The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-01-24

'ObuiS, dIteT"dru king OF the BEL |
gians. She was christened Alexan-
drina Observation-Disclosures for her |
mother.
Though destined to be England's !
queen, this royal baby was really |
German. AT any rate, great ge-
nalogist II Is figured out her blood |
is siNty-one sixty-fourths German |
a ID two siXty-fourths French, royal
and two siXty-fourths plebeian. |
She had in her veins the blood of |
Elgland's royal Tudors. Plantage-
nets and Stuarts From the last she
/ took the crown.
| The father OF the queen-to-be was
jimpecunious always He was not
thrifty anyway, and then by ship
wreck and misfOrtunes he lost i'm
mense sums. He accumulated mon
strOus debts. and Just before the
| birth of his child he wrote pitiful
letter to his brother. George ", ask
ing money enough to bring himself
aud wife to England, that the heir or
heiress presumptive might be born
on English soil Irresponsible Xii
George did not deign to notice this
appeal, and it was only by the aid
of Il chance loan secured from Alder
man Wood, who happened to te'
traN cling III France, that the Duke
and Duchess of Kent we're enabled to
reach kensington palace.
Within Il year after the birth Of his
daughter the duke of Kent died. The
young princess was carefully reared
by her mother, who was very like the
woman the queen herself afterward
became
On June 20, 1897, King William
" died and Victoria became queen
OF Great Britain and Ireland"
WHEN SHE MARRIED.
The first great event OF her reign
was her marriage to her cousin,
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. The
queen had met her cousin when she
was but Is and had fallen in love
with him AT first sight He was but
year older than she, rather short
thick set, rosy checked, handsome
German. In accord with the de-
mands OF etiquette. she popped the
question" herself. They were mar
ried early in 1910 with great cere-
mony. The union proved q most
. happy one and the death of the
prince consort in 1861 proved a
, blow from which the queen never re-
> covered.
!, Queen Victoria had nine children.
The oldest is the Empress Dowager
Victoria of Germany, who was born
in 1910.
. The second child was Albert Ed
! ward. prince of Wales, who now sue
ceeds to the throne. He was born III
1S41. In 1868 he married Princess
Alexandra of Denmark.
\ The Princess Alice was the third
s conner, born in 1913. She married
), Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt,
who died years ago.
i Next came Alfred, Duke of Edin,
: burg. He married the daughter o.
/ Gar Alexander IL.
Then came Il girl, Princess Helena
= who married Prince Christian o
r Schleswic- Holstein -Londerberg-A Au
{ gustenburg.
e The next child was the Princes:
q Louise. born in 1913. She married
n a subject-the Marquis OF Lorne
: eldest son Of the Duke of Argyle.
; Then came Arthur, Duke of Con
i naugh, born in 1880. He married
the daughter of Prince Frederick .
Prussia
The next child was the unfortunate
= Leopold, Duke OF Albany, born il
: 1853. who was afflicted with uNs
terious incurable ailment from birth
!, He died wears ago in France.
The ninth and last child was Prin
> cess beatrice. who married Prime
: Henry Of BaJcanberg in 1880.
! The queen, perhaps by reason O
. her mothers circumstances while sh
=. was a child. las always been mos
= thrifty SheIeaves an enormous pr
; va1e fortune. Her income has bee'
, $500. 600 a year. OF course ne
:. expenses were colossal, too. but 81
,-ldia not forget 70 provide FOR the ia
G. ture Of her children.
THE QUEEN : ESTATES.