The Legitimacy of Non Reigning Royal Families
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Prince Leka (II) of Albania (Leka Anwar Zog Reza Baudouin Msiziwe Zogu, born March 26, 1982, Johannesburg, South Africa, "Sandton Clinic". The clinic was proclaimed for 24 hours "Albanian territory", by the South African government South Africa) is the only child of Leka, Crown Prince of Albania and the late Susan Cullen-Ward.
Prince Leka is graduated from the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in the United Kingdom while also receiving a Degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from the University Iliria in Prishtina, Kosova. He has attended the Defense Academy and
became an expert on Issues related to National Security. Prince Leka was an official at the Albanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs from
2006 until 2009. After that he served as Advisor to the Minister of Interior from
2009 until 2012 and he is now Political Advisor of the new Albanian President of Republic.
Title: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Leka, Anwar, Zog, Baudoin, Msiziwe of the Albanians, Leka II Zogu. Prince Leka is the only heir to the Albanians throne.
Line of succession to the former Georgia throne
The Georgian royal family of the Bagrations practiced masculine primogeniture, legitimate sons and their descendants taking precedence over daughters and natural sons, and their descendants. But when there was no males in the royal house then female could ascend the throne, consequently the royal line was continued through the female line. When Georgian female heir-to-thethrone got married, the Georgian Dynastic Law of “Zedsidzeoba” (“Georgian Law on marriage concerning “Consort son-in-law”), was applied.
The nation of Georgia was first unified as a kingdom under the Bagrationi dynasty in the 9th to 10th century, arising from a number of predecessor states of ancient Colchis and Iberia. The kingdom of Georgia flourished during the 10th to 12th centuries, what was interrupted during of the Mongol invasions of Georgia in XIII century. Georgia rose up again in prosper at times of King Giorgi V” the magnificent" (1318-1346). He even has once again regained influence on the empire of Trabzon, this political situation remained till the last King of undivided kingdom - Giorgi VIII (1446-1466).
After of eight times invasion of the Tamerlane in Georgia, kingdom was fragmented into a number of petty kingdoms and principalities in 1490, but after the rule of the father and son, Kings Teimuraz II and Erekle II Georgia started to strengthen. Under the King Erekle II in 1763 two separated kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti had been united. Later in 1790 under the same King Erekle was signed a treaty named treaty of Iverians (Georgians). Important is that by this treaty king of imereti, the Prince of Mengrelia and the Prince of Guria recognized King Erekle II as sovereign over them.
HRH Prince Nugzar has strong superior over representatives of all Bagrations as he descends both in the male line from the last king of the united Georgia Giorgi VIII (1446-1466) (After the whom the country was divided into parts) and also from the last king of Georgia, George XII, who died in 1800.
In 2006 a memorandum was signed by all representatives of society "House of Bagrationi", including Royal and princely branches,according to which Nugzar Bagrationi-Gruzinski is recognized as heir to the throne. The memorandum rests upon the legal, historical and genealogical basics; historical-legal documents of the historians of the Academy of Sciences; recognitions of the Georgian genealogical society and the assembly of the Georgian nobility; the historical-legal documents preserved in the archives of the Georgian and Russian state archives; recognitions of all Russian Monarchy Centre and the scientific board of the Moscow Memorial Museum of the Russian Imperial Name and the Peter-Paul Imperial Society.
HRH Crown Prince Nugzar has only two daughters, elder Princess Anna of Georgia and Princess Maia of Georgia. Princess Anna is the heir to the throne of Georgia after her father – HRH Prince Nugzar. She has two daughters from the first marriage which was implemented in full compliance with the Georgian Dynastic Law. Thus these children - HRH Princess Irine (b.2003) and HRH Princess Mariam (b.2007) have the royal name of Bagrationi-Gruzinskis and who are the dynasts of the royal house of Georgia.
The second marriage of H.R.H. Princess Anna of Georgia with Prince David on 8 February of 2009 should also be recognized to be in accordance with the Georgian dynastic law of “Zedsidzeoba”. It is important to mention that under the Georgian Dynastic Law this marriage does not give Prince David any sovereignty. Under this law, Prince David would be recognized solely as the Prince consort for H.R.H. Princess Anna of Georgia.
Accordingly, the born child from this marriage would inherit royal rights from the line of his mother. It is important to note that by Georgian Dynastic Law a male descendent of the Royal House has priority over any females in the line of succession.
Thus, if above mentioned marriage will fit the Dynastic Law then Prince Giorgi will surpass his older sisters in the line of succession - Were Prince Giorgi to become a dynast, he would be the heir apparent to the throne after his mother.
Line of succession to the former Greek throne
The claimant of the throne of the last Greek kingdom is Constantine II, who ruled as King from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973, The sixth and last monarch of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (a branch of the House of Oldenburg), whose designated heir is his son Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece. Constantine has never officially abdicated and remains a pretender to the Greek throne. He has continued to live abroad since 1967, but enters and leaves his native country freely and has a house on the coastal resort of Saronida, a village and a community in Attica
45 km from Athens. The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg known as the House of Glücksburg (or House of Glücksborg) for short, is a German ducal house, junior branches of which include the royal house of Denmark and Norway, the deposed royal house of Greece, and the heir to the thrones of the commonwealth realms (although in the latter case, they are, by royal proclamation, declared to be members of the House of Windsor). The family is named after Glücksburg in northernmost Germany, and is a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg that is descended from King Christian I of Denmark. However, as the elder line of the House of Oldenburg and the line of the House of Schleswig-HolsteinSonderburg-Augustenburg became extinct in 1863 and 1931, respectively, the House of Glücksburg is now the senior surviving branch of the House of Oldenburg.
Line of succession to the former French throne The establishment of the First Republic, on 22 of September 1793, and the execution of Louis XVI led to the king's son becoming pretender, styled as Louis XVII. As Louis XVII was a child and imprisoned in Paris by the revolutionaries, his uncle, the Comte de Provence, proclaimed himself regent in his nephew's name. After Louis XVII died in 1795, the Comte de Provence became pretender himself, as Louis XVIII.
Louis XVIII was restored to the throne in 1814, and was succeeded by his brother Charles X in 1824. Charles X was, however, forced into exile by the July Revolution (The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution). Charles X and his son, the Dauphin Louis-Antoine, abdicated their claims in favor of Charles's grandson, Henry, Duke of Bordeaux. However, their cousin the Duke of Orléans, a descendant of Louis XIV's younger brother, usurped the throne as Louis Philippe I.
In 1848, Louis Philippe himself was overthrown by the February Revolution (The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917) and himself abdicated the throne in favor of his young grandson, the Count of Paris. However, a republic was proclaimed, leaving the Count of Paris, like his cousin Chambord, merely a pretender to a no longer existing crown.
In addition to several claims to the historic royal throne of France, there has also been a pretender to the imperial throne of France created first by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804 and recreated by his nephew Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III. This claim today rests in the person of Charles, Prince Napoléon (Charles Marie Jérôme Victor Napoléon Bonaparte) (born 19 October 1950)
is a French politician, descendant of the Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort (15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon who made him king of Westphalia (1807–1813).
The Pretenders to the French throne:
Prince Louis Alphonse of Bourbon Duke of Anjou, Prince Henri Philippe Pierre Marie d'Orléans
Charles, Prince Napoléon
Line of succession to the former Prussia throne The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near Hechingen.
Since the abolition of the Germany monarchy in 1918, the heads of the House of Hohenzollern have claimed to be the titular Kings of Prussian and Germany Emperors. These claims are linked by the Constitution of the former (2nd) German Empire: according to this, whoever was King of Prussia, although that Empire was abolished, was also German Emperor.
George Friedrich (born in 1976) is the great-great-grandson of William II (Emperor from 1888 to 1918) and is the head of the House of Hohenzollern. He succeeded his grandfather, Prince Louis Ferdinand I of Prussia as head of the House of Hohenzollern in 1994. As head of the house he is occasionally styled His Royal Highness The Prince of Prussia, or alternatively His Imperial and Royal Highness The Prince of Prussia.
The Law of Germany does not recognize princely titles, but German civil law these titles are considered to be a part of a person’s surname. Two of his uncles took him to court over his position as head of the House of Hohenzollern, and after many cases, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany stated that Georg Friedrich was the full heir of his grandfather and that the two uncles were entitled to a small portion of the Prussian inheritance.
Line of succession to the former Russia throne
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna is regarded by Russian monarchists as the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia and Titular Empress and Autocrat of All the Russia since 1992. Throughout her life she has used as her title and style of pretension Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia. She was born in 1953, the daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich of Russia, considered by some as the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia and Titular Emperor of Russia.
Since 1917 the Russian Imperial House is forced to be in exile, but continues to exist according to its unshakable / firm juridical and historical basis.
Line of succession to the former Austria/Hungary throne
Otto, Crown Prince of Austria or Otto von Habsburg (born 20 November 1912 as Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius of Austria) is the current head of the Habsburg family and the eldest son of Karl of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria and last King of Hungary, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
Otto lives in Bavaria in Germany, and is a German, Austrian, Croatian, and Hungarian citizen. Although his official name in Germany is Otto von Habsburg, he is referred to as Otto Habsburg-Lothringen by Austrian authorities. He is also often known as Archduke Otto of Austria, Crown Prince Otto of Austria, and in Hungary, simply as Habsburg Otto. Otto passed away on July 14, 2011.
The Archduque Carlos de Habsburgo-Lorena, Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Bahnam Georg von HabsburgLothringen, (Starnberg, Baviera, Germany, January 11, 1961). In 2007 succeeded his father Prince Otón de Hasburgo-Lorena who renounced.
Line of succession to the former Portugal throne
Duarte Pio is the 24th Duke of Braganza (Portuguese Duque de Bragança) and the pretender to the throne of Portugal. He was born in Berne, Switzerland, the eldest son of Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza and his wife Maria Francisca de Orleans e Bragança, princess of Brazil.
At the time of his birth Duarte’s family was banned from entering Portugal by the laws of exile of December 19, 1834 and October 15, 1910. Although Portugal had been a republic since
1910, Duarte’s parents sought to assure the child’s eventual rights of succession to the Portuguese throne, which required Portuguese nationality, by arranging for his birth to take place in the Portuguese embassy in Berne. Duarte’s godparents were Pope Pius XII and Queen Amélie of Portugal, the mother of Manuel II, the last reigning king of Portugal.
On May 27, 1950 the National Assembly repealed the laws of exile of December 19, 1834 and October 15, 1910. In 1951 Duarte visited Portugal for the first time accompanied by his aunt the Infanta Filippa. In 1952 he moved to Portugal permanently with his parents and brothers. On May 13, 1995, Duarte married Isabel de Herédia, a Portuguese businesswoman. This was the first marriage of a member of the Portuguese royal family to take place in Portugal since the marriage of King Luís I in 1862. At the marriage were present representatives of most European royal houses.
Line of succession to the former Romania throne
Michael I, King of the Romanians, Prince of Hohenzollern (born October 25, 1921), reigned as King of the Romanians from July 20, 1927 to June 8, 1930, and again from September 6, 1940 until forced to abdicate by the Communists on December 30, 1947. A great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria and a third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, he is one of the last surviving heads of state from World War II, the other being Simeon II of Bulgaria. In
November 1947 Michael traveled to London for the wedding of the future Queen Elizabeth II, occasion during which he met Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma, who was to become his wife.
After his return to Romania, Michael was forced to abdicate, on December 30, 1947. The Communists announced the abolition of the monarchy and its replacement by a people’s republic and broadcasted the King’s pre-recorded radio proclamation of his own abdication. On January 3, 1948 Michael was forced to leave the country. In March 1948 he denounced his abdication as forced and illegal.
Line of succession to the former Bulgaria throne
Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria or Simeon of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born June 16, 1937) was head of state as the Tsar of Bulgaria, Tsar Simeon II, from 1943 to 1946. He served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 until August 2005. His legal name as a Bulgarian citizen, and the one he uses as a politician, is Simeon Borisov Sakskoburggotski. He is still mostly referred to as Tsar Simeon II, or simply “The King”.
Simeon II is one of the last living heads of state from the World War II era and he is also the only monarch in history who later became head of the government through land-slide victory in democratic nation-wide elections, after 55 years of exile imposed on his family by the communists. It was a first for Bulgaria, for Europe, and for the world. Simeon II is the only living person on Earth who still has, since he never abdicated, the title of Tsar (ancient Slavic modification of the Latin ‘Caesar’).
Line of succession to the former Japan throne
The Emperor of Japan is "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people" according to the 1947 Constitution of Japan, which dissolved the Empire of Japan when it was adopted by the Postwar Japanese government. He is a ceremonial figurehead under a form of constitutional monarchy and is head of the Japanese Imperial Family with functions as head of state.
The Emperor is called the Tennō (å) in Japanese, literally meaning "heavenly sovereign”. He is also referred to in English as the Mikado ( ) of Japan. Currently the Emperor of Japan is the only remaining monarch in the world reigning under the title of emperor.
The constitution provides for a parliamentary system of government and guarantees certain fundamental rights. Under its terms the Emperor of Japan is "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people" and exercises a purely ceremonial role without the possession of sovereignty.
List of Non-Reigning Monarchies (as per year 2012) A non-sovereign monarchy is one in which the head of the monarchical polity (whether a geographic territory or an ethnic group), and the polity itself, are subject to a temporal auth
ority higher than their own. The constituent states of the German Empire provide a historical example; a contemporary one is the Zulu King, whose power derives from the Constitution of South Africa. This does not purport to be an exhaustive list, but we trust that it is comprehensive. Dates, if listed, indicate the year in which the individual became claimant.
ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY COUNTRY
AFGHANISTAN: HM King Mohammed Zahir Shah* (1933- ) Heir: HRH Crown Prince Ahmed Shah Khan
ALBANIA: HM King Leka I (throne assumed in exile**) (1961-) died on November 30, 2011 Heir: HRH Crown Prince Leka II of Albania AUSTRIA: HIRH Archduke Otto (1922- July 14, 2011) Heir: HIRH Archduke Karl of Austria-Hungary
ASHANTI: HM Asantehene Osei Tutu II (1999- ) Ghana
BAVARIABAVARIA)
BRAZIL: HIRH Prince Dom Luiz de Orleans e Braganga -+ Heir: HIRH Prince Dom Bertrand de + Heir: HIRH Prince Dom Bertrand de Orleans e Braganga (brother) (Prince Pedro Carlos is genealogically senior but grandson of a prince who renounced his claims)
BUGANDA: HM Kabaka Mutebi II (III) (1969- )
BULGARIA: HM King Simeon II (1943(1943- )
Heir: HRH Crown Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, Prince of Tirnovo
BURUNDI: Princess Rose Paula Iribagiza Heir:Prunce Charles Muhirwa
CHINA (Ch'ing): Prince Yu Yan is recognized by some
EGYPT: HM King Ahmed Fouad II (1952- )
Heir: HRH Prince Muhammad Ali, Prince of Said
ETHIOPIA: HIM Emperor Amha Selassie I (throne assumed in exile) (1975- ) [deceased 1997...no formal succession announced]
Heir: HIH Crown Prince Zara Yakob of Ethiopia FRANCE (Empire): HIH Prince Jean Christophe Bonaparte (The Prince Napoleon) (1997- )
designated in his grandfather's will; disputed by his father Prince Charles Bonapart