Eugenie Paleologue

Early life Marie Ersilie Eugenie Orades Laurentia Vincenza Nicola Antonia Paleologue was born on Malta in about 1849. She was the daughter of the Maltese pretender Theodore Palaeologo (or Theodore Attardo di Cristoforo de Bouillion), who lived in London and also claimed the style "Prince Nicephorus Comnenus Palaeologus", and his wife Laura Attardo Testaferrata (both died 1912). The announcement of the Holy Synod's recognition was published in The Genealogical Magazine, though the editors noted that they were unaware of where the claim had originated and were "much inclined to doubt" its "technical and official accuracy". After the death of her husband in 1907, Paleologue moved to West Kensington, also in London. == Children ==

With her husband Edmund Wickham, Eugenie had five children, born between 1872 and 1884. Though the tombstone of the fourth child, Constantine Douglas Clephane, calls him "Constantine Douglas Prince Palaeologus" and his three brothers are collectively recorded on their memorial stone as "princes of the house of Palaeologus", other surviving records indicate that they themselves preferred to use the surname "Cristoforo de Bouillon Wickham". • Laura Mary Edith Catherine de Bouillion Wickham (1872–?), married Lieutenant Colonel Stair Francis Barton Dalrymple-Hay in 1893, through whom Eugenie had a single grandson; Lieutenant Commander Christopher Montague Vernon Francis Dalrymple-Hay, (1896–1944). Christopher served as a submarine captain in the World War I, and then commanded the naval landing of the Canadian force at Salerno (Operation Avalanche) in the World War II and received several awards, both military and humanitarian. • Edmund Theodore Eugene di Cristoforo de Bouillon Wickham (1875–1918), a major in the British army. Died at Fulham from injuries sustained in World War I. • Montague Hill Clephane di Cristoforo de Bouillon Wickham (1878–1915), a captain in the British army. Died in France during World War I. • Constantine Douglas ("Diggie") Clephane de Cristoforo de Bouillon Wickham (1880–1900), drowned in Teddington in 1900. • Clyde de Cristoforo de Bouillon Wickham (1884–1923), died in Fulham in 1923. == Notes ==