Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
FOREIGN DYNASTIES,
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When Napoleon objected to Prince
Leopold of Hohenzollern, as q can
didate for the throne of Spain, be-
cause he was German, he virtually
ignored the fact that nearly every
crowned head in Europe traces his
descent from aliens and foreigners.
For example:
France has Louis Napoleon for
her Emperor, the founder of whose
dynasty, General Bonaparte, was
Corsican by birth, and Italian by
race.
Victoria, Queen Of England, reigns
by virtue Of her descent.from petty
German prince, who had married
the granddaughter Of James Ia
Scotchman by birth, his mother hav-
ing been Mary Stuart.
In Spain, the Emperor, Charles V,
was a German by his fathers side.-
HIS dynasty ceased in 100, from
want of male heir, and a French
prince became King Of Spain, with
the title of Phillip V. Thus the
hated Bourbon line, now nominally
represented by the little boy in Paris
who calls himself Alphonso XII,
was established in Spain.
King William Of Prussia, is a
Swabian by descent.
The Emperor of Austria repre-
sents dynasty which was founded
by Swiss soldier.
The King Of Italy can show de-
scent only from the Counts of Savoy,
and thus is actually rather French
than Italian.
Christian IL, of Denmark, who
is King by arrangement rather than
popular election, belongs to a Ger
man family long settled in Holstein.
Sweden is governed by the grand
son of French lawyer, who having
risen, under Napoleon |, to the rank
Of Field Marshal and Prince Of Ponte
Corvo, was elected Crown Prince of
Sweden, and finally succeeded to the
crown.
The King Of Greece has no Hell
lenic blood in his veins, being simply
one of the sons of the King of Den
mark, who is not himself Dane.
Belgium has for her monarch the
son of Leopold, a petty German
prince, by the daughter Of a French
princess. He is grandson Of Louis
Philippe, of France.
Strictly counting up, the only
monarchies Of Europe governed by
native princes are Turkey, Portugal,
Holland, Wurtemberg, Saxony, and
Bavaria. All the rest of the Euro
pean sovereigns are of a decided
alien origin. Even in Egypt, the
Khedive, as Ismael Pasha is called,
comes from Greek family. Yet,
whatever their descent, the sove-
reigns, whether Of foreign or native
descent, become national, in their
respect tive localities, when they re-
sign. Louis Napoleon certainly
thinks more Of France than of Italy,
whence his family came, and it has
always been to the credit of Louis
Bonaparte, his father, that he be-
came a Dutchman in heart and soul
as soon as he was made King of
Holland. Because of this bis imperial
and imperious brother accused him
Of neglecting has interests, and the
result was that, finding it was ex-
pected that he should govern Hol-
land only as French satrap, the
mere lieutenant 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
Hohenzollern he would have govern
ed that country as a German Prince.
His father-in-law, of the Saxe-Co-
burg family, became SO good a Port
ugese after his marriage with Queen
Donna Marie de Gloria, that the la
ment in that country now is that be,
not his son, is not the present soyer-
eign.