Evening journal., 1897-06-28
lNrERmARslRD ROYALTIES
ISingIy Families Are ReiatedThrouEi
Many Ccnvergiug 'rics.

kinEiy Families Are Observation-Disclosures
Many Converging ries.
Attention has recently been drawn
TO the extent TO which the royal family
Of Denmark is related by marriage to
the governing families of other Europe
an kingdoms. Christian TX. Of Den
mark. the oldest secular ruler in Eu-
rope. is the father of the princess Of
Wales (wfe Of the future king of Eng
land), the father of George j., king of
Greece, and the father of Empress Dag
mar. mother Of the emperor of Russia,
Nicholas II. In the present complica-
tions in and about Crete, the English
and the Russian governments are per-
haps more deeply interested than any
pther, and the relation which they bearto
King George is therefore of thevery first
Importance. lie is related by marriage
to the royal house of each empire, one
sister being the mother of the Russian
emperor and the other the daughter-in-
law Of Queen Victoria.
The king of Denmark, however is
not the only monarch of Europe at pres
ent who owes much Of his influence TO
matrimonial alliances. The present en-
peror Of Austria, Franz Josef, has two
daughters, the elder of whom, Gisela. is
married TO the second son of the regent
of Bavaria. His son Rudolph, who died
by suicide in 1882 was married to the
second daughter OF Leopold H.. the
liking of Belgium. The present king Of
| Portugal. Charles l., is a son Of daugh-
ter of Victor Emanuel. The heir TO the
throne OF Savoy married the daughter
OF a former king Of Portugal, and
his oldest son married Archduchess
Louise Of Austria. The present king Of
Greece not only is the brother Of the
dowager empress Of Russia, but he mar
ried Grand Duchess Olga Of Russia, and
a Younger brother married Princess
Marie Of Orleans, q niece OF comte de
| Paris. whose son, the duke of Orleans,
is the Bourbon aspirant for the crown
Of France. The eldest son of the king
Of Denmark married Princess Louise OF
Sweden, who is n niece of the present
king of Sweden and Norway, Oscar IL
The eldest son OF the present King OF
Greece married Sophia, the sister of the
present emperor of Germany, whose
brother Henry is married to n daughter
of the late Princess Alice OF England, Q
daughter of Queen Victoria, who diet
in 1878. The heir TO the throne of Rou
mania is the husband of the eldes
daughter of the duke of Edinburgh, sec
ond son of Queen Victoria, and this lis
does not by any means exhaust the sum
mary Of relationships between the roya
families Of Europe.
it was said in former times that th
integrity Of the once powerful and al
/ ways proud empire Of Austria wa
maintained only through the fact tina
the princes of the house of Hapsburf
not handsome men themselves, bad al
OF them beautiful daughters, and tn
: marriage of these daughters to the SC
: ons Of other royal houses in Europ
had the effect of forestalling and pr,
! venting the dismemberment of the Aus
$ tran empire, frequently threatene
81 after each successive defeat of the Aui
trian soldiers in battle. At the preser
time it is the royal house of Denmarl
. rather than that Of Austria. which es
ercises the largest measure Of influence
matrimonially, on other Europea
courts.--N. Y Sun.