The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-26
DANISH KING, A TODAY,
 RELATED TO NEARLY
 ALL ROYAL FAMILIES

King Christian x. of Denmark. who will celebrate his forty-fourth birth day today, is related to nearly all the royal families of Europe, but his sym pathies and those of his people are all with England and the other allies and against Germany. The annexation of Sch1eswig and Ho1stein by Prussia, following Denmark's disastrous war against that power half a century ago, is still bitterly resented by the Danes as the German occupation of Alsace and Lorraine is resented by the French.
 King Christian x. was born Sept. of Denmark on the death of his fath- CT, Frederick VIII, in May, 1912. The King is related by marriage to the German royal family, having taken as his bride the Princess Alexandra of Meck1enburg-Schw who is an eld- Germany. They have two sons, Grown Prince Frederick, now fifteen, and Prince Knud, aged fourteen.
 King Christians younger brother, Prince Charles, now sits on the Nor wegian throne as Haakon VII The latter married Princess Maud, daughter of the late King Edward VII, which makes one of many ties between the Danish and British royal families. Another brother of the Danish ruler welded a daughter of a German dueaI house King Chris tian's sister, sIngeborg, became the spouse of Prince Carl of Sweden, a brother of King Gustav V. The Dan ish Kings mother was a daughter of King Charles XIV. of Sweden and Nor way, which constitutes another bond of union between the Scandinavian countries.
 Dowager Queen Alexandra of Great Britain is aunt of King Christian, and King George V. is his cousin. Christian is also a cousin of the Czar of Russia, his aunt, Dagmar, having been Empress of Russia. during the reign of the recent Czar's father. An other royal cousin of the King of Den mark is King Constantine of Greece, the late King George of the Hellenes having been a Danish prince and a brother of Alexandra and Dagmar. Another aunt of King Christian, Thyra, was married to the Duke of Cumberland, and another uncle, Prince Waldemar, married the Prin- cess Marie of Orleans. WaIdemar was offered, but refused, the Bulgarian throne in 1886.
 The present King is the tenth Chris tan to sit on the Danish throne, the first having been a Count of OIden- burg who was elected king by the Diet in HAS. The dignity remained in that family until 1863, when the
 
 death of Frederick VII Direct heirs being lacking, the powers of Europe gave the succession to Prince Chris tian of SchIeswt g-Hols olstein-Sonner l burg Gluckburg. He ascended the throne as Christian ". and married Princess Louise of Hesse CasseI, a niece of Frederick VS$. of Denmark The present King has been an ar dent friend of Scandinavian union, and the allience between Norway, Sweden and Denmark is now so close as to make them practically one coun- try for defensive and military pur- poses. Half a century ago, after the brave but hopeless conflict with the Prussian military, machine, Denmark lost its southern provinces, and the l little country, made smaller still, seemed to have a far from brilliant future. Since then, however, the na- ton has developed unexampIed pros | perity, and intensive agriculture has made 1t rich. England sympathy and factor in the prosperity of Denmark. Christian x. has had much mili- | tary experience. He was a major general in the Danish army when call l ed to the throne, and his training in | the science of war was thorough. Early this year the King and Queen paid official visits to England and 1 France, and were enthusiasticaI re- | ceived in both countries. King Chris | tian is very fond of outdoor sports, and | has been called t'the finest horseman in Europe