The Washington herald., 1912-06-14

MHMNAHfHt1HN"
other day At Paris. y intimately con-
neeted with the Second Empire through
his father the Duke OF LsuehtenberE,
son OF Eugene Beauharnais, and the
great friendship which he and the Grand
Duchess Marie NlcelaJewna cultivated
with his cousin, Emperor Napoleon III.
The birth OF the Prince colncided with
the day that, IN February. 1852, brought
= message 70 the French AFnbasEador Al
81. Petersburg TO say that the great
mass OF the French nation Joyfully ae-
eept the new empire brought about by
an act Of energy Tor The. preservation OF
ORDER
When the message was communicates
70 him, the Emperor Nicholas took Il TO
his daughter and said that he regtetted
that the then still lingering recollection
OF the burning OF Moscow and the ab-
sence OF st. Napoleon from the
orthodox religiouH calendar prevented
that name being given TO the infant.
This same idea must have been In the
mind OF de Vogue, when, in the French
Academy. he spoke of the coup detat'
as ''an action Of police possibly a little
rude" II seems surprising that Car
Nicholas should have hGlied this ''poliee
action" so warmly, but II did not pre-
vent him later TO change his attitude.
The Crimean war. at any rate, did not
cool the eousinly affection Of the Leuch-
tenberEs.
When the former duke died and the
grand duchess married the wealthy
Count strogonoff. she brought her fam
fly to Paris to place them IN close touch
with the Court Of the Tuileries. She
was enthusiastic over the French EN-
peror's love match. and in her impulsive
way rushed into the arms. OF his lovely
wife, vowing eternal affection. She
never hesitated TO avow herself a par
tisan OF romantic marriages, and made
no secret Of this state OF feeling before
her children, but she never allowed her
daughters chance TO fall in love with
the wrong man.
The eldest married her cousin. Duke
Alexander, OF Wurttemberg, a father
in-law OF the Grand Duchess Olga, who
recently was a guest OF Queen Alex
andra. The second became the wife OF
Prince Wilhelm OF Baden. and her son
is heir to the crown of that Grand
Duchy. He is the grandson on his
mothers side OF the hrst Emperor Will
lam.
But her sons and grandsons in general
practiced what she had preached. and
her impatience to read every novel by
George Sand as It was published was
not lost on them. The eldest married
tout Of his ranD a fair widow, the
daughter OF Gen. Annenkoff, and lived
as much as he could in Paris, where
he died and had an Official funeral at
the cost OF France. He and his wife
were well known figures at the EIysee
in the time OF President Carnot. and
she used TO be announced as Comtesse
de Beauharnais. The pair entered sep
arately, but left together to avoid pro-
tocolar trouble.
Another son married a sister Of Gen.
Dkobelef, also widow. who was very
dignified when addressed as Comtesse de
Beauharnais. StiH other sons welded
TO maids OF honor to Empress Eugenie,
but both Of bourgeois stock.
The late Prince Romanowsky valued
his rank as a sort Of XMAS" ofIshoot
OF the imperial family. grandson OF a
King Of Bavaria. and great-grandson OF
Empress Josephine. He took for his first
wife his cousin. Princess Theresa OF
luxembourg. but lost her early after pre-
senting him with an heir. his son Alex
ander. His second wife, Anastasia Of
Montenegro, and he did not get on so
well. He brought her on their honey
moon trip to see the Universal ENhI-
bition at Paris in 1889. and she excited
admiration as a fine looking black-eyed
princess who might have served as a
model for a Statue OF Victory. They
had a son and a daughter, the latter
called after the Queen Of Italy. her
aunt.
Six years ago she and Prince Roman
owsky were divorced she TO wed the
head OF the Russian cavalry and its tall
est member, the Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicholajewitch, and he to lead a bache-
lor's life in the Rue Appert. He had his
club for cards, for dishes his cook could
not prepare, for the sake OF meeting
friends arlstoCratiC and well-bred and
was considered to be one Of the finest
and most feudal clubmen of the Cercle
de la Rue Royale. He seemed to have
had no passions.
But to the last. st. Petersburg remained
his political headquarters. His many
titles fall upon his son. Alexander, but
there is an injunction to class the name
Of LeuchtenbeTg. as having been be-
slowed by the first Napoleon. as the lead
ing family designation, because the first
Duke of LeuChtenberg was none other
than Eugene de Beauharnais. the son Of
Empress Josephine by her first husband,
who fell under the guillotine during the
Reign of Terror.
II Is told OF the second Duke that
when he was paying court to the Grand
Duchess Marie Nicholajewna Cwhom he
married. the Gar threatened
him with Imprisonment in the fortress Of