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Belisarius
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Topic: Title Holders Posted: 01-Jul-2005 at 01:08 |
Otto von Hapsburg, still kicking after 93 years, holds the rights to
the Byzantine throne. How does the Greek government regard him, if at
all? For that matter, the same question goes for the supposed
descendants of the Comneni.
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Posted: 01-Jul-2005 at 04:12 |
Well the Habsburgs returned to Hungary after 1990. So they are here if something happens and we would need a king. They are here and they are waiting.
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Posted: 01-Jul-2005 at 09:34 |
Since there is no Byzantine throne or empire,he is nothing more than a simple foreigner.The same for all the descedants,if they really exist of the Komnenoi.We have democracy now.
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Posted: 01-Jul-2005 at 15:04 |
Has there ever been a monachist revolution?
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Posted: 02-Jul-2005 at 00:16 |
I should have put this in Historical Amusement...
Say that the Balkan peninsula is reorganized into a sort of
Neo-Byzantine Empire (yes, I am aware of the extreme impossibility),
would a Balkan native be put on the throne, or would these foreigners
be accepted? Speaking of which, the supposed descendants of the Comneni
are not entirely foreign. They are Spaniard/Greek, I believe.
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Posted: 02-Jul-2005 at 07:26 |
Originally posted by Cywr
Has there ever been a monachist revolution? |
1660 in England? Perhaps a restoration, but surely also a revolution?
1688 in England and 1830 in France? Replaced one monarch with another more constitutional, but still a monarchist revolution no? (In England it's referred to as the 'Glorious Revolution'.
Augustus' replacement of the Roman republic, de facto if not de jure?
Among the Greek city-states I think you'll find examples.
Generally speaking though it does seem that once you're unfortunate enough to lose your monarchy, it's very difficult to get one back again.
(In 1957 John Steinbeck wrote a very funny book 'The Short Reign of Pippin IV' about a restoration of the Merovingians in France in the mid-fifties.)
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Posted: 02-Jul-2005 at 15:28 |
Originally posted by Belisarius
I should have put this in Historical Amusement...
Say that the Balkan peninsula is reorganized into a sort of
Neo-Byzantine Empire (yes, I am aware of the extreme impossibility),
would a Balkan native be put on the throne, or would these foreigners
be accepted? Speaking of which, the supposed descendants of the Comneni
are not entirely foreign. They are Spaniard/Greek, I believe.
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I think " supposed" is the operative term here.
They have about much right to the Byzantine throne as I have.
On second thoughts, now that I have found out that there was a German Byzantine Emperor, maybe I should start digging around in my forefathers past. You'll never know!
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Posted: 03-Jul-2005 at 01:02 |
Eh... they might not accept you, Komnenos. Are you not Catholic?
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Posted: 03-Jul-2005 at 01:27 |
Originally posted by Belisarius
Eh... they might not accept you, Komnenos. Are you not Catholic?
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I was baptised a Catholic, but I could always convert to Greek Orthodoxy.
One should make sacrifices for the good of the people!
Georgios I Komnenos, sounds good to me!
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Posted: 03-Jul-2005 at 07:47 |
Originally posted by Komnenos
Originally posted by Belisarius
Eh... they might not accept you, Komnenos. Are you not Catholic?
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I was baptised a Catholic, but I could always convert to Greek Orthodoxy. One should make sacrifices for the good of the people! Georgios I Komnenos, sounds good to me! |
Admirable. In the best tradition of noblesse oblige, and a monarch's readiness to serve his subjects.
And 'Paris vaut bien une messe'.
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