In the Netherlands the dynastic name of the children of Wilhelmina and Hendrik was decided by law. A special law made that Juliana had the family-name of Orange-Nassau and the same law applied for her four daughters.
These days the family-name is stipulated in the special bill of consent that needs to pass the Estates-General for the dynast to remain in line of succession after marriage.
So Wilhelmina was the last of Orange-Nassau-Dietz but her daughter, granddaughters and some of their lines are of Orange-Nassau.
The family name of the children of the late prince Friso is Van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg.
The legal surname of the children of prince Maurits is Van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven and the name of the children of his younger brothers is Van Vollenhoven. The four sons of Princes Margriet themselves however are Of Orange-Nassau's.
Time and time again the Orange succession comes to the discussion.
For me, the house of Orange is extinct since the death of Q.Wilhelmina.
Genealogically speaking, Q.Juliana was a Mecklenburg, Q.Beatrix was a Lippe and K. Willem-Alexander is a von Amsberg, full stop.
By an artificial strategy, Willem III managed to maintain the name alive.
Opposite to the Habsburgs, who passed their heritage to the Lorraine via a woman, MT, the inclusion of the Orange title in the present dutch RF did not come via a woman, but via male succession, the last prince of Orange in his line René de Nassau-Chalon left it to his cousin William the Silent.
French titles use to abide to the salic law so I wonder if it was legitimate for Willem III to "unsalicize" the Orange succession, the same way he could NOT "unsalicize" the Nassau one.
Which would be the next line with a better claim to the Orange title if the salic law had been observed ?
The Nassaus ?
Was the Nassaus non-opposition to the prestigious Orange title succession (not speaking of the succession to the dutch throne) part of the bargain that allowed GDk Adolphe to succeed in Luxembourg ?
Assuming that the Spanish monarchy survives for many more years, what would be the royal family’s name once Leonor’s heir takes over? Would they change it to Leonor’s husband’s surname, or would they follow the Dutch, Austrian, and Russian examples and just continue with “Borbon”?
In the Austrian case, Maria Theresa’s father was the last male of the entire house so she was the natural heiress of the name, etc. Not as sure about Romanov, but the Dutch are heirs of Orange (not of Nassau). Leonor is not even close to being heiress of the house of Bourbon. There are over 100 males of that lineage, I think. If the Spanish want the Bourbons that badly she should marry one.
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