The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-06
Prince George Is Victim of In
durable Disease. and Expires
at Private Hospital.

by la MAitQUISE DE IcONTENOY.
+ MPEROR ALEXANDER IFS son.
Prince George fouriewski has
Just passed away, after long
and incurable illness. in private hos
pital 1T Marburg. in Hcssc. lIe WAS
born out OF wedlock. and was eight
years OF age when the Car Libcrator
was able to legitimize him. after a
fashion. by contracting an ccclesiasti-
cal marriage with tho boys mother,
Princess Catherine Dolgorouka. a few
months after the demise Of his first
wife. Empress Marie.
Alexander il was very fond OF this
son OF his. There arc many who al
lcgc that IL was for the lads sake that
he married the mother, upon whom he
bestowed tho title OF Princess Youriew-
ska on tho wedding day, which title
vas also to be borne by her three chill
dren, OF whom he was the father. In
deed. n book was published about 1885,
in Paris. which contained n certain
amount or plausible evidence. purport-
ing 20 show that Alexander H. had ut
one moment the idea Of vesting the
succession IN young George Youriew-
ski In lieu OF his sons by his first
marriage.
Prcposterous rs the project may
seem. there is no doubt that Georges
ii!Nlnti, mo now
PRINCESS Youriewska. and some of her
principal supporters and allies. har-
bored eNtravagant ideas OF this kind
prior TO the assassination OF Alexander
H. by nihilistS IN 1881. Moreover a
certain number OF rnalcontents after
wards made use OF Georges name In
connection with an insurrectionary
movement. declaring that If they placed
him on the throne they would be full
and at the same time would be ablo
to depend upou his putting into execu-
ton the proclamation granting lib
cral Constitution to the people. which
the i'll -fated Car had approved of. and
was about TO sign. on the very day on
which he was murdered, but to which
his successor, Alexander Ill. declined
TO give his consent.
1t waa owing TO this that Prince
George Houricwslsi who had accom-
panied his mother and his two sisters
when she was expelled from Russia
TWO days after the Cars death, was
compelled TO share for time her
cXilc-an exile which in her case Is
still maintained TO this day. He re-
ceived his education at the Lycee Con-
dorcet in Paris. and about ten years
after leaving Russia. was permitted
TO join tho Russian navy as a midship-
man, being kept on ships commissioned
in foreign waters. II was in this capa-
city that he visited the United states
ut the time OF the Columbian cclebra
tion in 1929, the ship OH which he was
serving taking part in the naval
pageant on the Hudson River, in con
ncction with the affair.
Car Nicholas on his succession TO
the throne permitted Priice George to
return to Russia. and granted him a
commission in the IIussars of the
Guard. He retired from rcEimcntal
duty after Il few years. with the rank
Of captain. on contracting n maria &c
with Countess Alexandra Zarnckau,
morganatic daughter of Duke Constan-
/ tine Of Oldenburg, and of - Georgian
woman of rank, .Ngrippina DJaparidze
= This union excited the i'll will Of En-
peror Nicholas. owing to his animosity
against tho young countcsss parents,
( Tor. having promoted the marriage OF
& cousin OF Agrippina Djaparidze 10
the late Czarevitch George. and from
that time forth the prince abandoned
his residence at 81 Petersburg and
lived entirely abroad.
Young Nouriewski's marriage did not
turn out happily. and in 1a0S was dis
solved by divorce. the princess there
upon becoming the wife OF Leo Ma
rishkinc. with whom she lives. partly
IN Geneva ana partly on the Starnberg
AXE. in Bavaria. There is one son OF
her marriage with Prince George, n
now twelve-ycar old boy, who bears
his imperial grandfather's name OF
Alexander, and who will eventually
become very rich. For Alexander II.
before his death. fearing not without
cause, thac his morGanatic wife and
children would receive scant conslu
Grafton from his successor lodged a
sum amounting 10 some so5,0oo,0 900 IN
her name in foreign banks, mainly IN
the Bank OF England
Unfortunately. car AleXa nder H. did
not have time TO establish "A trust fund
for the beuent OF his children but died
leaving his morganatic wife in sole
control and possession OF this large
fortune. She has awaited herself OF
this power TO act in most arbitrary
way with regard to her children. de-
vclop:nE with adva ncins years the
most extraordinary avaricc. and treat
ing her son and her two daughters in
All extremely niggardly manner Her
SON. Prince George, was throughout his
Erown-up life in straitened circnm-
stances, and it was his financial
troubles that contributed largely TO
the shipwrect or his marriage Ills
Two sisters also were subjected 10 much
cruelty in this connection BY their
mother. as young girls; and in several