inheritance if only one. They had intricate fortunes, service in
foreign armies, much wandering about, sometimes considerable
scarcity of cash: but, for a hundred and fifty years to come,
neither Line by any means failed,--rather the contrary, in fact.

Of this latter or New Culmbach Line, or split Line, especially of
the Baireuth part of it, our little Wilhelmina, little Fritz's
Sister, who became Margravine there, has given all the world
notice. From the Anspach part of it (at that time in sore scarcity
of cash) came Queen Caroline, famed in our George the Second's
time. [See a Synoptic Diagram of these Genealogies, infra,
p. 388a.] From it too came an unmomentous Margraf, who married a
little Sister of Wilhelmina's and Fritz's; of whom we shall hear.
There is lastly a still more unmomentous Margraf, only son of said
Unmomentous and his said Spouse; who again combined the two
Territories, Baireuth having failed of heirs; and who, himself
without heirs, and with a frail Lady Craven as Margravine,--died
at Hammersmith, close by us, in 1806; and so ended the troublesome
affair. He had already, in 1791, sold off to Prussia all temporary
claims of his; and let Prussia have the Heritage at once without
waiting farther. Prussia, as we noticed, did not keep it long;
and it is now part of the Bavarian Dominion;--for the sake of
editors and readers, long may it so continue!

Of this Younger Line, intrinsically rather insignificant to
mankind, we shall have enough to write in time and place; we must
at present direct our attention to the Elder Line.


THE ELDER LINE OF CULMBACH: FRIEDRICH AND HIS THREE NOTABLE SONS THERE.