Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-03-09
The Monarchs of France.

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France from the inception of th
Orleans dynasty to the present tirns
Charles VIII. was the last of tn
direct line of the house of ValoiS
and having died without an heir i
the year 1893, the crown deyolve
upon the Duke of Orleans, the great
grandson of Charles ", who as
sumed the title of Louis XII. Thi
was the first Orleans King. He wa
succeeded in 1514 by his nephe'
Francis l., an accomplished prince
and great patron Of literature. o.
the death of Macmillan, Emperoro o
Germany, in 1919, Francis an,
Charles, King Of Spain, afterward
Charles ", of Germany, became ri
val claimants for the throne of GeI
many. Francis was foiled an,
Charles obtained the coveted throne
This gave rise to a fierce war o
twenty years duration between tn
rival monarchs. 1t terminated il
favor of Charles. Francis I. wa
succeeded by his son Henry II
Thirteen years of his reign was spen
in war with Charles ", of Germany
and Philip II. of Spain, which wa'
ended by the treaty of Chateau
Cambresis. Henry II. was sue
ceeded in 1853, by his son Franci:
II. who was the first husband of the
unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots
He reigned only one year, and was
succeeded by his brother Charles
TX, boy Of ten years old, under
the regency of his mother Catharine
de Medicis. Charles TX. was sue.
ceeded in 1874, by his brother Hen,
ry Ill, and after a distracted reign
of fifteen years he was assassinated
by James Clement, a fanatic friar,
and with that King ended the Or
leans branch of the house of Valois.
That house having become extinct
on the death of Henry Ill, the
crown passed to the Bourbon branch
of the Capetian line, deriving its de-
scent from St. Louis TX, and being
next entitled in the person of Henry
Ill, King of Navarro, who ascended
the throne of France with the title
of Henry w., afterward surnamed
the Great. He likewise fell by the
hand of an assassin named Ravail-
lac, a maniac, in the year 1910.
Henry ~. was succeeded by his son,
Louis Kill, at the age OF nine years,
under the regency of his mother,
Mary de Medicis. After reaching
his majority the young King ap-
pointed the celebrated Cardinal
(the hero of Lytton's
drama) Prime Minister, who, by his
powerful genius and consummate
craftsmanship, raised the kingdom
to higher pitch of prosperity than
it had ever before attained. Louis
XIV. succeeded his father, the late
King, in the fifth year of his age,
under the regency of Anne of Aus
tria. The splendor of this reign is
known, but we cannot pause to de-
scribe it. Louis XIV. reigned sew
years and died in 1715. He
was succeeded by his grandson
Louis XIV, in the sixth year of his
age, under the regency of the Duke
Of Orleans. The famed Cardinal
Fleury was chosen prime minister,
and, by his wise and prudent coun-
sells, maintained the peace of France
and the rest of Europe for twenty
years. After the death of the Car
dinal, France became involved in the
war of the Austrian succession. The
rival claimants to the vacant throne
we're Maria Theresa, Queen of Hun
gary, and Charles, Elector of Bava-
ria. The former was supported by
England and the latter by France
and Prussia. The contest, after a
seven years struggle, resulted in
,avor of Maria Theresa, and peace
vas concluded by the treaty of the
Aix-la- -Chapelle, in 174S. Louis
XIV. died in .1774, having reigned
ifty-nine years.
Louis XVI, at the age of twenty
7ears, succeeded his grandfather in
I774. The details of his melan-
holy reign are too well known to
iced any description. He perished
oy the guillotine the 21st of JAN
lary, 1898. Then followed the
Reign of Terror" which eliminated
n the appointment of three consuls,
Napoleon being first, Cambaceres,
'econd, and LIE. Brun, third. In
lSO4, Napoleon was proclaimed EN-
,eror of France, with the title of
Napoleon 1. His eventful reign is
amiliar to every one. On his down
all the brother of the unfortunate
louis XVI. assembled the throne un
ler the title of Louis XVIII. He
vas succeeded in 1924 by Count
)'Artois, with the title of Charles
(. The reign of this monarch was
endered memorable by the revolu-
ion of 1880. Charles X. fled; the
hrone was declared vacant; the
constitutional charter was remodel
ID; and the Duke of Orleans, cousin
# the deposed monarch, was invi-
ed to the throne, and assembled it
August.7, 1880, with the title of
Iouis Philippe, King of the French.
lie occupied the throne up to the
I'd of February, 1S4S, when a new
evolution hurled him from power
nd compelled him to fly to England,
There he subsequently died the
,uest of Queen Victoria. France
vas declared republic, of which |
Iouis Napoleon Bonaparte, the re-
emily dethroned Emperor, was de-
Jared the President. His election
s Emperor took place In three years
fterwards, and continued until re
emily.
The historian Theirs, chief of the
PROVISIONAL French Government, is,
s has been stated, in favor of the
of the house of Orleans,
hat reigned up to the time of the
lection to power of Louis Napoleon.
The present head of the house (who
as long been an exile in England,
there he was well and favorably
.nown } is the Count de Paris. When
he revolution broke out his heroic
mother carried the young Orleanist
nto the French Legislative chambers
nd presented him as the heir of
rance. She was met with cries of
Too late, too late She has since
led, and the Count de Paris is now