Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1906 — KING CHRISTIAN DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KING CHRISTIAN DEAD.

. i— . A(p4 Holer Pmim Aw«y Soddcalr with Few of His Fomtlr Neor. In Copenhagen Monday, | The king apparently had boon in his usual health •and the end came suddenly, few of the members of his Immediate family or of the court being present. Flags on the palace and public buildings were lowered to, half mast J ini mediately on the news o| the death aijd the capital went Into deep mourning for the who Whs universally beloved by hTi subjects., , King Christian. IX. ascended the throne of DonmaYk. Nov. In, 18G3. He was born- April; Kl*ts.on<l was the fourth son of Duke William of Schleswig* Holst idn- r l*ofttHudt«rr:+J,ittekjdmrg. As the male line of the house of Oldenburg. wMeh had occupied the Danish throne since 1 i IS. was approaching extinct ion in the Frederick ill.. Hie great po\t , eTB by a treaty signed May s. 1802, guaranteed

the succession to Prince Christian, by right of his wife, who was a niece of King Christian VIII., This treaty was ratified by tb& Danish Diet, and accordingly Christian became king on the death of 'Frederick In 1863 King Christian was connected with most of the royal houses of Europe. Ills daughter Alexandra is queen of England, a son Is King George of Greece, another daughter Is dowager empress of Russia, and a grandson, Prince Charles, was. recently elected King of Norway. The heir to the throne Is Crown Prince Frederick, who was born June 3, 1843. The eldest son of Denmark’s future king is now King Haakon VII. of Norway.

KING CHRISTIAN.