The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-09

Lusignan died in poverty at Milan, leaving an oi'
named Michael. Michael earned precarioos,
living as waiter at Milan and at Florence an" |
repeatedly endeavored to ameliorate his iot W
marrying some rich woman About ten years aso
he addressed to the head Of the marriage-hcenI.
bureau at the New York city hall, a remarhao,o
letter inviting the assistance OF that ohe'"' =.
securing rich American wife for "a pfihse y,
royal blood Prince Michael de Luslgnah riii1e
of Armenia Cyprus and Jerusalem Comte ue !"
Marche, fifty-seven years of age and without u
fortune" His matrimonial designs were as run
less in America as they were abroad no"et.'
and he died In October, 1872 at Petrograd. III tho
Oboukofsky hospital, in the utmost poverty anu
obscurity and without leaving any her.
With him there disappeared the sole and only per
son who in modern times has ever Deeh omei"''''
if enormously, recognized by any foreign govern
ment as entitled to bear the name OF Lusienun
More than questionable Is was his own status VS., -.
was never tired of denouncing the~ sol-dlsah'
Prince Guy de Lusignan of Paris, ana the ia'ioi
son Leon as utter frauds.
With regard to this Prince Guy de Lusignan,
who persuaded number Of creduious Hns,sn
and Americans into belief IN the authen..'
of his claims. and induced them to accept tne
hoops orders of knighthood which he conferred
rnon them his real name was KalfaJan. he was
the son of an Armenian stone mason, anu was GU
ucated by public charity at the Armenian nion
astery of San Lazzaro at venice
In Paris he first gave out that ne was sranus'n
Of the great Napoleon's famous Mameiuke
Roustan. and subsequently blossomed forth as Guy
de Lusignan King of Jerusalem, Cyprus ana Ar
menia IT was previous to this that he had sue
coodod In winning the hand and fortune OF the
wealthy widow of one of the great french ar'
dealers After her DEATH he married rlch Mig
,ishwoman named Broadley; and 1t was on ,ne
strength of the money thus acquired that ne
odonted his royal titles and founded MS ridcu-
nod
Order of Melusine, named after the iesehoaiS
noaStrass of the real Lusignan family, ana the
I,rsor of ST Catherine of Mount Sinai, which was
rostrcted to women and which this seiI-stsie''
King of Jerusalem had the impudence 10 CONFER
unon Miss Clara Barton, then head CT the Amer'-
can Red Cross.
No sketch Of the Kings of Jerusalem past and
nrasent bogus and authentic, would be complete
,;.hout mention of the dethroned kaiser's extra
ra;n.ry nretensions to the title. He boldly as
summed II on the occasion of his theatficai entry
info Jerusalem in 1885, when he rode into the holy
civ arrayed in the white mantle OF the CRUSADER
sovereigns and carrying their emblem, cross
In the almost blasphemous sermons that ne
,,rooc hed on the Mount of Olives and In the
I,.har.r church at Jerusalem he emphasized his
claim to the kingly title once held by Frederici
IT - tho old German empire. At home, how
ovor no never included it in the official list O.
bis m,,tifarious honors as German Kaiser ant
autocrat Of Prussia.
THE former Kaiser was not content to ascriD
,,,s FIGHTS In the matter to descent from one
~ n,od,eval rulers of Jerusalem. He goes bacl
- onoch much more remOte-to King Davi
:. ~ nid Testament whom he claims as an an
~ oaatar Hanging in conspicuous position In hi
N.s.,roor, in the Neues Palais at Potsdam is,
W. huye and beautifully framed genealogica
treo showing the name of King David at the roc
80 that Of the Emperor William at the top. AZ
aa..,;no to this tree the dethroned Kaiser Is u
soa.aad from King David through the eides
s.,,abtar Of Zedekiah who, with her sister. he
- Iro,and in charge of the Prophet Jeremiah,
10 n,arr,et, TO Heremon, King Of Ulster
This genealogical tree is the work OF cerg!
.,ar ~ the Church Of England, named Glove
,rho devoted most of his life TO the study OF gem
a,acv In 1859 he wrote to Queen Victoria. infor'
-, bar that he had discovered her to be descende
- ar -nbroken line from King David The quee
aast for him to come to Windsor, and to q
S1aauamant Informed him that what ne thougi
nod been the first to discover had been know
ue harscf and to her late husband, the Prime
Consort, for many years.
:. l. unite natural that Victoria's grandson, u
e.-,ror Kaiser. with his intense ii somewhat cui
o1,s religious IDEAS should have been deeply
.arested IN this family tree. Soon after his a
asssion tn the throne of Germany he requisite
h;s grandmother to let him have copy. whi'
was sent to him handsomely engrossed and gorg
ous,v framed Its contemplation naturally tend
TO increase his belief In the divine origin OF
sovereignty.