The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
EUROPE'S RULERS.
FACTS ABOUT ITS KINGS, EN-
PERORS AND PRESIDENTS.
The King of the Netherlands the
Oldest and the King of Spain
the Youngest Monarch
on the Continent.

Oh the COnIlnent.
queen Victoria now holds a place
among the oldest sovereigns of Europe.
In May of next year she will be seventy
years of age. She has been on the throne
for half century, She enjoys good
health, and bids fair to live aud reign
for many years yet. If she attains the
age of her grandfather, George Ill, she
will WELD the sceptre barring acc.dents)
up to the year 1901. If at that time her
son, the Prince of Wales, becomes King,
he will have reached the ripe age of
sixty years, and his tendency to badness
will, doubtless, have become more
marked than it is now.
The new German Emperor Frederick
is fifty-seven years of age, and his
Empress, the daughter of Queen Vic
toiia, is forty-eight Judging from
photographs, he does not clCs,ly re-
semble his departed father in the face,
but she looks very much like her mother.
If Frederick should live to lie as old as
his father, and perhaps he may, he will
wear his crown (barring acCidents) up to
the year 1892. His ailments dim his
prospects, but the Scotch DR.. Mackenzie
may Danish his ailments.
The King of the Belgians, Leopold H.,
is 53 years old, and if he should reign
till he reaches the age at which his fa
ther died he will be King up to the year
1910. He has been on the throne nearly
twenty three years.
The Emperor of Austria, Francis Jo-
Ieph, is 50 years old, and has worn the
imperial crown for forty years. His pre-
dccessor was his uncle, who abdit ated
the throne in his favor when but - years
of age, because he was tired of the tur-
mol and trouble. Francis Joseph is
p ,lished scholar, linguist, an equestrian,
an almirer of military pomp, and
charmer. He is healthy, and bids fairto
reign for long time yet (barring acct
dentsN
The King of Italy, Humberto l., is Al
years old, and has worn the crown since
the death of his father, ten years ago.
lie is but the second of the Kings of
United Italy, and his throne is in the
eternal city of Rome
The Emperor of Russia, Alexander
ILL.,, is 43 years old, and mounted the
throne after the murder of his father,
seven years ago.
The King of Denmark, Christian X,
Is 10 years of age, or year older than
Queen Victoria, and is second oldest
monarch in Europe. He has wielded
the sccptre for quarter of a century, or
ust half as long as the British Queen.
inc of his daughters is the wife of the
sian Gar; another of them is wife of
the heir apparent to the British crown,
and his second son is King of Greece.
The King of Sweden and Norway,
car H.. is in his slxtieth year, and has
reigned for sixteen years. He has favored
some reforms.
The King of Portugal, Luis l.. is fifty
years old, and is man of enterprise and
progress. He has been for twenty-seven
e rs King.
The power and authority of the King
of Spain, Alfonso Kill, who is not yet
Two years old, is limited by the regency
of his mamma He never saw his royal
sire.
The King of Greece, or King of the
lie lenes, Georgios l., is forty-three
years of age, and has been King for
quarter of century, or since he was
eighteen, at which age he was elected to
the Hellenic throne. He finds it hard
OBJ to rule the modern Greeks or keep
their favor.
The sovereign or Sultan of Turkey,
Abdul Hamid H., is forty-six years old,
and succeeded to the throne twelve years
ago, when the majesty preceding him was
,leposed. He is the twenty-eighth Sui
tan since the conquest of Constantinople
by the Turks.
The King of the Netherlands, William
Ill. is the oldest monarch in Europe,
being now of the age of seventy-one.
and will enter upon the fortieth year of
of his reign next Saturday, which is St.
Patrick's Day, though he is a scion of
the royal house of Orange. Even in
Holland the old monarch is merry at
times.
The King of Roumania, Carol l., is
forty-nine years of age, and was pro-
claimed King only seven years ago, but
before that time he had been for four
teen years the Domnul of his subjects.
The King of Servia, Milan, l., is 81,
and was crowned only six years ago, but
before that he had held the throne for
fourteen years by election as Prince Mi
Ian Obrenovic ~. He is the fourth of
his dynasty since Servia threw off the
Turkish yoke in 1929. His predecessor
was assassinated.
The reigning Prince of Montenegro is
Nicholas l., who is AZ years old, and has
reigned for twenty-eight years.
In Germany there are three Kings and
Grand Duke besides the Emperor of
Germany and the King of Prussia, who
are one. These are the King of Bavaria.
the King of Wurtemburg, the King of
Saxony, and the reigning Grand Duke of
Baden.
There are in Europe two kingless
countries-France and Switzerland.
Both of these republics seem to be able
to get along and keep the peace without
the guidance of Kings or Emperors.
The President of the French republic,
Mr. Carnot, is 81 years of age, and was
elected to office in December last. He is
graduate of the Polytechnic School in
Paris, and held various offices before his
election as President. There are over
$4,000, 900 people in the French repub.
lie.
In the republic of Switzerland, the
highest official of the Government is the
President of the Federal Council, who is
elected by the Federal Assembly, holds
office for the term of one year, and en-
joys salary of $4,000 per annum. The
President for the present year is Mr.. w.
F. Hertenstein. "A President is not eli
gible to reelection until year after the
end of his term of office.-Neao York
Sun.
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