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  • 2 - ‘And This Comedy That I Have to Perform before the World’

  • Frank Lorenz Müller, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Book:
    Royal Heirs
    Published online:
    05 January 2023
    Print publication:
    12 January 2023, pp 52-108

  • Summary

    This chapter focuses on the crucial importance of familial relationships within the ruling dynasties – both in terms of securing a successful transition from one generation of rulers to the next and with regard to the individual wellbeing of the royal heirs. Two key relationships are identified and explored through selected case studies: the relationship between the monarch and his or her successor (through the prism of the relationships between Queen Victoria, Emperor Wilhelm I and Emperor Franz Joseph and their oldest sons) and the relationship between the royal heir and his wife – through an analysis of the marriages of Prince Umberto of Savoy, Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg and Prince Friedrich August of Saxony.