Evening star., 1940-08-26
Duke of Guise
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in which young royalists Joined with
shouts of "Vive lie Roll" Long Live
the King.
The republic cannot go on like
this" one of the Dukes spokesman
said. The next logical step might
be dictator. But we have no Mus
solini, no Hitler. Why not then
return to the monarchy"
Decided to Reconquer Throne.
In November, 1887 the Duke is
sued another manifesto, announcing
he had decided to "reconquer the
throne of my fathers"
He denounced communism. fas-
cism and the French parliamentary
system, and advocated q conference
table solution of labor problems.
With the collapse of French mill
tary power last June and the rise
OF the authoritarian regime of
Marshal Philippe Petain, the pre-
tenders claims began to attract more
serious attention.
Observers speculated that Mar
shall Petain's assumption of the title
chief Of state" might be only
temporary device aimed to restore
the monarchy. II was pointed out
that Marshal Petain himself had
been impressed by the pattern of
Gen. frances Spanish Nationalist
government, which has left the
door open" to restoration of the
monarchy in Spain.
las chief of the house Of France, -
the duke said upon taking over the
title of pretender, Il claim all its
rights. I assume all its responsible
tiles. I accept all its duties"
Thereafter, in conformity with the
French law of 1886. which forbids
direct descendants of families hav-
ing reigned over France to live with
in the national territory, he retired
to Belgium.
At the outset, the Duke of Guise
had no particular relish for the pre-
leadership. He owned extensive
farming properties In Spanish Mo-
rocco. 1t was no secret that he
believed hardly at all in a possible
restoration of the monarchy.
However, his wife. Princess ISa-
belle. sister of the Duke of Orleans,
prevailed on him to accept the sue
cession, If only for the sake of their
son, the Count of Paris. The young
prince was married on April 8, 1881.
to Princess Isabelle of Orleans and
BraganZa.
Born in Paris in 1874.
Jean Pierre Clement Marie, Duke
of Guise, to give him all his Chris
tian names, was born in Paris, Sep
tember 4, 1874, the son of Robert.
Duke of Chartres. who distinguished
himself in the Franco-P -Prussian War
of 1870, fighting for France under
the name of Robert lie Fort. His
mother was Princess Francoise of
the House of Orleans.
Barred from serving in the French
Army, the Duke of Guise learned the
military art in that of Denmark,
reaching the grade of captain. In
the World War he begged to be
allowed to enlist, but the republican
government allowed him to accept
only a commission in the Red Cross,
and he ran an ambulance and con-
teen.
The duke married his cousin,
Isabelle, princess of France, at
Twickenham, England. October 80,
1899. They had the one son, the
Count of Paris, otherwise known as
Prince Henri, and three daughters
Of these the eldest, Isabelle, is
the widowed Countess Bruno d'Har-
court, her husband having died from
injuries received in an automobile
accident at Casablanca, Morocco, in
1890 The second, FRANCHISE, be-
came the wife of Prince Christopher
of Greece, former husband of the
late Mrs. William B. Leeds of Cleve-
land, Ohio The third, Anne, mar
ried the Duke of Aosta, cousin of the
King of Italy. . l<ucAA
Most of the year the duke and his
family resided at the Manoir- dan
jou, Just outside Brussels. in Bel
gium. Besides his large property
at Larache, in Spanish Morocco, he
also owned the Orleans family place
at PalerWo, Sicily. '.F