Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-01
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The Royal Families Of Europe
-GermaM North Pole Expedi.
liOm-MiraculOM Healfng, etc.

Correspondence Of the N. Y. Evening Post.
FRASKFoRr oS.rHE-MAIN,
Jan. 4, 1869.
As regularly as New Years day
comes round we are treated to = pret
ty tull report Of the present state o.
European Royalty, giving us account,
Of the number OF deaths, marriages
births, divorces and engagements thai
have taken place among the royal fam
lies during the past year-simple facts
with no word OF comment. The mum
Der OF European sovereigns. since the
Spanish Revolution, is thirty eight
among whom are tour Emperors lin
cluding the Emperor Of BraziD, tn,
Sultan, the Pope, ten kings, one queen
six grand dukes, five dukes and ten
princes Including the prince of Mo.
naco). The Oldest of these is the Pope,
aged 76 IL years. There are three
others already past three score and ten
namely, the King of Prussia, the
Duke OF Anhalt (the oldest secular
prince), and the Prince Of Schwartz.
burg kudolstadt Of the remainder
there are five whose ages vary from
80 to 10 years; seven from so to
sixty; twelve from forty to fifty
six without the ex-Queen of Spain)
from 30 to 40; and four from 20 to 80.
The youngest is the Prince Heinrich
Reuss XIII (of the old line), who is
% 3-4 years old. The average age OF
Of the soverelgns is As years, and TWEEN.
ty-two Of the reigning potentates have
already passed that age. The Duke OF
Anhalt has reigned titty-one years five
months, the longest OF any European
ruler. Of the others tour have gov.
erned from 80 to 80 years; six from 20
TO 80; the others began to reign with.
in the last ten years. The average
length of reign is Is IA years; and
nineteen of the sovereigns have al
ready passed that period.
During the past year, seven men,
bers of the European royal families
died, five males and two females, as
follows: King Ludwig I, of Bavaria
aged 80; Duke Joseph of Saxe-Alten,
burg, aged 70; Duke Ernst OF Wur-
tembe-g, aged 81; Landgrave Karl OF
Hesse- Philippsthal, aged IS; Count
Hugo OF Lippe Weissentcld, aged So
Princess Emma of Schaumburg Lippe,
aged 3; and Countess Gustave of lip
Pc e-Weisscnteld X, widow, aged 20.
Among the Cardinals, only one has
been called away-Cardinal- Bishop
D'Andrea, aged Sc.
The births are greatly in excess, be.
ing twenty in number twelve princes
and eight princesses-sons Of the KING
cf Greece, Grand Duke Of Tuscany,
Crown Princes OF Russia and Prussla,
Karl Ludwig Of Austria,
Prince Of Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen, Prince OF Teck, Princes
and Ludwig Of Hesse, Alfred
Of Liechtenstein, Wilhelm OF Schaum-
ourg-Lippe and Alexander OF Olden-
ourg; daughters of the Emperor of
Prince of Wales, hereditary
Prince of Anhalt, Duke Wilhelm
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the in
FAINT prince Don Carlos of Spain,
Prince Adalbert of Bava ia, and Nj.
kolaus OF Oldenburg, ald Count Franz
Of Lipp- Weisscnteld.
The marriages are nearly three times
- many as in the previous year, being
eleven i'll 1868 against tour in 1867
The following are the names: The tite
llar Grand Duke Ferdinand Nv with
Princess Alice of ParmS Crown
Prince Humbert OF Italy with his cous-
Marguerite, granddaughter of the
King OF Saxony; Grand Duke Fried
.ich Franz II. OF Mecklenburg-Schwe-
in, his third marriage, with Princess
Marie OF Schwarzburg- -Rudolstadt;
Archdukc Heinrich OF Austria with
Miss Leopoldine Hoffman,; Duke Mix
olaus OF Wurtemberg with his niece,
the Duchess Wilhelmine; Duke OF
Alencon (son OF the Duke OF Nemours)
and Princess Sophie OF Bavaria, the
former betrothed OF young Ludwig II.
Of Bavaria; Count Alfons OF Caserta
Prince OF the Two Sicilies) with his
cousin Antoine, daughter OF the count
Of Trapani; Count Gaetan of Girgent;
brother OF the formerly with Princess
Of Spain; Prince Alexander Of
Oldenburg with Princess Eugene OF
Leuchtenburg Prince Lulwig Of Ba-
varia (son OF Prince L,ntpold) with
Maria Theresia OF Aus
trla Este; Prince Nikolaus OF n assau
with Natalie Won Puschkir, Countess
OF Nuremberg Besides these mar
riages there are engaged the following;
The Crown-prince OF Denmark to the
Princess Louise of Sweden daughter
Of the king.) The marriage OF the
Prince Wilhelm of Hanau (son OF the
Elector OF Hesse) with the Princess
Elizabeth of Schaumburg Lippe is
again dissolved.
There are five sovercigns who have
never been married, namely: Besides
the Pope, the young King Ludwig II,
Of Bavaria, the Duke OF Brunswick
the Duke OF Liechtenstein and Reuss
lold line). OF the rest, six are wild
owed the Queen OF England, tho King
Of Italy, the Grand Duke OF Hesse,
The Duke of Anhalt, and Princes OF
Swarzburg- Rudolstait and Monaco
The Prince of Swarzburg- -Sonderhaus.
On is divorced, and IT,. Sultan lives in
THIS there yet remain
twenty-five Christian sovereigns regu
larly married Zone for ths third time,
and one the sec onD. Ot the lady con
sorts, the oldest is the Queen Of Saxo-
ny, aged siAt, seven; Of the rest, three
are from fifty to sixty; eleven, forty to
fifty; six, thirty to forty; two, twenty
TO thirty years Of age. The two young
est a'c the Duchess of Mecklrnburg-
aged eighteen,a ,and the Queen
Of Greece, aged seventeen years and
tour m 'n:hs. The average ago is forty
years, and the average duration OF
nineteen years and seven