Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology

by Frederick Adams Woods

Biography & Autobiography Political Science Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

17 chapters7h 4mEnglish1906

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Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral standards and intellectual aptitude to their reputation as rulers. The summarised family histories are produced after a painstaking search including portrait galleries, family lineage, comparisons of reputation, and the origin of allegations of madness and moral bankruptcy, all collated within a single volume. - Summary by Leon Harvey

Chapters (16)

1I - Introductory

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2II - England

1239

3III — Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The Present Reigning House in England. IV — Mecklenburg. Branches of Schwerin, Giistrow and Strelitz. V — Brunswick. Branch of Wolfenbiittel (Bevern and Blankenburg)

1283

4VI — Prussia. The House of Hohenzollern.

1285

5VII — Netherlands. The House of Nassau-Orange. The House of Nassau-Dietz.

1255

6VIII — Montmorency, Conde, Conty. The House of Montmorency. The House of Conde. The House of Conty.

914

7IX — France. The Bourbons in France. The House of Orleans.

895

8X — Spain. Old Castile, Aragon and Leon. The Hapsburgs in Spain. The Bourbons in Spain. The Bourbons in Italy. The Carlist Pretenders in Spain.

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9XI — Austria. The House ofHapsburg. The House of Hapsburg-Lorraine. The Hapsburg “Lip".

1900

10XII — Portugal. Conditions of the Country Compared with the Various Characteristics of the Rulers. Pedigrees of the Portuguese Rulers.

1868

11XIII — Russia. The Romanoffs.

523

12XIV — Denmark. The House of Oldenburg.

710

13XV — Sweden. The House of Vasa.

1560

14XVI — Evidence from Lehr’s “Genealogy".

794

15XVII — Correlation Between Mental and Moral Qualities. Is the Mean Standard of FacultyRising. Average Number of Adult Children Born to Each Grade for Virtues. Hereditary Wealth not an Evil. How Mental Faculties may be Rising.

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16XVIII — General Statistics and Conclusions. Intellectual Achievements and Blood Relationship. Correlation Coefficients for Successive Ascending Generations. Succession Inheritors Show no Influence from Environment. Virtues and BloodRelationship. No Influence on Moral Character from Different Epochs. Concise Statement of the Probabilities in Psychic Heredity. Intermarriage not a Cause of Degeneracy. Royalty Compared with Commoners — No Degeneracy in Many Royal Families — Superiority of Royalty. Philosophical Significance of the Doctrine of Heredity.

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Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology

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