The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-20
LADY ESSEX ARRIVES
IN AMERICA ON VISIT

to have been the homo Of Cassiolanus
in the reign Of the Roman Emperor Au-
gustus Caesar. that is to say. nearly
ten centuries before the compilation OF
Doomsday Book.
The Capels were originally London
merchants. The hrst one 81 any note
was Sir William Capel. who was Lord
Mayor Of London in 1908. The hrst
Lord capel was beheadsd by the fol-
lowers OF Oliver Cromwell for MS
loyalty to Charles l.. and his son and
neir. the first OF the Capel Earis OF
Essex, met with an equally tragic
fate. Having been lodged in the Tower
Of London on the suspicion Of being
concerned in Lord Russells so-cal!eo
Fanatic Plot" he was found in ms
dungeon one morning with his throat
cut; no one knew by whom.
Every student Of French history
knows aoSu, -, sm F,s s sns
few. even in France. are aware that
the latter country has had Queen
Josephine. True, she was never en-
throned, and the only occasion on
which she wore the crown OF Queen
bed in England She lies buried in
Westminster Abbey.
Daughter Of Duke Amadeus Ill. OF
Savoy, she was married In 177i - the
then comte de Provence. grandson OF
Louis XIV. younger brother of the
Inflated Louis XVI. and who died on
the throne Of France in 1924 as Louis
XVIII She was neither beautiful nor
well formed. presented striking con-
trast to her fascinating sister-in-law,
Queen Marie Antoinette. proved utterly
inca 7abie Of retaining the affection or
even the ordinary attention Of her hus-
band the Comte de Provence. and was
SO insignificant as to become an object
Of contempt to the brilliant courtiers
Of Versailles who nicknamed her 1.-THE
Piedmontese." Her husbands title was
Monsieur" and she was Madame"
When the revolution broke out, her
husband ned abroad with a single at.
tendant, via Mons. while she reached
Switzerland with her lady-in-waiting.
Nine. de Gourbillon. But when she re-
Joined her husband at Coblenz. she
friend and Egeria, the lovely Nine. de
Balbi. and on realizing that Monsieur
and the French mobiles present at Cob
LEM paid more attention to Nine. de
Balbi than t. herself. she withdrew to
Turin.
After the execution Of Louis XVI, her
husband proclaimed himself Regent
and on the ofRcial announcement Of
the death Of the Dauphin in the Tenn
pie Prison. proclaimed himself King OF
France. as Louis XVIII Josephine.
but was shortly afterwards forced to
quit her fathers palace at Turin. owing
to the a5vent Of the French invaders
From there she ned to Passau. and
where she established herself in the
leading inn Of the place with Nine. de
Gourbillon. Her husband At the time
had found refuge at Mitau. in the Rus
stan province Of Courland where Gear
his disposal. and where Louis XVIII.
was enabled through the generosity of
the Emperor to maintain a court Of
French emigro' mobiles. Eventually
Queen Josephine rejoined him there.
lady-in-waitinE, Nine. do Gourbillon.
who ut the instance of the King was
expelled from Russia by the Muscovite
police.
Josephine seemed to bring i'll
luck to her husband. At any
rate. that was what he al
legged. For not long after her ar
rival at Mitau, Emperor Alexander re-
| quested him to seek refuge in some
other country. and the exiled monarch
made hts way with his wife and re-
tanners to England. where he stayed
first at Gosfield, in Essex, and after
wards. (1s0s and subsequently, at
he was known, not as the Count %
Provence. but as the Comte oe Lille
In spite thereof, he insisted that court
etiquette sh ould be observed, Just as
II he were at Versailles.
1t was at Hartwell that Queen jose
phine succumbed to dropsy. and 1t was
four days before her death that a COM
plete reconciliation took place between
the ill-matched couple. Louis on his
knees imploring her pardon for all his
unkindnesS and neglect. while she. De-
fore she expired, exclaimed that these
last four days had been the happiest OF
her entire life.
LOUIS insisted that her obsequies
should be celebrated with just as much
pomp and ceremony as IL she had died
on the throne. and the English Govern
ment accorded her full sovereign hon
ors. While she lay in state with
crown on her head. the English Cabi-
net Minister'S the principal dixnttaries
of the realm. the members OF the reign
came to pay their respects. Her re-
mains were borne t. the French Roman
Catholic Church in London. known as
the Church Of St Louis. by twelve OF
the knights Of the French Order OF
ST. Louis: an archbishop and ten bishops
tations to which bore the following
words: "Obsequies Of Her Majesty the
Queen of France" From thence the
corpse was conveyed through double
row of English troops to Westminster
Abbey. the hearse being followed by
her principal Chamoeriain. bearing on
a red velvet cuShi IN that crown OF q
Queen Consort Of France which she
had never worn, save In death
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