Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1911 — King Pleads for Ex-Wife [ARTICLE]

King Pleads for Ex-Wife

Former Crown Princess of Baxony Wants to Spend Reet of Her Days With Aged Mother.

Lindaa, Bavaria.—King Frederick Augustus of Saxony has Just applied for permission for his former wife—who ejpped with his son's tutor some ten years ago while she was crown princess—to spend the remainder of her days in penitence with her mother, the dowager grand duchess of Tuscany. After the elopement the crown princess was discarded by her husband and forced to assume the title of countess of Mohtignoso. Then a Saxon court decreed a divorce, which the pope had refused to grant. Subsequently the countess married an Italian pianist named ToselU, from whom she soon became estranged and whom she now seeks to divorce. Having nowhere else to g<* she wishes to live with her aged mother, whose home is In this place. .As it is a Bavarian town. Signora Toseili conld only live here by permission of the regent, and that would only be ■ranted on the application of the king of Saxony. It does not appear, what Influence was brought to bear on King Frederick Augustus, but it is likely that it did not require much persuasion to Induce him to apply fdr this favor to the woman who is the mother of his six children, and in the eyes of the church of Rome is still his wife.

although another la queen of Saxony. With much difficulty the king arranged for an Interview with ninety-year-old Regent Lultpold, who now, feeble and senile, happens to be in Llndau. The desired permission was granted and the former crown princess of Saxony will soon enter on a new chapter In her adventurous career, this time as a private individual in a small and quiet town not far from where she once swayed a European court.