The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
F ather of Sweden's
PresentKingOnce
DealtSuccessfully
With Gustavs
Passion for a Vii
lage Girl, and
y nruly Loves
Have Happened
in the Hohenzol-
lern Line

not hear Of anything Of the kind. and
his veto was confirmed by a specially
summoned Council Of the Crown, con-
sisting of all the magnates Of the reign
ing house and of the principal dig
nitaries of the realm, their objection
being largely prompted by the utter
worthlessness of Williams younker
brother Charles.
Some time later William was forced
by his father to contract an admit
tedly loveless alliance with Princess
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, from whom.
after she had borne him a couple of
children, namely the late Emperor
Frederick and the now quite aged and
totally blind widowed Grand Duchess
of Baden, he virtually separated, their
relations remaining only of the most
formal character.
King Gustav of Sweden. in his
younger days-at the age of 30
became deeply infatuated with the
pretty daughter OF village pastor to
whose care the late King Oscar had
entrusted his son, in order to wean
him from the society of a certain bo-
hemian literary and artistic set at
Stockholm, with which he had allowed
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conspicuous manner. Gustav an
nounced his determination to marry
the parsons daughter, even If It cost
him the succession to the throne
King Ended Affair.
King Oscar however, made short
work of the matter. He sent OF Gus
tav on long tour of foreign travel
under careful escort and by the time
he returned home the girl had found a
more suitable husband, thanks to the
generous dowry she received from the
King.
The late King was less successful in
dealing with his younger son and
namesake the sailor prince Oscar
For the latter insisted upon sacrificing
his place in the line Of SUCCESSION to
the throne and all his rights and pre-
negatives as prince Of the blood in
order to wed one of his mothers
maids of honor, Mile. Ebba Munck.
Very devout, she has weaned him from
the sea and has converted MIN into
an evangelist and total ab+SSsence lee
turer, and the couple, now known as
Prince and Princess Bernadotte, con-
stantly hold open air services, not only
in Sweden but also in Denmark, often
indulging in street preaching.
King William I. of the Netherlands
abandoned his throne after a quarter
of a century of reign in order to
marry, in May, 1871, Countess Henri
cite d'OultremOnt, daughter of one of
the oldest houses Of the Belgian aris-
tocraCy, but extremely unpopular
among his Dutch subjects in conse-
quence of the influence which she
exercised over him.
CznrOviJch Renowned Rights.
In Russia the Czarovitch Constantine
Paulovitch resigned his rights Of sue
.ccssion to the throne to his younger
brother, who reigned as Nicholas I,
in order to marry the lovely Pole
Jeanne, Countess of Grudzinska,
Princess of Lovicz, in 1920. She bore
him a number of children. It may be
recalled that his abandonment OF his
rights to the throne was not under
stood by the people, who rose in re-
bellion against Nicholas I. when he
assumed the crown In lieu of his elder
brother in 1925. Czarovitch George
AleXandrovitch, second brother of the
Ill fated Nicholas H., would have been
officially deprived of his office and
dignities as heir apparent, for having
contracted an extremely Objectionable
marriage. II the late Car contented
himself with quietly banishing him TO
a picturesque health resort in one of
the remote corners of the Caucasus II
was because he knew that Georges
days were numbered and that he was
afflicted with tuberculosis of the lungs,
to which he sucoumbed two years lateR
But the least worthy sacrifice OF q
crown that ever has been made for
any woman was that of the late King
Alexander of Serbia He was warned
by all the leading statesmen OF his
native land, and even by the public
press. that If he married the infamous
Draga Machin, n vile woman who as
mistress had exercised the most sinis-
ter and degrading influence on him. hs
would lose his throne. She cost him
not only his crown but also his life,
and she persisted with him IN the
shocking tragedy which he had IN
vIted by his nlesallianca