Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
THE COUSIN OF EUROPE.
The Ramifcations of Relationship
Among Reigning Houses.

From London Answers.
In earlier days it was always the object
of each reigning monarch to marry his
sons or his daughters to the children OF
neighboring rulers. In this way he could.
or believed he could. secure peace for his
people.
IF today ii were impossible for two coun-
tries whose ruling houses were related to
quarrel Europe at large might literally
turn the sword into a plowshare. for if
we except Turkey and Italy there is abb
solutely no other ruling family upon the
continent Of any importance with whom
George Is not allied by ties OF blood.
TWO or 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 Car 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 tho
kings sister Maud to the Danish 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 hus-
band, is cousin of our king. She was
Alix Victoria, youngest daughter OF the
late Princess Alice, and is therefore a
first cousin of the occupant OF the British
throne. The family likeness between the
car and King George is very strong. and
the two are excellent friends.
Another country the throne of which
will in all human probability be occupied
by two first cousins of our king 10
Greece The present King George OF
Greece, who was elected king by the
Greek national assembly in 1862, Is
brother of the Queen Mother Alexandra.
and Is therefore uncle or our present
king His eldest son. the Duke of Sparta,
heir apparent to the throne OF Greece.
married the Princess Sophia. youngest
sister of the German emperor and also
a cousin of our monarch.
King George V is also connected. al
though not SO closely, with the reigning
families both OF Belgium and Holland.
The Belgian royal family is related to the
Saxe-CoburgGotha house. OF which the
late prince consort was 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 toward
this country. During the Boer war her
sympathies were rather with the Beers
than ourselves. Nevertheless she is fair
ly closely connected with our reigning
house, for the Duchess of Albany r.
daughter of the late Prince George Of
Waldeck. and therefore aunt Of Queen
Wilhelmina.
Ii is a curious fact and difficult to be-
lieve that the present heir to the throne
of little Roumania has as far as descent
goes actually better title TO the British
throne than any member of our own royal
family Young Prince Carol of Rouma MIA,
who is now just seventeen, is directly
descended from Henrietta, youngest
daughter of Charles i. The line runs
through Louis XIV OF France, Princess
Charlotte OF Spain. Pedro Nv of Portu-
gal and so down to King Ferdinand who
married Princess Marie, granada lighter
of Queen Victoria and cousin of King
George V.