New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-27
ROYAL PATRONYMICS.
THEY DIFFER RADICALLY FROM THOSE
POPULARITY ASCRIDED TO REiuN-
ING FAMILIES.

Thorn arc only two classes of people III the
civilized portions of the globe who dispense WIFI
the use of family names, the episcopal
dipnitari,s of the Roman Catholic, the Angiicah
and th. Orthodox Greek Churches in Europe anu
members OF royal and imperial families Inc
urclatps content themselves with addihS '"o
name of their to that which they INV "
crivcd at their baptism, the Primate OF al H"-
land" signing himself Edward OF CantefpurS'
while the princes and princcsses Of the pio''
assume in similar manner the name OF the co"h-
FRY 70 thc rciCniuq family of which they belong
This dec, NOT however mean that they DO not
possess family names. Tie clergy, OF course
have those borne by their fathers, wlile tIe
ROYAL pcrsonaeos. Notwithstanding wlhcIS CIR
culatod statement to the contrary, when nave
Frequently in print of late, are ln>e"i'' '"-
do,ycd with patronymics which differ consider
nbly from those popularity ascrihed TO them mus
the pa,ronymic of the imperial house Of Russia
is not Romanon that of the reigDing FAMILY oi
Portugal is not Braganza, nor Yet Is BOURBON
tho one 70 which Don Carlos the Comte dc Paris
and N. King Of Spain are entitled ! Will even
oo further: the patronymc Of Emperor william
Of Germany is not TIohcnzocrn, nor yet Is laps
huro that of the Emperor of Austria. Indeed the
ONLY case in which popular belief in TINS mat
Ter is correct il in the case OF the Ming OIL
Sweden. whose patronymic every one knows 10
be- Bcrnadottc the name borne by his great
grandfather. who was Pyrcneean PaS'I'
Moreover there is no shadow Of doubt a. 10 III"
natronymic Of tie King Of Servia which l.
Ohrcnovitch Inherited from his ancestor, III"
s,vinnhcrd and the Same may be sal! of tho rnl"r
of Montenegro, whose family namr is Nicgoch.
By the word patronymic which is of Greek
origin and the chronological derivation of which
IL from "pater" father. ard "cnuma.' rane. !
mean the nlme Of the father. which has de-
sccndcd in n direct NILE line. and not that when
has been assumed by reason of marriage WIKI
hcirr.s,.s or for other causes Thus the FAMILY oi
roulbon became extinct as far back rs during the
reign ~ the Capct King Saint Louis. in tn" twelth
ocni,rv when his sixth son, Robert Capet, Count
Of Ccrmont. married Beatrice of Bourbon, the
last and solo suryving member of her house,
whose name title and arms he thercupon %
sumcd II is from this union that Descended
King Henry " Of France. the ancestor OF Don
Carlos of oN-Kt'g Francis of Naples. o. Robert.
ox-Duke Of Parma. Of the Comic de Paris anl
Of it'll" King AlphOnso of Spain. 10 these
should add the nam" Of young Dom Pedro, VINO
Nd to the date of the overthrow OF the imperial
regime in Rraz bore the title OF Crown Prince
Of that country. Tn" patronymic OF all th"S"
Princes is therefore, not Bourbon but 'ap'''
RID they are one and all descended in direct
mall. line from that Hugh Capct Comte de Paris
who according to tradition. was himself grand
son Of Wittikind the celebrated antagonist Of
Charlcman@".
The major portion Of IN" reigning houses OF
rurore claim to lie descended from Wittikind,
among others King Christian of D"nmlrk Ming
Gcorgc of Greece Peter, Grand Duke Of Oldrh-
burg. and Empc or Alexander of Russia. IN"
patronymc of these four rulers Is oI''h-
burc the Emrcror of Russia being neither
Romanoff. nor vet 1lostein-Gottorp. as ha'
been stated Their joint ancestor, who's" patro
nvmic thcy are all entitled to bar. Is Ihi"rN,
Summed The Fortunate, Count OF Odehourg anu
n great grandson of Wttikind. lie ohtalnei the
Duchy Of Schlcswg lIolstein IA dowry with hi,
wife His son. Christian assumed the name OF
Schlcswig-Iolstr'n, anu was elected Ming ol
Scandinavia in the fifteenth century 1t was one
of his descendants. II Duke Of Scheswlg-tiolst'ih-
Gottorp-who married the Grand Duchess Ann
Pomanon the last of her race. and whose
son. in turn assembled the throne of Russia IN
l1C2 under the name Of Peter III. IL IL from
him that Alexander II is descended in an I'M
broken NAL" line.
Emperor Francis .Josrphs patronymic is nor. as
is generally believed. IIapsburg, but Ethlchon
Alsace. The founder of the family was E'hiehoh
Duke of Alsaoc, who lived in the seventh century
From him descended the lIapsburg ana IN" du'1l
house Of Lorraine The former Of these families
hrcanlc extinct by In" death OF IT, last SURVIVING
member, Empress Marie lhcreSo who married the
senior member Of the junior branch Of the Ethi-
chon dAlsace family, namely, Duke FRANCES oil
Lorraine, thc marriage thus rcunltlng the TWO
branches of this family after a lapse of more than
n thousand years. The patronymi", therefor, OF
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, of Ferdinand,
and nf fbp rpiU
Grand Duke Of Baden is therefore not liaps
burg, but Ethchon d'Asace
The house of IIolen2ollern has sought in vain
to establish relationship between Ethiclon, Duke
OF Alsacc and the founder of their family. who
was Tassilo, Count of Zollern, of the Castle of
Iollcrn situated in the district OF Sigmarngen
Tho most important of the counts OF Iosiern IN
the Middle Ages was Count Eiel Frederick OF
Zolcrn, who lived toward the year 1900, and who
had two SONS, the elder of whom founded the so
called House of lIohenzollern Sigmaringen, while
the younger, Rudolph Frederick, appointed Bur
grave of Nuremberg, founded the house OF which
young Emperor William is now the recognized
head. The patronymic, therefore, of Emperor
William of Germany, of King Charles of Ramania
and OF the Prince Regent of Brunswick is not
lIohenzollern, but Zollern
Victim is the patronymic Of King Leopold of
Belgium Of King Albert of Saxony, Of Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, of the Duke Of Saxe-Co-
burg-Gotha, OF the Duke of Saxe-Weimar and OF
the Duke of SaXe-Mcnngen as well of the
Prince of Wales and his brothers, and Of King
Charles OF Portugal, the only person really en-
titled to the name Of Braganza being Dom
Miguel, the Preender to the throne Of Portugal, to
which he stands in dentically the same relations
as Don Carlos does to that of Spain. Victim, who
died in 1856 was descendant of the apparently
very prolific Wittikind.
Queen Victoria, prior 70 her rparrisgc to Al,
bert Victim, otherWIs knewa - Prince Of