Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-12
THE COUSINS OF EUROPE.
The Remarkable Ramifications of Roy
al Relationships.

In earlier days it was always the
object of each reigning monarch to
marry his sons or his daughters to the
children of neighborng rulers. In this
way he could, or believed he could,
secure peace for his people.
If today it were impossible for two
countries whose ruling houses were
related to quarrel, Europe at large
might literally turn the sword into a
ploughshare, for if we except Turkey
and Italy, there is absolutely no other
ruling family upon the continent of any
Importance with whom George " is
not allied by ties of blood.
Two of the most powerful thrones
in Europe are occupied by first cousins
of our king. The mother of Kaiser
Wilhelm was King Edwards sister,
while the mother of the CZar Nicholas
of Russia is sister of Queen Alexandra.
Denmark, being the original home of
Queen Alexandra, is the country with
which our royal house has become
closely linked. and the alliance was
further strengthened by the marriage
of the kings sister Maud to the Dan
ish prince who is now King HaakOn Of
| Norway.
The marriage of young Alfonso of
Spain with the daughter of Princess
Beatrice created a close link between
the two countries, and placed a royal
crown upon the head of another cousin
of the king.
The czarina, as well as her august
husband is a cousin of our king. She
was AliX Victoria, youngest daughter
of the late Princess Alice, and is,
therefore, first cousin OF the occu-
pant of the British throne. The family
likeness between the cZar and King
George is very strong, and the two are
excellent friends.
Another country, the throne of which
will. in all human probability, be oc-
cupied by two first cousins of our king,
is Greece. The present King George
of Greece, who was elected king by
the Greek national assembly in 1868, is
a brother of the Queen Mother Alex
andra and is therefore uncle of our
present king. His eldest son, the Duke
of Sparta, heir apparent to the throne
of Greece married the Princess Sophia,
| who is the youngest sister of the Ger
man emperor and also a cousin of our
| monarch.
King George V. is also connected,
although not so closely, with the
|
| Holland. The Belgian royal family is
related to the Sake Coburg- GOtha
house, of which the late Prince Con-
sort was a member, and the late King
| Leopold was a second cousin of King
| Edward VII.
The Queen of Holland is not credited
with particularly kindly feelings to-
ward this country. During the Boer
war her sympathics were rather with
| the Beers than ourselves. Neverthe
less she is fairly closely connected with
our reigning house, for the Duchess of
Albany is daughter of the late Prince
| George of Waldeck and therefore aunt
| of Queen Wilhelmina.
II is a curious fact and one difficult
to believe that the present heir to the
| throne of little Roumania had, as far
as descent goes. actually a better title
to the British throne than any MEM
her of our own royal family. Young
Prince Carol of Roumania, who is now
just II, is directly descended from
Henrietta, youngest daughter Of
Charles |. The line runs through Louis
XIV. of France, Princess Charlotte Of
Spain. Pedro ". of Portugal, and SO
down to King Ferdinand, who married
Princess Marie. granddaughter of
Queen Victoria and cousin of King
George N.-London Answers.