The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-11
Hafa Spr|gs Of Royalty Who Exist Merely
as "reminiscences.
ROYAL ExILEs DEPRIVED Of SCEpTER
A Long md Notable Fist From Eek.
Empress EuEctnic to Ex aueeis LII
"A French Romanccr Tells About
whole Calvary OF Uncrowncd
Princes.

ernielt 1t would have been far more
prudent II the King Of the Crooks had
carried out his intentions, ANNOUNCED
by him on Il certain occasion prior to
the Turkish; unpicasantness, to resign
and to spend the rest of his days as &,
private citizen upon the resources from
ms piethoric bank account, which Is
saiu TO amount to 60.000,000 francs
AS things are now, King George is
still dangerously near the royal death
sin2. lie may yet share the fate 'of his
predecessor, Otto L., second son OF Lud-
wig l.. of Bavaria. who was ingloriously
chased out OF classic Greece by the re-
volution Of 1862 to swell the list Of Kings
in exile. =
Kings thrones have had since times
ifnlnenloriai, particularly In the Roman
&c and Balkan countries the dubious
character, OF lettering at times. Crowns
IN the region named do not ut much
tighter than Il tall hat in Chicago when
we nave a sharp nor'wester and hence
the bounced and exilcd princes have
ever been al rather frequent occurrence
no year has been SO prolific Of crea ing
potcntates III retirement as was the
stormy year 1915 and since then eXileu
IS lngS have increased in numbers
Alphonsc Daudet, the French roman
GER shows in his we'll known book, Les
Rois ell ILXil," whole colony Of for
merry crowned heads. Who hurled by
various cataStrophes from their thrones
were gathered III the gay capital on The
seine during the first years after the
nranc0-Ge!man war III common exile
IN" author met personally the models
To his figures of romance
W ME young man." M. Daudct
says, Il brushed in the narrow CORR
dors OF The all-night restaurants, in the
not breath of the gas lights and in the
punScnt odors OF musk and patchoulj
1.11 ,nt- t.
ii the Duke of Brunswlg Called the
diamond duke; at Bignon's I saw one
evening upon 4 lounge the Dutch prince
Cltron the Silent" Grown Prince VIII
Fam Of OranEe). while he. in company
with member of the dcmi-monde, de-
You're" q SooSe-liver pasty. also saw
orc Sunday the tall figure of the blind
King OF Hanover while leaving the
conservatory concert. He was guided
ny ne sentimental Princess Frcderlka
ms daughter who touched him gently
upon the arm whenever polite usage re-
CURED him 10 salute somebody"
IT the opening of the last worlds cx-
position III Paris the following former
ana pseudo majestics could be seen in 4
row: Don Francisco of Assist and Don
carlos, accompanied by their better
h2!VcS, Donna Isabella and Donna Mar
Eherlta; also the Duke Of AOsta, who Is
Amadeus Of Spain Of yore.
There are n present in Europe forty
thrones occupied by twenty-six reign
ing dynaStieS. Among the formerly
re!Gning families Of Romantic extrac-
tl"n there arc threc-Bourbon, Bona
part" ana BraganZa-W lost their in
SIGMA OF power. and they and their de
se@ndantS form the principal CONTINGENT
81 me princes and princesses who are al
present live in exile.
In the valuable ana interesting genoa
~ \ Il ,
th'S stiil figure among the active" po-
lenidtrS, ana when we open this vol
uine we find first in the list or ex!led
roEaitE Duchess Marie in Bavaria, sis
Ter u lie EMPRESS OF Austria, and
W!aoW OF cX-kin3 Frank H.. OF Naples
VINO nicd Christmas Eve. 1894, in a hotel
Ill Aieo. ic belonged to the Italls:n
princes whose thrones during the Dol,ti-
ca cyclones of 1859 ana 1850 were wiped
'ut by Napo!eOn III. and the "Rc Gala
tuollo. rather oi the present King Of
italy. His last stand was made at the
IorlrGSS tineta where Queen Marie.
me only man" in his encourage devel-
oped Such brilliant bravery in the de-
TENSE Of The furiiicatioi.-
baudct has taken many leadin, traits
sroih this energetic princess for the he
rome OF MS renowned book. The son
~ The Re i3omba y later on returned ia
Austria. like all the other of his Italian
cNiloatfiClS III fhtc, TO be forgotten.
IN" news Of his death recalled this OK
hoi' king momcntarily to the memory
~ his contemporaries. He left no Chill
dren. hat his eldest half brother, AL
ionso, CHun; Of CaSerita, who mostly
resides q Cannes, in France has after
she demise Of Frank IT. claimed all
rights and titles OF the deceased and
lns renewed the former protests against
the "usurDation Of his country"
! I. /,
princes whose thrones once stood in
sunny Italy may be mentioned: Duke
ttrbcri Of PARMA. whose land in 1860
was united with the realm Of King
Victor Emanuel II. OF Sardinia. and
who resides with his family at Schwar-
%au, III Lower Austria. and Grand
Duke Ferdinand VI. OF Tuscany, who
leaCS q Salisbury, also in Austria, q con-
tcin'l3tive existence.
EN-ilmprcss Eugcnie Of France, while
owning 4 residence at ElrnborouEh.
near london, is a Tcsitc:s wandcrcr upon
the face of the earth. despite her physi-
caI ailments and her age. The future
Emperor Of France" a. he Bonapar,is $
Caii him, is Prince Victor. residing at
brussels He is the oldest son Of the
celebrated Prince "I'lon- Pom" brother
OF NAPOLEON H., bu, it ig rumored that
IN" eX-EmnTesS prefers his younger bro
ther. Louis Nap2laon, who is command
e: 81 4 fcSimcrt IN the Russian army.
another woman, eX-Quecn Isabella of
spain, grandmother Of the little King
Alfonso MIL. cf the Pyracnaeic PENN
su!R, lives :.ill in exile though the lat
ter - 10 longer dictated by political
urgency. The revolution Of 1863 drove
hey ana heg entoura ge--lcd by the nun
Pa:!icchln and the intcnden.e Marfori-
from Spain. though she might have re-
turned when her son Alfonso VII sue
cecded 10 the throne
Bcwever, the mode OF life Of this gid
dy Old queen - so rcprchcnsible that her
residence in Spain would have been In
i!niGal to m0narchical institutions thai
sAc received the persuasive hint that it
would re better for her health .to remain
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