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feiS with his father owing 70 MS reiusaI
10 identify himself with the reactiOnary
views and doctrines of Don Carlos In
fact Don Jaime is extremely liberal anG
up-to-date in his ideas.
Alfonso AntiGueIIInE AgitatOr.
Don Carlos has younger brother. Don
Alfonso. whose marriage TO the romantic
Princess Maria Of the SHOWS, Of the
reigning house Of Portugal. and the
heroine of the last CHrlist insurrection
has remained without issue Don Al
fonsO has for a number OF years past
been head of the International league for
the suppression OF dueling and the splen-
did gallsnuy which he displayed as COM
mander IN the two Carlist wars In which
he held command, may be said TO have
furnished him with particularly valua-
bic qualifications for the leadership Of
such an agitation, since no one cas-hint
that his action arises from any lack OF
personal courage.
With regard 10 the Neopolltan branch
Of the house Of Bourbon. which l have
described above as an offshoot Of the
Spanish line, it may be said 10 have
been founded by Prince Charles. a
younger son Of Philip V, former Duke
Of AnjoU. ard the first Of the Bourbon
kings OF Spain. He won his crown OF
Sicily and Naples with the sword, de-
feating the Aust=ians. who had until
then administered Naples and Sicily as
viceroyalties. Charles. on the death of
his elder brother Ferdinand VI Of Spain.
without issue. abandoned the throne OF
the two Sicilies TO his younger son, Fer
dinand. and turned his steps in the d.
rection Of Madrid where he assumed the
sceptre as Charles III, being succeeded
In turn as King of Spain by his eldest
son. Charles ~. Ferdinand was depOsed
by Napoleon. but subsequently recovered
his throne and survived until lS15, being
succeeded ia turn by his son. Francis ],
by Ferdinand II. and by Francis II. who
was deprived of his throne by the pop
ular revolution. headed by Garibaldi, in
lS6i. and compelled 20 seek refuge, first
az Rome, and then in Paris. He died
without leaving any issue Of his marriage
to Queen Sophia. sister OF the muir
dered Empress Of Austria, and heroine
OF the siege Of Gaeta, who makes her
home on the banks Of the Seine. He
was succeeded in his rights as chief OF
the NeapOltan line by his half-brother.
Don Alfonso Of Bourbon. CONT Of cas-
erta. claimant 10 the throne OF Naples.
Il f. his second son. Prince Charles OF
Bourbon. who viii be married on sat
urday next.
Robert Heads Parma Line.
Finally. there are the Bourbons OF
Parma. now represented by Robert OF
Bourbon. ex-sovereign Duke or Parma.
The line was founded in 154s. by Phu.I
youngest son Of the first OF the Bourbon
kings OF Spain. and brother therefore Of
the founder Of the Naples line. His
grandson. Charles Louis. was promoted
from Duke Of Parma 10 King OF Etruria,
in 1901. but was soon Invested OF his roy
al dignity. and died as Duke OF Parma
II was his son. Duke Charles III. mar
yied 10 a sister Of the Comte de Cham
bord who was murdered in 4S4 in the
streets Of Palermo, under circumstances
which compelled his family and his gov
eminent 10 refrain from making any at
tempt 70 pursue his assassins or 10 bring
them 10 justice. One Of them died in a
hospital in Philadelphia. The present ex-
Duke Of Parma Is the son of the muir
dered man. After reigning for about six
years he was deprived Of his throne by
the absorption or his dominion into the
kingdom OF Italy. The eX-dUke was the
fovOrite nephew Of the COmte de Cham
bOrd. and VAS found 20 have had be-
queethed 20 him BIZ viii the superb royal
chateau OF Chsmbord in France. which
had been purchased and restored by a
popular subscription among the mon
archists in France. for representation to
the Comte &c ChambOrd- In fact The
Comte de Chambcrd cared very little
for the Orleans branch Of his house.
holding King LOUIS Philippe'S treacheTy
and iugraJitude rs responsible for the
overthrow OF his grandfather. Charles
/ Y, and for his own loss OF the throne
In $50; and at his funeral IN accord
ance with his antemortem directions
Don Carlos all the BoUrbons Of the
house OF Naples. and Robert a Bour-
/ bon ex-Duke Of Parma. and Ms chill
dren We're given the pas before the
! Comte dc Paris and the various princes
/ OF the Orleans side Of the house.
Not of Royal Origin.
As in the case in so many OF the great
houses of European royalty the Bourbons
owe their name 70 distan descent 1t was
I originally one OF the great baronial fami-
/ lies Of the kingdom Of France. owning the
I rich provinces Of the center. known as the
]
first Of the Bourbons known in history
was Adhemar. who fiourished AT the close
Of the ninth century In 1872 the House
Of Bourbon had become extinct, save for
I Beatrice Of Bourbon. sole heiress Of the
name and possessions, who married Rob
/ ert Count OF ClermOnt. sixth son Of King
Louis ". Of France popularity known
as Saint Lewis Their son. Louis, be
came Duke of Bourbon. in 1921 and had
/ two sons. Peter. Duke Of Bourbon. whose
/ line closed with the death Of Charles.
I Grand Constable Of Bourbon. who was
| killed at the siege Of Rome by a pistol
( shot fired by Benvenuto Celhni. and q
/ younger son. James. Comte de Ia Marche
whose son. in turn. on marrying the
/ heiress Of the illustri0us house OF Ven
dome assumed the title OF Count and
Duke Of Vendome. His descendant. An
/ thony, Duke Of Vendome. married Jeanne
d'Albret. Queen of Navarro. and their
son. Henry. became, IN turn, King OF
/ Navarro and King OF France, and the
| father Of Louis Kill Of France.
/ The Neapolltan. the Parma. and the
/ Orleans branches OF the House OF BoGr-
bon are very prolific. The Count de
Caserta. head of the Naples branch. has
1 eighteen children, and the ex-Duke Of
Parma twenty; while King Louis Philippe
( also had a large number of olive
branches. the descendants Of whom are
Z TO be found scattered all over Europe
Thus. one Of his grandsons, Prince Gas
{ ton Of Bourbon, Count d Eu, married the
Crown Princess Of Brazil, and it IS his
son. Prince Louis. and Prince Anthony
/ of Bourbon-Orleans. who were in this
country couple OF years ago. Princess
Marie Of observation-disclosures, daughter Of