Evening star., 1920-07-12
..EUGEN|E, EUR0PE'S
J SAD QUEEN, DIES
.Former Empress Succumbs
at Madrid After Only
Few Hours Illness.

MADRID. July IL (by the Associated
Press).-Former Empress Eugene of
France. who died here this morning,
was i'll only a few hours before her
death She was exceptionally well
Saturday morning. At midday she
lunched heartily. eating chicken and
some ham.
A short time later she became i'll,
experiencing severe abdominal pain.
Dr. Grenda, physician to King Al
fonso. was called. and finding her
condition serious summoned DR.. Mo-
reno Zancudo. specialist. and also
two other physicians. They were,
however, unable to relieve the pa
tient.
Empress Eugene seemed conscious
that death was approaching and those
who stood by her bedside say she
appeared glad to die in Spain, her
native country.
Funeral in England.
Death occurred shortly before I"
O'Clock from acute intestinal inf1am-
nation. She passed away quietly IN
the presence only of her lady-in-
waiting. Her nephew. the Duke OF
Alba, at whose residence she died,
was in France.
Empress Eugene had long suffered
from ophthalmia and had been oper-
ated on for cataract. Full imperial
honors will be accorded at her ~
neral.
During the course of Saturday after
noon, when the condition of Eugene
became worse. all her relatives still in
Spain were notified. The Duchess San
tona with her husband arrived, and then
the Duke of Penerando. Dowager Ouch
ess Tamames and the Count and Count
ess Mora.
During the night the empress lost
consciousness but before doing so, re-
ceived the last sacramentS of the
Church from a clergyman. Eugenle
died shortly before eight O'Clock. Sunday
morning. never having regained con-
sciouSneSs
The body will be embalmed Monday.
in preparation for its TRANSPORTATION to
England. where Eugene will be CURED
at Farnsborough. The funeral party
will probably depart from Spain We'd
nesday.
Preparations are under way for the
opening of Empress Eugenie's will.
The death of the empress was not
known generally in Madrid. owing to
the Spanish Sunday rest law.
Eugene Marie de Montijo. former
Empress of France. was born in
Granada, Andalusia, Spain, May o.
1926. She was the second daughter
of Count Manuel Fernandez de Mon
tito, Duke of Peneranda. and Maria
Manuela kirkpatrick of Closeburn.
Dumfriesshire. Scotland. Her ma
ternal grandfather was William
Kirkpatrick. United States consul at
Malaga, who was a native of Scot
land but a nationalized American.
Married in Paris.
The former empress was educated
in France Spain and England, and
Travelled extensively with her mother
on the European continent She met
her husband. Emperor Napoleon III.
first in 1851 and married him in Notre
Dame Cathedral. Paris. January 80,
1853. Prince Napoleon, her only son,
who was the prince imperial, was
born March Is, 1856.
over her husband. and on several oc-
casions acted as regent during the
sabsence of the emperor when he was
travelling or was with his army in
the field. This was in 1859. 1865 and
1870. the latter date during the Fran
co-Prussian war.
Called "Guecn Of Sorrow"
At the outbreak of the Franco
Prussian war there were many per-
sons who accused Eugenie of having
been responsible for the commence
ment of hostilities. Later her en-
emies. and they were numerous, used
to say that she was the cause of all
the calamities which befell her. New
ertheless. the one-time empress from
the public generally received respect
full sympathy, and even after her
beauty had faded and old age crept
upon her she was reverently greeted
by those who saw her seated in the