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The Reichs Council of The Nobility of Germany
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The Reichs College of Princes and Counts of The Holy Roman Empire, Founded 1489
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The Reichs College of Princes and
Counts of The Holy Roman Empire
1489-2008
The Council of Princes and
Counts of The German Empire
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HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II, 1920-2005,
May God Bless Our Holy Father in Christ.
Karol Józef Wojty³a , known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the Papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojty³a and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father, a non-commissioned army officer died in 1941.
He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18. Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in Cracow's Jagiellonian University in 1938 and in a school for drama.
The Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol had to work in a quarry (1940-1944) and then in the Solvay chemical factory to earn his living and to avoid being deported to Germany.
In 1942, aware of his call to the priesthood, he began courses in the clandestine seminary of Cracow, run by Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha, archbishop of Cracow. At the same time, Karol Wojty³a was one of the pioneers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre," also clandestine.
After the Second World War, he continued his studies in the major seminary of Cracow, once it had re-opened, and in the faculty of theology of the Jagiellonian University, until his priestly ordination in Cracow on November 1, 1946.
Soon after, Cardinal Sapieha sent him to Rome where he worked under the guidance of the French Dominican, Garrigou-Lagrange. He finished his doctorate in theology in 1948 with a thesis on the topic of faith in the works of St. John of the Cross. At that time, during his vacations, he exercised his pastoral ministry among the Polish immigrants of France, Belgium and Holland.
In 1948 he returned to Poland and was vicar of various parishes in Cracow as well as chaplain for the university students until 1951, when he took up again his studies on philosophy and theology. In 1953 he defended a thesis on "evaluation of the possibility of founding a Catholic ethic on the ethical system of Max Scheler" at Lublin Catholic University. Later he became professor of moral theology and social ethics in the major seminary of Cracow and in the Faculty of Theology of Lublin.
On July 4, 1958, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow by Pope Pius XII, and was consecrated September 28, 1958, in Wawel Cathedral, Cracow, by Archbishop Baziak.
On January 13, 1964, he was nominated Archbishop of Cracow by Pope Paul VI, who made him a cardinal June 26, 1967.
Besides taking part in Vatican Council II with an important contribution to the elaboration of the Constitution Gaudium et spes, Cardinal Wojty³a participated in all the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops.
Since the start of his Pontificate on October 16, 1978, Pope John Paul II has completed 104 pastoral visits outside of Italy and 146 within Italy . As Bishop of Rome he has visited 317 of the 333 parishes .
His principal documents include 14 encyclicals , 15 apostolic exhortations , 11 apostolic constitutions and 45 apostolic letters. The Pope has also published five books : "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" (October 1994); "Gift and Mystery: On the 50th Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination" (November 1996); "Roman Triptych - Meditations", a book of poems (March 2003); "Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way" (May 2004) and "Memory and Identity" (pubblication spring 2005).
John Paul II has presided at 147 beatification ceremonies ( 1,338 Blesseds proclaimed ) and 51 canonization ceremonies ( 482 Saints ) during his pontificate. He has held 9 consistories in which he created 231 (+ 1 in pectore) cardinals . He has also convened six plenary meetings of the College of Cardinals .
From 1978 to today the Holy Father has presided at 15 Synods of Bishops : six ordinary (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 2001), one extraordinary (1985) and eight special (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998[2] and 1999).
No other Pope has encountered so many individuals like John Paul II: to date, more than 17,600,000 pilgrims have participated in the General Audiences held on Wednesdays (more than 1,160). Such figure is without counting all other special audiences and religious ceremonies held [more than 8 million pilgrims during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 alone] and the millions of faithful met during pastoral visits made in Italy and throughout the world. It must also be remembered the numerous government personalities encountered during 38 official visits and in the 738 audiences and meetings held with Heads of State , and even the 246 audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers.
"CHRISTUS VINCIT, CHRISTUS REGNAT, CHRISTUS IMPERIT."
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The Crown of The Holy Roman Empire, also known as The 'Reichskrone' and 'The Crown of Charlemagne ', this ancient Crown is believed to have been made at the Monastery of Reichenau for the Coronation of Emperor Otto I, The Great, in 962. Made of Eight joined plates, four depict enamelled figures of Our Lord enthroned in Majesty, King Solomon, King David and King Hezekiah and The Prophet Isaiah. The remaining four plates are set with large precious stones.
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THE CHANGES TO THE APPELLATION STYLES AND TITLES
OF THE IMPERIAL NOBILITY OF THE FIRST GERMAN REICH
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Concerning the Imperial Appellation Styles and Titles of the Holy Roman Empire, Held, Borne, and Enjoyed by the Imperial Nobility of The First Reich. An Imperial Decree was issued by His Imperial Highness Prinz Karl Friedrich von Deutschland, Herzog von Swabia, on the 10th of January 2002, and voted by the Grand Reichs-Council of the Imperial College of Princes and Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, in London on the same date, which formally Decreed the following: Heads of Princely and Ducal Houses of the Holy Roman Empire, shall Hold, Bear and Enjoy the Appellation Style and Title of Most Serene Highness, all other Princes and Dukes of the Holy Roman Empire, shall Hold, Bear and Enjoy the Appellation Style and Title of Serene Highness. Princely Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, shall Hold, Bear and Enjoyed the Appellation Style and Title of Illustrious Highness, Heads of the House, Most Illustrious Highness. The Imperial Counts and Barons of the Holy Roman Empire, shall Hold, Bear and Enjoy the Appellation Style and Title of Excellency, all the aforesaid Appellation changes shall take place with immediate effect from the date of the Imperial Decree issued.(Note* All the aforementioned Imperial Appellation Styles and Titles are Held, Borne and Enjoy by the aforesaid Imperial German Noble Houses, except where a higher Appellation Style and Title is formally Held, Borne and Enjoyed by the Imperial Nobility concerned). The principal Imperial Titles of the Empire are those of Prince, Duke, Count and Baron and they are conferred upon the grantee with reminder to the patentees descendants of both sexes for all time (i.e. including the patentees daughters but not families descended from the patentee through daughters).
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THE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL TITLES
OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR
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This subject is a great deal wider and intricate than people may understand so here is a brief statement concerning the aforementioned subject, for the practice of the Germanic Emperors varied so greatly concerning their Imperial Titles and Styles. (I). Titles of the Emperors, Charles the Great styled himself 'Carolus serenissimus Augustus, a Deo coronatus, magnus et pacificus imperator, Romanum(or Romanorum) gubernans imperium, qui et per misericordiam Dei rex Francorum et Langobardorum'. Subsequent Carolingian Emperors were usually entitled simply 'Imperator Augustus'. Somtimes 'rex Francorum et Langobardorum' was added. Conrad I, and Henry I, (the Fowler) were only German Kings. A Saxon Emperor was, before his coronation at Rome, 'rex', or 'rex Francorium Orientalium', or 'Francorum atque Saxonum rex;' after it, simply 'Imperator Augustus'. Otto III, is usually said to have introduced the form 'Romanorum Imperator Augustus,' but some authorities state that it occurs in the documents of the time of Lewis I. Henry II and his successors, not daring to take the Title of Emperor till they were crowned at Rome (in conformity with with the superstitious notion which had begun with Charles the Bald), but anxious to Claim the Sovereignty of Rome, as indissolubly attached to the German Crown, began to call themselves 'reges Romanorum'. The Title did not, however, become common or regular till the time of Henry IV, in whose proclamations (issued before his Roman Coronation) it occurs constantly. From the eleventh century till th sixteenth, the invariable practice was for the Monarch to be called 'Romanorum rex semper Augustus', till his formal Coronation at Rome by the Pope; after it, 'Romanorum Imperator semper Augustus'. In the year 1508, Maximilian I, being refused a passage to Rome by the Venetians, obtained a Papal Bull from Pope Julius II permitting him to call himself 'Imperator Electus'(erwahlter Kaiser). This Imperial Title Ferinand I (brother of Emperor Charles V) and all succeeding Holy Roman Emperors take immediately upon their Imperial German Coronation, and it is still their strict legal designation and Title. It was Maximilian who added the Title of 'Germania rex', which had never been known before , although the phrase 'rex Germanorum' maybe found employed once or twice in early times. The Titles of 'Rex Teutonicorum,' and 'regnum Teutonicum,' occur often in the tenth and eleventh centuries. A great many Titles of less consequence were added from time to time, the Emperor Charles the Fifth had over seventy-five Titles alone, some of course belonging to his vast Hereditary possessions inside and outside the Empire. The Imperial Title of King of the Romans (Romischer Konig)came into formal use in the reign of Henry II, when the German Monarch began to entitle himself 'Romanorum rex'. Now it was not uncommon in the middle ages for the heir-apparent to a throne to be Crowned during his fathers lifetime, that at the death of the latter he might step at once into his place. This plan was specially useful in an elective monarchy, such as Germany was after the twelfth century, for it avoided the delays and dangers of an election while the throne was vacant. But it seemed against the order of nature to have two Emperors at once, and as the sovereigns authority in Germany depended not on the Roman but on the German coronation, the practice came to be that each Emperor during his own life procured, if he could, the election of his successor, who was crowned at Aachen, in later times at Frankfort, and took the title of 'King of the Romans'. During the presence of the Emperor in Germany he exercised no more authority than a Prince of Wales does in England, but on the Emperors death he succeeded at once, without any second election or coronation, and assumed after the time of Ferdinand I, the title of 'Emperor Elect'. Before Ferdinands time, he would have been expected to go to Rome to be crowned there. While the Hapsburgs held the sceptre, each monarch generally contrived in this way to have his son or some other near relative chosen to succeed him. But many were foiled in their attempts to do so; and, in some cases, an election was held after the Emperors death, according to the rules laid down in the Golden Bull. The First person who thus became King of Romans in the lifetime of an Emperor seems to have been Henry VI, son of Frederick I.
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THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN TITLES OF TERRITORIAL DOMINION
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After collapse of the Carolingian empire the people that ruled big territories could bear different titles (Latin: marchio, dux, princeps, comes, etc) that would develop into the hereditary titles of territorial dominion. The dominical titles were associated with government of territories. Territories gave titles to their owners. E.g. a man became a count, when a king gave him a county. When the county went to a new owner, the old one lost the title. The dominical titles were not a mandatory attribute of territorial rulers. Many of them (e.g. the ancient Sires of Bourbon) bore no special titles of territorial dominion and were simply styled "Lords" (Latin:Domini). By the 14th century the hierarchy of the Europen titles of territorial dominion had developed. At the top was the title of Duke (Latin: Dux, German: Herzog). The second one was the title of Margrave or Marquise (Latin: Marchio, German: Markgraf). Next was the title of Count (Latin: Comes, German: Graf). Below stood the title of Viscount (German: Vizegraf). In the 15th century the title of Baron (German: Freiherr) was formalized and added to the bottom of the hierarchy. Eventually, most of the European countries adopted this hierarchy in general, but some countries might have their own versions of it. By the 11th century the title of Marquise went out of use in France, and was re-appeared there only in the 16th century. In some countries certain native titles were included in the hierarchy. E.g. the ancient English title of Earl was translated in Latin as "Comes" and was placed between Marquis and Viscount. In Germany several new titles derived from the title of Count: Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf), Land Count or Landgrave (Landgraf), Forest Count (Wildgraf), City Count or Burgrave (Burggraf), etc. The title of Viscount was not granted in Germany. The latest title that was added to the hierarchy was title of Prince (Latin: Princeps; German: Fürst). Originally, term "Prince" was mostly considered as a rank, often applied to rulers, the highest nobility and younger members of the reigning houses. Then the term "Prince" evolved in a new title of dominion. For sure, the title of Prince was above the one of Count, but its relation to other titles, especially to the title of Duke varied in different countries and sometimes changed as time went on. Gradually people began to recognize the social prestige associated with the titles of territorial dominion (there were other titles, not connected with possession of territories). It gave the European monarchs new possibilities to honor people. To give a person a new dominical title a king elevated one of the person's possessions to a duchy, a county, etc. Before the 15th century a number of the elevations was limited, and the elevated territories were of substantial value. Most of the grantees were members of royal houses and the value of the titles increased. Then the monarchs began to use the dominical titles as rewards for services. As time went on more and more titles were granted. Less important members of society could receive them. Any favorite of a king might hope that one day he would be included in once very limited circle of the European titled nobility. Smaller and poorer territories were elevated. Originally, in the Holy Roman Empire and France only sub-states bore titles thus all titled persons were rulers of autonomous territories. The dominical titles were exclusively associated with the territorial lordship. From the 14th century in England, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Naples, etc viscounties, counties, marquisates and duchies were given to very important people, often of royal blood. Nevertheless, the possession of the titled territories in these countries implied no territorial lordship of their owners. The Roman Emperors and kings of France introduced similar practices in their countries in the 16th century when they began to give dominical titles to persons who had no territorial lordship. The values of titles devaluated. Thus two different categories of the titled nobility developed in Europe: with and without the territorial lordships. Eventually, an ownership of a territory ceased to be a requirement for receiving a dominical title.
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THE HISTORICAL ORDER OF ANTIQUITY OF THE
IMPERIAL AND ROYAL THRONES OF EUROPE
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THE THRONE OF FRANCE
(Clovius, A.D.481)
THE THRONE OF SPAIN
(Kingdom of Asturias, A.D.718)
THE THRONE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
(Charlemagne, A.D.800,Christmas Day)
THE THRONE OF THE POLAND
(Mieczyslaw, A.D.963)
THE THRONE OF HUNGARY
(Kingdom, A.D.1001)
THE THRONE OF DENMARK
(Knud, A.D.1015)
THE THRONE OF BOHEMIA
(Kingdom, A.D.1088)
THE THRONE OF THE TWO-SICILIES
(Norman Kingdom, A.D.1130)
THE THRONE OF SWEDEN
(Union of The Kingdom,with the Goths, A.D.1132)
THE THRONE OF PORTUGAL
(Alphonsus I, A.D.1139)
THE THRONE OF PRUSSIA
(Kingdom, A.D.11th Jan,1701)
THE THRONE OF SARDINIA
(Kingdom, A.D.1720)
THE THRONE OF RUSSIA
(Empire, A.D.22nd Oct,1721)
THE THRONE OF BAVARIA
(Kingdom, A.D.26th Dec,1805)
THE THRONE OF SAXONY
(Kingdom, A.D.11th Dec,1806)
THE THRONE OF WURTEMBERG
(Kingdom, A.D.26th Dec,1806)
THE THRONE OF HANOVER
(Kingdom, A.D.12th Oct,1814)
THE THRONE OF NETHERLANDS
(Kingdom, A.D.16th May,1816)
THE THRONE OF BELGIUM
(Kingdom, A.D.2nd July,1831)
THE THRONE OF GREECE
(Kingdom, A.D.7th May,1832)
THE THRONE OF TURKEY
(Empire, A.D.30th March,1856)
(by The Treaty of Paris)
THE THRONE OF ITALY
(Kingdom, A.D.1860)
THE THRONE OF ROUMANIA
(Kingdom, A.D.14th March,1881)
THE THRONE OF SERBIA
(Kingdom, A.D.6th March,1881)
THE THRONE OF NORWAY
(Kingdom, A.D.8th Nov,1905)
THE THRONE OF BULGARIA
(Kingdom, A.D.5th Oct,1908)
THE THRONE OF ALBANIA
(Kingdom, A.D.1st Sept,1928)
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THE ANCIENT ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF THE
EMPERORS, KINGS AND DUKES OF EUROPE
(Roll of Ceremonies by Pope Giulio II, 1504)
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ORDO REGUM CHRISTIANORUM
(1) Imperator Caesar.
(2) Rex Romanorum.
(3) Rex Franciae.
(4) Rex Hispaniae.
(5) Rex Aragoniae.
(6) Rex Portugalliae.
(7) Rex Angliae.
(8) Rex Siciliae.
(9) Rex Scotiae.
(10) Rex Hungariae.
(11) Rex Navarrae.
(12) Rex Cipri.
(13) Rex Bohemiae.
(14) Rex Poloniae.
(15) Rex Daniae.
ORDO DUCUM
(1) Dux Britanniae.
(2) Dux Burgandiae.
(3) Dux Bavariae, Comes Palatinus.
(4) Dux Saxoniae.
(5) Marchio Brandeburgensis.
(6) Dux Austriae.
(7) Dux Sabaudiae.
(8) Dux Florentiae.
(9) Dux Mediolani.
(10) Dux Venetiarum.
(11) Dux Bavariae.
(12) Dux Franciae.
(13) Dux Lotharingiae.
(14) Dux Borboniae.
(15) Dux Aurelianensis.
(16) Dux Januae.
(17) Dux Ferrariae.
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THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL STYLES OF VARIOUS EUROPEAN MONARCHS
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KINGDOM OF FRANCE:
Most Christian Majesty
KINGDOM OF SPAIN:
Most Catholic Majesty
KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL:
Most Faithful Majesty
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND:
Britannic Majesty
EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA: (pre-1867)
Imperial Majesty
KINGDOM OF HUNGARY:
Apostolic Majesty
EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY:
Imperial and Royal Majesty
EMPIRE OF GERMANY / Second Reich (post-1871):
Imperial Majesty
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION / First Reich:
Imperial and Royal Majesty
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THE SECULAR VOICES IN THE COUNCIL OF PRINCES(Fürstenrat)
OF THE IMPERIAL ASSEMBLY (Reichstag) in 1582
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Austria (the Austria Habsburgs);
Tyrol (the Austria Habsburgs);
Styria (the Austria Habsburgs);
Burgundy (the Spanish Habsburgs);
Bavaria (the Bavarian Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Kaiserslautern/Lautern (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Simmern (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Neuburg (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Zweibrücken (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Palatinate-Veldenz (the Palatinate Wittelsbachs);
Saxe-Weimar (the Ernestine Wettins);
Saxe-Eisenach (the Ernestine Wettins);
Saxe-Coburg (the Ernestine Wettins);
Saxe-Altenburg (the Ernestine Wettins);
Ansbach & Bayreuth (the Franconian Hohenzollerns);
Brunswick-Celle (the Welfs);
Brunswick-Kalenberg (the Welfs);
Brunswick-Grubenhagen (the Welfs);
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (the Welfs);
Hither Pomerania;
Farther Pomerania;
Mecklenburg-Schwerin (the Niklotides);
Mecklenburg-Güstrow (the Niklotides);
Württemberg;
Hesse-Kassel (the Brabant house);
Hesse-Darmstadt (the Brabant house);
Hesse-Rheinfels (the Brabant house);
Hesse-Marburg (the Brabant house);
Baden-Baden (the Zähringens);
Baden-Durlach (the Zähringens);
Baden-Hochberg (the Zähringens);
Baden-Sausenberg (the Zähringens);
Holstein-Glückstadt (the Danish Oldenburgs);
Holstein-Gottorp(the Gottorp Oldenburgs);
Saxony-Lauenburg (the Lauenburg Ascaniens);
Savoy;
Leuchtenberg;
Anhalt (the Anhalt Ascaniens);
Henneberg;
Lorraine;
Mömpelgard (Württemberg)
Arenberg (the Ligne house).
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The Council of Princes (Fürstenrat) in 1793
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(The Ecclesiastical bench (Geistlichebank))
Austria
Burgundy (Austria)
Salzburg
Besançon
The Teutonic Order
Bamberg
Würzburg
Worms
Eichstaedt
Speyer
Strassburg
Konstanz
Augsburg
Hildesheim
Paderborn
Freising
Regensburg
Passau
Trient
Brixen
Basel
Münster
Osnabrück
Lüttich
Lübeck
Chur
Fulda
Kempten
Ellwangen
The Order of St.John
Berchtesgaden
Weissenburg
Prüm
Stablo
Korvey
the Pretates of Swabia
the Pretates of the Rhine
(The Pretates of Swabia)
Baindt
Elchingen
Gengenbach
Gutenzell
Heggbach
Irsee
Kaisheim / Kaiserheim
Marchtal
Neresheim
Ochsenhausen
Petershausen
Roggenburg
Roth
Rottenmuenster
Salmansweiler
Schussenried
Soeflingen
Ursperg
Weingarten
Weissenau
Wettenhausen
Zwiefalten
(The Pretates of the Rhine)
Bruchsal and Odenheim
Buchau
Burtscheid
Ballei of Koblenz (the Teutonic Order)
St Kornelimuenster
Ballei of Alsatia (Elsass) and Burgundy (the Teutonic Order)
St Emmeran in Regensburg
Essen
Gandersheim
St Georg in Isny
Gernrode
Herford
Niedermuenster in Regensburg
Obermuenster in Regensburg
Quedlinburg
Thorn
St Ulrich and St Afra in Augsburg
Werden
(The Secular bench (Weltlichebank)
Bavaria
Magdeburg (Brandenburg)
Palatinate-Kaiserslautern (Bavaria)
Palatinate-Simmern (Bavaria)
Palatinate-Neuburg (Bavaria)
Bremen (Brunswick-Hanover)
Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Palatinate-Veldenz (Bavaria)
Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Eisenach
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Altenburg
Ansbach
Bayreuth (Ansbach)
Brunswick-Celle (Brunswick-Hanover)
Brunswick-Kalenberg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Brunswick-Grubenhagen (Brunswick-Hanover)
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Halberstadt (Brandenburg)
Hither Pomerania (Brandenburg)
Farther Pomerania (King of Sweden)
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Württemberg
Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Darmstadt
Baden-Baden
Baden-Durlach
Verden (Brunswick-Hanover)
Baden-Hochberg
Holstein-Glückstadt (King of Denmark)
Saxony-Lauenburg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Minden (Brandenburg)
Oldenburg (before 1774 Holstein-Gottorp)
Savoy
Leuchtenberg (Bavaria)
Anhalt
Henneberg (Saxony)
Schwerin (Mecklenburg)
Kammin (Brandenburg)
Ratzeburg (Mecklenburg)
Hersfeld(Hesse-Kassel)
Nomeny (Austria)
Mömpelgard (Württemberg)
Arenberg
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Lobkowitz
Salm
Dietrichstein
Nassau-Hadamar (Nassau-Orange)
Nassau-Dillenburg (Nassau-Orange)
Auersperg
East Frisia (Brandenburg)
Fürstenberg
Schwarzenberg
Liechtenstein
Thurn-Taxis
Schwarzburg
the Counts of Swabia
the Counts of Wetterau
the Counts of Franconia
the Counts of Westphalia
(The Counts of Swabia)
Heilingenberg & Werdenberg
Abbess of Buchau
Aschenhausen (the Teutonic Order)
Öttingen-Spielberg
Öttingen-Wallerstein
Tettnang & Argen /Montfort (Austria)
Helfenstein (Bavaria)
Klettgau & Sulz (Schwarzenberg)
Königsegg
Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg
Waldburg-Wurzach
Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee
Eberstein (Baden)
Hohengeroldseck(Leyen)
Fugger ( 6 voices)
Hohenems (Austria)
Egloff(Abensberg-Traun; 1804 Windisch-Grätz)
Bonndorf (Abbot of St.Blasien)
Thannhausen(Stadion)
Eglingen(Turn &Taxis)
Sickingen
Khevenhüller
Küfstein
Colloredo
Harrach
Sternberg
Neipperg
Trauttmansdorff
(The former members:)
(1643) Passaun/Bassano (Schlick)
(1654) Wallenstein/Waldstein
(1654) Breiteneck (Tilly)
Weissenfolf
Hohenwaldeck(Maxelrein/Machselrein)
Justingen (Freyberg)
(1631) Weinsberg (Trauttmansdorff)
(1613) Illeraichen (Rechberg, Limburg-Styrum)
Vaduz and Schellenberg (Hohenems, Liechtenstein)
(The Counts of Wetterau)
Nassau-Usingen
Nassau-Weilburg
Nassau-Saarbrücken
Solms-Braunfels
Solms-Lich-Hohensolms
Solms-Rödelheim
Solms-Laubach
Isenburg-Birstein
Isenburg-Büdingen
Stolberg-Gedern-Ortenberg
Stolberg-Stolberg
Stolberg-Wernigerode
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein
Grumbach
Rheingrafenstein
Leiningen
Leiningen-Westerburg
Reuss
Schönburg
Ortenburg
Kriechingen (Wied-Runkel)
(The former members:)
Hanau-Münzenberg
Hanau-Lichtenberg
Waldeck
Wartenberg
Gleichen (Hatzfeld)
(The Counts of Franconia)
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst
Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Hohenlohe-Idelfingen
Hohenlohe-Kirchberg
Castell-Remlingen
Castell-Rüdenhausen
Erbach (2voices)
Wertheim (Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg)
Wertheim (Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort)
Limpurg-Gaildorf
Limpurg-Speckfeld
Reineck (Nostitz)
Seinsheim (Schwarzenberg)
Wolfstein (Giech & Hohenlohe)
Reichelsberg(Schönborn)
Wiesentheid(Schönborn)
Windisch-Graetz/Windischgrätz
Starhemberg
Wurmbrand
Griech
Grävenitz
Pückler
(The Counts of Westphalia)
Sayn-Altenkirchen (Ansbach)
Sayn-Hachenburg (Kirchberg; 1802 Nassau-Usingen)
Tecklenburg (Brandenburg)
Wied-Runkel
Wied-Neuwied
Schaumburg (Hesse-Kassel & Lippe)
Oldenburg
Lippe
Bentheim
Hoya (Brunswick-Hanover)
Diepholz (Brunswick-Hanover)
Spiegelberg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Virneburg (Löwenstein)
Rietberg (Kaunitz)
Pyrmont (Waldeck)
Gronsfeld(Törring-Jettenbach)
Reckheim(Aspremont-Linden)
Anholt (Salm)
Winnenburg & Beilstein(Metternich)
Holzapfel (Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym)
Blankenheim & Gerolstein(Manderscheid; 1780 Sternberg)
Wittem(Plettenberg)
Gemen (Limburg-Styrum; 1800 Bömelberg)
Gimborn & Neustadt (1702 Schwarzenberg, 1782 Wallmoden)
Wickrath (Quadt)
Mylendonk (Ostein)
Reichenstein (Nesselrode)
Schleiden (Mark)
Saffenburg (Mark)
Kerpen & Lommersum(Schäsberg)
Hallermund (Platen)
Rheineck (Sinzendorf-Ernstbrunn)
Dyck (Salm-Reifferscheidt)
Bretzenheim (Heydeck)
Fagnolles (Ligne)
Ollbrück(Waldbott-Bassenheim)
(The former members:)
Barby
Rantzau/Ranzau
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The Council of Princes in 1803
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(according the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation)
Austria
Upper Bavaria (Bavaria)
Styria (Austria)
Magdeburg (Brandenburg)
Salzburg
Lower Bavaria (Bavaria)
Regensburg
Palatinate-Sulzbach (Bavaria)
The Teutonic Order
Palatinate-Neuburg (Bavaria)
Bamberg (Bavaria)
Bremen (Brunswick-Hanover)
The Markgraviate of Meissen (Saxony)
Berg (Bavaria)
Würzburg (Bavaria)
Carinthia (Austria)
Eichstaedt (Salzburg)
Saxony-Coburg
Bruchsal (former Speyer) (Baden)
Saxony-Gotha
Ettenheim (former Strassburg) (Baden)
Saxony-Altenburg
Konstanz (Baden)
Saxony-Weimar
Augsburg (Bavaria)
Saxony-Eisenach
Hildesheim (Brandenburg)
Ansbach (Brandenburg)
Paderborn (Brandenburg)
Bayreuth (Brandenburg)
Freising (Bavaria)
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Thuringia (Saxony)
Brunswick-Celle (Brunswick-Hanover)
Passau (Bavaria)
Brunswick-Kalenberg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Trient (Austria)
Brunswick-Grubenhagen (Brunswick-Hanover)
Brixen (Austria)
Halberstadt (Brandenburg)
Carniola (Austria)
Baden-Baden
Teck (Württemberg)
Baden-Durlach
Osnabrück (Brunswick-Hanover)
Verden (Brunswick-Hanover)
Münster (Brandenburg)
Baden-Hochberg
Lübeck (Oldenburg)
Württemberg
Hanau (Hesse-Kassel)
Holstein-Glückstadt (King of Denmark)
Fulda (Nassau-Orange)
Oldenburg
Kempten (Bavaria)
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Ellwangen (Württemberg)
Mecklenburg-Güstrow
The Order of St.John
Hesse-Darmstadt
Berchtesgaden (Salzburg)
Hesse-Kassel
Westphalia (Hesse-Darmstadt)
Farther Pomerania (King of Sweden)
Holstein-Plön (Holstein-Glückstadt)
Hither Pomerania (Brandenburg)
Breisgau (Modena-Este)
Saxony-Lauenburg (Brunswick-Hanover)
Korvey (Nassau-Orange)
Minden (Brandenburg)
The Burggraviate of Meissen (Saxony)
Leuchtenberg (Bavaria)
Anhalt
Henneberg (Saxony)
Schwerin (Mecklenburg)
Kammin (Brandenburg)
Ratzeburg (Mecklenburg)
Hersfeld (Hesse-Kassel)
Tyrol (Austria)
Tübingen (Württemberg)
Querfurt (Saxony)
Arenberg
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Fritzlar (Hesse-Kassel)
Lobkowitz
Salm-Salm
Dietrichstein
Nassau-Hadamar (Nassau-Orange)
Zwiefalten (Württemberg)
Nassau-Dillenburg (Nassau-Orange)
Auersperg
Starkenburg (Hesse-Darmstadt)
East Frisia (Brandenburg)
Fürstenberg
Schwarzenberg
Brunswick-Göttingen (Brunswick-Hanover)
Mindelheim (Bavaria)
Liechtenstein
Thurn-Taxis
Schwarzburg
Ortenau (Modena-Este)
Aschaffenburg (Regensburg)
Eichsfeld (Brandenburg)
Blankenburg (Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
Stargard (Mecklenburg)
Erfurt (Brandenburg)
Nassau-Usingen
Nassau-Weilburg
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Salm-Kyrburg
Baar & Stuhlingen (Fürstenberg)
Klettgau (Schwarzenberg)
Buchau (Thurn-Taxis)
Waldeck
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Öttingen-Spielberg
Öttingen-Wallerstein
Solms-Braunfels
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
Isenburg-Birnstein
Kaunitz-Rietberg
Reuss-Greiz
Leiningen
Ligne
Looz-Corswarem
the Counts of Swabia;
the Counts of Wetterau;
the Counts of Franconia;
the Counts of Westphalia.
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THE GERMANIC TITLES AND PREFIXES OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE
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ALTGRAF / ALTGRAEFIN:
A Comital Title indicating feudal
(Alt = Old) origin. An Altgraf or
Altgrave, was a nobleman of the
status of a count who had his dominion
in mountainous areas of Germany and
Alpine regions, particularly around
mountain passes where he had rights
and entitlements of establishing garrisons
at such points, and of levying tolls for
passage. Originally it was a title of
veneration rather than the holding of power.
A style of specific Houses or lines
(Salm-Refferscheidt).
BRIEFADEL:
"Nobility by the Letter", as opposed
to "Uradel" or the ancient nobility.
Traditionally titles granted after
c.15th or 16th century but often
referring to more recent (19th and
20th century) nobility.
BURGRAVE / BURGGRAF:
German Borough Count: A Burggraf,
or Burgrave, was a military and civil
judicial governor in the 12th and 13th
centuries of a castle, the town it dominated
and its immediate surrounding countryside.
His jurisdiction was a burgraviate. Later
the title became ennobled and hereditary
with its own domain. Example of the Title
is the Burgrave of Nuremberg, held by
the House of Hohenzollern.
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE:
Rheinbund.
COUNCIL / COLLEGE OF ELECTORS:
Kurfürstenrat.
COUNCIL / COLLEGE OF THE PRINCES:
Fürstenrat.
COUNCIL / COLLEGE OF THE IMPERIAL COUNTS:
Reichsgrafenkollegium.
DURCHLAUCHT:
Most Serene Highness,
(Perfect translation is
" Your Transparency").
DURCHLAUCHTIG - HOCHGEBOREN:
"Most Serenely High Born", given to
members of Houses holding Durchlaucht.
EDLER VON / EDLE VON; ELDER HERR VON:
"Noble of", Austrian / Austrian-Hungarian
title usually indicating 'Briefadel' and
ranking below Freiherr / Baron.
ELDER HERR:
Noble Lord.
ERB:
Perfix (Hereditary) used to denote the
senior heir of (to) a mediatized comital
house (Erbgraf). For Royalty the prefix
is Kron-(Crown)as in Kronprinz / Kronprinzessin.
ERBHERZOGE:
Heir Apparent to a Duke.
ERLAUCHT:
His / Her Illustrious Highness.
ERZHERZOG / ERZHERZOGIN:
Archduke / Archduchess.
ESTATE:
Stand.
FRAU:
A Lady.
IMPERIAL FREE CITY OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE:
Freie Reichstadt.
FREIHERR / FREIFRAU:
German Baron/Baroness. The unmarried
daughter of a Freiherr is Titled Freiin.
The Style "Baron" is used in social address.
Hungarian and Polish nobility (with German
or Austrian Title) of this rank are usually
Titled Baron rather than Freiherr.
FURST / FURSTIN:
The Title of a reigning Prince; the
senior or head of Princely House
(others Titled Prinz / Prinzessin)
or in a Princely primogeniture /
comital House (others Titled Graf
/ Graefin, as in Starhemberg).
FURSTLICHE GNADEN:
The Appellation Style
of 'Princely Grace'.
GEFURSTETER GRAF / GRAEFIN:
A Princely Count or Countess.
GERMAN CONFEDERATION:
Deutsche Bund.
GRAF / GRAEFIN:
German Count / Countess: Graf is a
German noble Title with equal in rank
to a Count or an Earl. The Comital titles
awarded in the Holy Roman Empire were often
related to the jurisdiction or domain of
responsibility and represented special
concessions of authority or rank. Only the
more important Titles came to remain in use
until modern times. Many Counts were Titled
Graf without any additional qualification.
GROBHERZOG / GROBHERZOGIN:
Grand Duke / Grand Duchess.
HERR:
Lord.
HERZOG / HERZOGIN:
German Duke / Duchess.
HOCHGEBOREN:
Used by German Nobles being
of high birth 'High Born'.
HOCHWOHLGEBOREN:
'High Well Born' Used for
German Nobles holding rank
below that of Count / Graf.
HOHEIT:
Highness.
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE:
Heiliges Römisches Reich.
IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR:
Reichskanzler.
IMPERIAL CIRCLE:
Reichskreis.
IMPERIAL ASSEMBLY / PARLIAMENT:
Reichstag.
IMPERIAL ESTATE:
Reichsstand.
KAISER / KAISERIN:
Emperor / Empress.
KONIG / KONIGIN:
King / Queen.
KONIGLICHE:
Royal.
KAISERLICHE:
Imperial.
KONINGLICHER PRINZ:
A Royal Prince.
KURFURST:
Prince-Elector / Elector of the Empire.
LANDGRAVE / LANDGRAF:
"Landgrave", an accessory feudal comital
title style, a Landgraf, or Landgrave,
was a nobleman of rank or count in medieval
Germany whose jurisdiction stretched over
a sometimes quite considerable territory.
The Title survived from the times of the
Holy Roman Empire. The power of a landgrave
was often associated with Sovereign rights
and decision making much greater than that
of a count. The formal jurisdiction of a
Landgrave was a Landgraviate and the wife
of a Landgrave was a Landgravine. The Title
was used for the heads of different lines
namely the House of Hesse and was also held
by the Princes zu Furstenberg.
LINE OF SUCCESSION:
Erbfolge.
MARKGRAF / MARKGRAEFIN:
"Margrave / Margravine", equivalent to Marquess. Title of Imperial Counts who ruled the border territories or marches. A rank between Count and Duke. A Markgraf, or Margrave, was originally the military governor of a Carolingian 'Mark'(or March), a medieval border province. As outlying areas tended to be of great importance to the central realms of Kings and Princes, and they often were larger than those nearer the interior, Margraves assumed quit inordinate powers over those of the Counts of a realm. The jurisdiction of a Margrave was a Margraviate. The wife of a Margrave is called a Margravine. Most Marks and, consequently, Margraves were to be found on the Eastern border of the Carolingian and later, Holy Roman Empire. One notable exception is the Spanish Mark on the Muslim frontier including what is now Catalonia. In central Europe the most important provinces so called were the 'Marks of Brandenburg' and 'Austria', which in its medieval Latin version was Marchia Austriaca, the 'eastern borderland'. Here one has to bear in mind that Austria was the eastern outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, on the border to, first, Eastern Christianity and ,later, to Isalm. Similarly in the north-west there was the 'Higher March'(Hohe Mark). Marggrabova was an example of a town in the eastern Marches of the German Empire, formerly in East Prussia, (renamed Olecko in the Mazury province of Poland), that had been named after the Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Later, the title became hereditary and is considered a higher equivalent of a Marquess in England, or Marquis in France.
MAJESTAT:
Majesty.
NOBILITY OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE:
Reichsadelstand.
OVERLORDSHIP:
Hoheit.
PALSGRAVE / PFALZGRAF:
Count Palatine: A Pfalzgraf or Count
Palatine functioned, especially in
medieval times, and particularly during
the Holy Roman Empire, as a viceroy and
often becoming a more independent ruler
of a Palatinate. Borne by the Count
Palatine of the Rhine and junior branches
of his family.
RAUGRAVE:
A Raugraf, or Raugrave only held
jurisdiction over waste ground and
uninhabited districts. The title -since
1667 - was used exclusively by the children
of Elector of Palatine Karl I's bigamous
second marriage and Karl's wife, Maria
Louise von Degenfeld.
REICHSFURST; REICHSGRAF;
REICHSFREIHERREN; REICHSRITTER:
Style variation of the basic rank
(Furst,Graf,etc.) indicating that
the Title was granted by a Holy Roman Emperor.
RHINEGRAVE:
A Rheingraf, or Rhinegrave, was a nobleman
with the status of a Count in the 12th and
13th centuries, the governor of one of the
many castles or fortresses along the Rhine
river in western Germany, who had the
entitlement of levying tolls for passage
along the river.
RITTER VON:
"Knight of" (no female equivalent,
wife and daughter usually Elde von or von);
Ancient Title. In modern times an Austrian /
Austrian-Hungarian " Briefadel" Title usually
conferred on military men. Like the Knighthood
of the British Baronet, it is hereditary and
a Title of nobility(except that British
Baronectcies are held in the person only,
by male primogeniture and not extended to
simultaneous living issue).
ROYAL PRINCE:
Köninglicher Prinz.
ROYAL LINEAGE:
Koenigliche Stamm.
VON:
The most basic Title-particle of German(ic)
nobility, translates into English as "of"
and can be equated to the French / Spanish
/ Latin "de, dela, du", Italian "di" and
the Polish suffix "ski or cki", and like
those, not strictly an indicator of nobility.
Von may also appear as part of a non-noble
family name. To differentiate the two forms,
it has been German-language practice among
the nobility to abbreviate the noble "von" as "v".
WILDGRAVE:
A Wiltgraf, Wildgrave or Waldgrave was
originally a nobleman of the status of
count who had jurisdiction over uncultivated
areas, forests and uninhabited districts.
His legal privileges eventually vested in
him the power of a chief forester and
gamekeeper of a district.
ZU:
Literally meaning "to", the original
use of "zu" rather than "von" in the
Titles of high nobility (Princely and
comital houses) indicated that the
ancestral property which served as the
basis for the name was still in the
possession of the House (Fuerst zu Stolberg).
Often it forms an accessory style (Graf von
Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen). "zu" is
also used with "von" to indicate the duality
of origin and possession/rule (Furst von und
zu Liechtenstein). The comman belief that "zu"
was a higher or move valued Title-particle
than "von" has no basis.
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ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD
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AFGHANISTAN: HM King Mohammad Zahir Shah, "de jure" King of Afghanistan / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Ahmed Shah Khan
ALBANIA: HM King Leka I, "de jure" King of the Albanians / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Keka
ANDORRA: Joan Enric Vives Sicília, the appointed Co-Prince of Andorra, Bishop of Urgell, Head of State, (the president of France is automatically the ex-officio other co-prince of Andorra)
AUSTRIA-HUNGRY: HIRH Archduke Otto von Habsburg, "de jure" Emperor of Austria and Hungary, Royal Prince of Bohemia / Heir: HIRH Archduke Karl
BAHRAIN: HM King Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, reigning Head of the State / Heir: HH Crown Prince Shaikh Sulman bin Hamad al-Khalifa
BELGIUM: HM King Albert II, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant
BHUTAN: HM King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, reigning Head of State and Government / Heir: HRH Dasho Kesar Jigme Wangchuk
BRAZIL: HIRH Dom Luiz Orléans e Bragança, "de jure" Emperor of Bazil / Heir: HIRH Prince Dom Bertrand de Orleans e Braganga
BRUNEI: HM Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Darussalam, "de jure" king / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Muda Haji al-Muhtadee Billah ibni Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu
BULGARIA: HM King Simeon II, "de jure" King of Bulgaria, elected Prime Minister 2001 / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Kardám
BURMA: HRH Prince Shewbomin of Burma, "de jure" contitutional monarch
BURUNDI: HRH Crown Princess Rose Paula Iribagiza, "de jure" Queen of Burundi / Heir:Prunce Charles Muhirwa
CAMBODIA: HM King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, reigning Head of State
DENMARK: HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Frederik
EGYPT: HM King Ahmed Fouad II, "de jure" King of Egypt / Heir: HRH Prince Muhammad Ali, Prince of Said
ETHIOPIA: HIH Crown Prince Zera Yacob Amha-Selassie, "de jure" emperor of Ethiopia
FRANCE: The Royal House: HRH Prince Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans, Comte de Paris, "de jure" King of France / Heir: HRH Prince François, Count of Clermont
FRANCE: Legitimist Claimant: HRH Prince Don Luis Alfonso Gonzalo Víctor Manuel Marco de Borbón y Martínez-Bordiú, Duke of Anjou and Bourbon, "de jure" King of France
FRANCE: The Imperial House: HIH Prince Charles Napoléon, "de jure" Emperor of the French
GEORGIA: HRH Prince Jorge de Bagration of Moukhrani, "de jure" King of Georgia
GERMANY--HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE: H.I.&.R.H. Prince Karl Friedrich of Germany , "de jure" Emperor and King of Germany
GERMANY--Bavaria: HRH Duke Franz von Bayern, "de jure" King of Bavaria
GERMANY--Hanover: HRH Prince Ernst August V, "de jure" King of Hanover
GERMANY--Prussia: HRH Prince Friedrich Wilehm of Prussia (the eldest son of the late HIRH Prince Louis Ferdinand), "de jure" King of Prussia Heir: HRH Prince Friedrich Wihelm of Prussia
GERMANY--Prussia: HRH Prince Georg Friedrich (a grandson of the late HIRH Louis Ferdinand), "de jure" King of Prussia and Emperor of Imperial Germany
GERMANY--Saxony: HRH Prince Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, "de jure" King of Saxony
GERMANY--Württemberg: HRH Carl, Duke of Württemberg, "de jure" King of Württemberg / Heir: HRH Prince Friedrich
GHANA--Ashanti:: HM Asantehene Osei Tutu II, "de jure" King of the Ashanti people
GREECE: HM King Constantine II of the Hellenes, "de jure" King of Greece / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Pavlos
HAWAII: H.R.H. Prince Quentin Kuhio Kawananakoa, "de jure" King of Hawaii / Heir: HRH Prince Kincaid Kawananakoa
INDIA: No Imperial claimant--over 300 princes of various kingdoms and principalities.
IRAN: HIH Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, "de jure" Shaw of Iran (King/Emperor)
IRAQ: HRH Prince Ra'ad, Head of the Royal Family, "de jure" King of Iraq
IRAQ: HRH Prince Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein, claimant, Head of the "Iraq Constitutional Monarchy" association
ITALY: HRH Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Duke of Savoy, "de jure" King of Italy / Heir: HRH Prince Emanuel Filiberto, Prince of Venice
ITALY--Two Sicilies: HRH Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Duke of Calabria, "de jure" King of the Two Sicilies
ITALY--Two Sicilies: HRH Infante Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Infante of Spain, "de jure" King of the Two Sicilies
JAPAN: HIM Emperor Akihito, reigning Head of State of Japan / Heir: HIH Crown Prince Naruhito
JORDAN: HM King Abdullah II bin Al Hussien, reigning Head of State of Jordan / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah
KOREA: HIH Prince Lee Won, Hereditary Prince Imperial of Korea, "de jure" Emperor of Korea
KUWAIT: HH Emir Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, reigning Head of State and Government
LESOTHO: HM King Letsie III, reigning Head of State
LAOS: HRH Crown Prince Soulivong Savang, "de jure" King of Laos
LYBIA: According to Constitutional provisions, the supreme law of the land, there is no legal heir to the throne of Lybia although two men are claiming to be rightful successors.
LIECHTENSTEIN: HSH Prince Hans-Adam II, reigning Head of State / Heir: HSH Hereditary Prince Alois
LUXEMBOURG: HRH The Grand Duke Henri Albért Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie
MALAYSIA: HM Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail and Raja of Perlis, reigning elected Head of State (King) for five years. The king must be elected from one of the nine Sultans of the Malay States (Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu and Johore)
MEXICO: HIH Count Maximilian von Goetzen-Iturbide, Prince of Mexico, "de jure" Emperor of Mexico
MONACO: HMSH Prince Albert II, The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, reigning Head of State and Government
MOROCCO: HM Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Prince Moulay Hassan
NEPAL: HM King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
NETHERLANDS: HM Queen Beatrix, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange
NEW ZEALAND--Maori: Queen Te Arikuini Te Atairangikaahu, "de jure" Queen of the Maori people of New Zealand
NORWAY: HM Harald V, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Haakon
OMAN: HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said, reigning Head of State and Government
PORTUGAL: HRH Dom Duarte, Duke of Bragança, "de jure" King of Portugal / Heir: HRH Prince Dom Afonso, Prince of Beira
QATAR: HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, reigning Amir
ROMANIA: HM King Michael I, "de jure" King of Romania / Heir: Margarita, Crown Princess and heir apparent of Romania by royal decree or a change in succession rules made on 30 December 1997
RUSSIA: HIH Grand Duke George Mikhailovich, "de jure" Emperor of Russia, however, there are some who contest this.
RWANDA: HM King Kigeli V, "de jure" King of Rwanda
SAUDI ARABIA: HM King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, reigning Head of State and Government
SEBORGA: HSH Prince Giorgio I , reigning elective Head of State
SOUTH AFRICA--Bafokena: His Majesty Kgosi Leruo T. Molotlegi,
"de jure" King of the Royal Bafokeng Kingdom
SOUTH AFRICA--Xhosa: HM King Xolilizwe Sigcawu, "de jure" King of Xhosa
SOUTH AFRICA--Zulus: HM King Goodwill Zwelithini, "de jure" King of the Zulus
SPAIN: HM King Juan Carlos I, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Infante Felipe, Prince of the Asturias
SWAZILAND: HM King Mswati III, reigning Head of State
SWEDEN: HM King Carl XVI Gustaf, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Crown Princess Victoria
THAILAND: HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Mah Vajiralongkorn
TONGA: HM King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a
TURKEY: H.I.H. Prince Ertugrul Osman Effendi, "de jure" Sultan (Emperor) of the Ottoman Empire
UGANDA--Buganda: HM Kabaka Rodney Muwenda Mutebi II, reigning Head of State
UGANDA--Bunyoro-Kitara: HM King Solomon Gafabusa Iguru, reigning Head of State
UGANDA--Toro: HM King Oyo Nyimba Kabambaiguru Rukidi IV, reigning regency as King is too young
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al'Nahyan, reigning elected President of Ruling Body consisting of seven Sheikdoms or Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain)
UNITED KINGDOM: HM Queen Elizabeth II, reigning Head of State / Heir: HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
VATICAN: His Holiness Benedict XVI, elected reigning Head of State
VIETNAM: HIH Crown Prince Bao Long, "de jure" Emperor of Vietnam, HIH Prince Nguyên
Phuc Buu Chanh of - Duke of Kien Hoa, Regent of the Imperial House
WALLIS and FUTURA: (French overseas territory composed of three islands) Three kings, representing three traditional chiefdoms, are members of the Territorial Assembly: Tomasi Kulimoetoke II, Soane Patita Maituku, Visesio Moeliku, the Head of State is the President of France
YEMEN: HRH Prince 'Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr Hamidaddin, Saif al-Islam, "de jure" King of Yemen / Heir: HRH Prince Muhammad al-Hassan bin 'Ageel Hamidaddin
YUGOSLAVIA: HRH Crown Prince Alexander, "de jure" King of Yugoslavia / Heir: HRH Hereditary Prince Peter
YUGOSLAVIA--Montenegro: HRH Crown Prince Nikola II, "de jure" King of Montenegro / Heir: HRH Grand Duke Boris, Hereditary Prince Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro.
ZANZIBAR: HM Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al-Said, reigning Head of State and Government
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His Holiness Pope Benedictus XVI , Joseph Ratzinger , 19. April 2005 ,
Our New Holy Father , May God Bless His Holiness.
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