The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-21

the ancient Hapsburgs, neither Zollern nor Savoy
ever got square yard of land through matrimonial
The reigning family of Prussia is connected
~ earlier alliances than any other princely
Inc with the sovereign house of Brunswick now
on the English throne. The second King of
laughter of George l., when George was rs yet only
rlcctor of Hanover. After he came to the English
hrcne, q double marriage between the Prince of
Wales and Princess Wilhelmna of Prussia, and
Prince Frederick afterwards Frederick the Great)
and the English Princess Amelia, was projected and
was on the eve OF being concluded when secret Aus
TRAN Vaccinations first interrupted and finally
broke the good understanding between the two sove
his. and had good reason for doing So as the wife
with which his somewhat despotic father provided
him was all but an idiot. Frederick's nephew and
successor WAS 80 much influenced by the dissolute
manners which the absence Of refined female society
had engendered ut the Court of Prussia that during
his reign, down to 1897, royal manners and morals
were like those in the time of our Charles H.; and 1t
was not until the accession of Frederick William ILL.,,
the father of the present king that better state of
hings got the upper hand. The King has six
brothers and sisters: the first is the actual Regent
of Prussia, who has last week become the fatherin
aw Of our Princess Royal, and who is married to
daughter OF the late Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar
the second is the widow of the late Car Nicholas,
now Empress Dowager of Russia, residing in Flo
renee; the third is Prince Charles married to an
other daughter of the late Grand Duke of SAKE Wei
mar, sister of the Princess of Prussia the fourth
is the Grand Duchess Dowager of Meckenburg-
Schwerin; the fifth is Princess Louisa married to
he Prince Frederick of the Netherlands; and the
sixth is Prince Albert, who was married to Marri-
anne, daughter of the late King William l. OF Hol-
land but divorced from her afer union Of nineteen
years, on account of adultery There are, besides.
some children of the late King brother, all of them,
also the Princess of Hohenzollern, the elder
branch of the family, married to German soveregns.
but of lesser Importance. On the whole, the
house OF Prussia has more extensive and more inn
portant family connections than almost any other
royal line in Europe. The Hohenzollern sovereigns
are nearly related to the regning houses of Great
Britain of Russia, Of Holland. of Bavaria of Austria,
of Saxony, of Hanover, of Baden, and many other
regniDg families of minor power.
SWEDEN
The house OF Prussia is also. though indirectly, re-
lated to the royal family of Sweden, a family inte
resting In more than one respect The tenure of the
house of Bernadotte is of poseror date to that of
the house Of Bonaparte, and yet the royal Swedish
family is already sufficiently engrafted on the stock
of European royalty to find wives and husbands
among the class-a thing in which the members of
the Corscan house. although their chief is mighty
Emperor, have not as yet succeeded. The reason
for this good luck Of the Bernadotes may he found
in the calm, quiet diplomatic way in which they
settled down on their northern throne, and gradually
screwed themselves into the confidence of their bro
Their monarchs. The founder of the house, Jean Ber
nadote the son of notary in the south of France,
acted all his life long in this quiet unpretending
manner; and from private OF marines he worked
his way through all the grades of military hierarchy
up 10 the rank of general under the first Bonaparte.
On the 18th June, 1850, Prince Charles, the pre-
sent Regent of Sweden, married princess of the
Gent house of Orange Nassau, daughter Of Prince
Frederick of the Netherlands, and of Princess
Louise Of Prussia the sister of King Frederick Will
be said to have entered, footing of equality he
great circle OF sovereigns of Europe
sAXONY.
What we now call Saxony is not the country ORR
xs,a nlIx-o al NH lice
The house of Saxony, chiefly the elder line now re-
presented in the four ducal families, has been more
fertile in members than any other princely house
for the last century. The present King Of Saxony
John Nepomuk, who is married to a daughter of the
late King Macmillan of Bavaria, has no fewer than
eight children living, all born at intervals of from
eighteen months to two years. Four of them are
married alre ady: the Crown Prince to a Princess
Wasa; Princess Elizabeth to the brother Of the
King of Sardinia, whose death we mention
ed above: Princess Anne to the Crown Prince
of Tuscany; and Princess Marguerite to the second
brother of the Emperor of Austria. There are. be-
sides the widow of the former King Frederick Au-
gustus, daughter of the King of Bavaria, and
several other relations.
The next Saxon Prince in importance, the Grand
Duke OF Saxe-Weimar. married daughter of the
late King William III. OF the Netherlands, and has
four children the eldest Of whom, Prince Charles is
not more than thirteen years old. His two sisters
are married to two brothers Of the King Of Prussia:
the eldest sister Maria, to Prince Charles, and the
The latter royal lady. who accompanied her last
week at the important ceremony ia st. James
chapel is at present in her forty-sixth year. Her
mother, the Grand Duchess Mary of Russia, is the
eldest sister OF the late Car Nicholas
Lastly, the Dukes of Meiningen and SAKE
Altenturg have, both OF them, not many children.
but numerous cousins. uncles, and sunts. One of
the latter, Princess AleNandrne, now called Alexan-
dra Jossfowna. was married, in 1880. TO the Grand
Duke Constantine, of Russia eldest brother of the
present Gar.
The last branch of the four duca houses of Saxony
the house of SAKE Coburg G0tha-not consisting OF
above dozen members, and the head of which rules
over population of not more than $50 0O0-about
the population Of Bradford, in Yorkshire-is un.
doubleday the best connected family in Europe.
The reignng Duke, Ernest H., married Princess
AcxaDdriDa, daughter of the late Grand Duke Leo
pod Of Baden his brother IL Prince Albert consot
Of the Queen Of Great Britain his eldest aunt is the
divorced wife OF the late Grand Duke Constantine Of
Russia the elder brother Of Car Nicholas, who dis
carded her that he might unite himself to Polish
lady the Countess of Grudzinska his other aunt is
the Duchess of Kent, mother Of Queen Victoria his
uncle is King Leopold Of Belgium. One of his
cousins u King of Portugal, aud another has mar.
ried the daughter Of a king Princess Clementine,
who followed her husband into Coburg when her
father. Louis Philippe, was on the throne Of France.
The house Of SaxeCoburg Gotha therefore Is nearly
related TO the royal families Of Great Britain Of Por-
tugal, Belgium, Russia Holland. Baden and most of
The other reigning houses Of Europe.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The present royal family Of this country. members
of the house Of Brunswick Luneburg trace their orr.
gin to the first Margrayes Of Este who lived in the
beginning OF the eleventh century and who married
into the family Of the Guelph German counts. who
were living in Suaba but who had possessions in the
north Of Italy, then province Of the holy Roman
empire.
The family as well before a. after il assembled the
English throne, had continually intermarried with
German princes and princesses and with them alone:
and II Is consequently Of pure Teutonc blood. All
the matrimonial alliances with the sole exception of
this last OF the eldest daughter Of Queen Vietora
with the presumptive heir Of the throne of Prussia
were concluded, too, with the smaller princey houses
Of Germany.
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