The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
Woman Styled Herself Princess
by Virtue of Decree of
French Court.
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OT a single roya! parsonage at
tended or was represented ut tho
funeral In Paris the other aa y
OF the New York woman who .tvi.,i
neiseh ifihccss Amclie OF bourbon.
out VIII" was not recognized as suc, hy
! any or The monarchicnl courts or rovnl
houses al Europe a New York cir, of
the name OF Mario Amello Iamol
whose people wore OF ,;crmnu nrIsr+n
! OH" was able, however 10 point 10 tho
tact that she STYLED herself Princess of
| bourbon by virtue of n decree of tile
| French courts OF Justice
! Curiously enough. she took no RAJ.
whT tsoever In securing this dccisioi..
IL arose III connection with suit
brouPht bv hcr dead husbands broth
er. Prince Philippe of Bourbon. a.nirs I
The estate Of his mother ana 20 unset
her viii His mother was n sister :, Z
Dom Pedro, last Emperor OF Brazil
was known ms the Countess OF Auuila.
ana Wh"n Sh" died she bcuucathe,l the
bulk of her fortune To the only daugh-
Ter OF her eldest son, Prince Louis
Ferdinand OF Bourbon, Ivy his mar
rage with Marie Amelic Hamei, of New.
York.
The old Countess Aqu,id refrainod
I from bcQncathing IL penny piece either
TO hcr eldest son or TO his Am,ric. n
wife. because they were Judi-iuIIy sep
aratSd. and that tho prince was Ter
rihly in arrears with his aiimony, &c
sides having numerous judgNen,s
AGAINST him, which could not be cSo-
cutcd owing to his being cutirrls Do
pendent upon his mother. II she left
her money TO his daughter rather thar,
10 himself II was So that neither his
wife nor any Of hts other creditors
could attach It. Tho prince mad" Ills
home with lis daughter. who under
took to provide for her fathers wei
fare.
After the princes death. his younger
brother Philippe attacked this will and
Z ATTEMPTED 20 secure the annuiinon. OF
titc ieracy to HIS niece on tho ground
that Prince Louis Fcrdinand's mnrri-
orc hid been al the best but a NOR
ganat!c union. and had becn contracted
without that consent Of his parents
which. until quite recently. has hren
~ uniSit" In rr"uce In order To render
marriage valid in the ewes OF the
law But IN 1910 tho Supreme Court in
pals decided that there are no suCn
things us morghratic unions in France;
Tint "A MARRIAGE is either 4 full lodged
matrimonial alliance. or IL is aothiEG
1T all. while ~ for the contrn'iun that
l he union OF Prince Louis Ferdinand
did not have the consent OF his parents,
the very TACT that his mother uod b.
ouonthcd thc larger share OF h ~ for
= age. constituted convincing evidence
TINT II hnd enjoyed her approval
The dau"hter Of Prince Louis. aud tic
principal lc"atcc Of his mother. II mat
ricd To an Euvl!shrnan of the name or
William Freeman, and does not stvlo
herself princess. but merely Ms Wi
liam Freeman They make their home
in tho south OF France; and Queen Vic
town, Whenever she visited tho RI
vicra, was wont TO invite the late
Prince Louis. with Mr.. and Mrs Free
most kindness.
William Frceman'S hirth and ar:es-
Ivy are OF the most romantic character
II may be remembered that this royal
Duke de Ferry. son OF Charles y. OF
i'"ance. contracted while in oyi;o in
Fngiaio during the reign Of the flrst
Emperor Napoleon. a marriage Ia 1906
in tho French Church. In Portu,dn
So care. London. according to E0glish
law, with a Miss Amy Brown. the
daughter OF nm English clergyma1 'f
that name and a convert to the Church
Of Rome This marriage was not rec
ogniZcd az legal In France, after the
bourbon rcstora ton In consequence Of
its having failed to receive the sane
ton Of the dukes father. and OF King
Louis XVIII, and he therefore mar
ried for dynastic reasons. in Paris,
during the lifetime OF Amy Brown. a
danehter OF the Bourbon King OF
Naples. who survived him. and whose
son died as the Comte de ChaInbord.
Nv his marriage with Amy Brown.
the Duo de Berry had three sons ana
two daughters. Tho two eldest sons
John and Robert. were for some mys-
FERROUS reason Registered under the
name OF Freeman. and grew up under