Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-15
NAMES oFKINGs.
Family Designations Of European Roy
alties Incorrectly Used.
From the PHILADELPHIA Press

Family Designations Of European Roy
alties Incorrectly Used.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Not one person out OF a thousand, II
he had a fair days start and the priv
ilege Of rummaging among encyciope-
dias. could trace out thc real family
names of the rulers Of Europe As
matter of fact, these are very compli-
Gated, and to know them is quite an ef-
fort Of the memory. In the ease of roy
atty the family name has been, in most
cases, taken from the aamo Of the cas-
tie in which the founder OF the race
lived
Mistakes are very frequently made
through ignorance. and these mistakes
are so frequently quoted hey become
accepted as facts. The English royal
family are known, for example, as
Guelphs, the Russian royal family as
RomanOffs and the Portuguese kingly
house as Braganzas All of these, 1t
now seems, are wrong.
lie Figaro, of Paris. has gone into
this subject quite extensively and the
fact that il has brought together are
we'll worth setting down Queen Vic
tOria, according 20 this authority. was
originally Miss AEON, or Miss AEON Won
Este. She was descended as were the
ether members of the house of Bruins
-Luneburg and Hanover, from
AEON, Margraye of Este The Prince OF
Wales. the son of Prince Albert. Of
Saxe-Coburg, has naturally his faith
ers family name. He is spoken OF
more correctly than any OF The other
royal persOnages Of Europe Descended
from the Victims. which line was fOun-
ded In the twelfth century, his actual
name is Mr.. Albert Edward Victim.
Likewise the King Of Portugal. strict
| ly speaking, has the same family name.
He was grandson of another Prince OF
Coburg, who married the then Queen
Of Portugal, and thereby became ruler
Of that country Ferdinand, OF Bulga-
ria, comes from exactly the same stock
/ and is Ferdinand Victim. cousin OF
his. and Of the same family name. Is tho
] present monarch of Belgium. Leopold
! H., prince Of SaXe-COburg having as
/.
HOhenzollern is not the family mama
Of the German line that is now upon
the throne. Their true name Is Zollern,
Thassilon, the first Count Of Zollern,
having founded the race about 500. In
the year 1900 the Zollern family had
two male descendants, the Count Oe
ZOllern and the Burgraye of Nurem-
burg. From the latter comes the pres
ent Royal house of the German empire.
So William II. Is William Zollern Tho
! King of Roumania is another repre-
sentative of this line and has precisely
the same name
The Capets are The Duke OF Orleans,
the son of the old Count of Paris, Don
Carlos and Alfonso XIII, the infant
King Of Spain. Their progeni,or was
| Hughes Capet. the original Count OK
Paris, who ascended the throne or
France in 987
Francis Joseph, Emperor OF Austria
Hungary, the Queen Regeu of Spain
and Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden,
are EthichOrs. The original Ethichon
was a Duke OF Alsace who lived about
the year Ga Humbert King of Italy,
Is Mr. SaVOla, and Oscar H. of Sweden,
BernadOtta. The original Of This name
was a French general. who was made
King Of Sweden IN 1878 and was called
Charles XIV. Pope Leo KILLS real
name is Joachim Pecci Alexander 7.
of Serviss has the name of Obrenowitch,
and Nicholas l., Prince OF M0ntinegrO,
is Mr.. NiegOch.