Royal Kinship: British-German Family Networks 1815-1918 (Prinz-albert-forschungen, 4)

Whenever the British Press wants to attack the Royal Family, they make a jibe about “their foreign roots”. The Royals– as they say– are simply a posh version of German invaders. But did German relatives really influence decisions made by any British monarchs or are they just an “imagined community”, invented by journalists and historians? The Royal Archives at Windsor gave the authors– among others John Röhl, doyen of 19th century monarchical history – open access to Royal correspondences with six German houses: Hanover, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Coburg, Hesse and Battenberg. Whenever the British Press wants to attack the Royal Family, they make a jibe about a oetheir foreign rootsa . The Royalsa " as they saya " are simply a posh version of German invaders. But did German relatives really influence decisions made by any British monarchs or are they just an a oeimagined communitya, invented by journalists and historians? The Royal Archives at Windsor gave the authorsa " among others John RAhl, doyen of 19th century monarchical history a " open access to Royal correspondences with six German houses: Hanover, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Coburg, Hesse and Battenberg Frontmatter ......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 List of Illustrations......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction: Royal Kinship......Page 14 One European Family?......Page 26 Noble Siblings......Page 36 Anglo-German Kinship Networks in 1832......Page 46 The House of Hanover.......Page 76 The Coburg Connection.......Page 98 Marriage, Family and Nationality.......Page 118 Anglo-German Family Networks before 1914.......Page 132 The Hessens and the British Royals......Page 148 Prince Louis of Battenberg:......Page 162 List of Contributors ......Page 176 Whenever the British Press wants to attack the Royal Family, they make a jibe about "their foreign roots". The Royal Archives at Windsor gave the authors- among others John Roehl, doyen of 19th century monarchical history - open access to Royal correspondences with six German houses: Hanover, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Coburg, Hesse and Battenberg. Edited By Karina Urbach. International Conference Proceedings. Includes Bibliographical References.