The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-23
,SHORTLITED MONARCHS.
LONGEVITY OF THE ENGLISH ROYAL RAG

LONGEVITY OF THE ENGLISH ROYAL RACE
II the English suppose that longevity IN
heres in the descendants OF George ILL., says
the Waterman and Reporter, they are not g
we'll acquainted with the history OF their rulers
as they might be. That monarch was the
father of fifteen children-of whom Prince
Alfred died ID his second year, and Prince
Octavius in his fifth year. Tho Pnncess
Amelia died Just after she had completed her
twenty-seventh year. Prince Edward, Duke
Of Kent. and father of Queen Victoria died
at the opening of his fifty third year. Prince
Frederick, Duke of York, died in bis
sixty fourth year, and George ~. the
Oldest son and successor Of George LII died
some weeks before the completion OF his
sixty-eiehth year. Prince Augustus Fred
erick, Duke of Sussex, died just after the
completion of his SEVENTEEN year, and Prince
Adoiphus Frederick, Duke OF Cambridge, in
his seventy. seventh year. The longest-lived
of all of George Ills sons was, we think,
Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke OF Cumber-
land King of Hanover, who died in 1851, IN
his eighty first year. Three of George Ills
children died young, and only three or four
reached to old age.
In England no man is held to be old who
has not completed his SEVENTEEN year. The
celebrated Princess Charlotte, Oldest grand
child Of George III, died at the close OF her
twenty second year. At one time it seemed
as if the line of George III were about to be-
come extinct, so few of his sons and dsugh-
tiers had children.
We should think the Prince of Wales's life
would be considered bad one to place in
lease, for it is q remarkable fact that only
four Of the English Princes of Wales ever
reached to the age of sixty years. Two OF
these exceptions were the Princes who after
wards became Edward III and George ",
neither Of whom lived to be sixty eight, Ed
ward III dying in his sixty-ffth year. The
others were George II and George III. OF
almost a score of Princes Of Wales, who had
lived vt various periods Of the last six centu-
ries, a dozen or so were the most unfortunate
Of mortals, some Of them being murdered,
either before they could reign or after having
assembled the throne. Others died young, OF
natural deaths. Yet others died at middle
life, without having reigned, though the title
is borne only by heirs apparent. Take It
altogether, it is the most unlucky title that
belongs to history.
George III lived to be an old man, dying in
his eiehtv-second year, whence the belief that
his descendants must be long-lived. One OF
the shortest lived of kings has had some very
aged descendants. Louis XIII, OF France, died
in his forty-second year, yet of his d6cend-
ants were Louis XIV, who died at seventy
seven; Louis XVIII, who died at sixty-nine;
Charles X, who died in his eightie.h year;
Charles Ill, of the SPANS, who died at seven
ty-three; Ferdinand l. of the two Sicilies, who
died at seventy-four; aud Louis Philippe,
King of the French, who died at seventy
seven. All these were reigning monarchs,
and two of them had about the longest reigns
known to history, namely, Lonis XIV and
Ferdinand L; and he had other descendants
who lived to great ages. It is impossible &c
infer anything from the ages of parents.
George Ill, for example, who lived till his
eighty second year was we'll advanced, was
the sou of Frederick, Prince of Wales, who
died at forty -four; and his mother died in hel
sixty-third year.