From the Winnipeg Tribune Oct 19 1905:
It is a terrible thing to be 'ambeeshus" and to be silly enough to marry a count. Poor Miss Anna Gould had to produce three million in order to become the wife of Count Boni de Casteliane. That was in March, 1895. She had a early income of nearly a million, and he spent it all for her, and bought lots of things besides and fought duels and gave a hundred thousand dollar boar hunt for the Grand Duke Boris, and entertained the King of Portugal and started a little private harem, until he had got away with about nine million altogether.
On the top of all that he had the bad taste to make rude remarks about the Goulds, who had provided a million or two once or twice to keep things going. The noble Castellanes spoke of Anna as "bourgeoise." Finally the wife brought suit for divorce. Unless she pays debts amounting to $5,000,000 the count will refust to her the custody of their children; and the courts may decide that they cannot leave France. The children are boys, one 10, one 9, and one 4 and a half, handsome and clever; the youngest is said to be the handsomest child in Paris. His portrait has been painted by the most famous artists. This is rather remarkable as the mother is undersized, sallow and irregular of feature, while the father is small and effeminate, and yet handsome in his way, or, rather pretty. And this the last insult, to call a man pretty.
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No relation. I thought the article was interesting. In today's world would this be the cause of a lawsuit?
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