The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-22
He Is Half American, and En-
joys Rather Interest
ing Privileges.
BY la MARoUIsE DE FoNTENOY.

BY LA MARQUISE DE FONTENOf
MIS- st EL Of ss1tIIoore Do aaSshteT
wi Of the late Commander Pred
erick NJ. Wise, U: 5. n, whose
engagement 60 the haif-American Du n
nOunced last week, should insist upon the
wedding taking place, not IN TINS 4ouii-
try. but in France. For there tne. ouksii
the abolition of monarchy, continues
TO enjoy some rather interesting PITY.
leges. among them the exclusive risn r
of having his wedding ceremony per
formed in the Chapel of the SorDonne,
in which the remains OF tne greaI
cardinal were inferred 10 wnoni the
SOrbOnne really owes its existence ,
The cardinal spent d fortune on tne
SOrbonne. and merely stipulated tnal
either the city of Paris or the staee
should maintain the chapel IN prOPe.
repair. This condition was fulnlled
until about sixteen years ago wheh,
owing TO the removal OF the roman
Sorbonne. neither the state nor the
city saw their way to spend any more
OF the taxpayers money upon tne
chapel. After considerable amount
of litigation the Princess of Monaco,
the judicially separated wife OF the ruler
Of Monaco. undertook. in her capacity
as widow of the late Due de Rlchelieu.
10 supply the money needed each yeai
for repairs. and has ever since devoted
about 5000 per annum TO Its main
The tomb OF the cardinal in the
Chapel of the Sorbonne IL empty.
For at the time OF the great Revolution
al the close of the eighteenth century,
his body was torn from It's resting place;
and. having been subjected 10 an
sorts Of indignities. was hurled INTO the
public sewer not, however, before
his head had been cut off in order 10
be paraded about the city on a PIKE
After the most extraordinary vicissl-
tudes IL was recovered, and is now pre-
served al the Sorbonne.
Nafnratlv Duke OF
Richelieu is unable TO count the mas
terfui cardinal among his ancestors.
and his nobiliary dignities. Before the
cardinal died. ne obtained the au-
thority OF the crown to bcqueath MS
dukedoms OF Richelicu and of Fronsac
to his grand nephew. Jean de Vigne-
rot grandson Of his sister FRANCHISE,
who had married Rene de Nignerot,
had passed over young Jean de Nigne-
rot's father, owing 70 mis- extravagance,
and Jean in course of time became
master-general of the galleys.
His son Louis was the famous Mar
shall Due de Richelieu. celebrated TO
this day as the most fascinating man
of his time. and who is renowned quite
as much for his military victories and
diplomatic successes as for his intrIgues
with the fair sex. these latter being
accountable for his frequent incarcera-
tions in the BastilIe. 1t was for him
that two of the greatest ladies of the
French aristocracy fought sensational
ana memorable Quel WIFI one di1Olhtt
which has furnished the subject of
many a weli-known painting
He was succeeded at the age OF
ninety-two by his grandson, Armand,
who. under the title of Comte de Chinon,
spent four years in this country in the
latter portion of the eighteenth cen
fury. He had been married in his early
boyhood to Rosalie de Rochechouart. a
girl under twelve, quitting her immedi-
ately after the wedding ceremony
When he returned to France after his
long absence in America, he found that
instead of growing up into beautiful
girl, his wife had developed into per-
feet mOnstrosity, a mere dwarf. barely
four feet in height and bunch backed:
So great was the shock that he stopped
short, horror-struck. fell to the ground
in a dead faint when he first met her
again, and then Immediately left for
Russia where he entered the army OF
Empress Catherine. He remained in
the Russian service until the restora-
ton of the Bourbons, after the down.
fall of Napoleon, and his name is hon