Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
OLDEST REIGNING
MONARCH is DEAD
EJDDEN DEATH OF KING CHRIS,
TIAN OF DENMARK.
ALL OF EUROPE WILL MOURN
lie Occupied n Unique Position, AsA
of His Children Filling ImpOF-
tant Places OF the MONARCH
les of Europe.

TX. of Denmark, the oldest reigning
monarch in the world, related by blood
or marriage to all the relgning houses
Of Europe, died here at $3.50 Monday
afternoon, aged 81. He leaves six chill
dren and 80 grandchildren.
The king passed away quietly, sur
rounded by the crown prince and
crown princess and their children, and
the dowager empress of Russia. The
news of his majesty's death spread with
great rapidity, and signs of the great
est grief were TO be seen everywhere.
The kings death was quite sudden
Although for some time past he had
showed evidences that the weight of his
years was beginning to tell on him there
was no indication of his approaching
end
His majesty gave audiences Monday
morning, lasting three hours. At lunch.
afterward, the king showed signs OF
great fatigue and almost collapsed. Ply
sicians were hastily summoned, but they
were unable to rally the aged monarch's
strength, and, at $3.50 p. m, he died in
his bedroom, to which he had retired.
The death Of King Christian has
plunged half the courts Of Europe into
the deepest mourning.
King Christian was born April 8, 1878.
He was the fourth son of the late Duke
Wilhelm Of Schleswig- Holstein-Sonder'
burg-Glucksburg and of Princess Louise
Of Hesse-Cassel. He was appointed to
the succession of the throne of Den
mark by the treaty of London Of May
8, 1852, and by the Danish law Of sue
Cession Of July 81, 1852. He succeeded
TO the throne on the death Of King
Frederick VII, November 10, 1868. May
&c, 1912, he was married to Queen
Louise, born September z, 1917, the
daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm OF
Hesse-Cassel. She died September 29.
1895
King Christian had six children. All
of them made brilliant marriages, and
now fill an important place in the mon
arches Of Europe. This was due in
great measure to the ability as a match
maker possessed by King Christians
queen, who was Is years his senior
Descendants On Many Thrones.
No other royal family of Europe has
formed so many matrimonial alliances
with other great reigning houses One
of King Christians daughters is the
queen Of England, another Is the dow.
ager empress of Russia, his eldest son,
George, is the king of Greece, and one
grandson, Prince Charles, married the
Princess Maude, a daughter of King
Edward of England, and is King Haak-
on VII. of Norway. All of King Chris
tian's six children are married and have
families, there being "a grandchildren
and several great grandchildren.
The old king was exceedingly pop
ular with all classes of his subjects,
even with those who profess to be op-
posed the monarchical institutions.
Since the destruction Of Christians.
burg by fire, nearly twenty years ago
the king had made his home in the rela-
lively small palace of Amilenbourgh
where he lived until his accession tc
the throne, and where Queen Alexandra,
the empress dowager of Russia, the
duchess Of Cumberland, the king Of
Greece and the other children of King
Christian spent the greater portion OF
their youth.
His Golden wedding.
When, on May &c, 1892, King Chris
tlan celebrated his golden wedding an
niversary, there was a reunion in
Copenhagen Of the royal families OF
Europe such as had never been seen
before.
King Christian ruled long and wisely.
He was on the throne AZ years, since
November IA, 1868. Only one other
European potentate, Francis Joseph OF
Austria, has swayed a sceptTe for
longer period, and no other has been
given so much happiness in the sphere
of the home as we'll as in affairs OF
state.
DenmarIE's New King.
Prince Frederick, the new king OF
Denmark. who will ascend the throne
in his sixty-second year, bears the
weight of his years lightly and is almost
as popular with the people Of Denmark
as was his father,
BY the wish of his parents, he was
brought up with great simplicity, and
his earlier education was obtained at
the town grammar school, for not until
he was ten years old was the difficult
question Of his fathers succession to the
Danish throne finally settled. 1t was
Frederick's curious fate to see his
younger brother and his own son be-
came reigning monarchs of Greece and
Norway respectively, while he himself
was still an heir-apparent.
The new king has been highly popu-
Tar since his earliest youth.
JOintists Sent to JAIN.
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