The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-15
WIFE NOT ENTITLED
TO HUSBANDS RANK

man in question finds no place in the
Almanach dc Gotha.
II call attention to the matter, IL
is because tho old Nicomtesse dc Dur
fort. one of the most influential Erandcs
danes Of the Noble FaubourS. In Paris.
has written IN her own name and in
that of her children. rs daughter of
! the late Edouard dc Montnorcncy, last
authentic Prince dc Luxembourg and
Duke of Beaumont. to protest against
the usurpation of her fathers honors.
Associated with her in the protest arc
the Counts and Countesscs OF Iunol-
stein. children OF hcr sister Marie. who
died come years ago.
There Is to-day no French family
that has any right TO the patronymic
Chat is. the family name) OF Mont
morency. to tho princely title Of Lux
embourg, or to that Of Duke of Beau
mont The last prince inherited from
AN ancestor. who died in 1927. the title
conferred in that year by the then King
OF France, OF Premier Baron OF Chris
tendom."
There is to-day n Duke or Mont
morency, title created by Napoleon
Ill, TO the intense Indignation Of the
old French aristocracy. AT the time
OF the death of the last Duke de Mont.
morency, OF the ancient and illustrious
/ line, in 1862 Napoleon III distressed
the Tuileries was boycotted by the old
French aristocracy, sought by every
means TO attract them thither. Among
those who were led by impccuniosity
TO respond to his advances, was Count
Adalhert do Tallcyrand- Pcrieord.
younger brother of the thon Prince de
Sagan. who died as Duke OF Tallcyrand
and Pcrigord.
Napoleon found for him very rich
bride, In the person Of Mile Carmen
Aguado. whose father, as Franco
Spanish flnancicr. played a very i'm
portant role in Paris while the empire
lasted. On tho same occasion Napo-
leon created Il new dukedom OF Mont
morcncy, and bestowed il upon Adal-
bert de Tallcyrand- Perigord, as n re-
ward for his adhesion to the empire,
hasing the grant of tho honor on the
fact that Adalbcrts mother had been
tho sister of the last Duke OF Mont
morency OF the old line.
The creation anew of so ancient and
illustrious dukedom by Napoleon,
and, above all, Its acceptance by Adal-
bert MISUNDERSTANDING. excited
storm of protest from the old French
nristocracy. prominent among them
being the late Edouard dc Aont.uo-
rcncy, Prince OF Luxembourg. who de-
nounced Adalbert publicly In man
ner that. according to Continental
to demand satisfaction on the field of
honor. Tho fact that the new fedgcd
Duke de Montmorcncy kept silent un-
der the storm OF denunciation. COM
pleted the social discrcdit by which he
was overiaken and from which he has
never recovered.
day widower, and in the most
s!raitcned circumstances, tho hero of
innumerablo more or less unsavory
financial scandals, he ckes out Il scanty
subsistence. belonging 10 none OF the
clubs where the aristocracy fore
gather. such as the Union. the AEri-
cole and the Jockey.
He has ono son. who has very little
to do with him. namely, Louis dc
Tulleyra nd Pcrlgord, widower of Anne
de Rohan- Chabot. and who. having no
children. Will probably refrain from
taking up the title OF Due do Mont
morency on his fathers death, content
ing himself as heretofore with the
style OF Comic dc Pcrigord
COPYRIGHT. 1913. by the Brentwood
Company.