Also king of Sardinia, Cyprus, Jerusalém, Armênia, duke of Savoy, count of Maurienne, marquis (from Sacro Holy Empire) in Italy; Prínce pf Piemonte, Carignano, Oneglia, Poirino, Trino; prince of Carmagnola, Montmelliano, Arbin and Francin, prince bailliff of the Duchy of Aosta, prince of Chieri, Dronero, Crescentino, Riva di Chieri and Banna, Busca, Bene, Brà, duke of Gênoa, Monferrat, Aosta, Chablais, Genevois, Marquis of Saluzzo (Saluces), Ivrea, Susa, de Maro, Oristano, Cesana, Savona, Tarantasia, Borgomanero and Cureggio, Caselle, Rivoli, Pianezza, Govone, Salussola, Racconigi, Tegerone, Migliabruna and Motturone, Cavallermaggiore, Marene, Modane e Lanslebourg, Livorno Ferraris, Santhià Agliè, Centallo and Demonte, Desana, Ghemme, Vigone, Count of Barcaça, Villafranca, Ginevra, Nizza, Tenda, Romont, Asti, Alessandria, del Goceano, Novara, Tortona, Bobbio , Soissons, Sant'Antioco, Pollenzo, Roccabruna, Tricerro, Bairo, Ozegna, de Apertole, Baron of Vaud and Faucigny, Lord of Vercelli, Pinerolo, Lomellina, de Valle Sesia, de Ceva Marquisate, Lord of Monaco (???), Roccabruna and Menton, noble patrician of Venice and Ferrara. Uff
And of course the Habsburg rules in Vienna.
The were generally Imperial majesties as either Holy Roman Emperor or Emperor of Austria and at the same time King of Hungary, Bohemia and/or a list of other realms.
K und K Monarchie is an expression used in German meaning Kaiserlich und Königlich { = Imperial and Royal}.The Habsburg tend to be the dynasty that used the style His/Her Imperial and Royal Highness for it's members.
Napoleon I is another example as Emperor of the French and King of Italy.
Queen Anna Pavlovna of the Netherlands was as a born Grand Duchess of Russia an Imperial highness and remained rather Imperial throughout her life even in the much more bourgeois country of her marriage.
Since 1800, several European monarchs served both as royal majesties as well as imperial majesties. Several monarchs of Britain come mainly to mind, they being Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, and George VI. I believe that both German speaking Kaisers fit in to this category as well. Did the royals of Portugal have this distinction briefly? Were there others?
Peter I of Brazil bestowed the courtesy title of Emperor of Brazil upon his father John VI of Portugal, whom he had deposed there, so father and then later son (briefly) were both Imperial and Royal Majesty .
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