| Show SULTAN AND NAPOLEON Present nt Ruler of Turkey lurkey Claims Kin KInship slip ship with frith Hit French Emperors I According to tho the Stampa of ot Rome Homo tho the thoI resent present I sultan of at Turkey Is a cousin by marriage of ot tho Napoleons There Thero Is II quite a n romantic story In fn this revelation revelation tion lion It appears that the th grandmother of ot Abdul Hamid was tho the wife of ot I J Sims Sim was a n French rench l creole born In Martinique Her ter name namo was AImee Almee do de In She was second cousin of ot Mile Mlle do la Pagoda the Empress daughter Queen Hortense was the tho mother of ot Napoleon III Tho Tim relationship ac no according according cording to the tho Stampa Is easily proved 1788 Mlle Mile de cis la was VIII cap captured turgid by pirates In Martinique and brought to Constantinople Her ner extra extraordinary extraordinary ordinary beauty attracted the th of ot th the chief of ot the tho sultans matrimonial bureau This official wanted to make a present of or her to the sultan so 80 that she might add now new luster to his harem barem But Dut the tho negotiation was Vas long and difficult Completely swamped by bythe bythe the this tears teara of ot the beautiful prisoner th the official tried gentle centle persuasion rather than violence and the tho sultan an accomplished and handsome young fellow tellow decided to make mako love lovo to the tho lady ladylike la ladylike 3 like a n chivalrous Turkish gentleman Well he ho succeeded 1 and tho charming French Creoles creole became his lawful wife wire his beloved sultana and If It they thew dill did not nott live happy etc otc Well this th this French rench sultana naturally enough used all her Influence lu IU the tho I court of ot the sultan In favor tavor of ot every everything everything thing French donors Sebastian th thI the I French ambassador owed to her th the greater portion 1 of ot his hla success in some som lomeI I rather ruther difficult negotiations I She had a son Ion who became II Ht lIt was wa born In 1711 1710 and he dyed died In 1810 Now Inasmuch M as the thi present sul sultan s so l tan Abdul Ab II n U Is the son eon on of at Ab Abdul Abdul Abdal dul dal Hamid son ion OD of ot Mahmoud II It fol tol follows tollos fol follows lows los that h lie i Is the great grandson ot of tho cousin of or the tJi Empress Josephine According to the story this sultana died lied a n Christian During lu her r lost Il st Illness hor son at nt her request fp S p brought u n priest to her A wild wild and rather pathetic description la is II given of the tho close ot of her career In which thero there Is Ie romance enough for tor Turks and City World |
