Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-14
DIsCRowNED HEADS.
A Glance at the Dethroned Rulers of
Europe.

Europe.
, To those who are disposed tn moral
ize on the mutability OF human affairs
says the Philadelphia LCGqcr, wha
food for reflection is at this momeu
furnished! How little does the pos.
session of youth, beauty, wealth, pow
er, knowledge, rank aud iulluentia
family connections avail To- resist tl,
force Of circumstances! il is but yes
ferday th1t the Imperial throne u
France was occupied 10y Il man VIII,
WAS generally credited with being n,
lute and fortunate above most men
by his side sat q lady rcn1wBcd fIl
her beauty, grace and lavish charity
the acknowledged aud Undispute,
leader and arbiler nf fashion, 'Jht
observed ,f all ut-cgvers.n Where sIt
they now? 'Quite, quite now - The
one Il Prisoner; the other an exile
with her disinhcri,el son, for Il com
p3nIon. But Is her position 20 Land
able as that of another Empress, tho
daughter Of The wise Leopold of Be-.
g!uu LggCuie has her reason left tt
her together with her husband and
son, hit Car!Otta has lost all that rem
uer life enjoyable. She has become
3 the queen of Il fantastic reIim,n aud
that, too, in tie prime OF life, with
Tie one terrible catastrophe ever pres
Cnt tu her shattered mind. She is
more to he pi;ied than EUEenie. Ia
Wi'ie contrast with both OF these uu
fortunate ladies is the eX-Quecu ot
Spaia, who may thank herself, and
herself only, fJF the position she now
OCCUPIES. Regardless of the waut-
I ana wishes other people, and caring
cnlCIiy for her own gratIicalion, iSa-
bella i justly punished by being div
en- from her throne, unattended 10y
"ai! that should accompany old age
Is honor, love, obedience and troops OF
/ friends.u
These royal exiles have other COM
pauiOuS in trouble There are the ex-
} King and eX-QuCen of Greece-Otho
/ of Bavaria, and Mary of Oldenburg-
/ who may sigh over disappointed hopes,
/ the former being left to lament his
| inability 10 control turbulent people,
and restrain the cupidity of his coun-
sel!oTs; the latter To find that all her
romantic aspirations for the regenera-
! ton of tie Hellenic race were but
the hasc!ess fabric Of a vision" and
have left not a rack iehiud." There
are the eN- King and eX Queen Of Ma
pies, the one The last made >ovcrgi.ns
oi lie . 'ulbin family wiiU occupied Il
throne in Europe. isabella IF Spain
being the last female, and the other
young attractive and high spirited,
scarcely married two yeais before the
sword of GIFabaldi drove her and her
hp-ba and ont Ot their country. Shortly
be!g.C that achievements, the Italian
hAcraiO@s, with the aid of France.
~ Y tH -. er.is. g.fT ]
but, i'm 50 doing. they also exnalled
the Dake and Duchess of AIodena. The
Duchess of Parma, and the Grand
Duke of Tuscany, all but one ofwh,m
live to rem2mb ber their departed great
ness; but the grave has since clascd
over the best o! them, Louis ole Byur-
bon, the widowed Duchess of Parma.
who had displayed qualities ola very
hlSh orsier and Il desire 10 de- Justice ln
her suiJecIs. They, however. prefer
lei G-:rE Justice to .Egms Ives. and
rel we'd her of the responsibility OF
in"kiug after them. Her son lives to
CHERISH her memory and the remem-
ntahce %! his ducal dignity. The cx-
NIhg ana TX Queen uf Hanover must
DC added 20 The list of The living dis
crowned heads. Their fall, however.
was due To the ambition of Prussia.
and they have iLe satisfaction OF
knowing that it was unt owing t. the
de-ire OF their subjects to yet riG Of
IN m. But for the summary action
oI sfussla, II j. probable that they
might have held their sceDtic uulii
he close of their lives, OF until the
time when Germany shall Lecume q
Republic.
II we cast our eyes jaei. over the last
seventy years, We shalt i;ud lhe ii-l of
uiScGoNArd heads con-idcsuh'Y tNign-
ded. In l5Ol tile French took bosses I
s!nE OF Iuscasy and expelled the Grand /
Duke and Duchess. The latter died /
shortly afterwards IN exile, aud under /
lEedhcuJly circumstances. Ia 1902 T.
The Sau- enemies deprived the Duke, /
Oh Parma ani Mndenu of their throueS /
and Piedmont shared the same fate.
IN lSJ6 Naples was absorbed into The /
4 !ench Empire, anu the King andi
pReen went into exile. Next vparl
the House Of B.aEanZa ceased to /
reian' ia Portugal, and s1ou after /
ward lAe Royal family Of Spain We're
retired. In 1909 The csueI divorce and /
disposition of the Empress josephine I
TOOK place, AMI III the same year Gus
tavus ~. ui Sweden was deposed bv |
MS own subjects. Between lSiO ana |
ISl2, all the thrones granted to the |
bonaparIe family reverted to prior oc- /
crpnntS or their representatives,. and !
Napoleon him self. together with "Au--
,ria's m"urnful flower" disappeared
rom the scene. The next victim was I
'lneen Caroline of England lin 1920 /.
divorced by the sensual George ~. |
In 1871 iturbide, hruygror OF Mexico, t
experienced the terrible vici<si;;,..e of
.orlune. In 1880 Charles X. of France
tld the same, and was followed 10y
LOUIS Philippe, in 1918. Their sons
ind grandsons are still signing for the
Iuileries. In 1867 MaXimiIian expe-
fenced in Mexico the fate OF iruruide,
ana now that the Third Napoleon has
.hfret the fa.e of The first, whose turn
sill come next?
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