This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX IHAVE not in this sketch of the life of Marie Amelie thought it'advisable to enter into the strange story of Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey,1 in which the theory is supported that Louis Philippe was not the son of the Duke of Orleans at all, but of an Italian official named Chiappini. If the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX IHAVE not in this sketch of the life of Marie Amelie thought it'advisable to enter into the strange story of Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey,1 in which the theory is supported that Louis Philippe was not the son of the Duke of Orleans at all, but of an Italian official named Chiappini. If the extraordinary story he tells is the truth, then neither Louis Philippe nor any of the Orleans family now existing are really descendants of that family at all: for both the younger sons and the two daughters of Philippe Egalite died without issue. The "Memoirs of Maria Stella, Lady Newborough," brought out by herself in 1830, were seized and destroyed by the police at Paris the day they appeared: another edition was published in 1848. Sir R. Payne Gallwey says that this was a frightful nightmare to Louis Philippe. In support of this theory it is alleged-- 1. That in 1772 Egalite' and his wife were travelling in Italy incognito, as Count and Countess de Joinville. 2. That in 1773, at Modigliana, in Tuscany, the socalled Comtesse de Joinville gave birth to a daughter. 3. That her husband, anxious for a son, exchanged her for the son of Chiappini, constable of Modigliana, born the same day. 4. That the girl was brought up as the daughter of Chiappini, sang in public, and married at an early age 1 "The Mystery of Lady Newborough " (Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey). Lord Newborough; while the boy, as the heir of Philippe Egalite, became Duc de Chartres, Duc d'Orleans, and King of the French. 5. That whereas the other children of Egalite, he himself, and his wife were fair, refined, and handsome, Louis Philippe was dark, plebeian-looking, and awkward, and that persons who knew Chiappini said he strongly resembled him. 6. That on the other hand Maria Stella in no...
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