The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-06-24


THE ROMANCE OF RoyALTY.--Ihe young En-
press of Austria and her husband first cousins
the Archduchess Sophie and the Duchess Louise OF
Bavaria being sisters. Never. perhaps have five
sisters had such brilliant fortunes as the family To
which these princesses belong. It is more like
fairy tale than real history. Daughters of Maximi.
Ian Joseph King of Bavaria, by his second wife,
Caroline oil Baden, every one of the FIVE has become
either queen or The mother of kings or queens
Aud, to crown the marvel, two pair of them are
twins Oh the elder pair of twins, one is Queen
OF Prussia The 9th cr, mother of the future King OF
Saxony. Of the second pair of twins, one is Queen
OF Saxony, and the other is the Archduchess Sophie
mother OF the present Emperor of Austria The
second daughter of the fifth princess of this fortu
nate houee is now Empress of Austria while her
eldest daughter is said to be betrcthed to the hered
tary Grand Duke OF Tuscany. The rise of the Co
hurgs the nsslves paes before the brilliant alliances
achieved by the five daughters by q second mar
riagc, Of a third rate German potentate who had
a large family by his first wife. OF the daughters
ny the first wife, one was married to Eugene Beau
haruos. and another was the fourth wife OF
Francis l. of Austria.
So that every OF the seven daughters has
either had her own brow encircled with diadem
or may look forward to seeing it grace some one
of her immediate descendants One OF their broth.
ers sons is King Of Bavaria and another is King OF
Greece. When we consider that it is not much
above seventy years since the Elector Palatire
Ceeded TO the throne of Bavaria-not seventy since
he was confirmed on it, the family must be confess
ed to have prospered. The Guelphs the Iolstein-
Gottoeps. Lorraine Eapsburgs, the Coburgs, were
scarcely more the favorites of fortune. In our &C.
count of the fairy fortunes OF the Seven Bayarian
Princesses las. week, entirely forgot to include
the children Of one of them the Vice-Queen of
Italy, wife of Eugene Beauharnois. Of her five
children one is the present Queen of Sweden ano.
Their was King (consorD of Portugal, being the first
husband of the late Queen Dona Maria II and
third is Empress Dowager of Brazil, having been
married to her brother father inlaw the Emperor
Don Pedro |.
The diademed descendants of Maxinilian Jo-
seph, (hulsef made king by NapoIeons favor in
1900 therefore stands thus: Children-eX- King of
OF Italy. Queen of Prussia, Queen of Saxony-
Grand children-king OF Bavaria, King of Greece.
Emperor of Austria (by daughter) Empress of
Austria 10y another daughter) Queen of Sweden,
King (consor.l of Portugal, eX-Empress of Brazil
ftuture) King of SaXony, Grand Duchess of Hesse
Duchess OF Modena, Quture) Grand Duchess OF
Tuscany. Pretty well for one family in two gene
TatloBs. Bavaria now even aspires TO become the
third German power of the first rank, rivallpg
Austria and Prussia but is not easy to see where
she Is TO acquire sufficient territory. She was
obliged TO restore to Austria most of what Napo.
leon gave her. Our readers must not suppose that
inquiries of this kind are trivial or uninstructiye
From the disuse OF many CT the more sansuinary
resources OF state policy, and the vastly increased
facilities Tor constant Intercourse between court and
court, Europe is falling more and more into the
power of half dozen dyuasties all intimately
connected, and however they may rival or try TO
Dust each other, all playing into each others
hands.