The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-19
UNHAPPY ROYALTY.

RISKS INCURRED By PRETENDERs TO AND
OCCUPANTS OF THE FRENCH THRoNE-oNLY
ONE SINCE LOUIS XIV. HAS DIED PEACEFULLY
IN FRANCE
The banquet at Chambord and sunary other mani
festaions show that the French throne is still
garded prize worth winning and yet it has been
in recent times at any rate sing ularly fatal to its
occupants. Only French king since Louis XIV,
the Well Beloved (who narrowly escaped being
sassinatcd by Damiens. and whose coffin was pelted
with mud. says the Paris correspondent of the Pail
Mall Gazette has died peacefully in Franco and that
king Louis XvIII.) was twice exile. Louis XVI.
persisted on the scaffold; Napoleon dicd at st.
Helena; Charles Y. at Goritz; Louis Philippe at
Claremont; Napoleon LII. at Chiselhurst. 1t
is remarkable TACT, too. that since tho
accession of the Bourbons only two direct heirs
to the crown have reigned in France-Louis KILL.
who assembled the throne after the Jesuits had as
sassnated his father. Henry w.. aud Louis XIV.
who succeeded Louis XIII. Louis XIV. there
fore the last Dsuphin who inherited the crown. He
had several sons and grandsons but they all died
before him. with the exception Of his grandson the
Due d'Anjou. who had been seated on the throne Of
Spain in spite of Lord Peterborough and the AUS
TRANS. and who founded the Bourbon line across
leaving behind HIM three sons-the Dukes of Bur-
gundy. Anjou and Berri-snd Louis XIV was the
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And. II We are to believe La Hsrpe. when he died
first wife OF the Dauphin diod before she had been
year married In giving birth to daughter; but by
second marriage Win the frncess marie Sosephe
OF Saxony Louis OF France had nve children-Mme.
Clothilde. who married the King OF Sardinia; Nine.
Elizabeth. who was gnillotined during the hevoiu-
ton, and three sons who were all destined TO rule
over France-isouis xvi. Louis XVIII. and Charles
X. The House OF Vniois came 10 AL enc with the
three sons Oh henri and Catnerine oe meoicis, VINO
refgned successivey as francis H., Cnaries Ia ana
tho predictions OF Nostradamus ana other prophets
that the elder bourbon line IL destined 10 END IN
the same manner with Triple reign Louis Nv. was
succeeded Dy MS grandson Louis WI, ana the rate
OF the Dauphin OF thst unfortunate monarch, VINO
paid the penalty OF me ,oessna vices or nus predo