Millard County Chronicle | 1926-01-28 | Page 3 | Fantastic Titles Given to Court Favorites

F Fantastic c Titles Given to Court Favorites Among the whimsical titles which appear on the pages of ot national history his tory few are ore more apparently frivolous than the time duke of Marmalade the count of ot Lemonade and ond the earl of ot Brandy They are ore or were however real titles bestowed by a genuine monarch on three favorites during the last century In 1811 a revolution occurred In Haiti and Christophe a negro nellO declared declared declared de de- himself emperor Through conspiracy conspiracy con con- and plot he retained power until lS 1820 O preserving to the last the appearance of a 0 royal court and creating creating cre cre- numerous nobility Among them were the three men men- tinned and far from being Instances I of the frivolity of the African character character char char- acter they were names of places the first two being originally plantations but latterly towns of some Importance