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« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2006, 08:49:39 AM »
Eulalia was rather like Felix Youssoupoff and Daisy Of Pless...in that she was fascinating and exasperating and certainly led a very colourful life.She can be forgiven many of her pedicallo's when one things of her family background/childhood etc....I read somewhere that as children she dressed her 2 sons in the national costumes of whatever country her current lover was from !!!!.

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« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2006, 10:42:04 AM »
Great story about Eulalia and Bertha Palmer who was soooo glad to see the backside of Eulalia after Eulalia's visit to the Chicago World's Exposition of 1893.  Bertha Palmer was the wife of the phenomenally wealthy Potter Palmer who co-owned Marshall Fields and owned the Palmer House Hotel.

Rumor had it that Eulalia referred to her as that innkeeper's wife.

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« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2006, 08:25:51 PM »
Yes...Felix Yussopov was the drag version of Eulalia !  ;D

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« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2006, 01:20:34 AM »
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I read somewhere that as children she dressed her 2 sons in the national costumes of whatever country her current lover was from !!!!.


Nice lady she was! ;D
Though I don't think that she should be compared with Daisy of Pless.

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« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2006, 01:27:33 AM »
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Yes...Felix Yussopov was the drag version of Eulalia !  ;D


In appearance? ;D

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« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2006, 04:13:21 AM »
No...Felix was much prettier. Remember he ("she") caught the eye of Edward VII, when he met Felix while he was dressed in his mother's clothes and jewels.  ;D

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« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2006, 05:53:05 PM »
Has anyone ever seen a picture of her in old age? The last photo I've seen of her was from the mid 1930's.

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« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2006, 06:49:58 AM »
Well...by the she would have already passed her 70th birthday.

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« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2006, 02:23:12 PM »
Yes, but she had over 20 years left in her life!

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« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2006, 09:17:28 AM »
Recently I watched a DVD about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. It noted that one of the fair's royal visitors was the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but that the teenaged Spanish Infanta Eulalia, who greatly enjoyed the fair and attended it not just once but numerous times, had created a particular stir among journalists, much as Diana, Princess of Wales, would do so a century later. I've tried to find more about the Infanta Eulalia on the Internet but have not met with much success. Can anyone provide more details about her life?

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« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2006, 12:30:27 PM »
Maria Eulalia Francisca de Asis Margarita Roberta Isabel Francisca de Paula Cristina Maria de la Piedad Infanta of Spain (1864-1958). She was the daughter of Queen Isabella II of Spain.

She married Antonio d'Orleans, Duke of Galliera in March 1886. They had 2 sons, Alfonso (who married 'Baby Bee') and Luis. The marriage was an absolute disaster though. Antonio soon strayed and squandered a huge fortune on his mistress Carmela. Eulalia would've divorced him if it wasn't against the Catholic religion and opposed by the Pope and King. She settled for an official separation which protected the money she had from any more of her husband's wastefulness. She engaged in many affairs herself. One of the most notorious was with Count Jametel who married the unfortunate Pss Marie of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (she was the cousin of Queen Mary and had become pregnant by a footman and disowned by her parents).

She had her ups & downs with the Spanish court, frequently enraging her nephew, Alfonso XIII with her behavior--both amorous and political. She espoused socialist beliefs--whether true or merely part of her rebellious nature, I'm not sure. The memoirs she wrote--3 or 4 of them--didn't improve matters either. They're certainly entertaining to read though!

It's a little strange that the documentary would've referred to her as a teenager in 1893 since she was almost 30 though and the mother of 2.  :-\
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« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2006, 05:40:48 PM »
Thank you both for the information. I've lent out the DVD so I can't run it again just now to obtain an exact quote. But I am very sure that's what I heard the narrator, Gene Wilder, say about the Infanta Eulalia being teenaged. (An unusual term to use for someone living prior to, say, the 1940s, which is why it stuck in my mind.) Anyway, re: her misnamed age range, a great big "Whoops" either from me or the scriptwriter!

At this point, of course, I'd to get my hands on her various memoirs. Also, imagine having Baby Bee as your daughter-in-law, for wasn't the latter something of a troublemaker?

I also should add that the DVD, while absolutely spectacular in its organization and content--obviously the 1893 Columbian Expo was the place to be!--did make another statement which had me wondering. Supposedly the then-current Russian Empress--not named in the narrative--sent over some of her current ball gowns to go on display, and people remarked that she must be of generous proportions.

Obviously that description wouldn't apply to Marie, who was empress during the planning time and year of the fair. Nor would it apply to Alexandra, for she was tall and slender. I'm thinking gowns from a past empress--Catherine the Great, perhaps?--were what went on display.

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« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2006, 10:47:36 PM »
Here's a list of her books:

Court Life From Within 
The Thread of Life 
Courts and Countries After the War 
Memoirs of a Spanish Princess 
Memoirs of Her Royal Highness the Infanta Eulalia

Here's a bit about royal personages at the fair from the Book of the Fair by Hubert Howe Bancroft:

"Many were the distinguished men and women who visited the Fair, some of royal, some of noble lineage, and others who owed nothing to the accident of birth. First of all was the infanta Maria Eulalia, who came here at the invitation of congress as the guest of the nation and the representative of Spanish royalty, accompanied by her husband the prince Antonio. Several of her visits to the Fair were made incognito; for when known, they never failed to attract a crowd, the 8th of June, a day set apart to do her honor, bringing to the gates 169,000 visitors, by far the largest attendance so far recorded. Escorted to the grounds by a troop of the Chicago hussars, she was received by officials with the utmost deference and met with every possible attention. But the infanta preferred rather to go her own way and see the White City for herself, as inclination prompted. After making a tour of the grounds, breakfasting at the Administration building, sipping tea in the Cingalese pavilion, and holding a reception in the assembly room, she dismissed her carriage and escort, and passing forth unnoticed from the Woman's building, joined in the throng of sightseers, remaining for the illuminations and the fireworks, of which there was a brilliant display. On another occasion she inspected the ruins of the cliff-dwellings and the Columbian relics in the convent of La Rabida; witnessed an Indian war dance, and enjoyed a trip on the intramural railroad; but her favorite resort was the Horticultural building, in which her country appears to excellent advantage. At her last visit she took luncheon at the Pickwick club-room of the White Horse inn, where the attendance of a pompous English butler, his massive calves encased in black silk stockings, did not enhance the enjoyment of the feast. Returning to New York by way of Niagra, a few days later she set sail homeward, bearing with her the good wishes of a people of whom, as she said, she would ever cherish the most pleasant remembrances.

Archduke Ferdinand, heir apparent to the throne of Austria was among the pilgrims of the Fair, though few at the time were aware of it; for he came merely as a visitor and avoided all publicity. So with Duke Alexander, cousin to the tzar, whose name appeared on the hotel register as Lieutenant Romanoff. Among other royal visitors was the sultan of Johore, the exhibits from which country, especially in the Agricultural building, were somewhat of a surprise. From India came several of her native rulers, of whom of whom Jajat Jit Singh, maharajah of Kapurthala, aroused the most interest. He was a man of imposing presence, nearly six feet in height, and except for his turban, dressed in faultless modern costume, speaking several European languages, and well informed on the questions of the day. His main object, he said, was to study the latest inventions, especially in electrical appliances, and these he inspected thoroughly, spending most of his time at the Fair. Another Indian potentate was the rawab of Rampur with his suite, the party visiting the Exposition while making a tour of the world by way of China, Japan, and San Francisco."
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« Reply #29 on: August 23, 2006, 04:18:41 AM »
I got three of the books. Important inside story of the Spanish court in English.

Well...Baby Bee wasn't as outragous as Eulalia. Both Bee and Ali were the good seeds of that family. Eulalia's younger son was more of a trouble maker than anybody.  ;)