Re: Queen Beatrix is abdicating
Posted: 05 Feb 2013, 11:02
I was aware the Kings of Prussia and (later) German Emperors used the style 'Prince of Orange'
by agreement with the House of Orange-Nassau and owing to the fact that they were the senior-line descendents of the earlier Princes of Orange (but not agnatic descendents), and indeed they incorporated the arms of the Sovereign Principality (which had but now however been annexed to France) into the Greater version of their arms, but as far as I am aware the only title the current Head of the House of Hohenzollern uses is ' (Name), Prince of Prussia', all the other male members using the title ' Prince (Name) of Prussia' and all the female are ' Princess (Name) of Prussia's, and this has been the case since the grandfather of the current head, Georg Friedrich, became Head of the House. (the predecessors of the said grandfather, ex-kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, used the titles they had used whilst the German Empire was still in existence, as they were entitled to by courtesy.)
by agreement with the House of Orange-Nassau and owing to the fact that they were the senior-line descendents of the earlier Princes of Orange (but not agnatic descendents), and indeed they incorporated the arms of the Sovereign Principality (which had but now however been annexed to France) into the Greater version of their arms, but as far as I am aware the only title the current Head of the House of Hohenzollern uses is ' (Name), Prince of Prussia', all the other male members using the title ' Prince (Name) of Prussia' and all the female are ' Princess (Name) of Prussia's, and this has been the case since the grandfather of the current head, Georg Friedrich, became Head of the House. (the predecessors of the said grandfather, ex-kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, used the titles they had used whilst the German Empire was still in existence, as they were entitled to by courtesy.)