The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-08-12
In Europe-Personages At
Head Of Same.
IRIS JUST A BIG FAMILY FIGHT
All the Warning Nations Are
Kin TO Each Other BY
Intermarrlage.
SOME REAL FAMILY HISTORY

The European war is literally a
family fight when IL is considered
as contest between the rulers of
the various countries, with the ex-
ception of the French Republic.
The ropal houses of Europe have
intermarried until they are prac-
tically one clan, as well as one caste.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Aus
tria, who made the first move in the
war, is of the MISUNDERSTANDING
branch of the Hapsburg family,
which originated in switzerland,
where the castle known as Habichts-
burg-"Hawk's Castle"-built in
the Eleventh century. gave the fam
lily its historic name. Francis H.,
the third Emperor of Germany, of
the Hapsburg-Lorraine line, was the
last of the line who bore the title
Emperor of the Holy Roman En-
pire." He changed it for that OF
| Emperor of Austria when the
new empire was formed. The
Lorraine" strain came into the
Hapsburg clan through the mar
riage of Maria Theresa, successor of
Charles VI. as Emperor of Germany,
or the Holy Roman Empire" who
married Francis Stephen of Lor-
raine. The House of Hapsburg
gave Spain the dynasty which be-
gan with Charles L. of Spain and
terminated in 1900. Emperor Fran
els Joseph married a daughter of
Duke MaXimilianso Bavaria. Arch
duke Rudolph, the son of Fran
els Joseph, and heir apparent to
the Austrian throne. who committed
suicide in 1889, married Princess
Stephanie, daughter of the late
King Leopold of Belgium.
The German Emperor's family.
the Hohenzollerns. traces back to "A
German Count, Frederick of Hohen-
zollern, who is first heard OF in $50.
One OF his cousins, Princess Louise,
is the wife of the British Duke of
Connaught, who is a son of the late
Queen Victoria and an uncle of the
King of Great Britain. The kaiser's
brother. Prince Henry, married his
cousin, Princess Irene of Hesse. a
daughter of Princess Alice of Eng
land Queen Sophia of Greece, a
sister of the Kaiser. married Prince
Constantine when he was Crown
Prince of Greece. They assembled
the throne when the Greek King
was assassinated during tie recent
Balkan war.
Car Nicholas is a descendant of
Michael Romanoff. who was elected
Car in the Seventeenth century,
but the Romanoffs have married in
to the German royal family for two
centuries, until the present Car is
as much German as William, the
German Emperor, his near kinsman.
He married Princess Alice of Hesse-
Darmstadt. daughter of Princess
Alice of England, and therefore a
sister of the Kaiser's sister-in-law,
Princess Irene. A great-uncle of
the Car, Grand Duke Sergius, mar
ried daughter of Princess Alice of
England. A great-uncle of the
present Gar of Russia was Grand
Duke Constantine. who married
Pricess Alexandra of SaXe-Alten-
burg. Their daughter married the
King of Greece. Another great
uncle of the Russian Gar, Grand
Duke Nicholas. married Princess
Alexandra of Oldenburg, whose son,
Grand Duke Nicholas. married al
daughter of the present King of
Montenegro, whose sister is Queen
Helene of Italy. Grand Duke Mich
ael. q great-uncle of the Car. mar
ried Princess Cecilia of Baden. His
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwe-
rim. The Crown Princess Cecilia of
Germany is her daughter.
The present King of servia is of
peasant descent, who owed his posi-
ton to the fact that one of his an
cestors led Seryian revolution
against Turkey He married Prin-
cess zorka of Montenegro. The
Gear OF Bulgaria is German Prince
and the Roumanian royal house is
German.
The British royal house is more
German than English. The late
Queen Victoria was daughter of
Edward. Duke of Kent, fourth son
OF George Ill. Her mother was Mary |
Louisa Victoria, daughter of Francis |
Frederick Antony of Saxe-Coburg-
saaleld. Victoria was more than
half German. Her grandfather was
the son of Frederick. Prince OF
Wales, who married Princess Aug
usta Of SaxQ-Gotha Victoria mar.