THE WORLD'S RULERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1518, 28 March 1887, Page 3

THE WORLD'S RULERS.

An Eiropean paper Qgurea that the Ohrißtian and rnontrchial world count* I among its combined reigning families 406 princes. If the female contingent was taken into account, this figura would almost be doubled. The mos* flourishing dynasty is that of Holstoin, whioh holds the thrones of Russia, Denmark, Greece, and Oldenburg, and numbers fifty- three prinoea, Including f wenty-five grand duken, two kings and an Emperor Next to it is the Home of Stettin, uniting the my*l orowae of Saxony, Groat, Britain, Portugal «nd Belgium, besldea the ducal and nrand dncil sceptora of Weimar, Altonbur^, Co-burg-Gotba, «nd Meitangan. Tho Bour. bous, with their forty-seven prlnoes, have held Riolly, Parma, and Spain. More numerous fhan tho Hoheoz flams, the Bosses and the houae of Savoy lire the imperial Hapaburg-Lorranle, with their thirty-three archdukes, and the old race of Wittelsbaoh, numbering twentyihcee princes of or m Bavaria, a distinc tlon to which great importance is attached. The feigning families med'atizad alnoe the congress m Vienna m 1815, are represented by 724 prlnoes, and these have retained but a small portlsn of tbeir privileges. The Uapiburg* and the Wittlesbaohs are closely allied, not merely because they both belong to tho Teutonio race and flourish on the sitne German soil, bat because for many yo&ra and generations they have constantly inter-married. Tho lovely Empress El'ziboth of Austria is the daughter of Dnlco Maxlrailan of Bavaria, and her daughter Gtsela ia the wife of Prince Leopold, ooasla ot the Present King and Nephew of the Regent.