The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-12
Curious Historical FataIltr.

The independence Beige Ono French
paper dare take such a liberty specu-
lates upon the chances Of Napoleon III,
being succeeded by his son, the Emperor
being in his fifty-seyenth year, and the
boy in his ninth year 1t appears, from
historical and personal data, that in the
last two hundred and twenty-one years,
commencing in May, 1913, when Louis
XIII died in St Germain-en-Laye, no
son of any French monarch has ascend
ed to the throne The proof of this is
very easy, for it is chronological
Louis XIV, who succeeded to the
crown in 1913, was theson Of Louis XII,
and Anne Of Austria, born after his
mother had been married and childless
for twenty years Having reigned sew
enty-twO years, he survived his son.
grandson and several Of his great-grand
children. and was succeeded, tin l1l5, by
the third son Of his grandson This
King was only FIVE years old, and France
was governed during his minority By
his cousin, the prohigate Duke of Or
leans This monarch, Louis XIV (Whu
is believed to have said, after me.
the deluge' as a set-off perhaps to
the declaration by Louis the Great
that he was the State) had the mis-
fortune Of witnessing the death Of
his son, the Dauphin, and was succeed
ed by his grandson, the unfortunate
Louis XVI, who was guillotined dur
ing the first French Revolution The
son of this unhappy monarch never
wore the crown, but died Of disease and
neglect in the prison TO which the Ter
rorists confined him. In time, a new
dynasty was commenced in the person
of the first Napoleon, who died in St
Helena, an exiled and discroWned En-
peror, leaving an only son, the lste
Duke of Reichstadt, who never reign
ed, but died a colonel in the service oi
the Emperor Francis, Of Aushia, hi 4.
grandfather In 1915, the next brother
Of Louis XVI, became King Of France.
az Louis XVIII, and, dying childless.
the crown went to their only surviving
/ brother, the Count d'Artois. better
/ known as Charles X, who was deposed
and exiled by the Revolution of 1850
the Duke dAngouleme, eldest son OF
Charles, also abdicating, then, in favor
Of his nephew, only son Of Duke
de Berri, who had been assassin
ated in Paris, ten years before
The Duke dc Bordeaux, himself
childless, is the sole male lineal repre-
sentative of the great House Of BOur-
bon, and has little chance Of ruling ia
/ France. The Duke Of ORLEANS, whom
the revolution Of 1890 cas5 upon the
throne as Louis Philippe, the Citizen
King, was driven out Of France by p
counter-revolution eight years after he
had lost his eldest son. whose personal
popularity was so considerable that, had
( he lived, it might have preserved the
crown in the Orleans line The count
/ de Paris, whom we saw serving in the
army Of this republic two years ago. IS
Louis Phillippe's eldest grandson. with
a very small prospect Of ever ruling
France. Here, out Of seven successive
monarchs Of France, only one Ct whom
was childless, six have not been sue
ceeded by any son. The eighth, virgu-
ally controller Of Europe, has an only
child, who will be nine years old ia
March, 1865. What are the chances Of
his wearing the Imperial crown