The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-15
FACTS CONCERNING
WIFE OF GRAND DUKE

genius, and the loss which Russia had
sustained through his death; for while
the Imperial couple pledged the dying
man that they would care FOR his
widow and four chiidren--a promis /:
which they fulfilled in the most gen
crous fashion, ana covered mis- remains
With flowers. profoundly mour:int; his
rate, the st. Petersburg great world
and Russian societY-.in.r general, TOOK
little or no notice OF the fact that he
. had been fatally wounded. or even OF
his demise, hut iiockcd To the Dutch
legation In order TO leave cards there
and 10 inquire after his slayer. who
was but slightly wounded.
This adversary OF purhAinc was a
name OF D'Anthes. who had accom-
panied the Dutch minister Baron
fieeckeren. to ST. Pn,crshurg * u rel
awe. and had been adopted there ~
MIN as his son. with the grant uf The
ENJOYS name and nobiiary title on
receiving commission in The Cheva-
Her Gardes dc lllnpcratrlcc. IT sub-
sequently developed that he was a real
son OF the enjoy. ana OF Queen Iiur-
tense Bonapartc to whose household
til diplomat had been attached as
chamberlain when she was Queen OF
Holland. The slayer OF tuchkinv was
therefore, natural brother OF Napu-
leon Ill,
MI the sympathy Of Russian society
! was with young Baron Elecck rem and
! with his father. the envoy. and no one
tp'h any notice oil poor BuChkinc OK
rsp; the Emperor and Empress To-
day no patriotic Russian. be he high
or low. rich " poor. fails to spit M
+. token Of cN .crati0n when any mention
Is made of the name of Heaci<eren de-
; nountinS him as the murderer OF
! iuehkinc In fact, Eussiu only learn
cd to KNOW and appreciate the t,aster-
pieces OF Puchkinc years after his
Death MI except Nicholas |. and his
. eo,sort, who We're considered tyranni-
cal and criticized as much as society
cared FOR having Immediately after the
poets death handed the Dutch envoy
ana Tor having deprived his son OF his
commission III the ltussian army OF
ms russian citizenship. and for hav-
ing expelled him from tn, country
| ioroiddinS him ever to return. Young
baron lleeckercn sought refuge in
| rams and in Rome, occasionally visit
! ca MS mother, Queen lIortensc. and
n NJ, two sons: Prince Napoleon and
r ie Louis Bonaparte, at Arenberg
| her place In Switzerland, and after
! the coup d'etat in Paris and The re
Storation OF the Empire was provide cd
by his half-brother, Napoleon III
! Win seat in the Senate, carrying
with 1t salary and perquisitcs to tho
extent OF about $4,000 year. and
likewise with other lucrative oGlcos.
fuchkines youngest daughter, name
~ IN, me mother OF Countess Torby is
! sun living as Countess Natalie Mercn-
oerG at The age of scventy-six. She
was brought up entirely at the ex-
pehSc and under the Immediate care o,
yne in,psriai family OF russia, and that
was why they wcra so embittered
hsa'hst her when she eloped with the
| rate Prince Nicholas of Nassau. from,
/ her husband, General Doubclt. trusted
ma oeIoyed by all the members OF
INC reisninS house OF Russia rs thcil
! most devoted and loyal guardian
/ Alexander H. absolutely refused Re
j i.al her any divorce, he alone hav-
ING power to do so, since both Gen
| erai Doubelt and herself were rus
/ s,hn subj ects. and the divorce which,
she obtained from one of the petty
TTl ,1I.',i! states was of question: bic
| iesailty: Nor was 1t until General
Doubclts death, long after the brth
! oI her daughter, Countess Torby and
| oil hzr son. Count Nuremberg. that shr
/ really became free to wed the late
| irinsc Nicholas of Nassau morgana.
On the occasion of the last visit OF
inc presen, Gear 10 Wicsbaden. some
! lars ago ne encountered Prince Mich
". s. ana Countess Natalie Nuremberg
! Whcn he was driving through Inc
streets. and while sha curtsied. and the
prince bowed low, the Emperor. after
,starlng at them for n moment, turned
his p hrn,h on them pontedly. he, Ike
i'a prothers and sisters and other
m embers of the house of Romanofr
| having been taught to hate the cy
radame Douhclt. That, too. Ia wI,v
NV ~ '-h1nucd marriage of her ,la,lrh
.er' countess Torhy. now shown by
| me Aimanach de Gotha TO have b.ey
porn out of wedlock 70 Grand DuI,s
Michael Michaelaiovltch, excited such
| pltiern ess on the part OF the Into Czn r
| nnu t%arina and of the present EN-
! a., As resards Peter the Create Iav-
auk Hannibal, his case furnishes The
phly instance in European history nf
| hereditary nobility being confcrred
upon full-blooded negro. Parses
pnllanthropists in India have received
onrone'eies from the English crown
alin there arc even cases of nerroes
IeeelVing nonhereditary knfEhthood..
| mere was Sir Samuel Lewis, n coal.
| nlack negro, knightad for his services
| as Judge on the Gold Coast his wife
Lazy Lewis, being as black as him
sell while the last Earl Stamford fur-
! nished coal-black countess In III,
BRUSH aristocracy, by marrying his
lottcntot cook in South Africa fins
converting her into pseress or 'n ,hs
realm, But Hannibal remains on reo e
orc as the only negro who received .
patent OF hereditary nobility.
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