Royal and Noble Families of Poland and Lithuania


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Princess Sarah Poniatowski attended Fete des Tuileries in Paris, France, on June 22:


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Princess Laetitia Poniatowski attended the dinner of the Society of Friends of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris yesterday, October 16:



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Princess Sonia Poniatowski attended diner in honour of Massimo Garcia on November 14 in Paris:


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Princess Sonia Poniatowski attended the Best Awards 42nd Edition at Cercle Interallie in Paris:



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Fawley Court was sold in 2010 but I'm not sure if the remains were exhumed and reburied elsewhere.
 
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Princess Sonia Poniatowski attended the 'Le Palais De La Reine'- Royal & Chocolate Cocktail in Paris yesterday, February 19:


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Princess Sonia Poniatowski attended the "Curiosites" after party as part of the Rose de Ganay exhibition preview in Paris yesterday, June 6:


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As has been noted multiple times in this thread already, there is a very pronounced dearth of legitimate claimants to the Polish throne, and, consequently, the restoration of the Polish monarchy, whether it is to be elective or hereditary, would undoubtedly require an election at least of the stirps of a hereditary dynasty.

From the point when the Henerican articles were issued in 1573, until the May Constitution was adopted in 1791, it was firmly enshrined into Polish constitutional law that the Polish monarchy was purely elective, with the sole qualification being that all candidates had to either be Polish nobles or foreigners of royal blood. The last Polish dynasty that transmitted the Crown through hereditary succession was the Jagiellonian dynasty, which became extinct in 1596.

The May Constitution theoretically created a hereditary monarchy; however, circumstance would not allow it to actually form. Stanisław II Augustus was an elected monarch whose relatives would have no right or claim to the Polish throne unless it was so ordained by the Constitution, but, Stanisław II Augustus's having remained unmarried for his entire life and having no intent of ever taking a bride (hence ensuring that he would have no legitimate issue—he did sire several bastards though), the May Constitution instead designated Frederick Augustus I of Saxony as Stanisław's heir.

However, the House of Wettin has no better a claim to the Polish throne than the House of Poniatowski. The May Constitution provided that Frederick Augustus I of Saxony would inherit the Polish throne after the death of Stanisław II Augustus (which never happened, seeing as the Partition of 1795 erased Poland from the map three years before Stanisław II Augustus even died). It provided that, if Frederick Augustus produced sons, his sons would inherit from him, and, if he did not, the Crown would pass to his daughter, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony. Frederick Augustus I of Saxony never produced sons, and Princess Maria Augusta never married because all the other European powers were dead set against empowering Saxony or enabling the restoration of an independent Polish kingdom.

The May Constitution did not include any of Frederick Augustus I's other relatives in the succession. In the event that there was no heir to the throne from the line of Frederick Augustus I, then the May Constitution reserved "to the people the right, which shall be subject to no prescription, to elect another house to the throne after the extinction of the first." No member of the House of Wettin who is presently alive has a legitimate claim to the title of King of Poland.

One could find a hereditary claimant with some constitutional legitimacy if one looks to the Romanov claim from the Polish Crown having been joined in personal union with the Russian Crown under Congress Poland, but I suspect that the prospect of putting a Russian house on the Polish throne would be prohibitively offensive to Poles' national pride, especially considering all of the history with the Partitions, Congress Poland, the Polish-Soviet War, the Nazi-Soviet partition of Poland, the Soviet Union getting off without ever having to return the land it took in that partition, and several decades of Poland having been forced to be a Soviet satellite state.
 
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Prince Alexandre Poniatowski and his wife Princess Arianne Poniatowski attended the Laperouse Mask Ball on the occasion of the inauguration evening of the Laperouse Restaurant as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 19:


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Prince Jan Lubomirski-Lanckoroński posted a photo of Uzdrowisko Szczawnica owned by his fiancée Countess Helena Mańkowska's family is currently being rehabilitated.


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Prince Jan Lubomirski-Lanckoroński together with the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended the UNESCO Conference at Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland.


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Prince Jan Lubomirski-Lanckoroński as a member of the 'King Jan III Wilanów Museum Board' has once again cooperated and lent some paintings for the 'The Princes Lubomirski, Politics and Private Life Exhibition which is held at Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw Poland.


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Prince Inigo of Urach, de jure king of Lithuania (on the right) together with his son and heir Prince Eberhard (on the left) visited Vrublevsky Library of the academy of Arts Sigitas Narbutas few years ago. The director (in the middle) presented the Prince a copy of correspondence of Pope Benedict XV with the candidate to the throne of Lithuania Duke Wilhelm II of Urach, later elected King Mindaugas II of Lithuania, grandfather of Prince Inigo
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House of Urach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Urach
 
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Prince Inigo of Urach, de jure king of Lithuania (on the right) together with his son and heir Prince Eberhard (on the left) visited Vrublevsky Library of the academy of Arts Sigitas Narbutas few years ago. The director (in the middle) presented the Prince a copy of correspondence of Pope Benedict XV with the candidate to the throne of Lithuania Duke Wilhelm II of Urach, later elected King Mindaugas II of Lithuania, grandfather of Prince Inigo
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De jure Lithuania has Presidents.

Urach princes are pretenders to non-existing Lithuanian throne.
 
Wasn't there a connection between the Dukes of Urach and the Principality of Monaco?
 
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Wasn't there a connection between the Dukes of Urach and the Principality of Monaco?
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The first Duke of Urach was married to Princess Florestine of Monaco. The grandmother of Prince Albert of Monaco, Princess Charlotte, was adopted by her father to prevent the German Urachs from inheriting the throne.
 
Spheno said:
De jure Lithuania has Presidents.

Urach princes are pretenders to non-existing Lithuanian throne.
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I know. :flowers:

I want to know information about this family.
Do they have any websites?
Are there royalist movements in Lithuania?

RoyalLitva said:
From 17 to 21 of November 2012 H.S.H.Prince Inigo von Urach, Count von Wurttemberg, Lithuanian crown pretender, paid an official visit to Lithuania. The visit took place through the invitation from The Royal House of Lithuania Association. He was greeted at the Vilnius airport by the president of Association, H.E.Stanislavas Svederauskas. Later, in the scope of his first official visit in a new role, His Highness met various officials and had several working meetings, with,namely: the board members of the leading monarchists movement of Lithuania, parliamentarian H.E. Egidijus Vareikis, a deputy of city of Vilnius H.E.Vidas Urbonavichius, the representatives of the mayor of Vilnius H.E. Artūras Zuokas,many others.His Highness launched the preparatory work for creation of “Mindaugas Institute” with the main Project called ”Economic and social stability aid” Program. A lot is left to be done, but the first , key stones, were already laid to make the solid basement.Inigo also gave the extencive interview to various local magazines.:flowers:

For more information and photos , please visit:
The Royal House of Lithuania - Vilnius, Lithuania - Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) | Facebook
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I can't see this facebook page :sad:
 
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JR76 said:
The first Duke of Urach was married to Princess Florestine of Monaco. The grandmother of Prince Albert of Monaco, Princess Charlotte, was adopted by her father to prevent the German Urachs from inheriting the throne.
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Thanks yes now I remember ,Princess Florestine of Monaco marriage and descendants led to the Monegasque Succession Crisis of 1918.
 
Princess Sonia Poniatowski attended the 43rd edition of the "Best Awards" in Paris yesterday, December 8:


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Prince and Princess Stanislas Poniatowski attended the gala evening of the Friends of the Domaine de Chantilly at the Château de Chantilly in France some weeks ago:


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Prince and Princess Sanguszko attended the Patricia Low Contemporary Exhibition Opening in Gstaad, Switzerland on February 17:



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[Poland] The Piast Dynasty

In the times of the district breakdown, the shape of the districts and the princes from the Piast dynasty ruling them changed almost constantly. All of them, however, cared more or less about the development of the territories entrusted to them.
But after 182 years, the Kingdom of Poland was united under the scepter from the Piast dynasty of Wladyslaw Lokietek. In the following years the Lokietek and his son Casimir the Great took care of the development of the united kingdom. The fact that Casimir's epoch has been written in Polish history as an epoch of modernization is evidenced by the saying that Casimir found a wooden Poland and left a brick one.
 
Princess Sonia Poniatowski attended Plamen Roussev's book signing "Le violon de ma liberté" in Paris on October 18:


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