The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-17
KING WILL BE SEEN
IN MOVING PICTURES
Jules Lebrun. second Duke of Plat

Sance.
The first duke was that Charles Le-
| brun who. after being deputy to the
states General prior to the great Revo-
luton, and later on member of the
| Council OF Five Hundred, was elected
third consul when Napoleon became
| first consul. When Napoleon pro-
claimed himself Emperor in 1904. he
| created Lebrun Duo dc Plaisance, and
| archtreasmer Of the empire, subse-
quently naming him viceroy of Hol-
| land Lebrun's Napoleonic dukedom
was confirmed by the Bourbons on the
restoration. and he was accorded seat
| In the Chamber of Peers. He was also
appointed by Louis XVIII. grand mas
ter OF the University OF Paris. He was
| succeeded by his only son. and when
the latter's daughter, Jeanne, married,
in the early days of the reign of
Napoleon III, Count Armand de Maille.
the Emperor issued letters patent.
| bearing the date Of April 81, 1857, ac-
cordinG to which the dukedom OF
Plaisance was to pass. on the second
dukes death. to his daughters hus-
band. Count Armand dc Maille.
The De Mailles are one of the Oldest
families in France, and trace back their
descent in an unbrokcn line to Gaus-
bero de Maille. who fiourlshed in 1895.
It's present chief is Duke Artus de
Maille.
With regard to young Prince Fran
co.'s Polignac he owes his title to the
fact that since 1888 all the descendants
In the male line of the then Duo de
Polignac are Bavarian "Fuersts," or
princes. The dukedom. however, is a
French one, and dates back long prior
TO the Revolution.
One of the De Polignacs was pleni-
itr
gress of Utrecht in 1912. Due Jules
de Polisnac was Minister OF State OF
Louis XVI. in 1880. and his wife,
| Duchesse Gabrielle. was the most in
innate friend OF Queen Marie Antoi-
nette. Their son. after taking part
in the Royalist Instruction In the
Vcndee, and being imprisoned by Ma
poleon from 1904 until 1914. was
French amba ssador to Great Britain
after the restoration. and Prime Min
lister to Charles " 1t is to him that
are ascrbed the measures which re-
suited in the Revolution of 1880, and
in the overthrow and exile of King
Charles
The duke was arrested at Granville,
in Normandy. in that year. was sem
fenced to perpetual imprisonment. and
spent another six years in captivity
in the fortress of Ham, where after
! 1896 his sentence was committed to one
of exile. The present Due de Polignac
is his grandson.
! One of the brothers OF the late duke.
namely. Prince Edmond de Polignac,
married. in 1898. Winnaretta Singer. of
New York, daughter and heiress OF
Isaac Singer. OF sewing machine celeb
rity She Is now a widow.
His brother. Prince Camille de Po-
| lignac, who served in the Confederate
Army during the War of the Union.
up to the rank of major general, mar
rled In 1856, at the Cathedral OF a
native of New Orleans. and daugh-
ter of very wealthy Louisianian of
the name of LIE Bretesche. who was
engaged In extensive enterprises. both
| In Now Orleans and throughout the
| South, prior to the war.
| De la Bretesche was ruined by the
latter, and Prince Camille thereupon
took advantage of the plea that he had
| failed to secure the consent of his
own parents to his marriage to Mile.
| de la Bretesche. In order to obtain
{, its invalidation by the French courts.
whereupon he married an enormously
wealthy Austrian heiress. Marie Lam
genberger, who settled upon him a
million francs on the day Of the we'd
ding. After Prince Camilles second
| marriage, his discarded New Orleans
wife married a Roumanian diplomat of
the name of Vranas. Tho latter died
couple OF years later, but the union
had at least this effect, that 1t placed
his widow beyond the reach of starva-
ton, since 1t brought her pension
of $50 month from the Roumanian
government.
ha oh
had borne to Prince Camille de Po-
liSnac sought the assistance of his
father to secure for him sumo posi-
tion in the consular or diplomatic SER
vice. being without means The prince
however, contented himself with offer
ing his son-Who had been forbidden
by law to bear his name-a place as
workman in factory, and then as
salesman in one of the great retail
drygoods stores in Paris, declining any
other form of assistance; and by way
of adding insult to injury, expressing
doubts as to whether he was really
the young fellows father, and ques-
tioning the honor OF the mother.
This drove young De la Bretesche to
desperation, and visiting Prince Ca
miles house in Paris during his alb
sence. he saturated the curtains OF his
rooms with petroleum and set them
algnt Arrested. and charged with
arson. the young man explained in
court that he had merely set the cur
tains on fire in order to attract at
tention to his wrongs, and was in con-
sequence thereof acquitted. the jury.
court and public manifesting n strong
feeling against the prince
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