The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-03-17
POTENTIAL ROYALTIES.
Twelve Thousand Ltvln@ Persons
Who rcsse1s itiHht. 20 the
Britleh Throae.

it viii be news 70 many people that
there are almost $4,000 living persons
who have British royal blood In their
veins There are. and Marquis de
Ruyieny, who ilnds his recreation In
genealogical research, proves 1t In a
thick volume Just issued in England.
reports the New York Sun of recent
date,
Tho marquis gives the names OF IL
'2S living persons who are legitimate
descendants Of Edward ~, Henry
VII. OF England and 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 and the
princes OF Monaco and Montenegro.
and most OF the higher nobility OF
European countries.
Il also includes scores OF common
ers-humble Smiths, Browns and
Joneses in the most modest eircun-
stances, whom nobody would think Of
associating with royal pedigree.
The marquis numbers them In the or
der OF their nearness 70 the head Of
the family and--lf descent really
counted in the matter-to the British
throne.
II doesn't for the act OF settlement
OF 1901 barred the Catholic sons OF
Elizabeth. queen Of Bohemia. sister OF
Charles I,~irom the succession and
settled It on the children Of her
Protestant daughter, the eleetress OF
Hanover, beginning with George /.
All the same, though, the marquis,
taking the view of the ardent legiti-
mist labels as No. Of the blood
royal Mary Theresa Henrietta Doro-
thea. Princess Louise Of Bavaria.
whom he describes as eheiress OF the
house of Stuart sn1 By hereditary
right queen Of Fngland, Scotland.
France and Ireland"
OF course in the family pedigree she
comes before Edward VII. the actual
king in the marquis hook. So do
Don Carlos Of spaSa. dozens of Euro
pean princelings and hundreds or com
moners. But that unlucky act OF set
Element bars EN- all
II among the lineal descendants OF
these three kings were counted those
whose pedlgrees are crossed with tho
bar sinister no book would hold them
all The marquis counts only the
legitimate lines
AS sample Of how the thing works
out, take the duke Of Devonshlre. who
has Just left the British ministry. lie
is No 3.653 from the princess OF Ba-
varia; nevertheless by the Marquis Of
Ruvigny's calculations he Is by right
Of descent nearer 70 the Throne than
his lawful sovereign. This Is how the
royal strain IN .he dukes blood IS
traced.
He Is son of Lady Blanche Goorh
ana Howard who was q daughter Of
Lady Georgiana Dorothy cayendish
Who was 2 daughter Of Lady Georgl-
ana Spencer who was a daughter Of
the lrst Earl Spencer. who u son
Of Lady GeorFiana Caronsa Spencer.
who was a daughter Of Frances Wors-
ley. who was a daughter OF Frances
Thyme. who was a daughter Of Lads
Francis Finch, who was a daughter
OF Lady Mary Seymour. who was
daughter Of William. duke Of somer-
set, who was a son Of Lord Beau-
champ Who was a son Of Lady Kath-
crime Grey. who was 4 daughter Of
daughter of Mary Tudor. who was q
Lady Frances Brandon. who was
daughter of Henry VII
The redigrees Of the mere common
ers are traced with equal care. The
fob has involved years Of work Tor the
marauls. but he lifes It. Tie shows
lhat some 10000 ont Of the i1.T23 par
tial royalties he haa discovered have
remained In England The rest are
scattered all over the worldA-ln India.
America, Austrnlta and oven Japan