The Fate of Crowned Heads

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 19, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 12.

The Fate of Crowned Heads

It is said that the fate of crowned heads has been minutely studied by a French statistician, who gives a list of the unfortunate rulers of the world. He reckons that up to the present time 2,540 emperors and kings have governed 64 nations. Of these sovereigns, 300 were driven from their thrones, 64 abdicated, 25 committed suicide, 12 became insane, 100 fell in battle, 123 were made prisoners, 25 died martyrs, 151 were assassinated, and 108 were legally condemned to death and executed. That is, the rule of a little more than one-third came to an unnatural end.