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The Maximilien of Leuchtenberg under discussion was Maximilien 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852) who was the son of Eugene de Beauharnais 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and the grandson of Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife Josephine. In 1839 he married Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, the daughter of...

According to the article linked below, "It was foreseen in article 66 of the Danish constitution that a constitution for the Danish Folk Church should be established by law...This constitution was never given..." (see unnumbered page 4)...

If you believe that Frederik X isn’t a member of the House of Glücksborg because that was his mother’s family not his father’s, it follows that neither his mother nor her ancestors were entitled to that name. After all, they descended from Count Christian of Oldenburg (later King Christian I of...

I realize I’m jumping into this conversation rather late, but I just finished reading an article on this topic: Ann Lyon, “A Reaction to Popular Hysteria: The Titles Deprivation Act 1917,” Liverpool Law Review,Spring-Summer 2000, 22:173-207. It’s cited on Francois Velde’s Heraldica page...

Jean's father Felix was the Empress Zita's brother which might explain why his parents followed the Habsburg custom when choosing a name for him.

Viscount Linley's full name is Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong Jones.

L Couldn't she also just be Queen Leonor, with no number?

Hmm...that's a good question. Based on a superficial search of census records in Ancestry I suspect she was in fact Nettie's daughter by her first husband James Forshey. The three are listed together on the 1930 census when Jeanette was only six months old. I think the confusion surrounding...

The article was written by someone who knows very little about distinguishing between poor versus credible genealogical sources. First, the author dismisses the claim that Meghan is a descendant of Edward III as “fictional” because the story first appeared in Wikipedia. As the author points...

Great-granddaughter is correct. Mrs Keppel > Sonia Keppel > Rosalind Cubitt > Camilla Sent from my moto g play (2021) using The Royals Community mobile app

I agree, and one of the Queen Mother's Smith ancestors was a first cousin of William Wilberforce so there were abolitionists in her family as well. Sent from my moto g play (2021) using The Royals Community mobile app

Robert Prentice says much the same in his biography of Princess Olga, written with her family’s cooperation, who gave him access to family letters and diaries. Here’s a summary of what he writes: Frederik proposed to Olga almost immediately after meeting her at Cannes in February...

Michael Rhodes posted a copy of the Lambeth Palace announcement on Twitter:

Based on what Hugo Vickers writes in his book about the Queen's coronation, it doesn't appear that the Vatican sent a representative in 1953: “The Archbishop [of Canterbury] consulted Cardinal Griffin of the Roman Catholic Church about his possible attendance. The Cardinal did not feel he...

According to this website, Olivia and the Duke are distant cousins. https://gothanjou.blog/

I never said *you* expressed sympathy for James or Louise. But as Lilyflo pointed out, others have expressed concern for James but not Louise. And you responded with the following *personal opinion*: Which completely misses the point. If its not an issue for Louise because...

But the fact that Louise was never in line for either title is proof she was sidelined. While James won't inherit his father's ducal title he will inherit the others. Louise won't, even James should die young, leaving her as Edward's only child and heir. Expressing sympathy for James but not...

Because the Schaumburg-Lippes wanted to take it over themselves. https://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty/HGLippe.htm#1897

The name Duarte was introduced into the Portuguese royal family by Queen Philippa (1360-1415) wife of King Joao I and daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. She named her oldest son Duarte (who succeeded his father as King) after her grandfather, King Edward III of England.

Given the circumstances of her second marriage, I suspect Victoria Melita was fully aware it also required Edward VII's permission. After all, her first cousin Charles still required it although he was a foreign sovereign (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) and so did the Hanovers, also a foreign royal family...

No, the logic is this: Victoria Melita failed to get the necessary permission, therefore her marriage was not valid for the purposes of the Royal Marriages Act, and therefore her children did not have succession rights. It didn't matter that they, their father, or their spouses didn't need...

The Royal Marriages Act exempted the descendants of princesses who married into a foreign family (but NOT the princesses themselves). Maria's husband Karl of Leiningen and Kira's husband Louis Ferdinand of Prussia both fell into that category. And as the daughters of a princess who married a...

Because his children's mother Victoria Melita required permission. Because she didn't request it, none was given, therefore her marriage wasn't valid under the Royal Marriages Act and the children born from that marriage had no succession rights. Think of it this way: if a minor who needs...

I agree, the Farran exemption eliminated all descendants of George II except the descendants of Lady Patricia Ramsay. So under the Farran exemption, QEII and her descendants would not have needed permission to marry, but Lady Patricia's would.

I know who William Addams Reitwiesner was and corresponded with him while he was still living, even pointing out other mistakes he occasionally made in his research. As you correctly point out, he was authoritative, but he wasn't infallible (none of us are). In addition to including family...