Would they be "de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha" ?
Should Pr.Alexandre have had issue, what would be their surname ? Could it have been "de Réthy" ?
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: Only great grandchildren are not any longer
: princes of Belgium, ggrandchildren are.. see
: arrete royale 2015
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: I think Dan was correct. It's about the
: surname and not about titles.
: That does not mean that in time Belgium will
: follow the Luxembourg example where the
: national princely title is only for children
: of the main line and grandchildren of the
: main line will have to settle for HRH
: prince(ss) of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha,
: Duke/Duchess of Saxony. However that was not
: yet decreed.
: So the grandchildren of the sovereign
: through his younger children will at present
: have the style of HRH prince(ss) of Belgium
: but the surname of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha .
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: other questions: often one hears that only
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: Duchess of Brabant can transmit the title
: Prince/ess on Belgium, but not her siblings.
: I do not really understand this statement:
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: The 2015 arête royal states that the
: children and grandchildren of the monarch
: will be prince/ess of Belgium... In my
: understanding the offspring of the younger
: siblings o f the Princess Elisabeth will be
: Prince/ess as they are grandchildren of King
: Philippe. However, their children will not
: be longer prince/ess as they are
: great-grandchildren of King Philippe. They
: may have now either the name de
: Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha or the title
: prince/ess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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: The only great-grand children of King
: Philippe who will carry the title Prince/ess
: of Belgium will be the grandchildren of
: Princess Elisabeth.
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: to my knowledge discontinued the use
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: So far, I have not seen the offical decree,
: but it sounds like they are only adopting
: the surname "de Saxe-Cobourg" and
: not the titles which they relinquished in
: WWI. I would think to re-assume the titles,
: they would need the permission of the head
: of the Ducal House of SC&G.
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: Were titles actually relinquished (according
: to the last laws of the house of Saxe-Coburg
: and Gotha, etc) or were their *use* merely
: discontinued? An important distinction!
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