Royals Using Incognito Titles and Names

[CyrilVladisla]

In 1912 King Frederik VIII of Denmark visited Hamburg, Germany.
He stayed at the Hotel Hamburger Hof.
He used the pseudonym Count Kronsberg.

 

[Prinsara]

Kronberg, not Kronsberg. He picked the wrong time to die when out alone.

 

[Curryong]

Yes, rather odd that he didn’t have even one equerry or aide de camp travelling with him. Of course the Danes did live, and travel about, as simply as possible, but still….!

King Edward VII used the nom de plume Duke of Lancaster when travelling around Europe when Prince of Wales, especially when visiting elite spa towns.

His mother ictoria on the other hand preferred the title Duchess of Balmoral.

 

[Prinsara]

Yes, rather odd that he didn’t have even one equerry or aide de camp travelling with him. Of course the Danes did live, and travel about, as simply as possible, but still….!

He had a number of staff with him (they tracked him down, eventually) and even his wife and younger children, by some accounts. They were just all at the hotel. He went for the walk by himself.

A number of people did seemingly notice when he was having his heart/stroke trouble and a couple of them tried to help him, but of course he was beyond speech and no one knew who he was. Public mortuary.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands used her title Countess of Buren when she travelled incognito.

 

[Somebody]

Calling yourself a countess will not help if you want to be in cognito. Willem-Alexander famously used 'van Buren' as surname when he participated in the Elfstedentocht (skating 200 km through 11 cities).

 

[Sister Morphine]

I believe when King Frederik X studied at Harvard for a year, he used the name "Frederik Henriksen."

 

[Prinsara]

Calling yourself a countess will not help if you want to be in cognito. Willem-Alexander famously used 'van Buren' as surname when he participated in the Elfstedentocht (skating 200 km through 11 cities).

Does that make them related to the US President of the same name?

 

[Somebody]

The title is based on Willem van Oranje's (also known as William the Silent) first wife: Anna van Egmont, countess of [gravin van] Buren (and of Lingen and of Leerdam; Lady of IJsselstein, of Borssele, of Grave, of Cranendonck, of Jaarsveld, of Kortgene, of Sint Maartensdijk, and of Odijk).

Anna van Egmont - Wikipedia

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County of Buren - Wikipedia

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