CHAPTER X

THE DUC D'AUMALE AND LORD OF CHANTILLY

The Duc d'Aumale owner of Chantilly; Chantilly the French Epsom; the heir of the Condés at Algiers; his victory at La Smalah; his marriage with Princess Caroline de Bourbon, daughter of the Prince of Salerno; Chantilly the home of the newly married pair; their son and heir named Prince de Condé; Louis-Philippe pays a visit to Chantilly; the Duke takes the command of the French Army in Algeria; the Duc d'Aumale in exile; his home at Twickenham; death of his eldest son; death of the Duchess; the Duke returns to Chantilly after the fall of the Second Empire; sudden death of the Duc de Guise, his only surviving son; the architect Daumet undertakes to rebuild the Grand Château; visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Chantilly; the Republic pronounces sentence of banishment on all claimants to the throne of France; the Duc d'Aumale included in this decree; he returns to England; his home at Wood Norton; he publicly announces his intention to leave Chantilly with all its forests, parks and art-treasures to the French nation; President Carnot signs a decree that France will welcome him back; he returns to Chantilly amid great rejoicings of the people; the sculptor Dubois is commissioned to erect his statue at Chantilly.....116

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_THE MUSÉE CONDÉ_