The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-19
I AXES PLACEINRANKS
OF REIGNING FAMILY

| intend to spend n portion of each year
| IN the French capital
| Prince Elias is now the owner of
/ tho magnificent and historic Chateau
/ ue ChRmhord. which. formerly a royal
| residence. WIS presented by Louis XIV
! TO the famous Marechul SAKE wa. ne
rewards donated by Napoleon To his
i marshall Berthier, Prince Of Neucnu,,,
ana OF Wagram. from whose widow n
was purchased by popular subscriptiop
IN tHzi, and presented to the inrnu,
and posthumous son Of the rnurdcred
DUO de Berry.
! King Charles *. when overtaken nv
! ne revolution OF July 1890. abdicotcd
IN FAVOR OF this grandchild OF his. who
nad been Known until then as the Duo
dc BORDEAUX hut tho -ycar-old lad
WAS only allowed TO reign twenty four
hours. AZ Henry ". and was then
Obliged 10 make way for the Duke op
Orleans. who assembled tho throne os
Ming Louis Philippe. on reaching,
inahhood. the young prince abandoned
nus 'itie OF Duo de Bordeaux for that
81 Conte dc Chambord. and on HIS de-
mise IN 1883. bequeathed the Chateau
ana FaTk of Chamhord, which |. in
closed In wall twenty.one miIes In
Src"mf erence. 10 his nephew, tho late
luxe OF Parma. from whom Il passed
III turn to his son. Prince Elias.
II Prince Elias wns more favored In
MS fathers viii than his elder brother.
rFif|ie Joseph, II Is because the Inter
is mentally afflicted.
Among other ROYAL personages who
nave homes In Paris, are the widowed
tN-cueen OF Naples, who ia n sister ar
me int Empress OF Austria; the ex.
crown Princess OF Brazil with nor
husband. Prince CASTOR OF Orleans.
'onnt hu, and their three sons two
OF whom arc married: tho GRAND Duke
# snFff l.
wife, the Countess OF HohenreIu.n.
Grand Duke Cyril of Russia. and hIs
Cohsofl' Princess Victoria OF Great
Britain and of Coburg, divorced wife
Oh the Grand Duke Of Hesse: Prince
H'o'kc OF Greece. ard his vito. Marie
hoharartc, who is indebted for her
great wealth 10 her fathers TT owner
! sh'p OF the public gambling tables of
! Monte Carlo. the lnfanta Eulalie or
IPaih ana her Younger son. the Infant
LOUIS; FRINGE Ferdinand OF France.
"uc DC Mon,pensier. and only brother
/ ana he!f or tho Due d'Orleans; Prince
fhilippc OF Orleans. Due de vendome
ana his wife. Princess Henrictte OF
belgium, and Prince Anthony OF Or
leanc, Infant OF Spain. ana better
known as the Duke OF Gailiera
Also Prince Peter OF Orleans. Due
uc lehlhicVTe, son OF the late Prince
+ de .'oinville. and who received hig edu-
cation At the Naval Academy of An
napolis; Princess Blanche OF Orleans
unmarried daughter Of the late Duo
d'Alcnson the widowed Duchess dc
char;rcs. whose husband. the lato
i'iuce Robert of Orleans. served with
his brother tho Co,n;c de Paris. on the
STAFF OF General Mcclellan. through the
war Of the Union. the c%-QIcen Nat
allie OF Serv!a; the reigning Prince OF
Monaco. who makes his Headquarters
IN palatial mansion on the Avenue
nt, r..,ars~ a
PRINCE Louis
This. By no means. eXhausts the list,
but the names that have enumerated
are enough TO SHOW that, although eA-
King George 81 Hanover eA-Klnc
Francis OF spain, cA-King Ftancis OF
Naples and ex-king Milan o. Servia.
who all made their homes In the
french capital, have been gathered Il
iheir fathers. yet that Paris stu retains
ITS Nor as a residence OF foreign
royalty.
Co.'s right. 1914. by the Brentwood
COmDary)