The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-11-05
THE BOURBONS,


throuc ofSpaiu, we have in her OK
pulsion another example Of that
retributivc justice which has followed
the race to which she belongs for the
last 80 years. The question of who
is to be her successor being yct un-
settled, it would be premature to say
at proseut that she will DO the last
reiguing Bourbon sovereign; but 10
the mean time we give brief sketch
Of that celebrated royal house, the
history of which the events taking
place in Spain invest just now with a
peculiar interest.
ORIGIN or TnR BoURBoNs.
The House Of Bourbon, which has
given so many sovereigns TO France,
Spain aud Italy, is of French origin,
deriving its name from the old lords
of Bourbon, a noble family which
centuries ago held very large landed
possessions iu the former province of
Bourbonnais, situated 10 the center Of
France. Through the marriage Of
member Of the Capot family with
Bourbon hoiross, the noble house
became allied to royalty in tho thir
toenth century, aud about the middle
Of the sixteenth we 6ud the Grst of
the race on throne, in the person of
Antoine de Bourbon, King of Ma
Varrs. Antoine was the father Of
the gallant and renowned Henry Of
Navarro, who afterward became King
of France under the tito of Henry
Nv. With this celebrated Prince bo.
gins the history of
TnR BOURBON DYNASTY IN FRANCE.
Aud what history Extending
from 1899, when Henry Nv osconded
the French throne, to 1890, wnen
Charles Y was driven out Of his
kingdom by the Revolution Of July,
it embraces a period filed with
events Of the deepest interest and Of
the highest possible Importance to
che human family. From the accos.
sion of Henry Nv, up to the time Of
the first French Rvolution, there was
no break in the royal succession of
the Bourbon line in France. Louis
XIII, Louis xiv, XIV, aud Louis
XVI, wero all Bourbons; but, taking
the frst and the last of these five as
regards their qualities as rulers,
nothing could present sharper con
trast than the character Of tho first
French Bourbon sovereign, Henry
"the great" and "the good, as his
people delighted to style him, and
that of the unfortunate "son Of st.
Louis" who fell by the guillotine.
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that the first volcanic outburst OF the
revolutionary spirit first shook
France and tumbled dishonoree
throne into the dust, tho race had
become woefulIy degenerate. The
guillotiue did not, however, flush it
in France. From the stormy days
Of the Revolution, aud through those
of the Consulate and the empire, the
two brotho,s Of the unfortunate Louis
lived in exile but when Napoleon
fell, the elder Of them was placed on
the French throne by the Allies under
tho Ii le of Louis XVIII son of
Louis XVI, who d,ed while yet u
child in 1895, had been the seven
teenth of that name. Louis XVIII,
had no children, and on his death,
which took place in 1924, he was
succeeded by his brother, Charles X,
But experience had utterly failed to
teach wisdom to this obstinate and
tyrannical ruler, who sought to re-
store the absolutism Of the French
monarchy, the consequence Of which
was that revolutionary outbreak
occurred in Paris, in July, 1880, com
pellng the King to fee from France
aud finally to abdicate. The latte,
he did in favor of his grandson Henry
Duke of Bordeaux, but the act cam,
too late to save his house, Loui
Philippe had already been choso
, King of the French. aud the Bour-
r bOus were, to oil human appearance
: forever excluded from the Frencl
throne, The only surviving descend
, ant of Charles, and representativ
. Of the alleged claims Of the Bourbon
! to tho French throne, is that sam
D grandson, now known as tho Oour
: de Chambord, who is 4S years of age
l lie is, Of course, an exile, but is re
t garded as the lawful King of Franc
0 by the legitimists, whose hopes Of
restoration he feeds by occasionall
0 holding leVeeS in kingly style,
THE BoURBoNs IN SPAIN.
The establishment of the SPANS
}, Bourbon dynasty originated wit
b Louis XVI of France, who in Il
st year 1900 succeeded in placing b
" grandson Philip, Duke Of AnjOu, O
y tho throne of Spain as Philip 1. III
% descendants of Philip ruled withol
ID interruption until 1903. NapoleC
ID compelled King Charles Nv to rssig
aud nominated a successor to him
0, the person Of Joseph Bonaparte, d
le Emperor's own brother. Charles di'
80 at Rome 10 1911, aud after the ove
T. throw Of Napoleon the eldest son
/ Charles ascended the Spanish throl
IN as Ferdinand VII. Dying in l8;
Ferdinand left the crown to b
rn daughter Isabella, in whose favor
Iy had set aside by Royal decree h
r., Salic law forbidding a female to 8
ty upon the thrope. The claims Of Il
ly bella were contested by Ferdinant
or brother, Don Carlos, which gave II
Is, to the Carlist war, but Don Carl
having failed to establish his prete
ie- sions eventually resigned them, a
by died in 1885. His 500, the Count
y Montemolin, in 1860, reuounced
ID, claim to the throne Of Spain. I
C. Bourbon princes Of Spain have iny'