The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-11
Young Man, Soon OF Age, Will
Inherit Wealth and Title Of
Dukedom of Bouillon.
ny LA MAnoulsn DE roNrENoY.


ny LA MAHQUIsE DE FoNTE;N0y.
Asst January. Alain de Ruaan-
Chabot. eleventh duke Of Ro-
han. ana preSiden, OF the Uuton
Club N l-ariS. passed away at his his
toric chateau OF Jossclin. in III. MOI.
bihan. 10 was the head of the French
| i.chans and Of II younger branch OF
th's the most illustrious house OF the
t.nropcan mobility. And now comes
tue news of the demise OF Prime. AIaIn
dc tohan, twelfth duk. of Monbazon.
head Of the entire family OF Itohau. If
his great Castle of Schrow in TO.
hemia. knight OF the Order OF the
Golden Fleece. and a member OF the
Austrian House OF Lords. he was the
senior descendant anu heir OF the old =
tlnIe sovereign dukes OF Brittany. as
well as OF the former sovereign princcs
CT De La 1ouI d'AuvcrEne. lie is sue
cceded in has honors ana estates by his
eldest boy and namesakc AlaEn, who
VIII oh'S come OF age next July. and
who has twin sister. lie inhcrits
from his father. with other honors. The
Dukcdom Of Bouillon. which came to
MIN through the De Ia Tour d'Au-
Hcrgnes. from Godfrey de Boulllon, the
first crusader King OF Jerusalem
As there are number OF people who
style themselves princes and p,inccssos
DE La Tour Il AuVcrgnc-therv are even
be Just as we'll TO explain that IN. hts
toric family Of La Tour d'AuvcYunc
has become extinct In the nialo line
and IL now represented solely by the
Austrian tohans. not. however. by tho
French Rohans. The real house OF DE
la Tour d Auycrgnc, the chiefs Of which
were sovereign counts aud princes
d'Auvcr gnc ia tho early part OF the
tenth century, became divided In 1859.
on the "a ath OF Agnc III do la Tour
d Auverguc. which two branches were
founded by his two sons tho elder be-
ing represented until the cnd Of the eIs
teenth century. by the various Dukes
de Huuiilon The last OF this senior
line were Godfrey dc Ia Tour AuVcrg-
ne Due de Boutllon, and his only son.
the limbo Gle Duke Leopold de i3uulllon.
who. married. To Princess Hedwlg OF
iiessc, was driven from hts throne and
from his Gomlniuns. OF which he was
sovei eign. in 1893. dying nlnc years
later in l3o2. without Issue
The Cong esq OF Vienna, at the in
stance Of Prince Clement Mettcrnich.
the Austrian chancellor and OF tho
French plcnip"tentsary Prince Talley-
rand. declined to revive the petty SOW
c! eighty OF the former Dukes de Bouil-
Ion and OF The Princes de La Tour d'Au-
vergne. but vested tho inheritance Of
the dlgnities and also OF the estates
in Louise DE- La Tour d'Auvcrgne only
sister Of Duke Godfrey. and married
to that Prince Jules dc Rohan. heed
OF all the Rohaus. VINO had emirratcd
with her from France At the time OF the
great Revolution. and had settled tn
bohemia
This decision OF the Congress- or
Vienna was ratified by the Emperor Of
Austria. and by Louis XVIII Of France.
and II Is by virtue of this that young
Prince Alain Rohan becomes now not
only Duke de Monbazon Prince dc
Rochefort. DE Montauban and De Cue
mence. but also owner OF the La Tour
dAuvergne French Dukedom OF Bouii-
Ion. In fact. the Rohnns OF Austria
are the only representatives OF the
senior branch Of the great French
house OF La Tour d'Auverpne. which
became extinct in the male line in
i1SO2.
The younger line OF the Dc la Tour
d Auvergne family was known as the
ApChier branch. and on the death in
llS02 Of the childless Duke Leopold de
BouiIon. Coun, d'Apchicr assumed, as
head OF the younger branch. the tile
OF Prince de La Tour d'Auvcrgne. lie
served as n general with great distinc-
ton. during the Napoleonic Wars. and
on dying. left an only son. Maurice.
born in 1929 a gallant cavalry officer
in the service OF rance. who died about
twenty years ago. without Issue In
this way the real De la Tour d'Au-
vergne family became wholly extinct
IN both male lines.
Louis XVIII. on the Restoration.
found it difficult to pardon General dc
La Tour d'Arvcrgne Count d Appetizer,
FOR having served under the nrst Ma
poleon. ana without actually recoCniz-
ing one OF his faVoritcs and scrvitors
in exile. the Marquis de La Tour Lau-
traEuais as De In Tour d'AuVcrgne.
tacitly permitted him TO COOL" assume
the title OF Prince de La Tour d Au-
verEne. on the strength OF a story, more
or less mythical, to the effect that his
father had on one occasion been r"cog
nized a kinsman by the last sover-
cicn Duke de Bouillon. who, as stated
above. was imbecile.
This faVorite, who WAS descended
from lawyer of the name OF Lator-.
who formerly lived and houri shed in
Auvergne. and who was made a Mar
Quls Latcur Lauraeuais by Louis NVlII.
while in exile. had n son. Charles Fer
naId, who. marrying in 1920. had three
sons me Of these. Charles. died IA
Archbishop Of Bodrges; Joseph, the