Screen LibraryRoyal kinship. Anglo-German family networks 1815-1918 /
Die britische Presse h lt ihrem K nigshaus gern seine ausl ndischen Wurzeln vor. Die Royals seien simply a posh version of German invaders . Aber beeinflussten deutsche Verwandte jemals Entscheidungen eines bri
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K. G. Saur,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Prinz-Albert-Forschungen ;
volume 4 |
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Die britische Presse h lt ihrem K nigshaus gern seine ausl ndischen Wurzeln vor. Die Royals seien simply a posh version of German invaders . Aber beeinflussten deutsche Verwandte jemals Entscheidungen eines bri Whenever the British Press wants to attack the Royal Family, they make a jibe about their foreign roots . The Royals as they say are simply a posh version of German invaders. But did German relatives really influence decisions made by any British monarchs or are they just an imagined community , invented by journalists and historians? The Royal Archives at Windsor gave the authors among others John R hl, doyen of 19th century monarchical history open access to Royal correspondences with six German houses: Hanover, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Coburg, Hesse and Battenberg. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (176 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783598441233 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | DA28 |
| CLC: | K561.4 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Royal Kinship -- One European Family?: A Quantitative Approach to Royal Marriage Circles 1700 1918 -- Noble Siblings: Rivalry and Solidarity in Aristocratic and Noble Families -- Anglo-German Kinship Networks in 1832: Dynastic Survival and Adaptation -- The House of Hanover.: Queen Victoria and the Guelph dynasty -- The Coburg Connection.: Dynastic Relations and the House of Coburg in Britain -- Marriage, Family and Nationality.: Letters from Queen Victoria and Crown Princess Victoria 1858 1885 -- Anglo-German Family Networks before 1914.: KaiserWilhelm II s correspondence with the British Royal Family -- The Hessens and the British Royals -- Prince Louis of Battenberg:: The Advantages and Disadvantages of being a Serene Highness in the Royal Navy -- Backmatter |