New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-25
ARCHDUCHESS ENGAGED
Early Associations of Her Fiance,
Count George WaIdburg,
with America.

caorpe Waldburg was cabled to this coun-
try as having been officially announced in
tho middle OF the week at Vienna. Fof
share arc two Counts George Waldburg
one of them is the second son OF the
Nuremberg Prince Macmillan Waldburg
,.on Wolfegg und Waldsee. But he is only
eighteen. and will not celebrate his nine
,eanth birthday until the end of the year.
Ga he certainly does not answer the de-
s.rin,ion of IAN officer Of dragons. who
has been attached in that capacity as
military governor and aide-de-camp for the
last three years TO the archduchess
,u,eDty-year-old brother" Moreover, Prince
uaximiIan WaldburG. with his son George,
and his other children, are all OF them
citizens Of Wurtemberg. Indeed. the prince
is the hereditary Grand Master of the
Court OF Wtrtemberg.
There Is. however. another Prince George
WaIdbure. who is an Austrian, is leu
tenant of the first class of the I'd Regi-
mont Of Austrian Dragons. and who holds,
nv reason of his genealogical qualifications,
Tho titulsr rank uf Chamberlain TO En-
ooror Francis Joseph. He il thirty-four
years Of age. and is son OF the late
Count Clement Waldhurg of Hohenems and
Of Princess Clementine Oettingen-Spielberg.
Iris thirtv-four- year old son. Count
George Waldburg. who has been an officer
NJ Dragons for some fourteen years and
who has been attached to the household Of
Archduke Francis Salvador and Of Arch
6ucbcss Valerie for the last three years
as aide-de-camp. is undouhteolv IN" hance
q, their daughter. Archduchess Elizabeth.
who occupies probably warmer place IN
the heart Of the old Emperor than any of
his other grandchildren. For she is the
eldest OF the brood Of Youngsters of his
yourge- daughter NrchduchcSs Valerie,
who from the time % the assassination of
the Empress IN lSHS. has made her home
with him. portion of the palace of
SchonhriIru. Where ne ives. being set aside
for her Use 4nd that Of h'r rather nu-
rnerous family The old Emperor i'm this
vsv has seen thcs- grandchildren Of his
grow M under his very eyes ana there has
been scarcely day curing the last four
teen wears that me has not seen ana
chatted with them.
The impending marriage cannot he de-
scribed u any way a. a meSalliahc", Tor
the WaldrmGs belong 10 on" 81 those for
rar petty teignin@ houses # Germany
which were moGiarzsd 10y the Congress OF
Vienna in ISL. and tho members Of which
retain m, right IF m3tirS or footing If
perfect equality with any Of the present
sover.i gn houses OF Enrcpe.
Quite 2 number of archducheSses cf the
House of Austria are ia. wives OF MOBILES
Of mediatizsd houses. such n" Hoh"nloh".
Windischgratz. ETC. whic the enormously
II .r.,t.
; NJ Queen Crsiipa of Spain. i married 10
: ArchducheSs Isa bella. who j. q sister Of
the late que dc Croy. . Belgian noble
man. cniaf Of one Of the mediatizcd houses
Of Europo
Prince MAMMALIAN WaldhUrg. the Wiz
temberg chief of tn" entire hous" of VALID
burg. came rather prominently into tn"
American eye few years aso by IN" OK
traordnary Offer made in his h"hdf to
loan tn the United states government for
the Pan-Amerirar Exhibition At Washing
ton. the famous W9ldseewUller map,
known as the "Mapra Mundi, "f liJl
dedicated to Emperor Macmillan J of Aus
tria. in which the name OF III" explorer
AnArico Vesuncri was uret used to desiG-
n,te the new world Indeed. il NAV he de-
scrihed as the very FIRST and carli"s, mar
a. America. 10 also offered to lend the
scarcely Jess valuable map. IN" "'arta
Marina" OF l5lG. \ map % ocean currents
IS well as land. ON which tro decorative
designs were said to have been Executed by
Albert Durer.
The conditions Of tho loan. however.
rade by Prince Macmillan of Waldbnrg.
or. rather. by his agent, We're sucH that
they were regarded as excessive by the
United States government: fov the prince
stimulated that the president OF the United
States should give most comprehensive
guarantee for the protection and SAT" re-
turn Of the treasures and that tier trans
fer 10 the United States and their subse-
duent restoration TO the prince at MS
Wurtemberg castle Of WOlfegg should be
effected with the proper respect dignity
safeguard and ceremony due to the I'M
portapce Of these hallowcd documents,
hay, the convoy of a squadron OF battle
ships" Only on these conditions was
Prince Macmillan Waldburs willing TO
allow Americans To inspect AT Washington
theee ''matchless heirlOoms OF their his
tory" The offer was not accepted by the
United States government
library Of the grand old castle OF Wolfegg
that the Rev. Father Fischer, 6. j.. in
searching for material for a history of the
early voyages OF the Norsemen in the d.
rection OF America, found the famous
Waldseemiiller map Of 1904 and Carta Ma
rina Of 1916 Wa.dseemGller was the libra
rian OF the lords of Waldburg at the cas-
tie OF Wolfegg at the end of the fifteenth
20, a. -fx at,d
was renowned as the most famous geog-
rapher and photographer of his day.
Amazing TO relate, Father Fischer also
discovered on the same occasion maps bear
Ing the name OF Waldseemuller dated 1907.
and delneating with wonderful accuracy the
great lakes that constitute the sources OF
the Nile, which, according to all modern
Biographies, encyclopedias and other stand
ard contemporary works OF reference. were
first discovered little less than half a
century ago by the explorers Spoke, Grant
and Sir Samuel Baker. Aristotle. In speak
Ing Of the cranes Of Lower Egypt. declares
that they migrate from the Seythian re-
Sions TO the lakes lying above Egypt and
from which the Nile arises" while Herodo-
tus also makes mention Of these lakes.
From this II will be seen that there ~ no
new thing under the sun ard that the
sources Of the Nile were perfectly well
known at the time OF the discovery OF
America, but in some strange way they had
become lost TO geographers and scientists
and had to be discovered afresh in the nine
tenth century.
The Waldburg family traces it's descent
70 Werner Won Tame, who fiourished tr
ar o,,A
OF the castle of Wolfegg. The present
prince 0pyea bia uuccncctCp IN tho fftin a M