South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-11

exchange her great title for the
simple bourgeois name of a man
whose position certainly does not
entitle him to be considered as an
equal by the doughty Austrian no
bility.
The Princess Marie, in following
the dictates of her heart, or of her
reason. because she is anything but
w~ell-dowered herself, and probably
was not altogether Indifferent to the
immense fortune of Baron Mayr-
Meinhof. has not shown herself the
first member Of her family who has
married someone not belonging %
that class of people who are known
in Germany, as well as in Austria
as Observation-Disclosures" which
means Immediate Peers of the old
German Holy Empire, and entities
those in possession Of sufficient
quarterings to secure for them this
coveted distinction TO the right IF
marrying as their equals the mem
bers Of any European royai house.
Previous Escapades.
A few years ago another Hohen-
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Prince Max of Hohenlohe Langen-
burg, Marie Therese, ran away with
an apothecary, Herr Otto Kohleisen,
TO the despair of her parents, and
was welded to him without asking
anybody's law or leave; while long
before that an aunt Of hers. the
sister OF TIE duke of Ratibor and
the Prince Clovis of Hohenlohe, the
late chancellor Of the German en-
pire, had united herself 10 a painter
Of talent, who in the latter part OF
the last century won for himself
considerable fame, Mr.. Lauchert.
AS for the male members of the
HohenlohC family. there have been
a good many who. scOrning alliances
which would have secured for their
children the same rank and privi-
leges they had enjoyed themselves.
married women Of a humber class,
with whom they had fallen in love.
So, for instance. did the second
son Of that Prince Won H%ohenlOhe-
Waldenburg, whose wife, the Prin-
cess Marie. was the last heiress and
descendant of the famous Prince
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Empress Marie Therese. and who
upon her marriage with Prince
Egon Won -Waldenburg
obtained from the Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria the permission 20
transmit 10 her children the name
of Kaunitz. together with their coat
Of arms. Prince Alexander, their
son. evidently did not appreciate
this honor. because he took for him
self a ConsOrt whose Jewish origin
barred for him any possibility 10
succeed TO the combined Hohen-
lohe-Kaunitz estates, and who went
so far in his scorn for them as TO
renounce even for himself his title,
and 10 become by special authorize
ton Of the king of Wurtemberg, a
simple Count Won Heimbach.
Two other Hohenlohe princes. one
Of them being the eldest son AMI
successor Of the late German chan
ceIlor. married actresses. and were
not any the worse for il. which
proves that there existed some indie
pendence in their race. But, in
spite OF these examples. the en-
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very probably will ina a few days be
known as the Baroness Mayr-Mein-
hof is likely 10 cause a greater SEN
sation than those other matrimonial
ventures which 7 have chrOnicled,
owing 10 the fact that her sister be-
came last year the wife OF the
brother Of the present emperor Of
Austria. the Archduke HaXimilian,
and is now considered in Vienna as
the second lady in the land. ranking
immediately after the Empress Zita.
Her father. Prince Conrad. was
once prime minister Of the Austro-
HUNGARIAN monarchy. whilst her
mother Is by birth a countess of
Standardization. the sister Of
the princess Of Furstenberg. wife OF
the head OF hat house. Her uncle,
Prince Godfrey Won HohenlOhe. WHO
at present occupies the position OF
Austrian ambassador in Berlin. H.
married 20 an archduchess. Marie
Henrietta. the same who when her
husband was appointed to his post