New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-02

completely reversed before his death. To begin
with he was commonly represented "a Vpicai
Kalmuck "A giant Russian from whom the varnish
OF civilization had been scratched disclosing tho
elementary Tartar. In reality, h. had just one
thirty-second part Of Russian blood IN MS FeihS
the res, being undiluted German
The last Russian ruler Of purely native blood was
the Empress Elizabeth. who died in l'62. She ana
her sister Anna the last of the Romanofrs
lin male dcscenu-a family which held the heredi-
torv Czarship only from 1912 but which claimed TO
go all the way back to the princes OF the hrst
centuries and by marriage 70 the legendary Rurlk
himself Anna Romanon vas married 10 Dnhe
Frederick of Hosten- Gottorp-one OF those niue
North German houses which. AS wicked rrench-
man has said have been the matrimonial agen-
clos for all the none athoic royalties of Europe.
The Empress Elizabeth made an heir OF Annas
son Peter. who half German, and that by MS
father This Peter III OF Russia was himself mar
red TO a German wife so that his son. PAU |, was
but one fourth Russian. counting by the blood OF tho
naronts Now Paul married another German prin-
cess. his son Nicholas | eighth Russian) mar
red vet another, and Alexander IL tone-sixteenth
Kussian) did the same.
Alexander ILL., therefore. so far as physical hered-
itv goes belongs to the race which to-day rules
I'm Belgium and Portugal, as well as in It's native
Germany-and. most of ALL in England In fact,
oueen Victoria is but one-sixty fourth English. and
the ancestor from whom she receives that Mite
amount of British blood was the daughter or the
Scotch James /.
or course the mere race OF monarch's an
ccstors does determine his nationality. inc
Romanon blood in Alexander Ill, joined with a
hundred years tempering OF the German mixtures
by exclusively Russian education and surround
ings turned ont the Car who has sacrinced MS
life for his real and only country. lie became
typical Russian and it would only be less ioohSn
to call him IA German than il was to make him out
a Kalmuck
These German intermarriages cause an amazing
medley OF relationships among the royal houses
which have INDUCED in them. Thus Nicholas OF
Russia married the sister OF old Kaiser Whelm'
who was then only King of Prussia. This made
Alexander Ill and the present kaisert second
cousins 1t Is sometimes said that at least queen
Victoria and the Russian Cars have 10 ancestors
i'm common. But this is not true. The vile OK
George III of England princess OF Mecklen-
burg Strelitz and Queen Louise OF Prus-
STA great grandmother OF both Alexander Ill and
young Kaiser Wilhelm. The English queen, now
ever was by one generation the elder. so that
Queen Victoria is at nearest but the second cousin
OF Alexander HIS grandmother. For the same
reason the present Kaiser Is not only nephew OK
the Prince OF Wales by his mother, Queen VIC
tora's eldest daughter Uhe Empress Frederick).
but ne Is also the Prince OF Waess fourth cousin
by his great grandmother. He has also the same
amount of English Cor. rather. British blood as
the heir OF the English crown; that is. one-one-
hundred and twenty eighth part. The Cars have
no British blood in their veins.
But the matrimonial trumphs OF the house OF
IIosten not yet at an end. Rather they have
begun with the present generation. AS has
been seen this family mounted the throne of Rus
STA the last century in the person of Car Peter
ILL., son Of the Duke OF Holsein- Gottorp. In III
younger branch of the same duca family came to
the throne of Sweden in the person Of King Adolf
| plus Frederick. through marriage with the family
| Of Gustavus Vasa The conquests OF Napoleon
seated the descendants Of the French General Ber-
81 GuvaHa M
| way which they still hold. But the last OF the
acknowledgements family still occupies royal
| throne. 1t the chldless Queen Caroline OF
SaXony.
A yet younger branch OF these observation-disclosures
| has become the grand-ducal house Of OldenburS.
greatly intermarried of late years with Russian
imperial grand-dukes. None OF these are likely to
mount any throne. but they present two items OF
| interest by-the-way. One is the title which the
Duchess Frederick gained by her marriage u 3s