The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-19
VICTORIA'S ANCESTRY.
English Queens Descent Traced From
William the Conqueror.

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Chicago Tribune: So much has
3een written and said. even in
7~'.-- n-sss about the
German origin of Queen Victoria, that
-r-L - s4ss4~s4 Ids Oe6n
created 10 The effect that she has no
English blood in her veins, nor any
right TO claim the Tudor, the Planta-
genet, the Norman and the Stuart
kings of England as her ancestors.
Under the circumstances il may be of
interest just al the present moment,
When her subjects are in the act Of
celebrating the sixtieth anniversary OF
her accession 10 the throne TO cali at
tentiol to the fac. that, notwithstand-
ing the popular belief to the contrary,
she IS linealy descended from King
William the Ccnqueror, not always
through the direct male line, it is
true, but sometimes through the fe
E-ale line.
Thus the male line Of William the
ConGueTor became extinct in the sec
I ond generation, and his son, Henry 1.
was succeeded first by Stephen, son of
the conQuerOr's daughter, AGsla, mar
riec 10 the French Count of Biois, ard
on his death the crown descended 70
Henry II, son of Mathilda Who was
the only daughter of King Henry !.
Matilda had married as her frs nus
band Emperor Henry V of Germany,
to whom, however. she bore no chill
dren. Her second husband was
: Godfrey Plantagenet. Count of An
11u, v10 became father OF King Henry
II, and thus brought what is known as
( the Piantagenet strain of blood into
the reigning house of England. From
/ that time on the crown descended in
! Greet line from father to son. from
father 10 grandson, or from older
I brother to younger brother, but al
/ ways in the direct male line, until the
/ deposition and death of King Richard
II in the year 14GG, when Henry ~, his
! cousin, succeeded to the throne.
LANCAsTRIAN KINGS OF ENG
LAND.
Henry " was the son of John of
Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and fourth
son OF King Edward III, and it is on
that account Henry ", Henry V and
Henry VI were known as the Ian
castrian kings of England. King Hen
~ WIS only sen was murdered after
being taken prisoner at the battle of
Tewkesbury, and thereupon the throne
devolved upon his klnsman. King ed
ward ". The latter was a great
grandson of Edmund. Duke of York,
one of the younger sons of King Ed
ward III. On Edwards death he was
succeeded by his young son, Edward
Y, who. along with his younger bro
Their. was murdered in the Tower of
London by his fathers brother, Rich .
ard the Hunchback, who thereupon
took possession of the throne. King
Richard, falling in battle without
leaving any issue, was succeeded by /
King Henry VII, who forfeited his /
own claims to the throne b. wedding |
the eldest daughter and heiress of |
King Edward ".
King Henry VII, however had rights |
of his own to the throne indepently I
of his wife, who descended from John I
of Gaunt, the fourth son of King Ed 4
ward III. True, King Henry WITS
great grandfather, son of John OF
Gaunt had had the misfortune to be I
born out Of wedlock several years prior
to the marriage of his father and
mother. But this little stain upon his
escutcheon was set right by a patent
of legitimacy rectified by act of par
lament and confirmed by the pope.
King Henry's mother, Margaret, was
the granddaughter of the eldest son
thus legitimized, and she married Ed
mund Tudor. who thus became the
father of King Henry VII, and brought
what was known as the Tudor strain
of blood into the reigning house OF
England.
MALE TUDOR LINE EXTINCT
King Henry VII, was followed by his
son, King Henry VIII, and the latter
in turn was succeeded, first of all by
his son, King Edward VI. then by
Bloody" Mary, and thereafter by
Queen Elizabeth. who died I'M
married. The male Tudor line hav-
ing thus become extinct, the crown
descended to the heirs of King
Henry WIS daughter. Margaret, who
had married King James "
Of scotland. Queen Margaret of Scot
y, 4 ,.,f hay
Queen Of Scots, and was, consequently,
reat-grandmother of the latter's son.
King James VI of Scotland. who, on
the death of Queen Elizabeth. sue
ceeded TO the throne of England under
the title of James I, the crowns of En-
gland and Scotland being for the first
time united
King James, who was the first of the
Stuart line on the throne of England,
was followed by MS son Charles. who
lost his head on the scaffold. and on
the death of Oliver Cromwell. VINO
governed England, Scotland and Ire
land as a republic. the son of Charles
l became king, being followed at MS
death by his brother James. James. on
being deposed. was followed hrst by MS
daurhter Mary, who was married TO
William Of Orange. and secondly by his
Gau~hter Anne. who died without leav-
ing any surviving heir. King James rad
a son. who. however. at the time OF the
deposi:ion of his father. vas debarfed
from succession TO the throne IN con-
sequence of his profession of the Cath
clio religion. and his two sons in turn.
who were known as the young pre-
tender" and as Cardinal of York. were
excluded from the succession on anal
ogous grounds, both of them dying
without legitimate issue.
ACT OF SETTLEMENT.
According to lineage and legitimate
descent the crown should have devolv-
ad upon the descendants of Henrietta
Stuart. Duchess OF Orleans, daughter OF
King Charles /. But, owing TO their be-
ne members Of the Catholic church.
-hev were excluded from succession TO
he throne by what is known as the
act of settlement. The descendants of
his daughter Of the headiess King
Sharies / are today represented by
Marie Theresa of Modena, Archduchess
# Austria, heir presumptive TO the
hrone OF Bavaria.
Owing TO this exclusion, the crown OF
sreat Britain fell 20 more remote
,ffsnoot cf the stuart dynasty-name-
V. the Protestant descendants of Eliz-
.beth. sister CT King Charles l. who
married the King of Bohemia. This
5jna % Bohemia had a daughter by
his uaion with Elizabeth Stuart who
pore Inc name OK Sophia, and who
married. Ernest, Eiector of Hanover.
becoming the mother of George. who
uccceded TO the crown of England
,nder the title of King George L. and
likewise to his fathers throne OF Han
,ver. King George was succeeded by
is son. George II, and the latter by