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What does a Pretender constitute in the Monarchy?

2006-06-13 08:44:21 · 3 answers · asked by kingfernidad 1 in Society & Culture Royalty

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He's a "pretender to the throne," which essentially means that he lays claim to a title that no longer exists.

A lot of null royal houses have pretenders to the titles formerly associated with the family. For instance, there is no King of France, but the entire family tree of the French royaly families did not simply disappear. Their relatives can be determined through studies of genealogy and many of them are proud of their noble background and use it to their advantage.

Europe is full of second and third tier Gotha "princes" who use the title but still have to do their own laundry.

You can even look at the Greek royal family. “Crown Prince Pavlos” has absolutely no chance of ever actually sitting upon a monarchal throne in Greece, but he still uses the title because it helps him professionally and it honors his family history. His business cards say “Prince Pavlos” instead of “Pavlos of Greece” or “Pavlos Surname.”

And not all pretenders are united together in one accord. Several different people claim to be the hereditary heir to the Russian monarchy, if such a thing existed, but historians and genealogists say that there isn’t a direct Romanov heir and all of the “pretenders” to that throne are just as worthy as the next.

There have been other pretenders to kingdoms that did exist. They’re just people who believe they are rightfully the ruler as opposed to the person in power.

There are even pretenders to the crown of the Vatican…they’re called antipopes, though—they believe that they are the true Pope, not matter what the College of Cardinals says.

2006-06-13 11:25:20 · answer #1 · answered by prussianbluelady 3 · 6 2

In this case, the monarchy was abolished in 1918, and there are thus no monarchs. "Pretender" usually means someone (A) who claims a throne that no longer exists, or (B) who claims to be the rightful heir, rather than the current monarch. Georg Freidrich would fit into the first category.

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