New-York tribune., 1895-07-28

regent Christina OF Spain. 70 know that for the
nrst SIX years of her widowhood her husbands
pooy lay. not in hallowed earth nor even in his
present tomb under the great dome of the Es-
curiai. but remained uncofiined on a stone slab
II, III cave nollowed out Of the rock on which this
gloomy palace is built. undergoing a gradual IL
slow process of mummificaton? Nor was II un-
tI the pody had become completely dessicated
that II was placed in the sarcOphaCus that con-
sltutes the distressing place Of poor Don AL
phOnso MI
The Escurial If sombre. is certainly the most
imposing and regal Of all the mausoleums of the
old-world royalties. Less stately. but more beau
tful as regards site and structure. Is the superb
Church Of the Supcrga. near Turin. IN the vaults
Of which repose the princes and princesses Of the
ancient house of Savoy. II is indeed striking
monument erected on the very brow OF lofty
hill which dominates not only the city of Turin
but the entire valley Of the Piedmont. or Rus
s!as dead cmperors. all those VINO lived and
re!gned prior to Peter the Great lie in the
thedral Of the Archangel Michael. within the pre-
cincts of the Kremlin at Moscow. Since the
foundation of ST. Petersburg. in the seventeenth
century. the Cars and their consorts, AS well as
the princes and the princesses of their dynasty
have been laid at rest in the church inside the
fortress Of SITS. Peter and Paul. on the right bank
Of the Neva facing the Winter Palace. The sar-
cOphagi are all empty. merely destined to mark
the site of the imperial tombs beneath the mar
bic floor: while far down below the dead bodies
of the Russian autocrats are the dungeons in
which are imprisoned the Nihilists who are con-
signed to a fate that can be described only as a
living death.
San Vincentc de Force. the black and white
marble church just outside the walls OF Lisbon.
may be regarded as the superga or mausoleum
OF the regnng House Of Portugal Most OF Den
marks monarchs are buried in the Cathedral Of
ROeskde. the ancient capital OF the kingdom.
some twenty miles from Copenhagen. Most of
these illustrious dead lie in sarcophagi. but the
remains of King Harold "Bue-Tooth. who
reigned in A. D. 9S5: of Queen Margaret. who
died in 1890 as well of several other kings and
queens built into thu centre Of the columns
that support the roof Of the basilica.
A DOG IN A ROYAL MArsOLEUM.
The members Of the House of Orange sleep
their last sleep in the vaults of the so-called New
Church at Delft. and alone. perhaps. of all royal
mausoleums that edihce contains the remains of
a dog 1t was a pet Of William and had on
two separate occasions saved his royal masters
life by warning him of the approach OF the span
ish assassins, who eventually murdered him in
1884 Another pecular.ty in connection with tEis
royal mausoeum Is the fact that one Of the
princes. Alexander by name hali-brother oi the
present young Queen Wilhclm;ne. lies there en-
balmed and buried. wearing .an orange silk
quilted pettiCoat. He crippled from his
birth and completely crazy during the closing
years of his life. his dcmentia taking the form.
among others of an invinchle objection L. that
particular branch OF masculine attire which has
now been usurped by the new woman. In pett-
coats he lived and in pett.coats, according to his
express cntreaty and command. he was laid In
his tomb where he awaits the Day Of Judgment
Unlike the dead Of the imperial house Of Haps-
burg. which all lie in the vaults Of the very
ancient Capucine Church at Vienna. those OF the
Hoh,nzoern are sadly scattered. some or them
being entOmbed in the unloNcly ana mean-look-
ing Dom Or Cathedral II Berlin. others at Pots
dam. while the last two Empcrors rcrose In
mausOlcum at CharlOttenburg. The same may
be said OF EnGland's royal dead some OF whom
rcpose in Westminster Abbey. others in the
vaults beneath 81. Georges Chapel. at Windsor,
while some. again. are to he found In the various
ca thedrals 0f the provincial towns. queen VIC
tora has commanded that when her long ana
busy life has hecn brought 20 close her hody
shall be laid beside that Of her husband in IN"
81 900 00C mausoeum which she has erected over
his tomb al Frogmore Windsor but II the
Prince Of Wales has his way, and u the views 10
which he has recently given expression and
which are known to be those Of his consort. ar"
permitted 10 prevail. he will. when his hour
comes. be laid 10 rest not in marble or granite
sarcophagus. but in ordinary grave beside N"
body OF his little boy in the rurally picturesque
and shady churchyard Of Sandr.neham
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