San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-08
ROYALTY IN LOVE.
Compiled for the Globe Democrat ]

to the Princess Dolgorouki.
George l. was morganatiCally
married to Fraulein Schulenberg,
whom he made Duchess of Kendall.
Frederick William III. of Prus-
STA had a morganatiC wife in the
person of the Countess Augusta
Won HarraCh.
The late Alphonso of Spain was
for years i'll peril of his life at the
hands of wronged husbands, noble
men of his court.
Victor Emmanuel often wished to
contract mOrganatic alliance, but
was deferred by the circumstances
of his Ministers.
Nero stole Poppsea from a noble
man of the Roman court, but she
acted so badly that one day, in fit
of passion, he kicked her to death.
The Empress Anna, of Russia,
had innumerable lovers after she
had succeeded in getting rid of her
husband by poisoning him.
Louis VIII. and wife separated
by mutual consent, she wishing to
marry nobleman of the court and
he having penchant for one of her
maids of honor.
Homer gives a wonderfully graph
ic picture of the loves of Agamem-
non, of his love for Briseis, of his
amours with Cassandra, and of his
tragical death at the hands of his
wife Clytemnestra.
When Catherine the Great, of
Russia, became tired of her lovers,
as she generally did in a few weeks,
she gave them a foreign appoint
ment and advised them to travel,
and they always travelled.
Eric XIV. of Sweden lost king
dom and life for an unworthy wom-
an. He married her and a general
revolt broke out, the rebels were
joined by his own family, he was
deposed and murdered in prison.
Mary Stuart, of Scotland, was
the modern Cleopatra. She capti-
waited nearly every man whom she
met, and even her jailer at Fother-
ingay Castle, infatuated with her
charms, tried to devise means to
secure her escape.
Charlemagne never asked the adj
vice of any one about his love
affairs or marriages, but married as
he pleased, and when he became
tired of his Queen sent her away
and took another, in all having
five successive wives.
The love of Ferdinand for Isa-
bella closed the long rivalry be-
tween the Kingdoms of Aragon and
CASTLE, just as the union of Henry
VII. with Elizabeth, daughter of
Edward w., ended the War of the
Roses in England.
The English revolt from Rome
was due to the love of Henry VIII.
for Anne Bolyn. She would not
listen to the Kings proposals, and
to please her he began the divorce
proceedings that resulted in the
separation from Rome.
The famous love affair Of the
Duke of Clarence, afterward Viii
liam the w., with Mrs. Jordan,
the actress, SO scandalized the Eng
lish people as to raise the question
Of his succession to the throne, and
he was compelled to give her up.
Louis VII. became tired of his
Queen, but, having a decent res
pect for the Pope, asked to have
his marriage annulled, claiming
that he had been forced into the al
lance. He carried his point and
was set free, shortly after marrying
again.
Elizabeth of England had innu
merable lovers whose letters to her
have been preserved, and all are
monuments of amOrous stupidity.
She was too clever to write letters,
but kept all she received, and they
are still to be seen in the British
archives.
The Duke of Marlborough was
singularly unfortunate in his mar
riage with his Duchess, the noted
Sarah Jennings. He repeatedly
threatened to horsewhip her if she
did not mend her temper, and she
as often threatened to leave him if
he did not improve his morals.
Sultan Amurath fell in love with
the picture of the Princess of Servia
and made overtures to her father
for her hand. His proposals were
rejected, upon which he made war
against, defeated and killed the
King, and carried off the princess
to his harem.