The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
HE people Of Norway are voting
TODAY on approval or rejection

T HE people Of Norway are voting
today on approval or rejection
n of the action of the Norwegian
government in calling Prince Karl Of
Denmark as, king. The indications
have been that the call will be sus-
tanned by a big majority. Prince Karl
will, it is said, take the title Of Haakon
VII, as the successor Of the last indie
pendent king of Norway, Haakon vi.
Genealogists give him three lines Of
descent from Harald Haarfagre (the
Fairhaired), who first united Norway
under one rule, but none are in the
direct male line. The first line is thru
his grandfather, Christian TX, king of
Denmark, who is descended thru f.
male line from Fredrik V. The next is
thru his grandmother, Queen Louise,
who was a princess Of Holland. Then
he has third line of descent thru
Hans, the younger, duke Of Schleswig
and Holstein, a son of Christian III.
All these lines united in Haakon v, the
last Norwegian king Of the house OF
Harold; the Fairhaired. .n.,.....:
Prince Karl is also a descendant from
the Z Norwegian sBernadotte line, his
mother, Grown. Princess Louise, being
a daughter Of Karl or Charles XIV, king
of Sweden and Norway and brother Of
Oscar II. g.. ''.' Is:
AS Prince Karl and his consort,
Princess Maud, are first cousins, The
princess also has the blood Of the vik-
Ing kings Of Norway, but she is even
more directly, descended. Ordulf, duke
of Saxony, married Ulfhild, daughter
of st.. Olaf Of Norway, and from this
union descended the royal house Of
saxony and. Brunswick, whose mem
bers IN a sdizest linesr recently sat on the
thrones o8$ Han 1aes sand Brunswick,
and still S1fHule GreatssBrsain. The late
OueenSsVi ctoria, grandmother Of Prin'
cess.Maud, was of lighthouse Of Han
oVerM Princess Mauds can also trace
eEIineage thru her grandfather, the
Prince of -Coburgg Gotha, to st
{. OlafAA ~astf -:
Iasluding the oldenbnrg kings who
furnished ten rulers for Norway and
Denma Ffss#zsa 11ring. their union, Prince
Karl can 1ay claim to having the blood
of twenty-one Norwegian kings in his
veins, while Princess Maud has thu
same royal blood with the addition, o:
that Of St. Olaf. These figures do no
i, include various petty kings who rulet
over smaller parts Of the country.
Among some Of their famous ances
tors were Harold Haardraade, Ola
Kyrre, the peaceful; Magnus Barfo'
BarefootJ, Haakon =Sverresson, Haak
on Haakonsson, the old, and Haakon '
Magnusson of the Harald line, Chris
ton ", the greatest Of the DAMS
kings and one Of the leaders Of tn
Reformation as well as his more les
famous predecessors and successors.
It would be eminently proper, whe
Prince Karl assumes the title Of Haako
VII, If his queen should take the nam
of her ancient ancestor, Princes
Ulfhild
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While. most authorities agree thu
Prince Karl4'will take the title {
yHaakon VII; some chronologies (
tie kings of Norway rrenu4nerad
& .seignts HaaKons since the days 8
Harald5, the Fairhaired (Haarfagre
Viking rulers that reigned over !,
much of q orway as they could conqu
and until Haakon vi Magnusson, gre
grandson thru the;y. female line
Haakon vi, the, last of iEthe4ra ce.sof .Ha