a distance of some miles from
Stockholm, in the midst Of an estate eX-
tending over an area OF afty thousand
acres. The park around the chateau is
creation of lie No-re. who designed the
gardens OF the Palace Of Versailles.
Ericsberg has been for hundreds Of years
ir the possession OF the Bonde family
being filed from cellar TO garnet with price
less treasures Of art and history, among
them the throne OF Charles VIII, which oc-
cuuies conspicuous position in the grand
salon The chateau rs particularly famous
FOR lis wonderful collection Of books and
nauuscriuts. which include the correspond
euce and the records of the Counts and
ra~ors Borde. as well as of other Swed-
isl mobiles related % the family. who held
high office in the service Of the crown IN
III. fftt4nrn. sixteenth, seventeenth d"1
e.ehteentn centuries. Among others theIe
are "a number OF letters Of Cardinal Rche-
lieu. King Gustavus Adolphus, the hero or
Che Thirty Years War. Cardinal MazarlH
and Frederick the Great. worthy guardian
OF an these literary treasures, Count hA't
Bonde has published many volumes Oh 0o-
Yespordcnee and of dnecdote. especlaAE Oh
the reieu of Gistavus ILL.,
There are few families who have played
q more notable role in the history ot
sweden than that of Bonde. for IL has fur
n.shed not only numerous archbishops, field
uarsheIs. admirals. premiers and grano
se-escaals 90 the kingdom, but two kings
one Of whom is the national saint-nameiy,
ST. Eric. who reigned over Sweden from
-l71 go 1l6o-and Charles VIII who ruled
from 148S TO 14-o. In the seventeenth cen
r.rv Baron Gustav Bonde was president OF
-re Council IF Regency during the minority
Of Charles III A Count Charles Bonde was
.re pienipotentiarv Of Sweden az the court
OF Versailles IN the reign Of Louis XIV. and
a Gustav B0nde was grand chamberlain o.
the court OF stockholm 10 the last Of thc
vasa Kings of Sweden. no the beginning
Of the nineteenth century. The father OF
Count Kari Bonde was special amnas~ /
sa5or to notify the foreign powers OF the /
accession 70 the throne Of Charles NN. uncle 1
Of The present King.
7 hear that the counts voyage across the I
Atlantic and his arrival i'm America are /
due 20 his complete amazement az the idea /
that "a nephew Of his should have been re-
rarde5 as disqualified from marrying the .
daughter of Edmund X. Stallo. This has /
a-nea~ed SO inconceivable 20 Count Bonde I
That he has come 10 the United states 10 /
obtain an explanation and TO right his /
yr1ue kinsman.s Q II seems strange, however |
that this should have been necessary, for /
any one at the Swedish Legation at Wash /
.r-t0n could have furnished all the neces- /
-.r- information concerning young Mis- /
Trrmau. If his relationship 20 the historic /
house 0f B0nde and Of the place occupied /
-v the latter not only in Sweden. but, in /
deed. everywhere iu Europe.