The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-08-26
Mr.. Roosevelt as British Pretend

To those who have been suspicious
of Mr.. Roosevelt s policy of - imperial
| ism, - letter from &c. II. b., in the
! New York Sun, entitled Colonel Roose'
welt 5 Purple Ancestry, may offer some
enlightenment. According to the
! writer, George V. of England and the
colonel had a common ancestor score
of generations back. This ancestor
was no less person than Robert
Bruce, king of Scotland.
Mr.. Roosevelt, furthermore, is not
merely to be left with regal connec-
tions in England and Scotland. Euro
pean royalty in general is related to
him. we are told
The qualifications of his pedigree
show him descended from kings and
emperors of the Germans, from the
sovereign counts of Ringleheim, Old
enberg, Frioul, Bavaria, Schwabia,
Altorf. Sundgaw. Worms. SaXony, Boz
hernia, Luxenburg, Gelders, Limbourg,
Zeringen. Rhingaw, and other, olden-
time great German houses. No mat
ter which nation of civilization he hon
ored with a visit he was a relative of
its most precious families; in France,
of the Counts of ANTON, ArtoiS, Nalois,
Burgundy, Provence, Navarro, Aqui-
tame, Vermandois Troyes, Blols,
Champagne, Chartres, Brie, Tours, etc;
in Sweden. of the Jarls of INLAND,
Vermeland. Solver, More, etc; in Den
mark, to its ancient kings; IN Italy, to
the ancient royal house of Naples, to
the Doges of Venice, the Orseolo; to
The Dukes of Poland. Salicia, Counts
of Pottenstein. Schweinfurt, Carinthie,
Franconia, Olmutz. Pomerania, Zeren-
oen. West halia, Walchigise, PouilIe,
ThouIousc, Spoette, etc. il these
have contributed toward the being OF
our Theodore Roosevelt.
1t is humorouslv suggested that Col
onel Roosevelt might have been eonsld-
cred as potential pretender to the
English throne and that for that rea-
son he was placed in "the eighth car
riace back Moreover. the colonel 5
admiration for one Oliver Cromwell to
whom he is related by intermarrlage, is
well known.
The question is raised by another
correspondent as to how much royal
blood is required to make a qualified
pretenfer Ingenious statisticians find
that on the basis of this genealogy
Colonel Roosevelt's portion is micro
scopical--one drop, perhaps.
Inherited characteristics, however, do
not necessarily depend on the proper
lions of the purple fluid. In this ease,
heredity may account for more than
imperialism.
Going a little out of the way in the
colonel s genealogv. it may be seen that
he is a-"Guelph,' Just as George Y.
is. by descent. To his Guelph strain
is attributed the colonel's admiration
for large families; for, it may be, re,
called, that when Isenbert, feudal lord
Of Altorf Suabia. married Lady Pr
mentrudis, daughter of that Childe-
brand. Duke of schwabia,- "a a. D. 76o;;
and King of Lombardy, 769,774, and
that when, in due time, she gave him
the surprise of his life, for ''history y
tells us that she had y sons at one
birth, to this litter Lord lsenbert gave
the name of welphe, or 9uelnh. One OF
these sons became Guelph l., Count of
Altorf and Bavaria. and was the
founder of the celebrated family. of
which Theodore Roosevelt and King
George V. of England are the present
day distinguished members.-Llterary
Digest.