NGalitzine
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^^^^
Best he finds one first.
Best he finds one first.
I don't think so...As someone said-there is the the Leuchtenberg case,but there is also later a Montenegro case(apart from being daughters of the Prince,later King,Princesses of Montenegro had no noble ancestry in European sense of the word) and there is a Serbian case when Prince Ioann of Russia married equally HRH Princess Helena of Serbia who also can't claim 8 nearest ancestors being all equal,or even noble...in European sense,of course,as their untitled ancestors were local "nobility"...Isn't one of the "conditions" of the Pauline Laws that...the equality reaches back 8 generations on each parents genealogical family trees?
Well,Princess Leonida has descended from Dolgorukow family,so she has a bit of Russian blood...apart from her mainly Georgian and Polish blood Leonida has also some German blood from Baltic area...As far as Russian blood goes, Georgi and his mother have almost no Russian blood in their veins. Like most royals, they are primarily German in bloodline.
It is highly unlikely (and imo totally out of the question) that Archduke Karl raises the descendants of Archduchesses to the rank of Archdukes/Archduchesses.
And however, they would still remain Princesses Galitzine, so part of the problem would still remain.
We view things in a same way...also when registering after their wedding Emperor Nicholas suggested that Konstantin Bagration,the bridegroom of Tatiana Konstantinovna,signes the wedding register as "Prince Gruzinsky" (i.e. "Prince of Georgia") and assured Grand Duke Konstantin that "they would never look upon her marriage to Bagration as morganatic,because this House, like the House of Orleans, is descended from a once ruling dynasty."
I agree this is highly unlikely but didn't Maria-Theresia's husband or her son on being ruling head of the Archiducal House of Austria raise Archduchess Maria-Christina's saxonian husband Duke of Teschen to Archduke of Austria-Teschen on his marriage?
And King Edward of Britain raised his niece Ena of Batenberg to HRH via her mother's line so she could wed Alfonso of Spain. It is something that has been done.
I agree this is highly unlikely but didn't Maria-Theresia's husband or her son on being ruling head of the Archiducal House of Austria raise Archduchess Maria-Christina's saxonian husband Duke of Teschen to Archduke of Austria-Teschen on his marriage?
I also find it interesting that the some of the people that attack her Georgian roots are hypocrites as they are descended from Montenegro - a monarchy which was overtaken by the king of Serbia but is now recognized again.
And King Edward of Britain raised his niece Ena of Batenberg to HRH via her mother's line so she could wed Alfonso of Spain. It is something that has been done.
Edward VII consented to the marriage and raised Ena's rank to HRH as a courtesy, but it wasn't necessary.
Nicholas was fond of Grand Duke Constantine and Tatiana, but he did not accept her marriage as equal. She renounced her rights to the throne beforehand and he issued a decree confirming her style would be HH Princess Tatiana Bagration-Mouhkrani (she retained her rank as a Highness).
It was a marriage of good standing for a princess of the blood far from the succession.
I honestly think that Grand Duchess Olga was right when she was asked about it. It was her contention that there were no rightful heirs/heiresses and that it was best left alone for now.