A few more from Town & Country:
von Waldersee, Countess Alfred (Mary Esther Lee) was the third daughter of the late David Lee, a New York merchant. Her first husband was Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein, a brother of the Queen of Denmark, who gave up his title in order to marry and who was known as Count von Noer. At his death eight months later, the Countess was made a Princess by the Emperor of Austria. Eight years after the death of her first husband, the Princess married Count von Waldersee, the General who was later created Field Marshall. July 11, 1914
Vitetti, Countess Leonardo (Nathalie Coe) is the daughter of William Robertson Coe of Oyster Bay. Her husband, successor to Count Ciano, is the new head of the Prime Minister's Cabinet. Countess Vitetti and Countess Ciano are great friends. Both are in their early twenties, both fond of riding, skiing, and dancing; and they are equally allergic to bridge, the scourge of Rome. In preparation for entertaining, the Vitettis have redecorated their Orsini Palace apartment. April, 1937
von Bernstorff, Countess Johann (Mary Knowlton) Americans are beginning to discover the unique charms of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the twin villages nestling in the very heart of the Bavarian Alps. Many American-born women have homes around the picturesque Lake of Starnberg: Count Johann von Bernstorff, erstwhile German Ambassador to Washington, and the Countess, who was Mary Knowlton, of Brooklyn; Prince and Princess Karl Ysenberg (formerly Miss Bertha Lewis of Detroit), who have recently renovated a picturesque old castle; and Count Lerchenfels, former Prime Minister of Bavaria, whose wife was Miss Ethel Newman, also of Detroit. Here, too, Mrs. Franz Hanfstaengel, of the well-known New England family of Sedgwicks, is running a model farm, and one of the show places of the region is the magnificent home owned by Consul and Mrs. Scharrer (nee Minnie Busch, of St. Louis). September 1, 1923
De Chaulnes, Duc and Duchesse (Theodora Shonts) Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts have hearts almost too big for their house. Consequently, there was a crush at the marriage of their daughter, Miss Theodora Shonts, to the Duc de Chaulnes at 123 East Thirty Fifth Street, New York. After the ceremony, guests entered the drawing room to present themselves to the bride and the receiving party. Waiters with trays holding glasses of the wit-inspiring beverage came out into the hallway in search of any timid guest. In the breakfast room, the candle light shone through white shades on which the crest of the Duc de Chaulnes was worked out in blue, and even the bonbons had this crest. February 22, 1908
It was truly the gilded age....
