Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-10
eUROPE'S RULING FAMILIES.


the Head of Many Countries.
1t Is not generally known that the
reigning houses of Europe, with few ex
ceptions, are descended from two sisters
the one being the mother of almost all
of the Catholic princes and Processes
and the other of the majority of those
of the evangelical confession. The late
Frederick Theodore Richter, the his
torian, first discovered this interesting
historical fact in 1876 The genealogical
records of the various families in proof
of the assertion of Richter, however,
have been published for the first time by
DR.. Ottokar Lorenz, professor of history
in the University Of Jena.
The parents of the two sisters whose
descendants have become so powerful
were two German rulers of comparative
insignificance: Duke Louis Rudolph of
Brunswick-W olfenbuettel, who died in
1875, and his wife, Christine Louis, who
departed this life in 1747-a daughter of
Prince Albtecht Ernst of Oettingen.
The elder daughter of the ducal pair,
the Princess Elizabeth Christine, after
her conversion to the Catholic church,
married in l7OS the subsequent Emperor
Charles VI of Germany.
The Empress Elizabeth Christine
through her daughter, Maria Theresa,
the ancestor Of the houses Of Habsburg-
Lothringla, Tuscany, Sicily and Modena,
and-through the marriages of female
descendants-the reigning families of
Portugal, Brazil and Italy (Savoy-Ca-
r1gnan), Saxony, the present reigning
families of Spain and Bavaria, the Span
ish Bourbons and all Of the Orleans fam
lily. These descendants number all told
about 400, and belong in the majority Of
to the Catholic church.
The second daughter of the ducal pair
mentioned above, the Princess Antoi- /
nette Amalie, married her cousin. Duke |
Ferdinand IL of Brunswick Bevern. The |
fruits of this marriage were three daugb- |
5ers, the Princesses Louise, Amalie and |
Julianne, and one son, the Duke Carl.
From Princess Louise-Amalie, who mar
ned Prince August William of Prussia.
brother Of Frederick the Great, and
hus became the mother of Frederick
William IL, is descended the present
oval house of Prussia. Through the
marriages of other female descendants
he is also the female progenitor Of the
eigning families of Russia, Mecklen-
'urg-S ehwerin, Baden and the Neither
lnds.
The second daughter of the Princess
Antoinette Amalie, the Princess Sopbie
ecame the wife Of Duke Ernst Friedric
Coburg- Saalfield, and the ancestor in
be female line Of the entire house of Co
urg, and through it of the ruling fani-
es Of England. Belgium, Hesse-D Darn
5adt and Portugal
The third daughter of the Princess An
'inette Amalie, the Princess JuIianne.
larried King Frederic V Of Denmark
rom her are descended the reigning
buses Of Denmark, Holstein- Gluecks-
arg, Hesse-Cassel and Greece.
Finally, from Duke Carl Of Brunswick,
no died in 1850, the only son Of Prin-
IS AntOinette Amalie, was descended
e house Of Brunswick. which became :
,tlnct IN 1885 by the death Of the late =
Ike. Thus Antoinette Amalie, who was
Uttered to her ancestors in 1862. has had
. descendants, who, with few exceD-
ons, profess the Protestant form of be-
#. Duke Louis Rudolph, who died in
30, has had up to the present time al /
ost 500 descendants, including almost
Of the ruling families in Europe 3
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