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A princess could choose not to marry, but it is rare. The law is really unfair to them; if they marry, they lose everything. Oh, sure, you could say just marry a noble or a prince, but they abolished the noblity in Japan decades ago and it's not like princes just line up outside your door asking...

Personally, I believe they should just abolish the male-primogeniture system and establish equal primogeniture. They have absorbed several western views anyway, they might as well modernize when it comes to who is the next emperor

I know Maria Theresa was the de facto ruler of all of her lands, but is she listed as being the Holy Roman Empress as a regnant? or is she only considered a consort?

Having read all of the posts, my opinion is still the same as it was before; illegitimate children shouldn't be allowed to inherit unless their parents marry at some point and they are thus techanically legitimized. It is the best way to avoid all sorts of succession conflicts. At the same time...

I don't mean to be rude, PaulaB but aren't you being cruel? Is it fair to punish these peopel for their father's sins? My father had a similar thing going on, but both of my parents said it didn't matter because they were still my siblings, even if only by half.

oh, really? well, that still doesn't answer the question of the Wittelbachs' claims

Legitmacy of the current Jacobite claimants In a pervious thread, the Jacobite pretenders were discusssed, but this thread is not general discussion of them, it is to discuss whether the current successors are actually rightful claimants. Upon the death of Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart, the...

The rightful Imperial Dynast. I have heard two claims of who the righftul heir to Russia's throne is. Some say it is Maria Vladimirovna Romanov and others claim it is Nicholas Romanovich Romanov. Maria claims the throne based on the fact that her father was the Czar's closest male relative and...

Fine, i concede.

No, HRH Princess Sophie is the descendant of James II's sister, Henrietta, who's heirs were made the Jacobite successors by their supporters. They never actaully claimed it themselves, only James II and his heirs did that.

Well, it is just a rumor, so it might be not true. Personally, i hope she remains on the throne, but you never know. Allegedly, she is abdicating to give Prince William the throne over Charles, and Charles allegedly agrees to it, which just makes it more unbelievable in my eyes.

I get my "opinions" from books i read over the incident. Granted, it was mostly parliament who wanted him out, but he was not a popular monarch with most of the people. And the absolutist thing is true, he did believe in it from what i have read. Also, most absolute monarchies in Europe were...

I always find it sad that people cling the Jacobite fantasy. Look, James II was a absolutist who believed in the divine right of kings. Noone liked him and the only reason he was tolerated was because of his daughter being his heir. When his son came along, everyone knew they had lost hope...