European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Royal fairy tale by Arthur Max associated press he son of the Shoemaker and Hie Washerwoman is born in poverty. So ugly anal to has no friends Bui he is watched by a guardian Angel and grows up to become wealthy and Lamous ii turns out Hal he is really the child of a King a fairy tale by Hans Christian anderson1 perhaps no. New research supports Tho theory Hal this was the secret Ream Ifo Story of Andersen creator of the ugly duckling. The emperor s hew clothes and other tales historian Jens gorgons in said the writer who died in 1875 Al the ago of 70. Was probably the Illey Ilimae child of Denmark s Crown Prince and Laler King Christian Viii and a danish aristocrat Elise Ashlii Teudt Laurvig. The secret lovers were unable to wed because the Prince s marriage had to be reserved for a political Alliance so the child was Given into the care of a housekeeper a alien woman who already had one daughter Oul of Wedlock Jorgensen said. Andersen s biographers have Long distrusted the author s own accounts of a lowly birth. Elias Beds Orlf wrote in a 1975 biography much of what he told about his family background was pure  Jorgensen has assembled circus Tania evidence thai he says explains marry of the anomalies of Andersen s life. A Book setting Oul his Case is scheduled for publication in Denmark in october. He said to snarled his search in the records of the Stag else High school which Anderson attended from 1822 to 1826. Jorgensen is now the principal there slag else is in rolling Farmland 45 Miles West of Copenhagen on the Way 1o Odense. The provincial capital where Andersen grew up. Looking through Musty records. Jorgensen found that Andersen paid More than twice As much As other students to attend the school and he traced the tuition 1o the Royal family. Yet Andersen s name never appears on the Rolls. To enrol you had to show a birth certificate. Bui he did t have one said Jorgensen who also Wriles children s stories. He said Andersen s Only existing birth certificate was issued in 1823. When he was 17 years old. The biographers say Andersen was born april 2, 1b05. Two months Aller his parents were married. His father Shoemaker Hans Andersen was then 22. And his Mother. Anna Maria Andersdotter was nearly 40. Andersen claimed to have been born in Odense but Jorgensen has pieced together another Story More filling Andersen s world of make believe. He said he believes Andersen was actually born in the Castle of Broholm where Oral tradition says an Illey Ilimae son o Prince Christian was bom on april 2 today s crossword Han Christian Andersen. And was Given 1o Good  the Baroness of the Castle. Edel Marie Kjier was close friends with the 17-year-Otd Elise Ahlefeld Laurvig who was known to have been pregnant around Hal Lime he said. Records show thai a woman with the same name As Andersen s Mother Anna Mario Ander Doller was a housekeeper for the Baroness s parents. All traces of the housekeeper Are lost after 1805. Jorgensen said. He said Andersen clearly had Royal patronage from an Early age. When he was about 5 he started making regular visits to the Castle in Odense where he played Wilh Christian s son Frederik. Tho Cobbler s son had the quiet help of the Royal family for Many years afterwards. Though he showed no Talent As an actor or Singer he was employed by the Royal theater in Copenhagen Lor three years. Jorgensen said he Lound tetters from the period when Andersen attended school in which townspeople expressed wonder at Prince Christian s frequent visits to slag else. Then a quiet town of 5,000. 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