Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-26


back to the time of George l., who,
when he succeeded to the English
throne, was both duke of Brunswick
Luneburg and king of Hanover. At
that time there was. of course, no
German empire, and the duchy and
the kingdom were independent princi-
palities, in which their rulers held
large property and revenue rights, fire.
quently referred to as the Guelf
treasure But there was also another
house of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel.
which had arisen from a division of
the possessions of Ernest the Confess
sor, duke of Notwithstanding be-
tween his two sons, the elder of whom
was the progenitor of the house of
Observation-Disclosures.
Then it happened that while George
III. of England inherited the Guelf
possessions, the dukedom of Bruins
wick-Luneburg and the kingdom of
Hanover, his sister Augusta married
the duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel
Her grandson, William duke of Bruins
wick, died in 1884 without issue. This
terminated the house of Brunswick
Wolfenbuttel, and left all claims to
the title of duke of Brunswick in the
house of Notwithstanding, which
is now represented by the duke of
Cumberland, cousin of King Edward.
OF course it is well known that
King Edward is of the house of Bruins
wick-Hanover, but neither of the Ger
man titles which the Georges held
could pass to him because of the Salic
law, which prevented his mother
Queen Victoria from inheriting them
The succession, therefore, to both
Brunswick and Hanover went to her
uncle the duke of Cumberland, eldest
son of George III
The cousin of the English king
should be by descent both duke of
Brunswick and king Of Hanover, but |
in fact he is neither There are a
lot of political complications which |
have led the German emperor to re- |
fuse his assent to the succession |
urged by his royal uncle, and which |
give rise to the bitterness of feeling /
In 1866 war broke out between
Prussia and Austria. King George of |
Hanover, son of that duke of Cum.
)erand, who was son to George Ill, !
sided with Austria. Prussia won, and
ook revenge on George Of Hanover
)y depriving him of his kingdom.
After the death of ex-King George
his son, the present duke of Cumber-
and, made claim to the throne of
Hanover. Not only was the claim re-
ected, but the kingdom of Hanover
vas absorbed by Prussia as a mere
province, Thus both titles and rev.
'nues We're swept away, and all the
influence of the English monarch has
lot been sufficient to secure their res
Grafton to his kinsman
In the meantime, William. duke Of
died and the duke of
claimant to the throne
# Hanover, became heir to the duchy
If Brunswick as we'll Here again
russia interviewed. The king Of
russia had become German emperor
N the formation of the German en-
lire, and both Prussia (which had alb
orbed Hanover) and Brunswick, had
ecome German states. In anticipa-
ion of the very contingency which
ow arises, a law had been passed in
S19 to the effect that if the legiti-
nate heir to the duchy Of Brunswick |
who was of course the duke of Cum
erland( were prevented from ascend
ne to the ducel throne a regency
hould be constituted The duke of
was prevented from be-
uming duke of Brunswick on the
round of the disloyalty of his father,
ling George Of Hanover, in 1866 Con
Prince Albrecht of Prussia.
nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm /. and
ousin of the present kaiser, was
.ade regent of Brunswick.
In this condition matters remained
atil the recent death of Prince Al
recht, when the question of the duke
Cumberland's claims once more hsS