There is a rumor between Prince Gabriel of Belgium and Princess Eugenia of Hanover. Princess Eugenia (born 2001) is the daughter of Prince Heinrich of Hanover (youngest brother of Prince Ernst August Sr.). I don't have proofs though but many people talk about this rumor.
Very cool if true, would love to see at least one of the young reigning royals marry another royal.
While Leonor as Queen of Spain will be free to issue her own decree making her husband a king, the chances are way beyond remote and not ridiculous at all. It may seem unfair to some of you, specially to a future consort having the title of a prince instead of king as was tradition in Spain, but Spanish society has changed a lot since then, and the title "king" for many people still have precedence for the simple reason of being a male. It won't happen today, and even less in the future.
And yet every other title a woman holds in Spain can be shared with her husband (except infanta but an infante can’t share his title with his wife either because of a gender-blind decision Juan Carlos made). I would think that male titles having precedence over female titles would be something society would move past.
Juan Carlos changed, with the decree to the title of prince to the consort of a queen regnant, something that as society most of us wanted, and was in line with many other monarchies in Europe like the British, Danish, Dutch.
Isn’t the argument that monarchies should stick to their traditions? Therefore Juan Carlos shouldn’t have gone against Spain’s tradition to go along with what the other monarchies were doing and unequal consort titles in the other monarchies is rooted in inequality against women, not men.
In fact, Juan Carlos' royal decree (with government approval
) only tried to give clarity to the article 58 in the Spanish Constitution
"la Reina consorte o el consorte de la Reina". Meaning the consort queen or the consort of the queen, which literally means that in the Spanish Constitution there is no provision for a king consort.
“Consort of the queen” could be either prince consort or king consort.
Meaning the consort queen or the consort of the queen, which literally means that in the Spanish Constitution there is no provision for a king consort.
The only male consort so far of the unified Spain was a king consort.
Leonor's consort won't have an easy life. His wife will always be first institutionally, he'll have to give up all type of jobs except the one required of him - supporting his wife, while the rights to his children will be ringfenced against him in a contract prior to the marriage in case of a divorce. Not many aristos in Europe with good education and jobs will want that golden cage.
If he isn’t going to have an easy job he should at least receive an equivalent title to what the female consorts have received (and what the only other male consort of Spain so far received). You can’t deny that it’s strange that he’ll be Prince of Asturias when married to the Princess of Asturias but only a prince when his wife becomes queen.
In the US the first male consort of a vice president was given an equivalent title, role, and precedence to the past female consorts of vice presidents and it worked out just fine. The same would apply to royal consorts.
I see that no one has made matches for Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Crown Prince of Bhutan yet. Here are some princesses in his age range:
- Archduchess Magdalena of Austria
- Archduchess Juliana of Austria
- Archduchess Katarina of Austria
- Archduchess Sophia of Austria
- Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este
- Princess Victoria of Bourbon-Parma
- Princess Faathimah of Brunei
- Princess Noor of Jordan
- Princess Badiya of Jordan
- Princess Nafisa of Jordan
- Princess Amalia of Nassau
- Princess Gabriella of Monaco
- Princess Leonore of Sweden
- Princess Adrienne of Sweden
- Princess Halaevalu Mata’aho of Tonga
- Princess Nanasipau’u Eliana of Tonga
- Princess Charlotte of Wales
I see that no one has made matches for Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Crown Prince of Bhutan yet. Here are some princesses in his age range:
- Archduchess Magdalena of Austria
- Archduchess Juliana of Austria
- Archduchess Katarina of Austria
- Archduchess Sophia of Austria
- Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este
- Princess Victoria of Bourbon-Parma
- Princess Faathimah of Brunei
- Princess Noor of Jordan
- Princess Badiya of Jordan
- Princess Nafisa of Jordan
- Princess Amalia of Nassau
- Princess Gabriella of Monaco
- Princess Leonore of Sweden
- Princess Adrienne of Sweden
- Princess Halaevalu Mata’aho of Tonga
- Princess Nanasipau’u Eliana of Tonga
- Princess Charlotte of Wales
Also Princess Laetitia of Liechtenstein.
If he isn’t going to have an easy job he should at least receive an equivalent title to what the female consorts have received (and what the only other male consort of Spain so far received). You can’t deny that it’s strange that he’ll be Prince of Asturias when married to the Princess of Asturias but only a prince when his wife becomes queen.
In the US the first male consort of a vice president was given an equivalent title, role, and precedence to the past female consorts of vice presidents and it worked out just fine. The same would apply to royal consorts.
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More marriages between Indian royals/nobles and royals/nobles from other countries would be great. Though she wasn’t an aristocrat the wife of Prince Hassan of Jordan came from a famous Indian family (many members of the family have become famous through their careers in politics and the arts).
