tailieunhanh - Claimants to Royalty

The History of Popular Delusions might well have contained another chapter, and that one not calculated to have been the least interesting, devoted to a record of aspirants to the names and titles of deceased persons. The list of claimants to the thrones of defunct monarchs is a lengthy one, the chronicles of nearly every civilized country affording more or less numerous instances of the appearance of these pretenders to royalty. Human credulity has afforded a tempting bait for such impostors: le public, as Petrus Borel says, qui veut etre dupe a tous prix, en etait fort satisfait, for the discontented and ambitious have always. | Claimants to Royalty by John H. Ingram 1 Claimants to Royalty by John H. Ingram The Project Gutenberg EBook of Claimants to Royalty by John H. Ingram This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Claimants to Royalty Author John H. Ingram Release Date March 30 2011 EBook 35710 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CLAIMANTS TO ROYALTY Produced by Al Haines CLAIMANTS TO ROYALTY. BY Claimants to Royalty by John H. Ingram 2 JOHN H. INGRAM. Le public qui veut etre dupe a tout prix en etait fort satisfait. --BOREL. LONDON DAVID BOGUE 3 ST. MARTIN S PLACE TRAFALGAR SQUARE . 1882. Hazell Watson and Viney Printers London and Aylesbury CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION THE FALSE SMERDIS OF PERSIA THE FALSE ANTIOCHUS OF SYRIA THE FALSE ALEXANDER BALAS OF SYRIA THE FALSE PHILIP OF MACEDON THE FALSE ALEXANDER OF JERUSALEM THE FALSE NERO OF ROME THE FALSE CLOTAIRE THE SECOND OF FRANCE THE FALSE CLOVIS THE THIRD OF FRANCE THE FALSE SUATOCOPIUS OF MORAVIA THE FALSE HENRY THE FIFTH OF GERMANY THE FALSE ALEXIS EMPEROR OF THE EAST THE FALSE BALDWIN OF FLANDERS THE FALSE FREDERICK THE SECOND OF GERMANY THE FALSE VOLDEMAR THE SECOND OF BRANDENBURG THE FALSE RICHARD THE SECOND OF ENGLAND THE FALSE MUSTAPHA OF TURKEY THE FALSE EDWARD THE SIXTH OF ENGLAND THE FALSE RICHARD THE FOURTH OF ENGLAND THE FALSE MUSTAPHA THE SECOND OF TURKEY THE FALSE SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL THE FALSE DEMETRIUS OF RUSSIA THE FALSE DEMETRIUS THE YOUNGER OF RUSSIA THE FALSE ZAGA CHRIST OF ABYSSINIA THE FALSE IBRAHIM OF TURKEY THE FALSE MAHOMET BEY OF TURKEY THE FALSE HERCULES D ESTE OF MODENA THE FALSE CHARLOTTE OF RUSSIA THE FALSI PETER THE THIRD OF RUSSIA THE FALSE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF BADEN THE FALSE DAUPHINS --HERVAGAULT BRUNEAU HEBERT NAeUNDORFF MEVES WILLIAMS THE FALSE