Ex Royal Dukes

Lea
6 min readFeb 9, 2023

The Titles Deprivation Act of 1917

King George V sweeping away the enemy royal dukes

The united European royal family envisioned by Prince Albert did not last long after Queen Victoria’s death. Albert had a plan that strategic marriage alliances with other Protestant courts would allow his children, who he had molded in his progressive image, to shape the courts of Europe and carry out his plan for harmony. His grandchildren sat on the thrones of the United Kingdom and Germany and…

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