The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
COURT GOSSIP or ROYAL s.
PERSONAGES IN EUROPE

PERSON
1As tact that the Arshauke y90l1an1
xaH e Austt1A nsuAsw q ~ NM
lpse0 of Austria, ana brothie u ths
IArchduke Trsns FsrdlnAnd. heir pre-
sumptivs to the throne cf the dual nea-
archy. Shas FsnouncsA M rank b sedss
to marry Bertha Csubsr. . mest hsasttful
woman. whom hs met at . ban IN
Prague some years go. aods one moro
10 the long list Of Austrian princes Whe
have ebeysd the dSotatss oe cupid in
denancs Of the state rule that royalty
shall only mate with royalty.
Eleven ysars ago the Archduks Frans
Ferdinand himssif decided to marry the
woman he loved. the Countess Sophia
Chotek. now known a. Duchess Of Ho-
hcnberg. although BY 20 doing he had to
renounce the right Of any children Of that
marriage to succeed to the thrones oe
Austria and Hungary. The late Arch.
duke Henry married Leopoldins HOFFMAN.
. member Of the stock company Of the
Kari Theater in Vienna, although the
marriage had been forbidden by Emperor
Franz Josef. while IN 1850 Archduke Jo-
ham married an actress, Ailly 6tubeL
in London. He renouncsd his rank. took
fths name OF John Orth. and was last
heard Of On board the NarEef1ta, q ship
that disappeared on q voyage from
Buenos Ayres to Callao.
Tho death Of the archduke never has
been definitely established, Q great deal
has been written about him In both
hemispheres and from time to time Fu-
havn hAan N~A HhaN a 2
still living. In fact. It IL said that hs
is living on one Of the South Sea Islands
with his eccentric brother. Archduks
Ludwig. who spends practically his
whole life on . small island In the
Tonian Sea. This last theory 10 strongly
held by the Archduke Leopold Ferdinand
another Austrian prince who married an
actress and renounced his Imperial
rights. The archduke IL a naturalized
was living until a short time ago. at
Lucerns under the name Of "woelfing :"
Several German princes have married
women Of no rank. There was Prince
Adalbert. who was comma nder-in-chief
OF the German navy At the time Of the
Franco-Prussfan war. In 1850 he mar
ried Terese Elser. a well known dancer.
Then there was Prince August Of Prus-
STA, whose morganatic wife was the
popular player. Marie Arndt. afterward
created Baroness Prillwitz.
In Bavaria We have an instance of a
royal prince having made two morgan
attic marriages. Prince Ludwig. the elder
brother Of the royal pabalogist and
oculist. Duke Carl Theodor, Of Bavaria,
married first In 1853 an actress. Frau
lein Mendel. who was created Baroness
Wallersee. AMI, after her death In 1891,
Fraulein Barth. who was given q patent
OF nobility under the title Of Frau Won
Bartholf. Before marrying, he also had
to resign his rights and patrimony to
his younger brother.
The eldest daughter Of Duke Carl
Theodor. Of Bavaria. Princess Sophia
also made pure love match by marry.
ing Count Torring- -Jettenbach. q scion
Of an old Bavarian noble house, but not
OF royal blood.
A few years ago another young Bava-
rian princess entered into an alliance
which was not only romantic, but which
brought great grief to her parents and
grandparents Princess Elizabeth. the
eldest daughter Of Prince Leopold and
tho Archduchess Gisela, eldest child of
saNo SAAtSAoa VI AuotFl8 ana the muir
dered Princess Elizabeth, ran avay
with the young lieutenant, Baron
Otto Won seefried xu Buttenheim, and
they were married at Genoa. Tho mar
riase was the more Objectionable to the
House of Wittelbach on account Of the
religion Of the bridegroom, who In a
Protestant. whereas the Bavarian and
Austrian families are devout Catholics.
A marriage which occasioned great in
terest in England. where 1t took place,
was that Of Oscar Carl August, Prince
Bernadotte, formerly Duke Of Gothland
brother Of the present King Of Sweden.
He married in 1885, at Bournemouth,
Miss Ebba Munck. lady-in-waiting to the
Swedish crown princess. Miss Munck
was the guest Of Lady Cairns, and the
wedding took place from the latter's
house. Prince Oscar had to resign all
rights Of succession to the Swedish
throne for himself and his descendants
The five children Of this romantic union
have been granted a patent of nobility
as Count and Countesses Of wiIborg-
Gothland by the King of Sweden.
King George has approved OF the ap-
pointment of Lieut.. Col. Scrymsoure-
Steuart-Fothringham to be Vice Lieu.
tenant Of Perthshire. in Scotland Col
Steuart- -Fothringham owns large estates
both in Perthshire and Forfarshire. He
inherited his Forfarshire estates Foth-
ringham and Tealing) from his father
and grandmother. His Murthly and
Frandtully estates. in Pertshire. came to