The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-09-15
NEARLY EVERY THRONE OCCUPIED BY A
FOREIGN PRINCE. 4f#

! When Napoleon objected to Prince Leopol,
OF HOhenzollern, as candidate for the thron
OF Spain, because he was German, he yirtl
ally ignored the fact that nearly every crowne,
head in Europe traces his descent from alien
and foreigners. For example:
France has Louis Napoleon for her Empe
ror, the founder of whose dynasty, Genera
Bonaparte, was Corsican by birth, and Italial
by race.
Victoria. Queen of England, reigns by virtue
of her descent from a petty German Prince
who had married the granddaughter of James
La Scotchman by birth, his mother having
been Mary Stuart
In Spain, the Emeror Charles V. was q
German by his fathers side. His dynasty
ceased in 100, from want of male heir, and
French prince became King of Spain, with
the title of PhilipV. Thus the hated Bourbon
line, now nominally represented by the little
boy in Paris who calls himself Alphonso XII,
was established in Spain. ID -aa
King William of Prussia is Swabian by
descent
The Emperor of Austria represents dynas-
ty which was founded by Swiss soldier.
The King of Italy can show descent only
from the Counts of Savoy, and thus is actually
rather French than Italian.
io'ion Ia. VI DeHlndFk, WHO Is klng Dy
arrangement and popular election, belongs to
a German family long settled in Bolsten
Sweden is governed by the grandson of a
French lawyer, who, having risen under Ma
poleon |. to the rank of Field Marshal and
Prince of POnte COrvo, was elected Grown
Prince OF Sweden, and finally succeeded to the
crown.
The King OF Greece has no Hellenic blood in
his veins being simply one of the sons of the
King OF Denmark, who is not himself Dane
Belgium has for her monarch the son of Leo
pold, petty German Prince, by the daughter
of French Princess. He is grandson of
Louis Philippe, of France.
Strictly counting up. the only mOnarchies of
Europe governed by native princes are Tur-
key, Portugal, Holland Wurtemberg, Saxony
and Bavaria. All the rest of the European
sovereigns are of decided alien origin. Even
in Egypt, the Khedive, as Ismael Pasha is
called, comes from Greek family Yet, what
ever their descent, the sovereigns, whether of
foreign or native descent, become national, in
their respective localities when they reign.
Louis Napoleon certainly thinks more of
France than of Italy, whence his family came.
and it has always been to the credit of Louis
Bonaparre. his father, that he became Dutch
man IN heart and soul as soon as he was made
King of Holland Because of this his imperial
and imperious brother accused him of neglect.
ing his interests. and the result was that, find.
ing it was expected that he should govern Ho-
land only as French Satrap, the mere lieu
tenant of Napoleon, he took off his crown, laid
down his sceptre, and retired into private life.
There is no reason for thinking that if Spain
had adopted Leopold of Hohenzolern he would
have governed that country as a German
Prince. His father-in.law, of the SAKE. Coburg
family, became SO good Portuguese after his
marriage with Queen Donna Maria de Gloria,
that the lament in that country now is that he,
not his son, is not the present sovereigns.