Poor Gustav has made his choice for now and seems to be happy with it. Had he wanted a family of his own he could have split from Carina and searched for a wife fitting the stipulations of his grandfather's will. There are plenty of ladies who would have been acceptable and I'm sure several of them might have been a good love match with Gustav as well. He chose differently and knew the consequences of his choice.

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: In such case, we would have the Bavarian
: scenery again.
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: Pr.Robin had the capacity to understand that
: by making an unequal marriage, he opted for
: stepping out of the succession line.
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: Now, if his nephew demorganizes the SWB
: unequal marriages, he will be
: "rewarded" , and the next in line
: who fitted the bill will be kicked out in
: favour of him.
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: "Crime pays"
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: Only for poor Gustav there seems to be no
: solution .
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: Gustav has every right to state that mister
: Robin Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
: made an equal marriage to miss Birgitta af
: Klercker in 1970. Im assuming that Gustav as
: the new Head of the Dynasty will see the
: marriages of his uncle and cousin as fitting
: and keep them in line of succession.
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: AFAIK Robin's wedding was not equal, so,
: though he may be the next male in-line after
: Gutav, he is not eligible for succeeding.
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: The next in-line would be Pr.Bernhardt
: v.Sayn.Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, provided his
: wedding with a Grafin von Podewils-Dürniz is
: deemed equal.
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: If not, the succession would fall on his
: cousin Ludwig-Ferdinand, married to Yvonne
: Grafin Wachtmeister af Johannishus, father
: of Carl-Albrecht , married to Camilla
: Schloesser Freiin Schenk von Stauffenberg
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: to the best of my knowledge it was Richard's
: father who left his estate to his unborn
: grandson with particular stipulations. After
: Gustav the next male in line would succeed.
: Robin's son Sebastian is married and has two
: sons Ferdinand and Philip. The Hohenstein
: branch follows them.
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: Eleonore, I will try to rephrase the
: question
: - why would a Prince of
: Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenburg change his name
: to S-W-Berleburg just because he inherits a
: castle? they are both members of the same
: family: the zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.
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: And your assumption that the headship and
: estate must be the same person - is already
: shown not to be true - as Prince Richard was
: the head and Prince Gustav the owner of the
: estate... at least this is what the media
: has always reported.
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