Royal Heirs: Succession and the Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Europe

365 Pages·2023·6.612 MB·English

by  Frank Lorenz Müller

Royal Heirs
Againsttheodds,monarchiesflourishedinnineteenth-centuryEurope.
In an era marked by dramatic change and revolutionary upheaval,
Europe’smonarchiesexperiencedanunexpectedlateflowering.Royal
Heirs focuses on the roles and personalities of the heirs to the throne
from more than a dozen different dynasties that ruled the continent
between the French Revolution and the end of the First World War.
Thebookexploreshowtheseindividualscontributedtotheremarkable
survival of the crowns they were born to wear. Constitutions, family
relationships,education,politics,themedia,theneedtogenerate‘soft
power’andthemilitarisationofmonarchyallshapedthelivesofprinces
andprincesseswhiletheywereplayingtheirparttoembodyandsecure
the future of monarchy. Ranging from Norway to Spain and from
Greece to Britain, Royal Heirs not only paints a vivid picture of
a monarchical age, but also explores how such disparate monarchies
succeededinadaptingtochangeanddefendingtheirposition.
FrankLorenzMüllerisProfessorofModernHistoryattheUniversityof
StAndrews.Between2012and2017,heledamajorresearchprojecton
the role of heirs in nineteenth-century monarchies. His publications
include Britain and the German Question (2002), Our Fritz: Emperor
FrederickIIIandthePoliticalCultureofImperialGermany(2011)and,as
co-editor, Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century
Europe(2016).Heisfounder-editorofthePalgraveStudiesinModern
Monarchy.
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Royal Heirs
Succession and the Future of Monarchy
in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Frank Lorenz Müller
UniversityofStAndrews
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Rona Johnston
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Contents
ListofFigures pageviii
AcknowledgementsfortheGermanEdition(2019) x
AcknowledgementsfortheEnglishTranslation(2022) xii
Introduction 1
1 ‘PledgeofaBlessedFuture’?
RoyalHeirsintheNineteenthCentury 11
2 ‘AndThisComedyThatIHavetoPerformbeforethe
World’
RoyalHeirsasSonsandHusbands 52
3 ‘TheAffairofHisPeople’
TheEducationofRoyalHeirsintheNineteenthCentury 109
4 ‘MakingthePrincessKnownandSecuringFriendsfor
AfterTimes’
RoyalHeirsinPolitics,PressandthePublicSphere 176
5 ‘FromMyEarliestYouththeArmyHasBeenMyAbsolute
Love’
RoyalHeirsandtheMilitarisationoftheMonarchy 239
Conclusion 307
Appendix:ListofRulersandHeirs 319
Bibliography 323
Index 346
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Figures
1. ‘TheEmperor’sPride–TheHopeofHisPeoples’(1858). page7
2. MedalstrucktomarktheanniversaryoftheBavarian
constitution(1819). 26
3. Jean-LéonGérôme,TheReceptionofSiameseAmbassadorsby
EmperorNapoleonIII(1808–73)atthePalaceofFontainebleau,
27June1861. 46
4. MaxBeerbohm’scartoon‘Therare,theratherawfulvisitsof
AlbertEdward,PrinceofWales,toWindsorCastle’(1921). 62
5. Themonarchyas‘Society’sIdol1841–1891’(1891). 69
6. ‘CrownPrinceRudolfPresentsHisFatherwiththeFirst
VolumeofHisEncyclopaediaoftheHabsburgEmpire’
(1885). 77
7. ‘PrinceUmberto,LaterKingUmbertoIofItaly,withHis
BrideMargheritaofSavoy–Genoa’(1868). 87
8. ‘PrincessAnnaPiaMonica’(1911). 104
9. HenryTamworthWells,VictoriaRegina(1887). 128
10. ‘PrincesEddyandGeorgeasCadetsontheBritishWarship
HMSBacchante’(1881). 141
11. ‘PrinceWilhelm,LaterGermanEmperorWilhelmII,as
aSchoolboyinKassel’(1874). 164
12. CrownPrinceWilhelmwearingthecoloursofthe‘Corps
Borussia’atBonnUniversity(1901). 172
13. AcartooninMunich’sVolkszeitungshowingPrinceLudwigas
theslayerofthePrussiandragon(1896). 191
14. JoséRibellesyHelip,AllegoryofSpainwithQueenMaría
CristinaandIsabellaII(1833). 212
15. WilliamJamesWard,QueenVictoriaasaPrincess(1825). 213
16. ‘FourGenerationsoftheBavarianRoyalHouse’(1905). 216
17. ‘TheArrivaloftheNorwegianKingHaakonVIwithHisSon
Olav’(1905). 218
18. ‘PrincessAlexandra,LaterQueenAlexandra,withHer
DaughterPrincessLouise’(1866). 219
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ListofFigures ix
19. ‘ArchdukeFranzFerdinandonHisWorldTour’(1893). 223
20. MaxKoner,EmperorWilhelmII(1890). 240
21. FerdinandGeorgWaldmüller,PortraitoftheLaterEmperor
FranzJosefIofAustria(1830–1916)asaGrenadierwithToy
Soldiers(1832). 254
22. ‘AlfonsoXIIIasaYouth’(undated). 258
23. ÉmileJeanHoraceVernet,TheDukeofChartresonHorseback
(1832). 263
24. OlafGulbransson,ImperialManoeuvres(1911),in
Simplicissimus. 267
25. ‘ThePrinceofWalesasaSoldierintheFirstWorldWar’
(1914). 279
26. ‘OurCrownPrinceatWar’(undated). 288
27. ‘CrownPrinceRupprecht’(undated). 299
28. ‘TheUnveilingoftheCenotaphinLondon
(11November1920)’(1920). 305
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