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If the Wittelsbachs pressed their claims on the Greek throne harder, the situation would be comparable to that of France, where you have rival claimants representing different factions, where the headship of any given one is undisputed, but there is nevertheless an overall dispute in the succession. As for Spain: it's an enthroned dynasty, where nobody has any business in disputing the succession. His Majesty King Felipe V is a reigning monarch -- not just a pretender. It would be like the Duke of Bavaria protesting the 1701 Act of Settlement and trying to claim the British throne as king. Previous Message
France : Jean d'Orléans, count of Paris and Luis Alfonso de Bourbon, duke d'Anjou, not to mention the Bonapartist pretendant Jean-Christophe.
Spain: Years ago, the Carlist pretendant Pr.Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma extended a branch of olive tree and tried an agreement with King Juan Carlos.
IIRC he even "pushed" his younger daughter Maria Carolina as a prospective bride to the then single PoA.
Naturally Juan Carlos and the spanish Bourbons were firmly sitting on the Madrid throne and nothing came out of it.
After Pr. Carlos-Hugo death, his son Carlos made a proclamation where he considered himself the heir of the Carlist movement and iirc the heir to the spanish throne.
Roumania: Paul Lambrino always considered himself (without any success) the heir to the roumanian crown as descendant of King Carol II's eldest son.
His dubious activities won't contribute to gain him much support.
Last time I heard of him (through Marlene Koenig's Royal Musings) he had been arrested. Don't know what's his present situation.
I guess Pss Margarita doesn't need to worry abot him.
But she would need to worry about her successor and make peace with her nephew Nicholas. Previous Message
Which non-reigning European dynasties have this? The top examples coming to my mind are imperial Russia (house of Romanov), imperial Brazil (house of Orléans-Braganza), royal Two Sicilies (house of Bourbon), royal Italy (house of Savoy), and royal Saxony (house of Wettin).
Are there others? Perhaps involving smaller dynasties?
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