The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-11-28
BURNED BRIDAL GOWN
FIGURES IN DIVORCE
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Archduchess Isabella Of AUS
tria Refuses to Return to
Prince George.
eMPERoRss EFFORTS FAIL
sticky Air Of Munich" Also
Given As Cause for Troubles
&, Of Mismated Royal Pair
: Both Angry.

Another chapter will be added to the
story OF divorces among the crowned
heads when the beautiful Archduchess
Isabella, Of Austria is legally separated
from Prince George, Of Bavaria.
2 Strange events have taken place IN
this royal menage since the day ofNthe
wedding, early last spring, but even
the most indiscreet cour gossips have
talked in whispers when speaking OF
that wonderful wedding gown that was
burned in the apartments of the pr1n-
cess the night after the ceremony.
Some say with bated breath that her
royal highness personally put a match
to the gown and that the rest OF the
royal trousseau was v at the cost
of scorched hands belonging to devoted
and Mortified discriminating. Others
hint at a great disappointment on n
or both sides Of the royal household
that led to IN immediate separation a.
day or so after the wedding at Munich.
when Princess Isabella returned post
haste to her family to Vienna. r's ~
b3i Refuses to See Husband. a.
Since then she has refused to see her
husband, and all the entreaties of her
family. urging her to resume her mari
tai relations with Prince George, have
~foundered upon the scornful reserve OF.
the proud Isabella. Even good old
Francis Joseph tried to mend matters,
but all in vain. So that now nothing
is left to do, in the opinion of the
princes father. but to let the events
take their course. -, . x
In official circles, both at Munich
and Vienna, 1t is admitted that the
Archduchess Isabella did not like the
sticky air" OF Munich, a town which.
Is renowned for its fresh air. Exactly
what the young Archduchess meant,
has not baan niqRnVnrAd hnf fhaTA
are some who believe that the matter
of etiquette may have had a good
deal to do with the trouble. The house
OF Wittelsbach seems to have beer
divided into several camps by these
questions of etiquette. 1t is evidently a
case OF oherchez la femme, or rather
'tcherchez les femmes,'' for all the
archdnchesscs who so'far have married
into Bavaria, ii is said, have claimed
precedence over the Bavarian Prin-
cesses OF Inferior royal lineage" All
OF which, of course makes things very
uncomfortable. III -,sEt
Three soyereisns Divorced.
1t may be interesting to know that
there are at present three divorced
sovereigns in Europe: King Frederick
August Of Saxony, Grand Duke Ernst
Ludwig OF Hesse, and Prince Albert l.
OF Monaco. . ~ ...
The circumstances under which the
marriage OF King Frederick August
was dissolved when he was still crown
prince of Saxony are well known; and
30 are the details OF the life of Princess
Louise, who now might be the queen
Of SaKony, IL she had not fallen in owe
with the tutor of her children. "
Not so much is known of the facts in
the case Of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig
or Hesse. In 1894, as prince of Hesse,
he married h pretty Princess Vic
toria Militia of Cobourg, who was his
cousin and Just II. 1t was no secret
In court circles Fof Europe that the
match was not a happy one, especially
after their only child, little Princess
Elizabeth, died Of poisoned oysters. The,
royal pair were divorced at Darmstadt
December FL, 1901. Since Their Ernst
Ludwig has found marital bliss in his
union with the Princess Eleonore zu
Solms, while the Grand Duchess Melitta
has for seven years been the happy
wife Of Grand Duke Kyrill of Russia.
Prince Is Freed Twice.
Prince Albert I. was divorced from
two women, He was 20 years Of age
when the Empress Eugene OF France,
who loved the excitement of match
making, decreed that he should marry
the 1S-year-old Lady Mary Douglas,
only daughter Of the duke of Hamilton.
Lady Mary Douglas, being the grand
daughter Of the Princess Stephanie of
Baden who was born a De Beauharnais,
was distantly related to Napoleon III.
This marriage came to an end with an
ugly scene on the streets Of Nice and
with the flight Of h young hereditary
princess who is today known as Prin-
cess Festetics and one Of the most pop-
ular women in Hungary.
Nine years later the prince of Mon
AGO married. Miss Alice Heine, grand
niece OF the poet and widow of the
duke of Richelieu. This union lasted
IL years. '.att ~