Posted by Stefan on 23/1/2011, 13:20:08, in reply to "Re: Did the Prussians get any access to palaces similar to other houses..."
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They keeptCecilienhofCastle and OelsCVastlein Silesiaafter 1918 but both wherelost after 1945. When in 1965 Princess marei Cécilie married Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg reception was held at Charlottenburg Castle in Berlin.
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: The royals in Bavaria and Wurrtemburg
: especially appear to do well out of their
: respective states becoming republics, were
: the descendants of the Kaiser so lucky?
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: I don't think so. They held on to their
: considerable private fortune, but the
: palaces are all owned by the state. Of
: course, Prussia no longer exists, so there
: is no comparable entity to Bavaria or even
: the former principalities for them to be
: tied to (Brandenburg was part of East
: Germany, a regime not friendly to royalty,
: and Prussia's original capital, Konigsburg
: is not Kalinigrad in Russia).
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: Prince Georg Friedrich (interesting to note:
: On his website's English version he is
: called George Frederick) works with the
: Sigmaringin branch of the House of
: Hohenzollern to preserve the heritage of
: Burg Hohenzollern.
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