Evening star., 1923-07-24
By THE MARaUIsE DE FoNrENoY.

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Since there are two princes of the
royal house of Bourbon who bear the
Christian name of Rene. IL is neces-
sary to explain that the one whose
impending marriage to the Polish
countess, Caroline Zamoyska, has just
been announced. belongs TO the Nea-
politan instead of to the Parma
branch of the dynasty. He is the son
of the octogenarian, Prince Alphonse,
Count of Caserta, half brother and
heir. to the claims of Ferdinand II,
last King of Naples and of the two
Sicilies, who lost his throne to Vic
tor Emmanuel II in 1850, after the pro-
Ionged siege of the stronghold of
Gaeta. in the defense of which the
now aged widow, ex-Queen Marie of
Naples. was the heroine. She and the
equally widowed Countess Trani re
the only surviving sisters of Empress
Elizabeth of Austria. who was assas-
sinated at Geneva, and the sanity
Duchess of Alencon, who perished in
the Confiagration of the charity ba-
zaar, in Paris along with some other
$50 victims, many of them belonging
to the oldest houses of the aristocracy
of France more than a quarter of a
century ago. She had been at one
moment the fiancee of her cousin, the
ill-fated King Louis III of Bavaria.
Parted from one another through a
discreditable court intrigue. he never
married, and met with death by
drowning in the waters of the Ba-
varian lake at Starenberg.
Prince Rene. like several of his
brothers. has received his military
al, IN in
which he is serving as captain of the
crack cavalry regiment known as the
'Hussars of the Princess"
He is persona grata at the court of
Madrid, close upon forty years of age.
and his elder brother, Don Carlos.
of King Alfonso. to whom he served
as mentor during the early years of
his reign after he had attained his
majority op his sixteenth birthday.
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The other Prince Rene of Bourbon
is the brother of eX-Empress Zita, a
younger son of the last sovereign
Duke of Parma, and has been mar
ried since 1921 to Princess Margue-
rite of Denmark. the Catholic
daughter of Prince Waldamar of
Denmark. and who was regarded by
many as destined to become the
bride of her cousin. the Prince of
Wales, her creed. however. proving
an insurmountable obstacle.
Countess Caroline Zamoyska is a
cousin of her fiance. For her mother
and nameSake. was before her mar
riage. Prince Caroline of Bourbon. of
the Naples and two SicilieS branch,
daughter of the royal Count of Ira
nd Ci iCfn Of Irin a q
mother The Zamoyskas are among
the greatest houses of the old Polish
aristocracy, and one of its members,
Count NJ. Zamoyska, has been serv-
ing in Paris without pay as minister
plenipotentiary of Poland since the
restoration of her independence. main
tanning the entire Polish mission to
France at his own expense, with much
pomp and splendor
Countess Caroline's grandfather.
King Edward VII. Like his elder
brother Andrew, he was one of the
leaders of the great Polish insurrec-
ton in 1868 against the Russian
crown, and whereas Andrew, who
had been minister of the interior of
capped. Stanislaus was captured and
banished to the most remote portion
of Siberia. In 1856 Edward VII. as
Prince of Wales, arrived at Petro-
grad dIt6Hu lH0 OI his
brother-in-law, the Czarovitch. after
ward Emperor Alexander III. to
Princess Dagmar of Denmark. sister
of Queen Alexandra. Alexander II
met the British heir apparent at the
railroad station, and on driving
back from thence to the Winter
palace, he declared that he was pro-
foundly disappointed and chagrined.
He explained that he had got to-
gether an absolutely matchless team
Of four Orloff trotters for the pur-
pose of presenting it to him, but
that during the preceding night, one
of the horses had suddenly and mys-
teriously died. II wish" concluded
the emperor, II could know how to
make up for 1t. What could do to
please you? Some pleasure that
could give you in it's stead" With
out a minutes hesitation, the Prince
of wales replied. VT you will do
that, then let me beg of you the
pardon of Stanislaus Zamoyski,'' The
emperor at once promised this. and
on reaching the palace gave, orders
that the count should be Immediately
brought back from the remote penal
settlement in Siberia, where he was
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