The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-08-24
German SOverelgRs and Their
Alliances with Russia.


In view of the fact announced spo-
cially to the Herald, by the cable, that
Prussia has sent a special military mis-
sion TO the Emperor of Russia ON the
German question, it is proper to Gnu.
meratc the family ties subsisting be-
tween the sovereign houses of that
country and those of Russia, Germany
and England
The sister of the Kingof Prussia was
married to the Gar Nicholas. The
present Emperor of Russia, his brothers
and sisters, and consequently ncphcws
and nioccs TO the King of Prussia.
The Princess Royal of Prussia is tho
eldest daughter Of Queen Victoria, and
the sister of the hereditary Princess Of
Hesse Darmstadt
The sister Of the Grand Duke OF .
Hesse Darmstadt is the present En-
press of Russia,
Prince Louis, the heir to the grand
ducal crown, married the Princess
Alice, daughter Of Queen Victoria,
and sister to the Princess Royal Of
Prussia
The heir to the throne Of Electoral
lIesse Cassel, Prince Frederick, had for
his first wifea daughter Of the Emperor
Nicholas, and for his second, n Princess
of Prussia. Hcreceivesa pension from
Russia. and his children are the issue
of his second marriage.
The Grand Duke of Nassau had for
his first wife a daughter of the Grand
Duke Michael of Russia She died
without leaving issue He married a
second time His sister married Prince
Pierre of Oldenburg, who resides atthe
Court Of St. Petersburg.
The Grand Duke of Baden married
the daughter of the King Of Prussia.
One Of his sisters is married to the
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, brother
Of the Car
Queen Olga of Wurtcmberg is sister
Of the Emperor of Russia.
The Grand Duke of SAKE Weimar is
the son of u sister of the Gar Nicholas,
and the Grand Duchess, a Princess of
Holland, is likewise the daughter Of
another sister of Nicholas The sister
Of the Grand Duke married the King
and Prince Charles of Prussia.
A Princess of Sake Atenburg, cusin
Of the reigning Grand Duke, married
the Grand Duke Constantine, brother
Of the Emperor of Russia.
The Duke Of SaXe-C -Coburg- Gotha is
the brother Of the late Prince Consort
Of England, and Prince Alfred is heir
to the Duchy.
The Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg.
Schwerin is the son of a Princess of
Russia. The Grand Duke of Mecl1len-
burg-Strclitz married n sister of tho
Duke of Cambridge
His brother, Prince George, married
a daughter Of the late Grand Duke
Michael of Russia. lie fills high
military post at st. Petersburg Tho
family Of Oldenburg is of the same ori-
gin as that Of Russia A cusin of the
Grand Duke, Prince Pierre, received
from the Emperor Nicholas the title Of
Imperial llighness. lie married Il
Princess Of Nassau, and one of his
daughters married the Grand Duke
Nicholas, brother to the Emperor of
| Russia
The houses Of Hanover and Bruins
wick are nearly related to the royal
Samily of England
The daughter of the late King Maxi
milan l. Of Bavaria was married to tho
late King Of Prussia.
The families, then, that are closely
connected with tho reigning house of
England arc those of Prussia, Sake
Coburg -Gotha, Hesse-Darmstact and
Mecl,lcnburg -STelitz; with the imperial
house Of Russia those Of Prussia, Sake
| Weimar, Oldenburg, Meclllenbmg-
| lSrelitz so-Darmstadt, Wurtemberg,
Baden and Nassau; and with the house
Of Prussia, those of Saxe-Weimar and
Baden