The state herald., 1889-07-26

II
Of Greece. insisted upon her adter-
enco TO the Protestant faith. Three
German dynasties are entirely Catho-
lie, namely, the Hapsburg-Lorraine,
the Wittclsbach-to which the rulers
OF Bavaria belong-and Liechten stein.
Numerically the strongest is the
Danish house OF Holstein. with its 5s
living Princes, next 10 which comes
the Saxon house Of Victim. with 80
Princes. Members Of the former fami-
ly rule In Russia. Greece, Denmark
and Oldenburg; Of the latter In five
German states and In Belgium, Portu-
gal and Bulgaria, and will, when the
Well family becomes extinct at tho
death OF Queen Victoria, wear the
crown Of Great Britain and Ireland.
The house OF Hohenzollern. which lost
In 1888 not only the two emperors
Wilhelm ]. and Frederick ILL.,, but also
the Inst member OF its Oldest line. tho
Observation-Disclosures. still have
twenty Princes In It's ranks, Of whom
eight arc less than fifteen years old.
Another side branch will become OK
tinct when childless Charles OF Rou-
mania dies, who will bc succeeded by
his nephew. Prince Ferdinand.
OF the once powerful house OF
Bourbon, only one repre- sentative now
occupies a throne. and he is nn In
fant, namely. the King Of Spain.
There are still ~ Princes Of this dy-
misty, OF whom only one seems to
have u chance 10 occupy u throne,
namely that OF Brazil. where the hus-
har nf tha Drtp k.l
may succeed her father. The Haps-
burg house has really been extinct
since l7i0. and the present members
belong really TO the Lorraine line.
The death OF Rudolph causes no en-
barrassment In the succession, tho
supply still exceeding the demand. Ms
there nrc yet 3. Princes OF the dynas.
ty alive. This most productive soil
for Princes Is the dininutive Llcchten-
stein. which has only 5000 inhab-
itants but boasts OF X Princes OF roy
al blood. or one for every 800 souls.
Tho two influential houses OF Savoyen
In italy and Bernadottc In Sweden.
Norway are not corrcspondingly pro-
life. the former having but eight
princes and the latter seven. Tho old
hour' VI 'ii WHi'u toSt tur VI
Hanover In 1864. and will lose that OF
England at the death OF Victoria.
which II has occupied since i7i4. has
i've male members, the same number
that goes TO make up tho contingent
Of tho house OF Zahringen that rules
In Baden. Tho house Of Bonaparte
has three Princes. tho older Lucien
line, with It's four representatives,
not being recognized ns royal.
The senior OF the forty-onc rulers OF
tho European families. whose average
ago Is fiiy-six. Is the King OF Holland.
born In 1917. Five rulers nrc more
than seventy. among thcm the King OF
Denmark. 10 urc between sixty and
seventy, among thcm nro rulers Of
England, Wuriembcrg. Brazil, Snxony;
10 nro between fifty and sixty, among
them the rulers Of Sweden. Austria,
Belgium. Portugal; nine arc between
forty and iifty. among them tho rulers
Of Roumnnin, Turkey. Italy. Russin,
Greece. Mon tcncgro. Bavaria; two be-
tween thirty and forty, namely. tho
rulers Of Schwcrin and Scrvia; ono be-
tween twenty and thirty, namely. tho
Prince Of Bulgaria. the Emperor Of
Germany Just having pnsscd thirty.
The King Of Spain is not three years
old. The oldest In the number Of
years of rule IL the Queen Of England.
who hns been on the throne sIncc 1897.