The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-12-12
%PoTENTIAL RoYALrIEs
Twelve Thouaand Living Pereoaa
WHO Possess Rights to the
Hritiah Throne.


II win be news to many people that
there are almost $4,000 living persons
who have British royal blood in their
Veins. There IRE, and Marquis de
Ruvigny, who finds his recreation IN
genealogical research zprsyes H
thick volume just issued in England,
reports the New York sun Of recent
date.
The marquis gives the names Of III.
72S living persons who are legitimate
descendants Of Edward w., Henry
VII. Of England eand James III. Of
Scotland, with pedigrees to show how
they obtain that distinction. The list
includes the names of every Christian
crowned head in the world, except the
kings of Sweden and Servia ana the
princes Of Monaco and Montenegro,
and most Of the higher nobility Of
European countries.
1t also includes scores Of commou-
ers-humble Smiths, Browns and
Joneses in the most modest circum-
stances, whom nobody would think Of
associating with a royal pedigree.
The marquis numbers them in the or
der II their nearness to the head Of
the family and-if descent really
counted in the matter-to the British
throne.
It doesn't. for the act Of settlement
Of 1901 barred the Catholic sons of
Elizabeth, queen Of Bohemia, sister Of
Charles l., from the succession and
settled it on the children of her
Protestant daughter, the electress OF
Hanover, beginning with George |.
All the same, though, the marquis.
taking the view of the ardent legiti-
mist, labels as No. 1 of the blood
royal Mary Theresa Henrietta Doro-
thea, Princess Louise of Bavaria,
whom he describes as "heiress of the
house Of Stuart and by hereditary
right queen Of England, Scotland,
France and Ireland"
OF course, in the family pedigree she
comes before Edward VII, the actual
king, in the marquis book. SO do
Don Carlos Of Spain, dozens of Euro
pean prineelings and hundreds OF com
moners. But that unlucky act of set
Element bars 'em all.
II among the lineal descendants Of
these three kings were counted those
whose p~edigrees are crossed with the
bar sinister, no book would hold them
all. The marquis counts only the
legitimate lines.
AS a sample of how the thing works
out, take the duke of Devonshire. who
has just left the British ministry. He
is No. 1868 from the princess of Ba-
varia; nevertheless by the Marquis OF
RUvigny's calculations he is by right,
Of descent nearer to the throne than
his lawful sovereign. This is how the
royal strain. in the dukes blood is
traced:
He is a son of Lady Blanche George
ana Howard, who was a daughter OF
Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish.
who was a daughter Of Lady Georgi-
ana Spencer, who was a daughter of
the first Earl Spencer, who was a son
Of Lady Georgiana Caroline Spencer,
who was a daughter Of Frances Wors-
ley, who vas a daughter Of Frances
Thyme, who was a daughter Of Lady
Francis Finch, who was a daughter
Of Lady Mary Seymour, who was a
daughter of William, duke of Somer-
set, who al a son Of Lord Beau
champ, who was a son of Lady Kath-
crime Grey, who was a daughter Of
daughter Of Mary Tudor, who was a
Lady Frances Brandon, who was a
daughter of Henry VII.
The pedigrees Of the mere common
ers are traced with equal care. The
job has involved years of work for the
marquis, but he likes it. He shows
that some 10000 out Of the 11,723 par
tial royalties he has discovered have
remained il England. The rest are
scattered all over the world-in India,
America, Australia and oven Japan
and Mexico.
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