Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-12
For so Years Widow of
Napoleon Ill Had Pray
ed for Death; Passes
Away in Madrid, Spain.
Will Be Laid Beside Son
and Husband in Eng
land, Scene of Their Ex-
lie for Many Years.

Madrid, July IL The former EN-
press Eugene of France died here Suh-
day morning.
Death occurred from acute intestinal
inflammation She passed away quietly
in the presence only of her lady IN want
ing. Her nephew, the Duke Of Albar at
whose residence she died. was IN France,
and the other members of the family
were absent Full imperial honors Will pc
accorded at her funeral.
Eugene Marie de Montiio, former en-
press Of France, was born in Granada,
Ardelusia. Spain May 3. lS26.j She was
the second daughter of Count Manuel
Fernandez de Montijo. Duke of Penef-
anda, and Manuela kirkpatrick, Of Clos
burn. Dumfreshire Scotland. Her ma
ternal grandfather was William hlrk-
patrick. United States consul at Malaga
who was a native of Scotland but nat
uralized American.
Weds Napoleon II.
The former empress was educated ~
France. Spain and England and Travelled
extensively with her mother on the Eur
opean continent. She met her husband,
Emperor Napoleon III. first in 1901 ami
married him January 30, 1893. Prince
Napoleon. her only son, who was the
Prince Imperial, was born March 10,
1856
The empress had great influence over
her husbasd and on several occasions
acted as regent when he was travelling
or was with his army in the field. Ihi5
was in 1859. 1866 and 1870, the latter
date during the Franco -PTussian war.
At the outbreak Of the Franco-Prus-
sian war there we're many persons VINO
accused Eugene Of being responsible Tor
the commencement Of hostilities Later
her enemies said she was the cause OF
all the calamities which befeH her. Ncv-
rrtheless. the one-time empress from
the public generally received respectful
sympathy and even after her beauty ha1
faded and age crept upon her she was
reverently greeted by those who saw her
seated in the parks of Paris
Queen of Sorrows"
Lame. bent and white haired. the for
ncr empress was called Europe queen
Of Sorrow"
Eugene lost the sight of one Of her
ewes and was fearful of becoming totally
blind. With the desire again to visit
her native country Spain, she begged
that she might be taken there before she
became entirely blind. Her wish was
granted,
The ex-empress was almost impatient
for the end Of her long lease of life. It
ran "a wears. Forty-four were spark
in countess, Eugenie Marie de MontiJo,
travelling through Europe, a visitor to
tho French court. wife Of Napoleon III,
and an occasional regent of the ErcncA
empire. Then N a Gay the whole struc-
ture Of imperial cminence collapsed. Line
other half Of her life was mourntul, 50
much so that Eugene had said: = wlsh
/ had passed when the shaddoWy taorlc
of my dream fell apart
Sedan Begins Disasters.
That day Of disaster was the 4th day
Of September, 1870, when she and All
Paris had heard of the defeat and cap
ture of Napoleon, at Sedan Inc rlotous
rnohs of Paris shouting for the new re-
public which the deputies proclaimed,
stormed the palace of the Tuileries AMI
howled imprecatiOnS upon Eugene
head until the Empress became convinced
that her life was in peril, and fled to
England.
But exile was not enough. Misfortuncs
came in thrces. The fall of the empire
was followed by the death Of the exlcd
Napoleon III. in England three years ear,
later, and the killing Of bis only son, the
Prince Imperial while in battle with the
English against the Zulus.
The empress prepared her last rest
ing place some years ago by ordering an
addition to the mausoleum in the Benedlc-
tine abbey which she built at farnsWorth
and where she buried the exiled emperor
and the Prince Imperial.
One instance IF Eugenie's former bril-
liancv recalls the opening of the Suez
canal She was the center Of the festiv--
tiles at Cairo. upon which the khedive Of
Egypt Is said to have spent All of the
S1l 100000 N his treasury. The gown
she wore at the khedival ball cost
so5, 900. and later it served to pay debt
when she fled from Paris. 1t has since
been reported as brought to America for
sale.
Of the ex-empress amounts to $3o,-
100000.