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One may draw from the study of history the
lesson that the age of princes is over. . . . For two hundred years we
have been watching the decomposition of this system. The princely
houses have retained nothing but their pretensions. With these they
traffic, and by these they live. . . . If one day we had time to waste,
it would be a curious study, that of these princely families, to see how
they maintained themselves in power, despite their internal struggles.
Their wars always had the most exalted motives. In reality, it was
always a question of odd patches of land, whose possession was bitterly
disputed. How much Europe has had to suffer, for eight hundred years,
from these practices – and, especially and above all, Germany!
– Adolf Hitler
Judging from personal experience I believe
the revolution of November 9, 1918, was . . . a revolution of hunger, caused
by the desperate desire of the people for peace at any price. . . . The
great majority of the people had no particular grudge against the German
dynasties. If they had, they would not have restored to their former
ruling houses so large a portion of their properties after a nationwide
plebiscite. . . . If federalization is to be a constructive element in
the future development of Europe and not merely a disguised method for
keeping Germany as disunited as possible, the historical development of
the country should not be overlooked and sacrificed to arbitrary measures
conceived as a result of momentary emergencies and tendencies.
– Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
BY THE TIME OF
WORLD
WAR
II,
was the age of princes over? As my contribution to debate over that
question, this site is intended to give an account of European royalty during
the war. In order to avoid the pitfalls of hindsight, the site includes
only information current as of 1945. My wish is to capture the
personalities, circumstances, and genealogies of the royal houses of Europe
during a particular moment in their history. The moment that I have
chosen is, in my opinion, an inherently interesting one. The period of
World War II was an extremely significant time for virtually every European
royal house. The reigns of King George VI of Great Britain and Ireland,
King Leopold III of the Belgians, and King Gustaf V of Sweden are universally
acknowledged as particularly salient in the histories of their respective
countries' monarchies. The war years were obviously significant in the
history of the Balkan, Italian, and Hungarian monarchies -- since in the
aftermath of the war all were toppled as a result of communist agitation (with
the lone exception of Greece, where the monarchy only just barely survived the
communist onslaught). But the war years were also a time when several
former monarchies almost made a comeback. Interestingly, the anti-Nazi
underground movements in Germany and Austria were predominantly monarchist in
outlook. The royal houses of Bavaria, Prussia, and Austria came very
close to being restored to their thrones as alternatives to the Nazi
regime. Such restoration plans ought not to be dismissed lightly,
especially in light of the contribution of the many reigning monarchs who
provided an important psychological boost to the Allied war effort by their
courageous example of resistance to Nazi Germany -- such as King Christian X
of Denmark, King Petar II of Yugoslavia, King Haakon VII of Norway, and Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The role of Europe's royal houses in the
history of World War II is therefore important and, at the same time, often
underestimated -- as is the role of World War II in the history of Europe's
royal houses. At this site, I hope to explore this intersection of
dynastic, military, and political history by purposefully freezing time in the
crucial period between 1939 and 1945.
Albania
(Savoy)
