Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-03
REFUSED TO DE KING


... - Those WHO Have Decline" To
War 0,oaarc:.'s Crown The '''"'"
,vroo,b That Was offered to ana Las
fused by Deaconsheld'
1t;sno mean distinction to nave IT, ~.
,,sed a crown. There is IrooaD'y , nos
me man in a million who Wo"la u : ;u
=, kingdom il it were oileleu nini, c ~
Srira # the restless nights ana leari -, "a
dpvs that arc commonly supposed 10 20
the the lot Of q king, Even Crom"e-! 10
sn;a n have refused the crown OF l'hB'
land more from fear of others Tran lio'''
any other motive .;noo
pnt there have been many men S'no0
Cromwell who have r2lused 10 wear "a
,,onnrch's crown. Thirty.i'Vo years
ooo when the throne OF Greece was =, va =
can't more than one great Lns-i Il
statesman might have ruled over 'no
destiuies of that classic country ou' wv
dif1icnIties in the way were formldaple'
Mr.. Gladstone's name was 1leeIy men .
toned in connection with the crown Oh
Crepco though, as Mr.. Gladstone was
a member Of the government at 'n0
time. the proposal never TOOK aeilA''0
Tbe late Lord Derby, however, VINO
had strong sympathies with Greece was
otferod the crown and refused 1t, throw
ING away $50, eco year and a EIng'
dom. 1t was not the first time " man
had declined to sit OIL the throne OF
Greece. Prince Leopold, the father of
tho present king Of the Ielgians, hay
inc refused the crown when Greece W"S
declared kingdom in 1880. Prince
LeoDold's reason for refusing tie crown
was that the proposed boundaries OF
fine country were insufficient, the eA-
clusiou of Crete especially Influencing
his decision,
One e Queen Victoria's sons the
Dpke of Edinburgh has also been OTTER
ed the Grecian crown. He was appealed
to in the sixties at the time Lord Derby
declined the crown, but was compelled
70 refuse the offer owing to the attitude
of the powers who strongly declared
their opposition to Prince Alfred being
crowned king of Greece, The throne
was then offered to the present king, Oh
whose behalf it was accepted by his ia
Their, the king Of Denmark.
The crown of Austria Hungary was
refused in the middle Of the century by
the Archduke franz Karl, the father OF
the present emperor. King Ferdinand
abdicated in December, 1913, the throne
then descending in the ordinary course
to Archduke Franz Karl. Th2 arch
duke. however, declined the crown,
which be handed over to his son, who
still wears it.
Another crown which has been more
than once refused is the crown of Rou
mania. When Roumania was declared
a kingdom, it was settled that the
throne should descend to Prince Leo
pold, the eldest brother Of the thel
reigning king, The prince, however
voluntarily yielded his rights to thu
crown in favor of his son, Prince vii
helm, the remuneration being registered
in the senate in October, $780, Prince
Wilhelm remained heir apparent TO
eight years, but toward the end of 1885,
he formally refused to accept the crow
and his brother became heir apparent
being now Prince Of Roumania. Til
prince has since married Princess Marie
a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Not many years ago a nephew of tn
great Napoleon died i'll exile, after re
fusing a crown. Prince Napoleon, nick
named "Plon- Plon, " son Of brother 0
Napoleon B0nGparte, was invited to 81
on the throne of Roumanil as the frs
king Of that country, bat he declined
the offer, believing at the time that III
might ascend the throne Of France. s.
the bird in the hand flew away and til,
bird in the bush WAS never caught. Thu
man who lad hoped to be crowned kin!
of France died ont of that country i,
solitary exile. He had sacrificed Gu,
crown il the hope of receiving another
and lost both.
Early III the present century Ferdi
nand VII renounced the crown of Spail
in favor Of his father, who again refused
it in favor Of Napoleon. The great cen
queror had to face Il nation in arms
however, and never took the throne.
The story Of Lord Eeac0nsdeld's gold
ell crown provides us with another in
stance, though there was 20 throne wit
this strange crown. The man in who's
bri in the idea Of browning Lord Bea
constield originated is now dead, but a
long as he lived he never recovered frol
the blow Of Lord Beaconsfeld $ REFUSE
OF his tribute Tracy Turncrc!li receiy
ed subscriptions from so, 600 people tC
ward his gold laurel wreath, but i
June, 1879, when he formally otTcre
the crown to his idol, it was refused, -
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