Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
THE WAGES OF ROYALTY.
saiaFios that are paid TO Foseiga Potentatos-
Some Interesting hgnres-The expenses o.
Monarchy.

Salaries that are paid TO Foseiga Posentasos-
Some interesting asurss-rhe expenses Of
Monarchy.
10 this country, where the Execu-
, tive IS considered to be passing rich
on . salary, $4,000 a year. with the
Wni.e House as q genera! and the
Soldiers Home as summer real.
dence, there may be some natural
curiosity regarding the pecuniary al.
lowance paid to foreign potentates.
Itis to be remembered, however, that
the majority If these rulers possess
Inherited property, real and person
al. ofcclsiderable value, and that
the respective rulers are also allow
ed magnificent palaces, chateaux,
and rural residences, repaired and
furnished ont of the public revenue.
Taking most of our figures from
Frederick Morton's "Statesman's
Year Book" worry reliable work,
revised after official returns, and
now in its fifteenth year. We shall
proceed with the potentates.
Francis Joseph, Emperor of AUS
trla and King of Hungary, born in
August, 1880, has civil list Gas his
salary is comm only caIled) of 81, $50.
600 O. year
Leopold H.. King of Belgium, born
in April, 1885, has a civil list of
$500, 900 year.
Christian TX. King of Denmark,
born in April, 1918, has a civil list
OF 800, 900 rigs dalers, $277 IT'S. His
eldest son has an annual allowance
of $50, 1893.
Marshal MacMahon, President of
the French Republic. has an annual
salary of $4,000, with an extra
S6O, 100000 for household expenses
President Theirs had the same sal
airy. with S77,560 for housekeeping.
Napoleon III. had the largest civil
list in tbs world. 1t amounted to
10, OOO. 900 year in addition to
which he received the income OF the
Crown domains, amounting to 3d.
4OO. 600 and the free possession Of a
number of palaces, parks, forests and
mansions, kept at the expenae of the
state. His total income reached the
sum of 81 100000. Nevertheless. the
debts on the imperial civil list were
stated IN 1867 to amount to SIG, 900.
600.
William T., born 10 March, 1897 re-
ccives no salary as German Emper>
or. His annual salary as king of
Prussia is s3,079,76O. Most of the
! expenditure of the royal family and
the court is betrayed o ut of the SOW
ere'gn's immense private property.
Ludwig II. King of Bavaria, born
in August, 1916, has civil list of ST.
BIS. 1876. Karl I. King of Wurtem-
berg, born 10 March. 1923, has civ
il list of 1891 685. with an addition.
al grant of 1887 1855 for the other
members of tho royal family. Albert
l., King of Saxony, born in April,
1928 has civil list of $685., 900, with
an additional 1927, $50 a year, for the
Princess and Princesses. This lat
ter grant may be justifable, as in
1880 the reigning monarch sur-en-
dered his domains to become the
property of the State.
The Grand Duke of Baden has a
civil list of 1914 .655 for himself an I'd
the members of his family. The her.
editary landed property of this dy-
nasty, valued at $20,83O,00O, has
been made over to the st ate. The
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Sch wer.
in, who claims to be the only Euro.
pean sovereign of SIavonic origin
pretends he can trace his descent to
Genseric, King of the Vandals, who
conquered Spain in the fifth century,
and, going over to Africa took Car
thage in 439 A d In his full title he
styles himself Prince ofthe Vandals.'
He has no civil list but is an abso.
lutte owner of ono.fifth of the whole
area of the LiIiput ian Duchy, which
he governs. The Grand Duke of
Hesse, son-in.law of Queen Victoria,
has civil list of $329,71O tor the
support o. himself, his near
relations and his little court at Darn.
stadt.
The civil list of the Graad Daxs
of Gutenberg is 1926, 900 OF Bruns-
wick, $3.50, 900; of Saxe.Wiemer,
$4,000 of SAKE. Miningen. $780,
600; of Anhalt, $145, 900; of Sake
Coburg Gotha, 800, 900 of Saxe-Al-
tenburg, s107, $50 of Waldeck, sl83-
675; OF Lippe, 10000; of Schwarz.
burg Rudolstadt, 100000; of Sch
warzburs .Sonderhaussen, 1000; of
Schaumburg-Lipde, 1925 900.
The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Strelitz, Reuss Sohloiz, and Reuss.
Greiz absolutely own most of the
states which they govern. 1t is full
time for the whole of these petty
sovereign,ies to DO absorbed under
ono ruler, SO as to constitute real
German Empire.
Victoria, Queen of England, born
in May 1919, has a civil list of 81.
925, 900 with 100000 from the
Duchy of Lancaster, one of the
Grown Lands which she did not sur.
render, according to contract with
Parliament, to the state. Thus her
annual income is 1925 900 a year.
10 he- children and to the Duke of
Edinburgh is paid further sum of
$3.50, 900. making o total of SO, 105,.
600 to British royalty.
Geo. l.. King of Greece, born in
December, 1916, has civil list of
$3.50, 899 year. Humber, of Italy
born in 1874, has not accepted the
large civil list ($3, 250,000) granted
to his late father. William III, King
of the Netherlands, born In Febru-
airy, 1910, has salary of $3.50, 900,
with an addition of half as much more
for members of the royal Family.
He and the King of Wurtemburg.
are beloved to be the richest sover-
eigns in Europe. The whole grants
to Louis 1. of Portugal, born in 1888,
and his family amount to $4,000 q