Download or read book The Royal Families of Europe written by Geoffrey Hindley and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the history of present and former ruling families of continental Europe and speculates on the role of monarchy in the future.
Download or read book The Royal Families in Europe written by Lars Ulwencreutz and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulwencreutz's The Royal Families in Europe - The Reigning and Formerly Reigning Sovereign Royal Houses of Europe and South America. Even includes some almost unknown royal houses.
Download or read book Royalty Who Wait written by Olga S. Opfell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only seven European monarchies remain intact today; all are constitutional monarchies. Four empires and 16 kingdoms have disappeared in Europe during the last two centuries. The Bourbon kingdom in France vanished first, in 1830; the Greek kingdom most recently, in 1973. Former sovereigns still consider themselves to be kings. Princes, dukes and counts remain, possessed of far-reaching connections to currently reigning monarchs. For some of them the path to headship of the royal houses has been complicated, taking many twists and turns. Two world wars caused the greatest attrition in monarchies. Exile has been bitter for some, happier for others, but in and out of exile the heads of royal families live well. Many are successful in business and as financiers. Many are enthusiastic followers of sports. Some manage large estates; others are still trying to regain royal properties. The chapters are arranged in the chronological order in which the kingdoms disappeared. This book profiles twenty-one heads of formerly regnant houses of Europe, set in historical perspective, and recounting varied life styles, occupations, and interests. At the end of each chapter is a chart or set of charts depicting the line of succession of the headship of the house.
Download or read book War and the Royal Houses of Europe in the Twentieth Century written by Anthony Devere-Summers and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy written by Robert Hazell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much power does a monarch really have? How much autonomy do they enjoy? Who regulates the size of the royal family, their finances, the rules of succession? These are some of the questions considered in this edited collection on the monarchies of Europe. The book is written by experts from Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK. It considers the constitutional and political role of monarchy, its powers and functions, how it is defined and regulated, the laws of succession and royal finances, relations with the media, the popularity of the monarchy and why it endures. No new political theory on this topic has been developed since Bagehot wrote about the monarchy in The English Constitution (1867). The same is true of the other European monarchies. 150 years on, with their formal powers greatly reduced, how has this ancient, hereditary institution managed to survive and what is a modern monarch's role? What theory can be derived about the role of monarchy in advanced democracies, and what lessons can the different European monarchies learn from each other? The public look to the monarchy to represent continuity, stability and tradition, but also want it to be modern, to reflect modern values and be a focus for national identity. The whole institution is shot through with contradictions, myths and misunderstandings. This book should lead to a more realistic debate about our expectations of the monarchy, its role and its future. The contributors are leading experts from all over Europe: Rudy Andeweg, Ian Bradley, Paul Bovend'Eert, Axel Calissendorff, Frank Cranmer, Robert Hazell, Olivia Hepsworth, Luc Heuschling, Helle Krunke, Bob Morris, Roger Mortimore, Lennart Nilsson, Philip Murphy, Quentin Pironnet, Bart van Poelgeest, Frank Prochaska, Charles Powell, Jean Seaton, Eivind Smith.
Download or read book The Royal Houses of Europe written by Jacques Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These three reigning monarchies are covered by this volume, which traces the Danish House of Holstein-Glücksburg from Christian IX to the present day Queen of Denmark. It also covers the Swedish House of Bernadotte since its inception, and the Kingdom of Norway from its re-establishment in 1905. The Swedish Vasa dynasty from King Adolphus Frederik, and the earlier Danish Kings from King Frederik V, are traced through to the present day. Included are the two Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, and the related houses of Great Britain, Russia and Prussia, and most of the German protestant houses. 227 pages. 1st edition.
Download or read book Lines of Succession written by Michael Maclagan and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kings and Queens of Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated and colorful wallchart shows the lineage and coats of arms of the royal houses of Great Britain and Europe from the tenth century to the present, from Aethelred the Unready to Charles and Diana. Featuring 164 heraldic shields, the chart traces all of Europe's royal lines.
Download or read book The Royal Houses of Europe written by Jacques Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering up to fourteen generations from 1688, these volumes cover the Prussian Kings and German Emperors and all descendants to the present day, who include all the current European Monarchs. This volume covers the Preface and the first eight generations, from 1688 (17th to 19th centuries)
Download or read book Ulwencreutz s The Royal Families in Europe V written by Lars Ulwencreutz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulwencreutz's Royal Families in Europe V - A brief history of the ruling houses during the last 2000 years. From the house of La Tour d'Auvergne to the house of Zahringen.
Download or read book The Royal Houses of Europe written by Jacques Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reigning Borbón House of Spain, together with the former reigning Bragança House of Portugal, and its off-shoot the former reigning imperial house of Brazil, are covered in this volume. The rival Carlist line of Spain is traced, as well as the Portuguese Miguelist line. The Spanish off-shoot House of the Two Sicilies is also covered in full. The Brazilian Orléans e Bragança dynasty, with its two claimants is detailed. Many related royal and noble houses both of Spain and Portugal (including the Dukedom of Loulé), and of Italy, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria and Poland are also included. 216 pages. 1st edition.
Download or read book The Royal Houses of Europe written by Jacques Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Royal Houses of Europe written by Jacques Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These three reigning monarchies are covered by this volume, which traces the House of Orange-Nassau from Willem IV, Prince of Orange, born 1711, to the present day Queen of the Netherlands. It also covers Belgium, from King Leopold I, whose Saxe-Coburg ancestry is traced in the respective volume, to the current King Albert II. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is covered from the first independent Grand Duke, Adolphus, whose Nassau-Weilburg ancestry is traced in the Netherlands section of this volume, to the current sovereign, Grand Duke Henri. In all three cases, a host of other related European Royal Houses are covered - including Habsburg, Bourbon, Romanov, Wittelsbach, and other German, Austrian and Italian houses. 345 pages. 1st edition.
Download or read book The Royal Houses of Europe written by Jacques Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Royal Houses of Europe written by Jacques Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Royal Houses of Europe written by Jacques Arnold and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton, this is a new edition showing the descendants of Queen Victoria, the British Monarch who dominated the nineteenth century, has left an ever expanding family of descendants, including most continental royal families, now numbering more than 1500 including spouses, and stretching to eight generations.
Download or read book Royal Maladies written by Alan R. Rushton and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intensive historical study of the hereditary diseases hemophilia and porphyria in the personal and political lives of the European royal families Part I Nineteenth century medical knowledge of hemophilia as a hereditary bleeding disorder will be considered. Hemophilia appeared in a son born to Queen Victoria in 1853. Hemophilia was transmitted through Victoria’s unaffected daughters to the ruling houses in Germany, Russia and Spain. The political consequences of a chronically ill male heir to the throne fostered the demise of the royal families in these countries. The royal physicians were well aware of the hereditary nature of hemophilia and failed to advise the British royal family on this matter that had significant political consequences for the modern world. Part II The “Madness of King George III” resulted from variegate porphyria, an inherited disorder of heme metabolism. The disorder was evident in: The immediate family of George III, Ancestors from at least the 13th century, Descendents into the 20th century. The malady was inherited by other ruling houses in continental Europe and affected political life there for over six centuries. Genetic analysis will consider how such an anomaly could have been inherited through so many successive generations. Preliminary DNA evidence will be considered to document variegate porphyria in living relatives of the British royal family. Alternate history if these disorders had not plagued the royal families will be considered in conclusion.
