The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-26
n,lA MAnu,l>E Do ,,oNrnNo,

~ IS 10 Berthe. Con,csse IA Gin
7 $hamp WHO died ten days ago at
L n ,.eE PLACE near Cllantllly that tic
Trench nation Or rather he Inst!.
ute oi France is indebted for tic pos
session OF tie SUPERB chaltau Of Chan-
MY. WIN ttS vast park ana lake ana
archroiogN o history and ~ lltera,,
ture. which the palncr contains 1t !S
.oI this r"as0n Lat none ~ tie meui-
.pcrs Or the royal house ~ Orleans were
present q, her ob5r,lii.e l'or they
.kneW in!l wcli that il WAY at tho liz
stance OF Nine. d. c'l.nciamp ili;lt HtIle
ully 20 tie Institute of France. ana
Trey bitterly resented tile alienation.
noi only of the great estate itself, but
Sill more q tile innumeraile family
drs 81 which che duke was thc etisto-
clan. Conlrary 10 general Dclcf Nine
GefCltnehanp Vas MOI tlio l)uc dAu-
i =, mprHan NJ l'e wife Nor Was slie
ne !ati.E portion OF his life tire ,i.is-
trcSs Of his lo!fln SHE WAS tile dnitsilt-
was the secretall ana render III tho
pucneSse d'Mtinule. ANA at tht age of
seventeen on lea Ning school! Went 10
i iivc VIII hcl, mother ana 10 nsss,
IWickenhHin. where i lle Duc ana e,uci-
eSSc d'Aumale. cSilcd from Frame. ~
lr revolution Of 1873 than inhde ,hrii
home. When i!er mo,ier died lie TOOK
irt place rs secretary 70 lie diichrl
and when the duchess in tynn dIcd Iii.
,ypccmeer $50. q few months before
I ne onthrsak OF the whr between
Gl'nchamp was retained as Il member
OF the household. III order % act IL
iauy III waiting TO the duchess s
moi her the Princcssc dc Snlc!rr
The princcssc ic Saiernc MAS Il
Ireadfo Old woman Sh,. was All
WaSs erccnttici ana in the latter wears
OF ncr lie her oddities developed into
g,.,
character, demanding tho most constant
care ana attention she WAS is Birth
- ,!,s, nv. Maria clementine u
not Of Queen Marie Antoinctte. #as hnk
been stated elsewhere. but Of Js,i,n,os,
Marie Louise Of France and 81 any
pnernr refdinand ]. Of Austria: an aunt
/, thcrci ore. u i:npcror Francis Joseph
Aftcr the war Of 1870, the princes nf
Inc House OF Orleans were permitted To
,edl to Mranse; The pqc dAnmnlc
while Ills mothcr-in law the PrimcesSc
dc Saicrne, was established in the
neishborins chateau Of 81. l'irmin with
Milo. dc Clinclinmp as lady in wait
ing, ana as mistress OF the house
mold, in reality. however as the craZy
old archduchess'S wararess. The prin-
cessc de Saleinc survived he, son in
laws return 10 France for some eleven
years. dying IN the carly eighties hay.
ing survived her husband, Leopold Of
RuuVbon. Prince Of Salcrne, ana one .
i.
OF Naples, ana OF Queen Caroline l,y
over thirty years. Anoug tho Visitors
TO the Princess Of Salcrne during the
last ten Years Of her life Al the chateau
or ST. Fimnn Was her niece, tile late
Empress Elizabeth OF Austria who was
50 murli moved b. the tender care be-
slowed upon the princess by Milo dc
Ciinrhamn. ana hy the gloom If such
an existence, tha' She bestowed upon her.
the coveted order Of the star Cross
and induced her husband Emperor
l'rancis ioserh, to create Milo. dc Gin
champ {; countess of the Austrian en-
pirc. She presented both the patent or
countess and The insignia OF the Order
OF the Star Cross. 10 Mile. dc Clnchaiup
IN person. on one Of her last visits
by the time that. the Princess dc
Salernc had been laid TO hcr much need
cd rest. the Contcsac dc Ciinchanp'S
black hair had grown completely whitc
and he duke thcrcupon turned over
the chateau OF ST Firmin, as a country
scat. to his nephew the late Due dc
Charters, and established The countess
nj Il smaller chateau. known as La
Noncttc, at the ST. tirmin end Of Cham