Evening star., 1923-07-30
BY THE MaRat1sE DE FoNTENoY

BY THE MARQtISE DE F'ONTENO1' :
Members of the former sovereign
house OF France are following the
example of the scions of the reignins
family in England in ruVerting TO the
medieval practice OF seeking natrl-
monial alliances with the old aristoc-
racy of their country instead of re-
stricting their marriages to princes
and princesses of their own rank.
Thus. King Georges son. the Duke
of York's recent union to the daugh- :
ter of the Scottish Earl OF Strathmofe
and Princess Mary's bestowal of her
hand upon Lord celles-stiu a
commoner in the eyes of the law
have been followed by the marriage
OF Princess Genevieve OF France.
daughter OF the royal Duke ana
Duchess of Vendome and of Alencon.
| to the Count of Chaponay, grandson.
| through his mother. of Eugene
Schneider. the great ironmaster or
Cresot And now comes the an
nouncement of the formal engage
daughter of the royal Duke ana
! Duchess of Guise, to Count Bruno
HarCourt. son of the late Count h'u-
gene d'Harcourt of the Paris Jockey
! Club. who will be remembered in New
1 York as composer in connection
with several visits to America to su-
perfntend here the performance OF his
works by the Boston symphony Or
chestra, and by other equally impor-
| tant organizations.
| The wedding will take place early
| in September at the French country
| seat of ex-Queen Marie Amelie of
Portugal, near Versailles, the bride
1 ,l,a hrt 1a'v fatt t1r
| the Duke de Guise, is the only son
| Or the late Duke d'Chartres. who,
| with his elder brother, the late Count
of Paris. served throughout the Amer
| lean war of secession under the Union
! flag and who. afterward fought IN
the war of 1870 i'll the ranks of the
| French army under the name OF
| Robert lie Fort, winning commits
sion and the Cross OF the Legion or
| Honor under that name by conspleu-
Gus sallantry on the battlefield. the
of heredity. entitled to membership
Of the Society of the Army of the
| Potomac and of the Grand Army of
! the Republic. He received his mill
1! tary training at Copenhagen, where
his elder sister. Marie. was married
to Prince Waldemar of Denmark. the
| ranking admiral of the Danish navy,
and he still holds a commission OF
lieutenant colonel in the Danish army
but makes his chief home with his
Morocco. where he owns an enormous
| ranch, which he has converted into
a financial success. He also has a
chateau in the French department OF
the Alsne. known as the Castle Of
Souvion His wife. Princess Isabelle
nsie. Ggnsr ef th 5lztf ef 1sss afss
of Montpensier. With regard to the
bridegroom, he is twenty-four years
the seventh French Duke of Hareourt
X X
There are two families of the Eu-
ropean aristocracy that have played
q more notable role in the annals OF
|France and Of England in the last s0(
wears. They trace their origin to
Barnard the Dane, cousin of Rollo
! sovereign Duke of Normandy, by
whom he was invested In AID 81
with the seigneury of Harcourt In
what is now the department of the
Eure. The Harcourts took an active
part in the conquest OF England undel
William Of Normandy In, 1865, one OF
them commanding the Norman
archers at the battle of Hastings. ant
his name a he ssse ssts on abbe,
roll and in Brunston's "Chronicles.'
1T was during the reign of kins
Richard Coeur de Lion that one o.
the Harcourts became possessed O
Santon- -Harcourt and of Nunham Parl
in Oxfordshire, now the ancestra
home of the half American ant
fifteen-year-old Viscount Harcourt
whose mother was Miss Mary Burn,
of New York. niece of the lat
IJ. Pierpont Morgan, The name o
Haroourt figures on almost ever.
page of English history. An Englisi
Harcourt carried Henry Wis stand
lard at the battle of Bosworth, an