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No one is stopping him from marrying her but himself. If he really wanted to marry her he would.
LaRae
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Oh my goodness, is there still an Imperial House of Russia?
Where does the King live?
Grand Duke Georgi attended the Gala Dinner and Jewellery Fashion Show “Simply Exceptional 2019” at Siam Kempinski Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand
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Within European royal and noble circles intense rumors have been spreading for recent months that Gr Dss Maria Wladimirovna is fed up with Prince Georgi's refusal to marry, and that she is arranging a marriage between Prince Georgi and Princess Leonie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach despite Prince Georgi is not happy with this choice!
I find this very hard to believe. Will mummy drag Georgi to the church by the ear?Within European royal and noble circles intense rumors have been spreading for recent months that Gr Dss Maria Wladimirovna is fed up with Prince Georgi's refusal to marry, and that she is arranging a marriage between Prince Georgi and Princess Leonie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach despite Prince Georgi is not happy with this choice!
The reason why Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna wants an equal marriage for her son is because the claim of her branch on the leadership of the Imperial House rests on them being the last dynasts remaining. In their view, which is in accordance with the Pauline laws of succession, all other descendants of the family are not members of the Imperial House because of them being descendants of princess and grand dukes who married against the terms of the law of succession. Should Grand Duke Georgi marry a non-royal the result would be that their claim rests on an even shakier ground than it already is.Well she supposedly did want an "equal marriage" for her son. In the off chance that this has even the slightest amount of validity....why?
In the case of where vast amounts of wealth go with titles, even defunct ones, I can understand to a degree complying with outdated "house laws" as you would often socialise and date within the same set of people anyway.
But GDG is one of several pretenders to a throne that is extremely unlikely to be restored and doesn't have any large assets I don't think (please correct me if I'm wrong). Why have an arranged or semi arranged marriage in this case? What would be in it for her as her family seem to have a lot more going on? He'd still been able to show up to many of the other "defunct royals of Europe" events and do quasi-quasi tours and engagements in any case.
Again this is assuming there is even the slightest bit of truth in this.
The reason why Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna wants an equal marriage for her son is because the claim of her branch on the leadership of the Imperial House rests on them being the last dynasts remaining. In their view, which is in accordance with the Pauline laws of succession, all other descendants of the family are not members of the Imperial House because of them being descendants of princess and grand dukes who married against the terms of the law of succession. Should Grand Duke Georgi marry a non-royal the result would be that their claim rests on an even shakier ground than it already is.
That would be something she was familiar with...Could also be that she wants an arranged marriage and after 1 or more a sons are born there will be a divorce.
Thank you that's interesting. Yes I knew it was to do with their dynastic claim, but at this point is it really worth it if her son is against it? It's highly unlikely there will be a restoration in either of their lifetimes and it won't come from scouring the "best" claim based on dubious archaic laws if it ever did happen. That would be the government installing whatever puppet monarchy suited their purposes.
Extremely shaky claims that get shakier don't stop others from doing most of what GDG does publicly.
It is not necessarily about a restoration. That is a longtime prospect. It is about the headship of the House.
In Romania, Serbia, Portugal and even France or Germany we can see that the head of the former Royal House has a semi-official (in Romania even an official) position in the state.
For an example, the Freistaat Bayern still pays some 13-14 million Euro per year to the former royal family of Bavaria via the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichfonds which manages the estates, palaces, castles, the art collection and other properties as well capital of the former royal family.
For an example, the Republic of Romania has returned several estates, palaces, castles, etc. to the former royal family and even pays for the public function of the head of the former royal family.
For an example, in the Republic of Portugal the head of the former royal family has an arrangement with the state and is also part of official representative events.
That is why "the headship of a royal house" can be a matter of importance. And as Maria Vladimirovna Romanova's claim rests on the fact that her ancestry has remained royally blue-blooded, she is of course keen to see that continued. By the way: I see this whole rumour about enforced marriages as just gossip.
Was her marriage really an arranged one? I thougt it was a Lovematch at last from her side from what i have read.That would be something she was familiar with...
Georg Prinz von Preussen / "Georgi Michailovitch Romanov, Grand-Prince of Russia"
George was born "Jorge prinz von Preussen Romanoff"; however, the year after the birth his mother filed a petition in France to have his last name changed to"Romanoff-grand-duc de Russie prinz von Preussen."
Source: Bulletin 11 -- 30 Sep 1982 of Cercle d'Etudes des Dynasties Royales Europeennes (published by J.F. Tourtchine)
I don't think "Prinz von Preussen" is his only legal name as you imply, especially given his birth in Spain where children are generally registered under the names of both parents.
According to a source cited previously in this thread,
In addition, I've heard elsewhere that the name on his Russian documents is simply Romanoff, though I'm not clear on the reliability of that information.
Within European royal and noble circles intense rumors have been spreading for recent months that Gr Dss Maria Wladimirovna is fed up with Prince Georgi's refusal to marry, and that she is arranging a marriage between Prince Georgi and Princess Leonie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach despite Prince Georgi is not happy with this choice!
Plus the princess is obviously wealthy, about to acquire the headship of her house after her father's death and will need heirs, too.Could also be that she wants an arranged marriage and after 1 or more a sons are born there will be a divorce.
Plus the princess is obviously wealthy, about to acquire the headship of her house after her father's death and will need heirs, too.
Grand Duke George of Russia has survived a serious automobile accident in St. Petersburg:
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2019/11/grand-duke-george-of-russia-survives.html