The Washington herald., 1912-11-13
GOSSIP GATHERED IN
COUNTRIES ACROSS THE SEA

I Franz Josef has been the number of
| sovefeigns that have lost their crowns
during that time. The fate Of one af-
fects all the others. and although there
Is no ties to bind any OF them to King
! Alexander of Seryia, there was not one
OF them not profoundly moved by his
assassination seven years ago. To this
| very day his successor, King Peter, is
boycotted by certain foreign courts be-
cause he has been powerIess to clear
himself OF the suspicion of connivance
IN the crime.
| Franz Josef may look back at many
dethroned rulers, Karl Albert OF Sar-
anna an ancestor OF the present King
| OF italy, vacating his throne after his
defeat at Novara, sought refuge in a mon
astery IN Portugal where he died. King
Otto of Greece, a Bavarian prince. prob
ably would have been murdered by In
surgents at Athens had he not found
| refuge on board a British man-o'-war
The blind King George of Hanover
whose kingdom was annexed by Prussia
| In 1866; Isabel II of Spain: two kings
Of Portugal, Miguel and Manuel; Grand
Duke Ferdinand OF Tuscany: Dukes
Francis, of Modena. and Robert. of
Parma; Grand Duke Ludwig, Of Baden,
who was deprived of his sceptre on the
ground OF insanity; Sultan Murad of
Turkey, who was dethroned for like
! cause, and his successor. Abdul Hamid,
who was compelled to abdicate by the
Young Turks.
Ludwig !. OF Bavaria, lost his crown
owing to his infatuation for Lola Mon
tez' and William !. OF Holland. was led.
by similar ENHANCEMENT, TO abdicate
the throne Of the Netherlands.
I King Louis Philippe CEgante) of
France, KhedIve IsmaII Of Egypt. Fred
erick William of Cassel Duke Adolph of
Nassau, Emperor Pedro of Brazil, two
Sultans OF Morocco and Emperor Fer
dinand of Austria, the King OF Naples,
and Emperor Macmillan OF Mexico. all
lost their thrones, the latter, an Aus
TRAN archduke. and Franz Josers
brother being shot at Queretaro. one OF
those responsible for his death, Porfirio
Diaz, is an exile from his native land,
after ruling It more than thirty years.
Maximilian's widow, ex-Empress Char
'lotte, has been in an insane asylum
near Brussels almost half a century.
Franz JOseCs wife, Empress Elizabeth.
was killed by an anarchist, following
the loss of his only son, Crown Prince
Rudolph, in the tragedy at Meyerllngk
said to have been caused by an Illicit
love affair. Gar Alexander II was
blown TO pieces by a bomb in 1881 King
Humbert Of Italy was ASA ssinated at
MonZa. King Ludwig II of Bavaria was
found drowned with his attendant ply
stefan. after being deprived Of the reins
of government as Iunatic. Sultan
Abdul ASST OF Turkey committed sui
eide. Prince Daniel OF Montenegro, pre-
decessOr Cf King Nicholas. was assassi-
mated. King Carlos of Portugal and his
eldest son were shot down in their car
riage in the streets Of Lisbon. The late
Grand Duke OF MeckIcnburg-Schwe
WAS found with a broken neck under a
bridge at Cannes. Duke Karol Of Par
ma was killed in 1854 by assassins. To
this long list may be added President
Sadi Carnot of France. three Presidents
of the United States-Lincoln. Garfield
and Mckinley.
Nothing so wildly indicates the long
span of life OF Emperor Franz Josef |
than that he and his cousin. the late !
Duke OF ReiChstadt. We're boys together |
The latter was the historic 'T'Aiglon,
son Of Napoleon l and the Austrian |
archduchess, Maria Louise, who at his |
birth had been proclaimed King OF
Rome by his father
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