The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-24
Won Koenigsbruck Has Not Yet
Come Into Possession of
Vast Estates.
Isl la MARoUIsE die rnNrE;NoY.

~ CUNT ERNEST WELDING Won
Y kOENlGSBRUCk who arrived
In Ne" YORK or Wednesday last.
on board the huge German liner Inn
perator. and no is making his head
quarters at the Waldorf Astoria ts q
widower with three children. who also
rcIoiccs in tn. Italian title of Prince
Di Rudali. and is one OF the chamber
lains OF the King OF SaXony. and n
grand master OF the ceremonies of the
court OF Dresden He is incideptolly.
too. the eX-brother- in-law OF ono OF
the most eNtraordinarv adventures
who have ever cut Il swath on this
side or the Ntlantic. and who is now
hiding somewhere in this country
The history of tho counts FANNY is OF
somewhat romantic character. The
founder Of IT'S fortunes was a certain
George WildinG. one OF the thirteen
children OF an obscure clerk of the
municipality OF Leipsic. George Wild
ing was an exceedingly good-lookinc
man. and. having little or no money.
nc enlisted in the German Legion OF
the army of the King of Naples and
of Sicily. After having worked his
way u2. to ne rank OF lieutenant ne
won while in garrison ut Palermo. the
heart and the hand OF the beautirui
daughter ana sole heiress of the last
Prince Bltcra di Radali. and his mar
riage to this woman. who by reason
OF her loveliness was nicknamed the
Venus of Palermo" took place in that
city in 1912.
On her fathers death. ne found him
self. through his wife, possessed or
estates extending over se"cral square
miles In Sicily. with a stately palace
at Palermo. and in due course secured
from the King OF Naples the right to
bear his fathcr-in- laws title of prince
Iii Radali AS such he attended the
coronation Of Car Nicholas l. OF Rus
STA at Moscow, in 1926. in the capacity
OF ambassador OF the King of Naples.
Dying without children in 1871. he
bequeathed his Sicilian estates 70 his
brother, Ernest Wilding, who had
served in the Hanoveran army IN to
thc rank of major, and who was mar
ricd to n Hanovorissn woman of the
name of Marianne Gruncr on his
succession to the property. Ernest o.
tanned from Ferdinand OF Naples-tne
so-callcd "l>ing l3omha"--thc right to
bear his hrother's title of Prince di
Radali. d then, taxing up his resi-
dence in Sa%ony, purchased from Count
Hohcnthal the castle and estate OF
koenigsbruck. This property, Nhich
has since passed out of the possess
sion of the WildinS family. was suf-
hNIeHtiS idI &c dnC important To Sc
cure for Ernest Wildng "A scat in the
upper chamber of the Saxon Legisla-
turc. and by voting for the govern
mont, he obtained without much diff
ficulty in 1857 the Saxon title or
count, under the style OF Count Wild
ing Won Koenigsbruck
Count Ernest Wilding Won Kocnigs-
bruck, now at the WaldortAstoria, is
his grandson and chief of the family.
He is not. however. as yet in posses
sion of tho great Italian estates, which
arc owned by his maiden aunt. Coun-
tess Marie Wldine Won KoenigsDruck,
and which will only come 10 him on
her death. She had also all the Ger
man estates OF the family. and until
she dies the count VIII have no coun-
try seat or territorial possessions, all
the property having been left to her
by nor fatha-. owing TO his anger at
the matrimonial misadventurcs of his
only son. the late Count Augustus
Wilding Won koeniGsbruck
Some eight or nine years ago the
name of the Wilding Won -NoenfEs =
hruck family came in for a good deal
of publicity. owing TO the unfortunate
marriage of the counts sister An
gelica, to a Rumanian. of the name of
George Manolcscu, to whom | have re-
forr"d above. She vas foolisI enough
to bestow her hand upon him at
Genoa, in 1898. and IL Mas not until
1904 that she was able to secure a
divorce on the ground of the criminal
record OF Ter husband. receiving from
the King of SaXony 4 patent authoriz-
ing her to style herself Nine. Won
Otterschutz
Manolcscu. it is only fair to state,
is of gentle birth, godson of Car
men sylvia. the Queen OF Rumania, and
the son OF a Colonel Manolcscu of the
: Rumanian cavalry. The colonel was
| high in favo. with King Charles. and
his death was brought about by the
disgrace OF his son. The latter's Grim
inal record dates back to his sixteenth
year. when hn was expelled from the
military academy at Bucharest for
forgery, and forced 10 flee from Ru-
mania 10 escape a worse fate. After
having made Constantinople too hot
10 hold him, he bctook himself to
Athens. where falling seriously ill