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Title Royal kinship : Anglo-German family networks, 1815-1918 / edited by Karina Urbach
Published München : Saur, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations
Series Prinz-Albert-Forschungen ; Bd. 4
Prinz-Albert-Forschungen ; Bd. 4.
Contents Frontmatter; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: Royal Kinship; One European Family?; Noble Siblings; Anglo-German Kinship Networks in 1832; The House of Hanover.; The Coburg Connection.; Marriage, Family and Nationality.; Anglo-German Family Networks before 1914.; The Hessens and the British Royals; Prince Louis of Battenberg:; Backmatter
Summary Whenever the British Press wants to attack the Royal Family, they make a jibe about a oetheir foreign rootsa . The Royalsa " as they saya " are simply a posh version of German invaders. But did German relatives really influence decisions made by any British monarchs or are they just an a oeimagined communitya, invented by journalists and historians? The Royal Archives at Windsor gave the authorsa " among others John RAhl, doyen of 19th century monarchical history a " open access to Royal correspondences with six German houses: Hanover, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Coburg, Hesse and Battenberg
Analysis 19th Century/Society, Economy
Genealogy
Gentry
German-British Relations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes In English
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Subject Hanover, House of -- Congresses
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of -- Congresses
SUBJECT Hanover, House of fast
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of fast
Subject Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- Congresses
HISTORY.
International relations
Kings and rulers
Marriages of royalty and nobility
SUBJECT Germany -- Relations -- Great Britain -- Congresses
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Congresses
Great Britain -- Relations -- Germany -- Congresses
Subject Germany
Great Britain
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Urbach, Karina.
ISBN 9783598441233
3598441231
3598230036
9783598230035