too strong for him, and in 1901 he assented in a dignified
manner to the formation of a "cabinet of the Left" (see DENMARK:
_History_). In spite of these political disturbances Christian's
popularity with his people grew steadily, and was enhanced by the
patriarchal and unique position which in his later years he occupied in
Europe. With his wife, often called "the aunt of all Europe," he was
related to nearly all the European sovereigns. His eldest son Frederick
had married a daughter of Charles XV. of Sweden; his second son George
had been king of the Hellenes since 1863; and his youngest son Waldemar
(b. 1858) was married to Marie d'Orleans, daughter of Robert, duc de
Chartres. Of his three daughters, Alexandra married Edward VII. of Great
Britain; Dagmar (Marie), the tsar Alexander III.; and Thyra, Ernest
Augustus, duke of Cumberland. One of his grandsons, Charles, became king
of Norway as Haakon VII. in 1905, and another, Constantine, crown prince
of Greece, married a sister of the German emperor William II. Christian
was also the ruler of Iceland, where he was received with great
enthusiasm when he visited the island in 1874. He died at Copenhagen on
the 29th of January 1906, and was buried at Roskilde.

See Barfod, _Kong Kristian IX.'s Regerings-Dagbog_ (Copenhagen, 1876);
and _Hans Majestet Kong Kristian IX._ (Copenhagen, 1888).

CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663), Manx politician, a son of Ewan
Christian, one of the Manx deemsters, was born on the 14th of April
1608, and was known as _Illiam Dhone_, or Brown William. In 1648 the
lord of the Isle of Man, James Stanley, 7th earl of Derby, appointed
Christian his receiver-general; and when in 1651 the earl crossed to
England to fight for Charles II. he left him in command of the island
militia. Derby was taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester, and his
famous countess, Charlotte de la Tremouille, who was residing in Man,
sought to obtain her husband's release by negotiating with the
victorious parliamentarians for the surrender of the island. At once a
revolt headed by Christian broke out, partly as a consequence of this
step, partly owing to the discontent caused by some agrarian
arrangements recently introduced by the earl. The rebels seized many of
the forts; then Christian in his turn entered into negotiations with the
parliamentarians; and probably owing to his connivance the island was
soon in the power of Colonel Robert Duckenfield, who had brought