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Royal Heirs in Imperial Germany

The Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg

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Authors:
  1. Frank Lorenz Müller

    1. University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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  • Explores the lives and roles of the last three princes to inherit the crowns of the kingdoms of Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg.
  • Examines their experiences and plans as royal heirs in the early twentieth-century.
  • Argues that the future of Germany’s monarchies was not inevitably as bleak as is suggested by their collective demise in 1918.

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy (PSMM)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Frank Lorenz Müller
    Pages 1-20

  3. Symptoms of the “Unnaturalness of an Institution”?

    • Frank Lorenz Müller
    Pages 21-73

  4. “The Love of the People … Needs to be Acquired”

    • Frank Lorenz Müller
    Pages 75-120

  5. “I and My House Feel at One with My People!”

    • Frank Lorenz Müller
    Pages 121-155

  6. “We Do Not Want to be Regarded as Lesser Brothers”

    • Frank Lorenz Müller
    Pages 157-192

  7. “My Government Will …”

    • Frank Lorenz Müller
    Pages 193-221

  8. Conclusion

    • Frank Lorenz Müller
    Pages 223-232

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 233-257
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About this book

This book explores the development and viability of Germany’s sub-national monarchies in the decades before their sudden demise in 1918. It does so by focusing on the men who turned out to be the last ones to inherit the crowns of the country’s three smaller kingdoms: Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Prince Friedrich August of Saxony and Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg. Imperial Germany was not a monolithic block, but a motley federation of more than twenty allied regional monarchies, headed by the Kaiser. When the German Reich became a republic at the end of the First World War, all of these kings, grand dukes, dukes and princes were swept away within a fortnight. By examining the lives, experiences and functions of these three men as heirs to the throne during the decades when they prepared themselves for their predestined role as king, this study investigates what the future of the German model of constitutional monarchy looked like before it was so abruptly discarded.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

    Frank Lorenz Müller

About the author

Frank Lorenz Müller teaches Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He works on nineteenth-century European history and specializes in the history of monarchy. In 2011 he published Our Fritz: Emperor Frederick III and the Political Culture of Imperial Germany. Together with Heidi Mehrkens he has edited Sons and Heirs: Succession and Political Culture in Nineteenth-Century Europe (2015) as well as Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe (2017).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Royal Heirs in Imperial Germany

  • Book Subtitle: The Future of Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg

  • Authors: Frank Lorenz Müller

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55127-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55126-9Published: 03 April 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55127-6Published: 24 March 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2947-5864

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-5872

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 257

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Germany and Central Europe

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