James P

Thank you for this posting. The use of English in the photo album continues to

intrigue me, as I know of no marriages to English women occurring in Europe.

Felix Boos-Waldeck appeared in the USA, as far as I can tell, undocumented around 1885.

His younger brother, Franz, died in 1892 at 36. I have a copy of Eduard B-W's

will (1902) with no mention of any children. The young Hugo B. Waldeck was the son

of Eduard's nephew, Graf Philipp. Here again the family ends up on the losing side of

the stick! Hugo's brother, Alexander B-W had the misfortune to have been in the (his)

auto directly behind Franz-Ferdinand at Sarajevo; June 28, 1914. The bomb

tossed by Cabrinovic bounced off the Arch-Duke's car and exploded under Alexander's.

He never fully recovered from his wounds and died in 1920 at the age of 46. Franz

Ferdinand, on the other hand, would be dead 4 hours later.

Is the source of these photos in Germany or Austria?

Eduard Boos-Waldeck's eldest son was Felix born in 1850, he was my Great-Grandfather.

I would love to see these photos! My e-mail is jamesvprice@yahoo.com

is that verbotten? After the first Carlist's war, Joseph Boos-Waldeck travelled to Texas

where he spent over a year in another failed endevour, that being German colonization

in the Texas Republic.

Unfortunately ALL of the Cartes de Visite are of a uniformly poor, faded sepia "quality." there are a number of children with labels such as "Papa."

There is a small child "Felix" (Junior?) glumly posed by a summer folding chair and two older boys labelled (in English) "Papa & his little uncle his mother's brother." Another of a slightly older child "Felix" is posed with curly ringlets and a shotgun propped under his chin ( ) Horses and a dog ("Plato") got equal coverage!!!

NONE are dated, and a number of the officers are mind-bogglingly mis-identified.

Photograph was presented by General Roth to his old comrade in arms Eduard Graf von Boos-Waldeck. I don't know if the other Boos-Waldeck was a brother or a cousin.

I wish the photos in this album were better quality-- and that General Roth had WORN those Spanish medals on his uniform!

Having found this thread, I immediately registered as a user. My Great-Great Grandfather was the Graf Eduard Boos-Waldeck! I have a photo of a painting of him where wearing his Spanish Military costume, painted in 1848. It was too large a file to post, perhaps someone can help me do it. Upon his death in 1904, at 91 years of age, these were his announced titles:

Grand Ducal Luxemburg Chamberlain and Colonel, retired

Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta

Grand Cross of the Order of Adolf von Nassau, with Swords

Commander of the Imperial Russian Skt. Anna and Stanislaus Order

First Class Knight of the Royal Spanish Military Sovereign Order of the Holy Ferdinand

The Joseph Boos-Waldeck also named, was an elder brother of Eduard's.

The Boos-Waldeck family was very small, and the first English speaking woman,was my Grandmother, Eduard's son Felix's daughter.

Eduard was considered a family outcast, as he married Katharina Frohlich, a commoner.