Evening star., 1914-08-09
Title Settled by Marriage.

me emperor of Austria styles him
self Grand Voivode of Servia and Grand
Luxe OF tuscany. though the first is now
Fuied oy The King or Servia and the other
oy tne King OF Italy. The title of King
OF hanover. which is now part of Prus-
"a. was for long time claimed by the
Duke Of Cumberland, and the Question
was settled only with the marriage of
the Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia to
fhe son OF the pretender- to the throne
Of Hanover
There Is still a princess imperial of
6Ha1ii. though the country has been a
republic since 1880. There are a near
king OF France and Napoleonic pre-
tender. though as neither has ever ruled
neither ever has claimed the title. There
Is also a pretender. Miguel of Braganza,
to the throne of Portugal. as well as the
celebrated ex-King Manuel of that coun-
Try.
another title which seems to be al
most as general among the royalty Of
northern Europe as that of colonel In
Kenucky is the designation King of the
Wends and Goths." This is borne in the
form given by the King of Sweden and
the King of Denmark. while the grand
dukes of Mecklenburg and of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz are Princes of the Wends
and the German emperor is Duke of the
Wends.
Confusion of Genealogists.
The Czar of Russia claims the titles of
Duke of oldenburg and Prince of Bull
garia. though both of these countries
are ruled by other men. and it is little
more than a century ago that the Kings
OF Great Britain and Ireland dropped the
title of King OF France from their list.
Confusion is often caused to genealo-
gists by the small German house of Reuss,
which, though ruling an unimportant
principality. is nevertheless of very high
rank. There are several branches in this
family. and as tradition DEGREES that
every male member of the house must be
known as Henry. there is likely to be
trouble for the man who tries to sort
them out.
The Prince of Monaco. though he rules
one Of the smallest states in Europe
has nevertheless twenty-one tiles. They
are variously prince, duke. marquis,
count. baron and seigneur.
Largest Claimant in Europe.
The German emperor is also King of
Prussia. Margrave of Brandenburg Bur
grave OF Nuremberg. Grand Duke of the
Lower Rhine. one landgrave. two addi-
tional ,hargraves, eleven princes seven
teen Dukes. ten counts and Lord of
Frankfbrt
The Emperor of Austria is Apostolic
King Of Hungary. and eight kings. be-
sides an archduke, two grand dukes, a
grand ~oivode and prince
Ali t@se rulers confine their titles FOR
the most part to the domains which are
actually under their sway. The largest
claimant in Europe. If reports are cor
rect, is King Constantine of Greece who
is said to sign himself Constantine XII.
Constantine NJ was the last Roman en-
peror, killed at Constantinople by the
Turks in 14J5: so if Constantine asserts
he is the twelfth of his name. il follows
that he considers himself heir to the ko-
man empire, which extended from Edin-
burgh TO Bagdad and from Budapest to
Tangier.
Gear Leads in Imposing Titles.
But of all monarchs of Europe the
most imposing in his list of titles is
Nicholas of Russia, who bears the fol-
lowing honors: Emperor and Autocrat o,
All the Russias. Car OF Moscow, Kiev
vladimir. Novgorod. Kazan, Astrakhan
Poland. Siberia, the Tauric Chersonese
and Georgia: Lord Of Pskow. Grand Duk,
of Smolensk. Lithuania, Nolhyma Po
dola and Finland: Prince of Esthonia
Livonia- kurland, Semgalle. Samogitia
Bielostok. Carela. Tver. Perm Yougoria
Viatka, Bulgaria. etc: Lord and Crane
Duke of Lower Novgorod. Tchernigof
Riasan. Polotsk. Rostoff Yaroslav Belo
sero. Oudoria, Obodria. Condia Vitebs X
Mstislaw. and all the regions of tn.
north: Lord and Sovereign of Iveria. Car
talinia. Kabardinia and the Armenian
provinces. Sovereign of the Circassial
and Mountain Princes, Lord of Turkes
tan, Heir of Norway and Duke of Schles
wig -Holstein, Stormarn Dithmars an,
Oldenburg.