The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-09
Marriage to American Means
Remuneration Of Ancient
Rights.

BY ~ nAnotIsE DE FONrI:Nuy.
- liOuI>b there be amy truth ia the
s.e, story caD!cd from Rcrlin to the
~ ,.AmefiSan newspapers. to the ef-
tcct that Count George Fugger.
lieutenant of the regiment of tho
! GhrdeSs du Corps. is sutton for tho
hahG OF Miss Nancy Leishman, and
TINT there Is a hitch in the matter of
settlements the young officer Should
not De unduly blamed, for his marri-
age 70 Miss Nancy l.clsnman would
eht"il the sacrifice or his status as Il
scion OF one cf the medlatized house
of Europe aud his accomplishment OF
, MS succession to tho entailcd prop
crty Of the family. aud to the title Of
FRINGE of the Holy Roman Empire. To
MS Younger brother. Count Leopold
ru2rcr.
Though Miss Nancy Ieishman is. the
daughter OF the American amba ssatior.
/ shc does no; possess the genealogical
/ qualifications requisite TO become the
WIFE OF Count George F'uEEcr. who
while he has right TO mate on a
ioctlDE OF equality with princcSScS or
the teisnine, house,. OF Europe. Is re-
stricted IN his choice Of bride to
women Who, II not royal at any rate
! belong 10 the older OF the noble fam
Hes of Europe. and who can show q
certain number OF exclusively noble
ancestors and ancestresses on both
sides of the house. If he insists on
marrying wife who does not enjoy
these genealogical qualifications. he
iul elmer fcnDnnCr ms nights as 4
scion Of y mediatizcd dynasty. and de-
sccnd to the rank OF an ordinary no
bic. forfeitng all sorts of valuable
preroEatiyes IS well as rights of sue
cession TO the family estates. or else
ne must wed morganaticaily. which
mas the effect Of deprivinS his wife
and hts children of the privilege Of
bearing either his ti,lc or his name
Thus, Count Francis Fuggcr. who
was at ono time the head of the en-
! tire FuGger family. married a Chi
cage. In 1878. Elizabeth Roth Of that
! city. The union was regarded in Ger
I man and Austrian law as morganatic,
/ ami the SON Raymond. horn thereto,
/ was compelled to bear his mothers
! name of Roth. until the year 1898
when ne obtained from the Bavarian
! government special decree author
| izinT him TO assume his fathers name
/ Of FuGger but not his title, or even
: his nobillArY particle Won" The
! King Of Wurtembcrs subsequently
/ created him an ordinary noble. and
/ some years later Leo MIL. who had
/ already invested him with the honor
( AIRY office of chamberlain of the cap.
and sword, created him papdl count
| This did not, however, In any way i'm
I prove his position in Germany. where
! he still continues To be regarded as
3 the Issue Of morSanatic alliance
! He is unable 10 use his papai title of
count there, or his fathers predicate
+ OF "Erlaucht." In fact, he has no
plnce at all in the pages OF the AL
/ manach do Gotha- and on tho death OF
! his father all the family estates, to-
I gether with the chicftalnship of the
| senior branch of the FugEer family.
I passed 10 the latter's younger brother
| the late Count George.
Another Of the brothers. Charles
/ married at Ratisbon Theresa Schrem
ner. lady OF bourgeois origin: and
| as he declined to subject her TO the
! disadvantages of "A morKanatic wife
J hi himself surrendered all his preroS
/ atives OF mediat!zatiom. az Well as his
! rights of succession to the family cs-
{ tates. becoming an ordinary noble.
And further back. there was 4
Count Charles Rasso Fugger, who
/ married morga ma tically n girl or tho
name of Aloise BnugSer, and whose
children eventually. al tho request OF
. the entire I'uEger family. received
/ from tho Bavarian crown the right Il
call themselves Counts and Countcssei
! of FugEer- Blum enthal, though with
ont inheriting any of the mc6iil:izod
| prerogativas OF their father.
| This IS merely to show the dsad-
varitages to which Miss Nancy T.cish-
man would DO subjected should she
! wed the eldest son OF Prince Charles
/ I1ugger, chief OF the junior branch OF
I the Fugger family. Either she would
( have to marry him morGanatically, OF
i else ne Will he obliged to rcnouncc his
! succession to his fathers title I'll
/ prince. and to the ancestral estutes
! Of tho family. as we'll as forfeit his
/ mediatized status. and descend to the