Monarchy and Exile : The Politics of Legitimacy From Marie De Médicis to Wilhelm II

Using detailed studies of fifteen exiled royal figures, the role of Exile in European Society and in the evolution of national cultures is examined. From the Jacobite court to the exiled Kings' of Hanover, the book provides an alternative history of monarchical power from the 16th to 20th century. Looking at fifteen different royal figures who went into exile, this volume discusses the role of exiled monarchs in domestic politics, in the state system in Europe and in the dynastic networks which transcended national frontiers. From the Jacobite diaspora and the French royalist emigres, to the German monarchists who hoped to install the Bavarian Crown Prince as German Emperor after the First World War, the absent monarch remained a focus of opposition, loyalism and patriotism. For the first time, monarchical exile is understood as a socio-political constellation that transformed society and not as personal fate or failure without further historical relevance Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction: Monarchical Exile....Pages 1-13 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 A Queen Mother in Exile: Marie De Médicis in the Spanish Netherlands and England, 1631–41....Pages 17-43 Gender, Exile and The Hague Courts of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Mary, Princess of Orange in the 1650s....Pages 44-65 A Life in Exile: Charles VI (1685–1740) between Spain and Austria....Pages 66-90 Emigré or Exile? Francis Rákóczi II and His Exile in France and Turkey....Pages 91-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 ‘The Shadow of a King?’ Aspects of the Exile of King Charles II....Pages 105-119 Exile or Homecoming? Henrietta Maria in France, 1644–69....Pages 120-143 Monarchy and Exile: The Political Activities of an Exiled Royal Court and the Role Played by Its Irish Courtiers....Pages 144-164 The Extended Exile of James III....Pages 165-177 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 From Exile to the Throne: The Europeanization of Louis XVIII....Pages 181-213 Napoleon on Elba: An Exile of Consent....Pages 214-229 The Politics of Waiting: The Imperial Couple, Napoleon III and Eugénie....Pages 230-250 Front Matter....Pages 251-251 The Bourbons of Naples in Exile....Pages 253-278 ‘To My Loyal Saxons!’ King Johann in Exile, 1866....Pages 279-304 Hanoverian Exile and Prussian Governance: King George V of Hanover and His Successor in Austria, 1866–1913....Pages 305-334 The Unicorn in Winter: Kaiser Wilhelm II in Exile in the Netherlands, 1918–1941....Pages 337-351 Back Matter....Pages 353-361 "Looking at fifteen different royal figures who went into exile, this volume discusses the role of exiled monarchs in domestic politics, in the state system in Europe and in the dynastic networks which transcended national frontiers. From the Jacobite diaspora and the French royalist émigrés, to the German monarchists who hoped to install the Bavarian Crown Prince as German Emperor after the First World War, the absent monarch remained a focus of opposition, loyalism and patriotism. For the first time, monarchical exile is understood as a socio-political constellation that transformed society and not as personal fate or failure without further historical relevance."--Provided by publisher