2007-04-06 02:10:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
There is no reigning prince in Germany. Germany is ruled by a government. But there is noble people with titles such as prince,princess, baron, baroness, count and countess. These noble families sometimes still live in the castles of their ancestors. But most of the nobility lead a normal life, without royal treatment. Their surnames also have a 'von' in front, for example R. von Badenburg.
2007-04-06 02:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by flounder 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of German Princes--descendants of the royal houses that eaten up by Prussia in the 1800s (Saxony, Hannover, Bavaria, etc.). They kept the titles, even tho there are no more principalities or kingdoms in Germany anymore. This seems to be the thing in Europe these days; if they don't keep the royal title, they still hang on to the noble one, even when the government is republic/democracy.
I am not sure if Kaiser Wilhelm II has any current descendants; they might be allowed to use the title Prince or Princess of Germany.
2007-04-06 17:45:08 · answer #2 · answered by Amethyst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of princes but their titles are not recognised by the state as Germany has been a republic since 1918. In the UK the title of prince dies out there generations after a king or queen. In Europe it goes on in perpetuity even when there is no king. There was an Austro-Hungarian prince who was an elected member of the European parliament.
EDIT: There was a Geman prince who was to star on a reality show last year. He had a tacky younger wife and embarassed his family; I forget his name, though.
2007-04-06 12:25:56 · answer #3 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, although by different reasons he's not ruling at present.
He's Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (German: Ernst August Albert Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover, in English also known as Ernest Augustus of Hanover) (born 26 February 1954 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany) is the eldest son of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) and his first wife, Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980).
He is usually styled His Royal Highness The Prince of Hanover and sometimes as Ernest Augustus V.
Pretender: Ernest Augustus V of Hanover
Regnal name claimed none
Title(s) if any Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
Throne claimed Hanover
Pretend from December 9, 1987 - present
Monarchy abolished 1866
Last monarch George V
Connection with great-great-grandfather
Royal House Hanover
Father Ernest Augustus IV
Mother Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Spouse Chantal Hochuli, Hereditary Princess Caroline of Monaco
Children Ernst August, Christian, Alexandra
Predecessor Ernest Augustus IV
He is the third and present husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco. He is the pretender to the throne of Hanover.
As you see, Prince Ernst doesn't rule because monarchy was abolished in Germany in 1866, although he has claimed his right to the throne.
2007-04-06 14:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by Smurfette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... no... no!!!!!
Germany is a democracy. It has a chancellor and a president.
DO you remember Hitler?
Back then, it was a dictatorship but Hitler was elected.
Germany used to have a Kaiser before World War Two or WWI... I am not sure which...
And Germany was formed in the 1870s... before that, it used to be a part of Prussia, Bavaria, and some other countries which had kings.
2007-04-06 10:52:25 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah* 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. There has not been a monarch in France, Germany, Itally, Switzerland, and lots more European countries since 1950's- but there are nobles.
2007-04-10 05:39:49 · answer #6 · answered by paris_cyber_girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Zsa Zsa's husband was a German Prince?
He is also the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, I think I heard that?
Germany has certainly come a long way since Hitler, don't you think?
2007-04-06 15:34:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The German monarchy ended in 1918, with the abdication of Wilhelm II. His descendents still claim royal titles, but there is no official recognition of these claims by the German government.
2007-04-06 13:41:00 · answer #8 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Germany there is a ”Prince of Idiocy”
2007-04-06 11:03:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO
2007-04-06 19:14:53 · answer #10 · answered by tritran5555(poetri) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋