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Show A KING NINE TIMES. . ; j ( ' - ' ' -i 'j! The most betitled monarch In the world is Emperor Francis Joseph of j j Austria, Without his imperial crown, I ' which is the identical tiara of Charle- 1 magme. he is nine times a King, .twice a Grand Duke, once a Grand Prince, twice a Prince, four times a Margrave, , and the multitude of his titles as Count1 ' i and so forth is past enumeration. I The total of. his titles of sovereignty I and nobility- exceeds a hundred. In I addition, as King of Hungary he bears J the title of "Most Apostolic," which is ' one of the four honors bestowed by tr V Pope. Were the sovereigns of EuropA I to meet in a touncil there is no doui M : i that the premier place would be cor.rf ceded to Emperor Francis alike by reason of his hereditary prestige and of I his representation of the ancient Hol Roman empire. -.- "- |