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Bibliography, 443-Ariosto and the British Nobility, 445-
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Denmark, Russia, Greece, and Oldenburg-of the late royal house of Sweden, and of that of Schleswig-Holstein in both its branches, was Theodoric Fortunatus, Count of Oldenburg, in Germany, who died in 1440. He had three sons, Christian, Gerard, and Maurice. The eldest of these was elected King of Denmark in 1448, the second sucCount of Dalmenburg.

QUERIES:-"Little Sussex "-Brother of Swift-Pre-Refor-ceeded to Oldenburg, and the youngest became mation Doctrine-"Dumble," 447-John Colebrooke Heraldic - Registers of Baptisms- Molorning"-Kynnersleys-"Honest Will Crouch"-"The retired tallow

chandler -Cromwell: Smith: Ash, 448-"House"= Living-room Wedding Knife". Devizes - Macaroni Latin-Ulloa's Life of Charles V.-"Hoodlumism"-Séjan -"Looking into the black sand "-Grove House, Fulham

Christian I. (who married the widow of Christopher III., the former King of Denmark) was succeeded in 1481 by his son John, the father of Christian II., a monster of cruelty, who was dethroned in 1523, and succeeded by his uncle -Episcopal Signatures, 449. Frederick I., brother of King John and proREPLIES:-Mid-day Angelus, 450-Abbey Churches-" En-genitor of the present royal family of Denmark. gendrure," 451- Gladstone Bibliography-Town-Shak- King Frederick I. died April 3, 1533. He was "Stilbon "-Blackwater-Erasmus Lloyd-" Curse of Scot-succeeded by his eldest son Christian III., who land,” 453—' Euphues'-Z. Cozens-Funeral by Women- died Jan. 1, 1558/9, leaving, by Dorothy his wife, Kennedy Baronetcy, 454-Stoat - Heraldry-Accurate three sons, viz., (1) Frederick, his successor; (2) Language-Burial by Torchlight-Octagonal Fonts, 455- Magnus, King of Lapland, who died s. p. March 18, Tyndale's New Testament-Royal Veto, 456-" Crow" and 1583; and (3) John, Duke of Holstein. "Rook"-Wroth Money--"Like a bolt from the blue," 457-Standish-Arabella Fermor-"Curation"-Enfield and Edmonton, 458.

spearian Relics, 452 - Viscount Newhaven Chaucer's

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THE ROYAL HOUSE OF OLDENBURG. But few persons are aware that Her Majesty's two elder daughters-in-law, H.R.H. the Princess of Wales and H. R. and I.H. the Duchess of Edinburgh are members by birth of the same royal house, viz., that of Oldenburg; yet such is the case. The present King of Denmark, father of the Princess of Wales, descends in an unbroken male line from Frederick I. of Oldenburg, King of Denmark, who died in 1533, and the late Emperor Alexander II., father of the Duchess of Edinburgh, did the same. The beir-general and representative in the female line of King Frederick is the present Landgrave of Hesse, whose younger brother has lately married Her Majesty's granddaughter, the Princess Margaret of Prussia, but the heir male of that monarch and the present head of the house of Oldenburg-of which the reigning families in Denmark, Greece, and Russia are junior branches -is the Duke (Ernest Gonther) of SchleswigHolstein Sonderburg Augustenburg, brother of the German Empress and grand-nephew of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; the three junior branches of the family being represented by the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg, the Czar, and the Grand Duke of Oldenburg respectively.

The founder of the present reigning houses of

From King Frederick II. (who died April 4, 1588) the crown of Denmark passed in regular succession from father to son, until the death of King Frederick VI., Dec. 3, 1839.

By his wife Princess Mary of Hesse Cassel (granddaughter of Mary, fourth daughter of King George II. of England), King Frederick-who himself was a nephew of our King George III.had two sons who died in infancy, and six daughters, two only of whom survived him. His heir-male was his cousin Christian (who for a few months, in 1814, had reigned as King of Norway), who succeeded him as Christian VIII. monarch, dying Jan. 20, 1848, was succeeded by his only surviving son, King Frederick VII., who died Nov. 15, 1863, and with him expired the issue male of King Frederick II.

This

John, Duke of Holstein, the third and youngest son of Christian III., had, by his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Ernest, Duke of Brunswick, eight sons. The two elder of these, Christian and Ernest, died s.p. The third, Alexander (who was born in 1573, and died March 13, 1627), married Dorothy, daughter of John Gonther, Count of Schwarzburg, by whom he also had eight sons, viz., (1) John Christian, (2) Alexander Henry, (3) Ernest Gonther, (4) Augustus Philip, (5) Philip Louis, (6) George Frederick, (7) Adolf, and (8) William Anthony.

The eldest of these, John Christian, died June 30, 1653, leaving an only son, Christian Adolf, whose male issue became extinct in 1709. Alexander Henry, the second son of Alexander, died in 1667, leaving three sons, none of whom had issue, and the last of whom died in 1727.

The third son of Alexander, Ernest Gonther, died Jan. 18, 1689. He married his cousin-german, Augusta, daughter of Philip, Duke of Hol