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Show MEXICAN PRINCE RENOUNCS WORLD. Prince D. Augustine lturbide, grandson of the great liberator of Mexico, and heir 'to the throne, has renounced the world, and joined the Third Order Or-der of St. Francis, at the monastery in Brookland,, near Washington. He was born in 1863 in Mexico, and, a year later, Maximilian was callled to the throne by the Mexican monarchists party. Shortly Short-ly before his death. Maximilian declared ihc young boy, Augustine de lturbide, to be his heir. After the establishment of the republic, the Iturbides came to Washington. The prince asserts that he has renounced all political ambitions and will never make any attempt to regain his claims in Mexico. He expects to devote his life mainly to writings of a theological character. |
