Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-20

4 alf esca"f ~. 'o sbd heats '0t Ramir owl III. wa;
killed in battle. Sancho l.. was poisoned
ea in a siege aH ai Reremundo III. was killed
by an assassin.
or the kings Of the house Of Nava ARE.
tered along. and they, all managed TO dde
Leon and CASTLE did not fare SO wen; nov.
ever. Peter the Cruel was deposed. He
was reinstated by Edward, the Black Prince
of England. who was then slain by ms
natural brother. who was his successor.
Henry II. was poisoned by a monk Inc
kings of the house of Aragon got through
all right. scattered along down from noS'
to 1919.
| mishaps. Charles l.. of Spain. who was
| also Charles w.. of Germany. when he
came to his own. said that on ms pos
sessions the sun never set He was then
| the richest and most powerful monarch in
the world. Under him Spain reached the
height of all her greatness. and after MIN
| she began the decline which is YET going
| Charles resigned both crowns and retired
| to a monastery to end his days. Phillip
| IL, Of Spain. died Of a loathsome disease.
Ruling House of Bourbon.
OF the house of Bourbon. the reignins
| house, Philip ". duke of Anjou. resigned
| his crown. Louis I. reigned only a few
| months. Charles I. abdicated in favor
| of his son in 1908. Ferdinand VII. was
| forced by Napoleon to abdicate. Then he
| forced upon the throne Of Spain for a few
brief years his brother, Joseph lpn .h6 Sona.
a throne which he didn't want IN the nrst
place. and the house of Bourbon came
| back in the person Of Ferdinand. who was
| about the worst pill In the box. he was
depraved. vascillating. and a coward. he
died before he could be deposed.. He was
an angel of light. however. beside his III
fa
bred. ignorant. slperstitous. pass1ona.e
weed under the care of her mother. Chris
tina, who was known only as the woman
from Naples" so little was she respected
Isabella. of Spain, seems to be the en-
lime of all the evil that has been
engendered in Spain for centuries past. Her
| infamous career disguised even the profi-
was deposed. She is living. but simply
stands for a blot on the already black
pages of Spain's history. Amades. SON of
victor Emanuel H.. then came to the
suit, and so he abdicated. putting an end
to the reign Of the house Of Savoy. and
Alfonso XII. came: bringing back to the
of the old ex-queen. Isabella. He died in
1874. and his son is now in training for a
seat on the shaky throne.
II has been an odd custom, observed In
many monarchical countries. to surname
| the kings and queens. Some Of those that
ave been tackled onto the reigning houses
kings must have been al anomaly, for he
was surnamed 'the chaste." A few, very
few, ave been called the great "wise."
Just and kind" Maurigato was called
the "Usurper;'' Garcias II: t Trem-
| bier" Sancho VI, ''the Infirm;" Charles
II. "the Bad Henry H. the sickly;:"
Henry ". the ImPotent:- Ramiro IL.
ous:" Ferdinand H.. 1.-The Catholic" Pc
dro. "the Cruel" Philip. 1.-THE Bloody
Sancho L.. 1.-THE Fat" Alfonso w.. the
| Monk"
Many Of the kings Of Spain have been IL
nterate, superstitious. intensely bigoted.
and opposed to all progress in the direction
of science, literature or art. SPANS con-
ributio to the world of letters Is small.
and among nations she has ever seemed to
stand q bar sinister on their escutcheon.