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the famous ouse Of Il Bour bon, which
once possessed half III Europe But there
are a number of. sesions OF the family
w llo are still willing to assume The
...diyine rights over various kim gdOnls
from which their ancestors were Tutfel
Eousted BY 81 1lnappraciative people
Prince Louis Philippe has an eye On
the throne of France. Francis III. is will
ing to take up again the sceptre OF the
Two Sicilies, Wrested from him in 1860
aud still another Bourbon laments the
Ilucal throne Of Parma, lost at the same
period. .S3is5 .5sss u
Robert the Strong, Count of Anjou, in
1854, is generally referred to as the
founder Of the house OF Bourbon. Ills
descendants have occupied nearly every
throne in Europe, and if they lost the
Kingdoms, at least, they kept the titles
Thus the king Of Spain has a string Of
these, scarcely excelled by that Of the
Austrian emperor .himslf. Among other
things which he claims to. be, and yet
must be perfectly conscious Of the fact
that everyone knows he is not are king
Of Jerusalem, king of the Two Slell1es
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the East and West Indies, king of the
Oceanic Continent and count OF Bra
bant, Tyrol, Milan and Flanders.
Christian XII. of Denmark neither has
a large kingdom nor comes of house
especially distinguished in history, but
his family has certainly turned out
better, from a royal standpoint, than
any other in Europe. His eldest daught-
-. Try ofh AZ
England's future kings. His second
son, George, was elected king Of Greece.
His second daughter married the late
emperor of Russia, and is mother OF The
present one, and his eldest son will sue
ceed him as king of Denmark. The mon
archs of four European countries, In
cluding the two most powerful, are thus
descended from this one sovereign.
The Italian royal house is that OF sa-
voy, which originated with HumDert OF
the. White Hands, who was count OF Sa-
voy in 1882. Until 1851 king OF SARDINIA
was the highest position reached by any
of it's members, but the progress OF uni
fcation made Victor Emmanuel the oc-
.cupant of the throne Of the new Italian
kingdom. His son Humbert succeeded
him in 1878. T.
Sweden and Norway nave roy1i
house, sprung during the present cen
tury from a plebeian source. John Bap-
tiste Jules Bernadotte was one OF NaDo-
Icons marshals, whom the Swedish es-
tates saw fit to choose successor, in 1910
to their king, Charles Kill, who was
without issue. The present king, oscar
H., is his grandson.
The young Queen Of Holland belongs to
the ancient house of Nasseau, whose foun-
der was certain count Otto, who dled in
1899 Alexander, of Servla, is OF the
Obrenovitch family, which has ruled that
country sinse 1880. Otto, OF Bavaria is
the last: and imbecile descendant OF Lnlt-
pold,. who founded the royal house OF Wit
1telsbach in 907 William II. OF Wurtem~
burg represents a family Of the same name
which traces it's origin to Conrad OF Wur-
temburg, who flourished about lOSl.
4 1. The three remaining European kings
all belong to the same celebrated house
that of Saxe-Which is traced back TO the
year 912 in the person Oh one Thladmlr
King Leopold II. of Belgium and King
Charles of Portugal are members OF the
Saxe-C Coburg Gotha branch Of the family
King Albert, of Saxony. is head of the Al
bertine line and an indefinite number Of
German princes dukes and grand dukes