The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-08
Prince llicl,aGl de Lusignan
Passes. and He Leaves
No Heir.

DY La MARau1SB nm 1o1TEHoY.
~ ONE two or three years ago the
head Of the marriage license bu-
~ reau ct City HALL New York. re-
ceived from &. PNnegs0arg . le&&er m
vattng hss asssstsnes n SECURING very
rich wife for - prince q royal blood.
Prince MachAsl Dc Lasd0nsn. Prince OK
Cyprus. Of Jerusalem end Of ATmenda.
Ooute do h Narche. hfty-ssvsn years
Of age ana without . fortune. This
prince has Just Died n the utmost pow
erty and .obscurtty 1T 81 rssersourg'
without leaving any heir. and with him
there disappears the last end only ono
who in modern times has ever been
ofIscdally recognized BY any foreign
coyernmeut e entAAled 20 bear tha&
name. The prince. according 70 the
Russban government and % haS own
statemeutA was the only enc 81 mas
narne. and b was mover tared OF oe-
nounctng the eoi-disamt ''Prance Gay
de Lusignan." o. Paris and tho Saeesrs
SON. Leon. - frauds.
strictly speaking, the line Of Lusig-
nan daed out with Queen Catherine Cor
naro OF Cyprus. TIE real and Aofhen-
tic house Of Lusignan took it, name
from the DOWN and castle Of LusiEnAn.
In the Department Of visnne, SONS
twenty miles 20 the southwest OF
podctieea Tue castle end che LMsag-
nan family were founded. according 20
4raA;4son. by the fairy NeiuEne. who
mr,,res % largely IA medieval romance.
~ IN the traAtt1ons Of French Old
4irea caAyrary. Descended from the an
ment Klnrs OF Albania. afelusine mar
rf>d Raymond. sovereign Count Of
Poi1ou- ana the Children born OF this
unaon became known - the Sires de
I,usisnsn. According % the Legend.
she Wa nae4nmoephi5sd every Se&uf-
day into . serpent - . puudshmeut 1or
having murdered her fa*heS. Her NUS
band, ignoranH Of this fact. having
late ono Friday night caught hef IN
the act Of undergoing the change. -
asserted 70 have immured her IN one
OF the lowest dungeons OF the castle.
from w1Ach she never emerged.
af msnk5on this story y = becnass
OF the order Of knAghthood wnsch ene.
bogus Prince de LuAGnan Ia Paris has
bestowed, with tho greatest nbeFakty.
az being the Order Of 4etusfne. end =
was IN nhe fantastic uniform OF TINS
prepostsrous order that the sca-eEs
Count d.Anlby de 0rs&1sny. the son %
\ cutter employed ~ one q ne weA
known London tailors. figured On the
occaAson Of his marriage 1t Boston 10
his urfortunaAe American wife. 1neo
Laura LIANT 1t may be remembered
that beth the pseudo count ana coun-
tess were jailed in Paris on the charge
of colopsal swindlee Of Americana. -.
talbly az the widowed Mrs. Charles
Hamilton Payne, (now the wife OF ne
DUO de Choiseul-PrasNn.} by means o.
boxus paintings, that - 20 sAy. OF PIC
ture. bearing the forged signatures OF
~r.a4 pasufArs and which ere Qutte ~
svaIueless a. the Order Of Meludne.
mich IN reserved for male dupss. and
the order Of st. Catherine OF Mount
Sinai, which the pseudo Prince Guy
de Lusingnau had the impudence q
confer upon Miss Clara Barton. o.
the Eed Cross Society.
II count d,Anlby de Grafigny
fvhose real name IL Dolby escaped
couyiction, Il Was because his prtnca-
nal vtc&jm. Mrs. Payne, preIefteo -
the Jast moment 10 withdraw from INC
prosecution. and 30 sacrifce the money
which she was seeking 70 recover
rather than to submit to . eroes-e1am'
4naf5on on the witness stand. wnien
might have prevented the maI11se
which she was then on the eve %
contracting with the half-Amefacan
Due de Choiseui-Pfasiin.
The sires de Lusignan owned the
petty sovereign Countships Of Angou.
ieue and of De Ia Marche. and one OF
them. Guy by name, married SuoyL on
w daugf,4er and hefress OF Amaury l..
penultimate Crusader KING OF Jeu- :.
salem, being created on the occasaon OF
his wedding. Count OF Jana ana OF AZ
calm On the death of his father-1n-
IN GUY. sire de Lusignan, was pro-
Claimed King Of Jerusalem: but IN lls1
v>s defeated by sultan Saladin at the
ba<4le Of Tiberiad, was taken prisoner
and recovered iie liberty after some
year. ON the condition Of his renounc-
ing ne title Of King OF Jerusalem
V1oln4ane his pledges. he resumed MS
emu&y fttle, Of which not long after-
vurds he made q complete and fuli
eesu3ou to King Richard Of Englano'
Who xaye him IN exchange the KING
dom Of Cyprus. Hls Iane reigned over
cyprus nearly 800 years. the sess q
the Lusiguans being Queen Cathersne.
vino sold her CROWN and the Island o.
Cyuruy 20 Venice In l4Ss. A hunoreo
wears ls4er the Turks took II from tine
veneesans. and Ia 1878 leased e g
Great Britain sn return for guarantee
Of the Territorial integrity Of the OF
toman empire.
Nashville the Lusignsns who hAo
remained In France lost both power
ana prestige. were deprived OF tae1r
counfsssips. and IN 1857 their ancestvas
chateau ives razed to the ground ~ the
Que de Asoutpensier. There vas . as
tant relative who died IN 1857 - STE
phen de Lusignan, Bishop Of Anosso.
ana whose existence r. commensurate
bv his History Of the Kingdoms o.
Jerusalem and Of Cyprus. Then the
family became extinct. at any rate m
the male Tine, and IL was only oowaTos
the chose OF the reign OF LOUIS Nv OF
France thsx he permitted one OF MS
favorste oourtiers. who could Snow
q descent on the distaa side from the
Lussgnons, 20 adopt their anna c9esx-
ina MN ax the same time Nerquss de
LusiGuan. His only son d1ed N the
usmoee puverty in Paris IN 1873 With
evt IeavSog any Issue.
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