Re: Full, theoretical titles of members of European royal houses

Charles von Hamm wrote:
"Frank Johansen" <frank_harald.johansen2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BJhRf.7527$zc1.4147@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Charles von Hamm wrote:


The question is for princes and princesses (in this case grand dukes and grand duchesses), not just a monarch.

Charles von Hamm

In most cases only the Head of the House carried/carries the full string of titles, while the princes and princesses only use the most important ones.

Back to your original list:

Austria: Imperial and Royal Highness, Imperial Prince and Archduke of Austria, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia.

Bavaria: Royal Highness, Prince of Bavaria


Duke of Bavaria? Count Palatine by Rhine? Are those among the possible titles?

The Head of the House is "Herzog von Bayern, Schwaben und in Franken, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein" - the others are simply "Prinz von Bayern" (although some have the legal surname "Herzog in Bayern" and "Herzogin in Bayern")


Belgium: Royal Highness, Prince of Belgium (before 1918 also Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony)

Greece*: Royal Highness, Prince of Greece and Denmark

Hesse: Highness, Prince of Hesse

Luxembourg: Royal Highness, Prince of Luxembourg, of Nassau and of Bourbon-Parma


AFAIK, the title is simply "of Parma". Did the Parma line of Bourbon use any other titles?

Working from memory, the Hea of the House is Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla. The members of the family were originally styled "NN di Borbone, Principe di Parma". When you toss that around a bit, you get "Principe NN di Borbone di Parma". And when you translate that to French you get "Prince NN de Borubon de Parme". And when you add a bit more confusion and translate it to English you get "Prince NN of Bourbon-Parme"


Are there any other Nassau titles for members of the house?

The Head of the House has a lot of them (mostly minor German titles), but not the Princes and Princesses.


Norway*: Royal Highness (at least for the ones in the direct line of succession), Prince of Norway

Prussia: Royal Highness, Prince of Prussia


Are they all Margraves of Brandenburg as well?

Ony the Head of the House - Georg Friedrich - is. But he simply styles himself as "Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia" or "The Prince of Prussia".


Russia: Imperial Highness, Grand Prince of Russia (or Highness, Prince of Russia)


Plus the Holstein-Gottorp titles, which I don't know. What, if any, are the differences between titles of various branches of the House of Oldenburg?

Only the Emperor used them. Some of the branches retained "Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst" in stead of "Duke of Oldenburg". And only the King of Denmark was "Duke of Launeburg" I guess.


Saxony:
Kingdom: Royal Highness, Prince of Saxony
Duchies: Highness, Prince of Saxe-X-Y, Duke of Saxony


Any titles of Margrave or Landgrave shared by members of the house?

They were used in different manners by the Heads of each branch of the house.

Spain: Royal Highness, Infant of Spain


Any residual French titles or Bourbon titles?

No.

Sweden: Royal Highness, Prince of Sweden

The United Kingdom*: Royal Highness, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


"The United Kingdom, Greece, Denmark and Norway: What are all the
possible Oldenburg titles in addition to each national title? All share the Danish title."

The full title used by the members of the Oldenburg dyansty were "Duke of Schelswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarschen, Lauenburt and Oldenburg, Heir of Norway."

But none of the descendants of Christian IX have used these titles (except the Kings themselves).

And only Greece retained "Prince of Denmark" as part of their title. Norway and UK (Philip) stopped using it.

I am a bit unsure about what you mean by "full, theoretical titles".

I have posted the titles they actually use today (or in the recent past).

But you are possibly looking for a list of titles their ancestors have stopped using, but not properly renounced, or titles that have not been submitted to the rule of primogeniture.

You can e.g. say that since the Emperor invested King Christian I with the tile "Duke of Holstein, Stormarn and Ditmarschen" to him and all his male-line offspring, ALL of his current living male-line offspring have the right to use this title.

Regards
Frank H. Johansen
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