Posted by Dag T. Hoelseth
on 26/10/2009, 10:55:25, in reply to "Re: Papal Princes"
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: This is wrng in so many ways that there is not
: enough space to correct it. However, there
: are several points that should be made.
:
: First regarding Papal titles - before 1870
: Papal titles were all
: "territorial", with the exception
: of the rather strange Papal title of Conte
: Palatino (which gave the holder the title of
: Count followed by his family name). The
: Pope's did not before 1870 grant Princely
: titles on the name - so all those families
: listed here who had Princely titles were
: Princes of somewhere.
:
: After 1870 there were grants of titles of
: Prince, duke, (a few Marquesses) and Count,
: but these were on the name "Duke
: Stacpoole, "Countess Kennedy";
: etc, most were hereditary, a few not; all
: however could only pass to the issue born of
: legitimate, Catholic marriages.
Hmm? You mean, of the titles that were hereditary "all however could only pass to the issue born of legitimate, Catholic marriages"? Or do you man that titles that were given ad personam, such as the one to Rose Kennedy, could only be given if the person in question was born into a Catholic marriage (in other words, a convert could never become a papal count)?
DTH
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