it'll have to be a princess that is an undisputed princess
I think that he could also marry a princess or even a countess,as long as she is from mediatized family,just in order to be equal!
Remember the writings from Prince Nicholas Romanoff where he wrote that one Countess von Harrach could be considered equal,unlike one Princess Obolensky!
Here is a quote:
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]"Russia, with its very Germanic notion of dynastic propriety, found itself accepting all the Almanach de Gotha rulings.
And so if some unfortunate Russian Grand Duke wanted to marry a Princess Obolensky, descendant of the Grand Dukes of Kiev, who reigned in Russia, at the time his Romanov ancestors were probably still lurking in the woods, draped in pelts or wading through the marshes of East Prussia or Pomerania, he would have had to change his plans.
That marriage would have been impossible, but an Austrian lady, say a daughter of an Illustrious Highness, Count von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen, lord of the county of Rohrau, Freiherr zu Prugg und Pürrhenstein, lord of Starkenbach, Jilenice, Sadowa & Storckow, would have been acceptable !"[/SIZE][/FONT]
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