Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-20
THE RonANcE or RoYA,ry

The RohANcE OF RoYALrY.-The
young Empress of Austria and her hus-
band are first cousins, the Archduchess
Sophie and the Duchess Louise of Bava-
risheing sisters. Never, perhaps, have
fyt sZs had such brilliant fortunes as
the family to which these princess be-
long. It is more Ike fairy tale than
real history. Daughters of Macmillan
Joseph, King of Bavaria, by his second
wife, Caroline of Baden. Every one of
the FIVE has become either queen or
the mother of kings and queens. And
to crown the marvel, two pair of them
are twins. Of the elder pair of twins,
one is Queen of Prussia; the other,
mother of the future King Saxony.. Of
the second pair of twins, enc is Queen
of Saxony, and the other is the Arch
duchess Sophie. mother of the present
Emperor of Austria. The second
daughter of the fifth princess of this
fortunate house, is now Empress of Aus
tria, while her eldest daughter is said to
be betrothed to the hereditary Grand
Duke of Tuscany. The rise of the
Coburgs themselves pales before the
brilliant alliances achieved by the FIVE
daughters, by second marriage, of a
third rate German potentate who had a
large family by his first wife. OF the
daughters the first wife, one was mar
ried to Eugene Beanharnois, and another
was the fourth wife of Francis /. OF
Austria. So that every one of the seven
daughters has either had her own brow
encircled with a diadem, or may look
forward to seeing it grace some one OF
her immediate descendants. One OF
their brothers 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 Palatine
succeeded to the throne Of Bavaria
not seventy since he was confirmed on
it, the family must be confessed to have
prospered. The Gpelphs, the Holstein-
Gottoops, Lorraine Hapsburgs, the Co
burgs, were scarcely more the favorites
of fortune. In our account Of the fairy
fortunes of the Seven Bavarian Prin-
cesses,' last week, we 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, another
was king (consort) of Portugal, being
the first husband of the late Queen
Dona Maria H.; and third is Empress
Dowager of Brazil, having been married
to her brothers father-in- law, the En-
peror Don Pedo l. The diademed de-
scendants Of Maximilian Joseph, (him-
self made king by Napoleon's favor in
1905, therefore stand thus:-Childrer
-ex-king of Bavaria, ex-Empress Of
Austria, ex-Vice-Queen of Italy, Queen
of Prussia, Queen of Saxony. Grand
children--King of Bavaria, King o.
Greece, Emperor of Austria (by an,
other daughter,) Queen of Sweden
King (consort) Of Portugal, ex-Empres:
of Brazil, (future) King of Saxony
Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Pretty
well for one family in two generations
Bavaria now even aspires to become The
third German power of the first rank
rivalling Austria and Prussia, but it il
not easy to see where she is to acquire
sufficient territory. She was obliged tc
restore to Austria most of what Napo-
leon gave her. Our readers must moi
suppose that inquiries of this kind are
trivial or uninstructive. From the
disuse Of many of the more sanguinary
resources of state policy, and the vastly
increased facilities for constant inter
course between court and court. Eu.
rope is falling more and more into the
power of half a dozen dynastics, al
Intimately connected, and however, they
may rival or try to oust each other, al
playing into each others hands.