The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-21
Several Men in This Country
Who Are Descended From
Hohcnzollerns.
BY la MARQUIsE DE FONTENOY:

A LTHOUGH favorite form of
n fraud on the part OF German N
insist that they are relatives
Of the Kaiser. as sllegitimate sons or
grandsons of old Emperor Wiliian ana
the soidisant Teuton baron who got
into trouble in New York few days
ago. yet there are occasionally men
hard fight for living who, have per,
fectly authentic Hohenzoliern oiooo
in their veins. g..
the interests in Germany or the nrIn
founded by his American father-in-
law, the late Theodore HeitSm n "a a
facturer. of Hoboken, N. Inc
count is the grandson OF that old Prin-
cess. Frederica of Hohenzollern VINO
of King Charles of Rumania ana a cou-
sin of the present Kaiser, IN ADDITION 10
which she constituted a NIX Dstweeh
the Hohenzollerns and the rrench
empire, for her mother was Antoinette
Murat. who was married al the i9li-
cries ia lsOs TO Prince Charles OF Ho-
away SnSY' at the altar alta by emperor Napo-
leon. who just before the wedding
created her princess OF france. one
was the daughter of Count Peter Murat.
elder brother of Joachim Murat, King
of Naples.
In ls44 Princess Frederick of Hohen-
ZOlleTn, the Issue OF THIS untOHs HldfFieu
at Bologna her cousin. the MARQUIS
Joachim Pepoh. whose mother, Prln-
cess Letitia Murat, was a daughter
of Murat, King of Naples The Max
old patrician families of Bologna. took
very active part in the War or lHs
and iS4s against the Austrians and
in the subsequent struggles that culmi-
mated in the transformation OF the va
rious states of the Peninsula into one
united kingdom of Italy He became
mi tor Of n or "a
of Agriculture in the Ratazzi Cabinet,
and died little over thirty years ago,
his widow, Princess Frederick of Ho-
henzoliern. following him to the grave
in 1905. They had but one daughter.
Countess Antoinette Pepoii, who mar
ried Count Carlo Taveggi.. One OF the
ried TO Baron Geyr Won Schweppen--
burg lieutenant-colonel of the Third
Regiment of Foot Guards at Berlin.
The other SON. not cGup psvs Josshi m
Europe. came to America. and un-
derwent many hardships and fol-
lowed many trades, including those
of riding master and wine tout;
before finally winning the hand of
Elfrida daughter of old Theodore Heit-
meyer, Of Hoboken, who commenced
life as poor apprentice boy IN tan
merry, and died at the head of one of
the greatest leather concerns in Amer
lea 1t is concern which has developed
into an international enterprise, with
DrdE(nGs III fSfRtdftQs III many allQ III
Austria; and Count Taveggi is now in
charge of the German end of the con-
Germ and makes his home at kripp.
on the Rhine.
Another bona-nde kinsman of the
Hohenzollerns in this country was
Alexander Won Waldenburg. great grand.
son of Prince Augustus, OF Prussla- ana
of the latter's fair friend, Frederica
Wichmann of Berlin, who at the In
stance of her royal protector was en-
nobled and accorded the name OF von
number of illegitimate children at his
death. and while the major portion OF
his immense property returned 70 the
reigning house of Prussia, certain es-
tates were left in trust for this left
hand progeny. .
Five years ago it was decided to sell
q portion of this property. and 20 effect
a partition thereof among the prince $
various descendants The sanction OF
all of them was obtained. with the ex-
ception of Alexander Won Waidenpure'
who had emigrated to the United States,
and who had been lost sight or through
the agency of these letters he was founo
on Staten Island. living in the mum oles9
circumstances, and in due course sailed
for Germany to receive his share OF the
inheritance. amounting to some 5000
or 1900 marks Alexander Won wal
denburg. now a man OF aDoae iodty,
tus The latter, by Frau Won Waiden-
burg, had three daughters, VINO died un-
married, and a son Edward, VINO De
came chief of his royal fathers mouse,
hold, and who in turn had two sons ana
two daughters. The elder OF these sons
also named Edward. married scotch
woman, Miss Selma Gregg. daughter OF
one of the gentlemen in waiting OF hing
George " of England. and Alexander
is the eldest child of this union
Prince Augustus himself was, the
Younger son of that Ferdinand OF
Prussia who was younger protheI
of Frederick the Great. terdinano
survived the latter long enough TO