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New titles for the K. of Prussia from 1817
10 May 2006 00:02:43 -0700 alt.talk.royalty
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According to the site "Titles of European hereditary rulers"
were revised in 1817 to reflect the enormous territorial changes that were made in the post-Napoleonic settlement. Most of the titles make obvious sense in terms of former territories being reacquired (ie, Guelders, J=FClich, M=F6rs), newly annexed (eg, Westphalia, R=FCgen), or specially provided for by the Congress of Vienna (ie, Posen). The annexation of the northern half of the K. of Saxony also accounts for quite a few of the new titles (ie, Saxony, Thuringia, the Lusatias, Henneberg). However, what's puzzled me is the titles created for the new Rhineland territories; in particular the Gr. D. of the "Lower Rhine" ["Niederrhein"], and the D. of "Angaria" [German "Engern"]. Would these titles have represented specific territories? And did they have any constitutional significance? Also, had any title for "Angaria" previously existed? I'd never come across the name before! My guess is that, in crude terms, the titles were just catch-alls that were made up because they "sounded good", and existed merely as formal decoration; but I'd be grateful for an authoritative opinion. susuhanan...
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