The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-13
Royal Lineage.
Mrs. Berryhili.

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Mrs Berryhill.
Those interested in learning Of thu
rulers OF the European countries now a
war are no doubt particularly interested
in the English royal family. Prince
Eddie OF Wales is, OF course, as eldes
son OF King George V, The direct hel
to the English throne according to th'
Royalists or Hanoverian party OF Eng
land. But there is direct claim to the
English throne by the Princess Luitpolt
OF Bavaria. Bavaria is one OF the foul
Kingdoms of Germany or Prussia
Should the student OF English history
look little way back in their tables o.
descent they will see that the Stuarts
who inherited the English throne
through Mary Queen OF Scots were put
off that throne by Parliament, and the
Hanoyerians because they had the mis-
fortune to be Catholics. The Hanoverians
made it law then that the English
sovereign had to be a protestant. A
bitterness that has swept over all the
world sprung up between the Stuarts
and Hanoyerians. The same struggle
OF sectarianism is found in various
claimants to every throne in Europe.
Princess Luitpole, who is a German, a
princess OF one of the lesser principali-
ties, related to the Hohenzollerns OF
reigning house Of Germany, married
the Crown Prince Luitpole OF Bavaria
years ago. She is the direct descendant
of the house Of Stuart, and is known to
the party that supports her claim as
Queen Mary Nv OF England.
The House OF Hohenzollern, OF which
the German Kaiser is the head, has one
member at least who is pulling away
from the family party. That is Queen
Sophie Of Greece, the Kaiser's third
sister. Upon her marriage to handsome
Crown Prince Constantine, who is now
king by the death of his father, the late
King George, she gave up her German
politics and drew closer to the English
and Russian relations. She could never
understand her royal brothers. friend
ship for Turkey and openly denounced
him for it, especially as be took sides
against her father-in-law, King George,
ia the Greco Turkish war Her mother
in-law is the Dowager Queen Olga, a
Russian grand duchess and aunt OF the
present Car, and as her own mother
was Queen Victoria's eldest daughter
and first child, Victoria, Princess Royal,
afterwards the Empress Frederick CT
Germany, she admits that she is more
English than German. Her eldest son,
Prince George, is said to be a possible
selection for husband for Princess Mary
OF England, the only daughter of King
George V, as he is every inch prince,
being handsome, charming, wealthy,
and his future crown being the most
important one on the Mediterranean
sea. By this event the Princess Mary
would become the grand niece OF her
grandmother, Queen Mother Alexan-
dria, whose brother King George was.
This is a reminder that Queen Sophie is
double aunt OF Princess Louise, the
Kaiser's only daughter. The Duchess
of Cumberland, whose son, Prince
Ernest, Louise married, is sister OF
Queen Mother Alexandria and OF the
late King George.
Prince Louis of Battenburg, whose
forced resignment from the head OF the
English navy last month caused much
newspaper discussion, although the
Younger brother of the late Prince
Henry Of Battenburg, who was the head
OF that German principality, was always
affiliated with English interests. He
occupied peculiar position in the Eng
lish royal house. His brother, Henry,
married Princess Beatrice, youngest
daughter Of good Queen Victoria, and
was the father Of Prince Leopold, head
OF tbs Rattenburg house now, Prince
Louis, killed in the war last month, and
Of the Present Queen Ena Of Spain.