Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-26
HEIRS TO THRONES.
Tho distinctive Titles by Which
They are Known
Al. five Monarchies Have Heirs
wy With Such Titles.
r.,.rences OF the Oauphins OF
....,,,u, Experiences Of the oauphlns Of
and Czarewitches Of Russia.

..r, when i
liaV' .,on II King Edward in signaiiz-
z st a. sixtieth birthday by the grant
% ~ s,yle and dignity Of Prince Of
{ he :. the Duke Of Cornwall. For
var Ns,'nord the heir 70 the throne i
. nv ,,s Known as the Prince of
s;aAip in Greece rs the Diadokos, in
lFsns a. the Czarewitch. and ii.
E'ssi- o' prince of the Asturias.
sp.,- \ "a the date of the Paris Eevoiu-
" ,SsO which Witnessed the final
l@ !. s.ow and exile Of the senior
@s,' ss.rh Of the Royal House Of Bourbon,
asH'A IA heir of the king Of France
'ne ~ .er,a, known as tho D"uphin.
va ~. l,ner Of that lite was the
is w.. ,@s .on Of King Charles n. who
eiDes. n.y.. nrsyiously been known as the
n@,'ns j ,ngouleme. assumed the style
plT. n.s,bin on his fathers accession
4" =: ,brone in 1874. II died in exile
" '-. vsars later. having at the
w" bis fathers compulsory ai,di
'la IN 1870 endeavored Nainly 70 pre-
'srrs -, he throne to his house hy re-
.,nc;ns his rights to the crown in
i,'''t ;,ror of his murdered brother :
y, ''',,a IN who reigned for a few bou"s
".I =. HWY Y. but was banished 1lonS
III bis grandfather ana uncla ana
..a NV, lived II Austria as The Co,ate de
Chamhoyd
T,o title Of the Dauphin is Very
.ncian, one and at the time when tho
lirqdsm Of Aries in the south "f
rrsnr, was broken w. 4 large portion
,,sraof krovn as the Dauph-ne, r-as
ssi,ad br one Of the Counts de Nienna.
rho assumed the arms of the
DapphDe namely. a dolphin, and by
rar af bravado styled himself the
~nannbin" or Dolphin" 4 surnaTHs
which vas Likewise borne by his su.- :
,cssors. The last Of his line. Dauphin
Humbsrt I'll. cedej his dominions.
COMPRISING the Dauphine and the
yiennois. to King Philippe NJ cf
France in 1913. on the condition that
The kings eldest son should be styled
pauphin, and shortly afterwards
Humbert retired TO a monastery
rl,era he died as monk.
The strange fatality which seems to
haya logged the footsteps Of those
Who have borne these titles peculiar 10
he heirs to the thrones of the mon
mhical powers enumerated above,
slowed itself particularly relentless in
Tie case Of the Dauphins of France.
lldted the fate Of the last Of them but
me remains shrOuded TO this day in
iie most impenetrable mystery, and
there is no etd to the controversies
which still exist with regard to the lot
of the unfortunate son Of King Louis
XIV. and Of Queen Marie Antoinette.
some contend that he SuCCumbed as a
roy TO the maltreatment Of his jailer
q Paris during the last decade Of the
eighteenth century. Others insist that
ie escaped from prison. and was
fuught up as a watch maker in the
Netherlands under the name OF Naun-
lOrit dying at Delft. in Holland. as
Ious Of Eonrhor Dn,,o of %n,.,,andv
while otbars acain ora a,r.It,. ,ositive
mat after having been smuggled out of
i1Son h. was brought to this country.
a5d died hors afta,. o,,,in;p, r,,rboo5
vthout issue coroo d,,. ,.,,,,.,so
tbis affair Nth III oIu.;dotal Eor
DoU tbs- oil da,,t,,.. - :. .Ia il.,,,;+,.
q ,na ma,, u.;th ,na i,,,, ,,.,rI- NM,
pean cfa,rad w. :. : ;.,,,i.aa;ta ~
Dec, that anv of ,1.. Mi. na,,,ata ,,,1c-
terips AZ O,d VI, h;-,o,.,. I'LL, .,,,,i,,
iclayer nnravao1'l
IN Rrssia II. ,i.t. II ......,.i.ot,
Ike tia, Of dannhi, i, -. ,,,,,.s. -
the student If histn,.,. .a,,nd ,,,a,a III
l.ss omirors hairo a..saa;atad =, ,hoi,
minds NTH 4varv sna.;.s II rnhanni
EsSs and ,raoadv ~ ta.. :, pussi,
ore woui aI,no.. ha .a.a.I iii
Ueye that ,ha vo,.,. f,.t ~. ,,,in,a H.
inS STYLED cz,ravit.b 4. .nai,i.,, IA
mark him ont y. ,.ia.;a, y f..a. a,,1
il Is significant thar ,ha ,,rasa,.t a.,
peror i'll tb4 ul,,y.. Il, I'LL. /, ,Gao .aa
"a'oing his hrotba,. ,Ii1h,o, 'I,' ,r:,. - -
The throne n,in,ad,,. ,n,ita j ;,,,-.st j
him With tho digpit,. aT ~ o,.o,,.,t1,, w., ~
Although the word czarewircb means
oH Of the car VET thero have haar
uAeS When It has been horna ~ tba