The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-29
Extraordinary Career of Her
Husband Recalled by Pres
cnce in America.
By LA MARoUIsE DE FONTENOY.

THE presence in New York OF Prin-
cess Anne LoeTensteln- W ert-
helm. daughter of the late Earl
Of Marlborough. and VINO mace the
trin across the Atlantic on the Majestic
iasf week. for the purpose of submitting
70 a nracticai test the self-leveling cot
which she has invented for the proven
zion Of sea-sickness. serves TO recall the
extraordinary career OF her husband. the
tate prince Louis OF Loewenstein- vert
beiro who succumbed to an American
bullet in the Philippines
The prince. when he married Lazy
A,ne savile in the spring of 1891? sorely
against the wishes of her family. was
the Younger and penniless son OF
~, no means wealthy mediatlzed house
81 germany: one of those houses that
exercised petty sovereignty until the
oye-throy of the Holy Roman Empire,
and which retains to this day the rignu
of mating on footing OF equanty WIN
the reivnine dynasties OF the Old World
Nor did the match meet with the ap-
proval of the princes relatives OWING
"a the fact that Lady Annes mother
came of the Jewish race, having Deen
Miss Elizabeth Raphael It Is. In fact
nv reason of this that the widowen prln-
cess makes her home IN England anu
has never attempted to secure presenIa-
.;on a. the courts OF Vienna or Berlin
Tho nrtnce. prior to his marriage.
ha;nu almost penniless and heavily IN
debt had placed himself under very
deen obligations to species OF mar
rage brokers, who not only DrousH1
about in an absurd way his acquaiht-
ance with Lady Anne. but also nnanceo
him during the entire peIiou VI Ia1 S
courtship Having failed 10 fulnIi
tbesa oblieations the brokers thereupon
commenced a campaign against MIN
of a Matchmaking character FOR they
had managed to obtain NUMBER OF
exceedingly compromising secrets OF
one kind and another concerning the
nrinco. calculated to involve MN IN no
end of legal difficulties OF the eraves1
character. He at length appealed IN
desperation to his father-In-law, the
old Earl of Marlborough. Tor money 20
settle with his prosecutors but the
neer. who had never been favorable 70
the match from the outset. VINO ois-
liked him, not only on general princi-
niles but likewise for his I'M Engilsn
manners. and for the way IN Which ne
neglected his wife. drove him from MS
presence. expressing bitter regret that
I.adv Anne should be married TO SUCH
a man. -,
Tbe orince thereupon found II we'll
~ leave Europe quietly. in order to
avoid legal proceedings OF an unpieas-
ant nature and the brokers tnereupoh
set 10 work to advertise for MS Where
abouts not only in the Enghsh, out
also in the foreign. press. Lady
Anne very chivalrously took up the
cudgels in behalf OF her truant hus-
hand and insisted that the people
hunting for him were disreputaoie
hlacLnailers But the circumstance
remains that the prince left ner a1teI
only a very few months OF marriage.
and vanished completely from sight
,,r-r e;gbteen months later he turned
up in the Philippines. not, however,
under his title.
-rbere ne became identified with those
nondcscript European adventures VINO
assisted Aguinaldo in his instruction
against the United States on seVerai
occasions he narrowly escaped Deing
shot bx the American authorities as
60 and finally met with his death at
nc battle of Caloocan. on March 70,
$500 being struck by several bullets
fred bv soldiers of the oregon regiment
into a house where rebels had been
concealed 4 search of his body gc-
veaIed a passport. signed BY Aguinald".
granting Mr.. Wcrtheim. one OF the
nafronvrics Of his family. permission
10 enter the lines OF the rebels at VIII.
and instructinR insurgent ofhcers 10
Give him any aid and comfort ne might
5esirc subsequently mis- identity vas
definitely established
Fortunately. his widow IS rich IN her
own right for she has never received
a penrv piece from the entaiiec estates
OF .he princcly house OF Locwenstein-
Nerthcirn 20 which shc would have
been entitled had no question been
-sised Is TO her equality Of birth with
.hat OF her husband. At the time OF
her marriage an attempt was made 10
arsue tina. her mother was OF Persian
descent. But the late Lady Mex
ho-oueh.s father. old John Raphaei.
attended synagogue IN london IN
thoroughly orthodox jewish fashion.
wbflc LADY Marlborough type was
distinctly Semitic.
The p.inccss's father. the late bord
Marlborough. IL familiar IN way 70
most American admirers OF kinglake.
a. the most intimate friend and travel
ING companion Of that author. and ne
dgures in the latter'e popular book.
"F,othen. under the transparent pseu-
doovrn OF "Ncthicy." the latter being
the name Of the principal country seat
a,d ANCESTRAL home OF the Lords OF
,fexborough. near Leeds. Built in
i,so bv Sir John Saviie. who was a
baron Of the court OF the exchequer.
under tho reign OF Queen Elizabeth.
ard founder Of the Mexboroush branch
81 the Saviics. Mcthioy has been in
ere no.session Of the family ever since