Who of Royal Blood for William?

[alshainofthenorth]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "pengolodh_sc"
<pengolodh_sc at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter, "Shaun Hately" wrote:
> > On 1 Nov 2003 at 7:22, Steve wrote:
> > 
> > > Just out of curiousity, is the anyone of true Royal blood
> > > anywhere in Europe who might be a likely wife for Prince
> > > William? Like maybe a Swedish princess? Say any royal female
> > > from 5 years younger to 10 years older that Prince William.
> > 
> > I'm unsure - I know the British Royal family well, but am not
> > that good on the rest of Europe. Personally though, I think the
> > question is moot. I doubt William is going to marry in the near
> > future, and I think it most likely his future wife will not be
> > of Royal background. He is not going to have the same pressure
> > preceding generations of royalty have had (although there are
> > people who would definitely be delighted if he happened to marry
> > someone like that).
> 
> Of course, Charles didn't marry anyone Royal either - the late 
> Princess of Wales was a daughter of the late Earl of Althorpe (though 
> it should be mentioned that the Spencers are a very old family, and 
> apparently look down on the Windsor-family as being upstarts).
> 
> As for suitable matches for Prince William, Norway has none (Princess 
> Märtha Louise is over 30, and already married), Denmark has none, 
> while Sweden has two - HRH Crown Princess Victoria (but she's a very 
> unlikely match - she is to become Queen of Sweden, and there may even 
> be Swedish constitutional limits on whether she can marry an heir to 
> another nation's throne, and remain Swedish heir apparent), and HRH 
> Princess Madeleine.

As a suggestion for further studies, may I recommend the FAQ's of
alt.talk.royalty, at http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/atrfaq.htm and
http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/britfaq.html (The British Royal House)? 

There are a few younger Princesses of the Spanish and Belgian Royal
Houses, grandchildren of the current monarchs, who would qualify, but
I hardly think they'll come into question. Royal marriages have indeed
become much more democratic during the last decades (though I've only
kept up with the closest monarchies), as there are other ways to form
alliances between states these days than by forcing two youngsters to
marry because of politics. (When Queen Victoria conducted politics by
marrying off her children, hemophilia spread to a lot of Royal Houses
on the Continent, so it can be rather risky as well...)

The Swedish Order of Succession Act states that no Prince or Princess
of Sweden shall become a regent of another state (through marriage,
among other things) unless the King and Parliament agrees. That's the
only limitation I've found, so Crown Princess Victoria *might
technically* be able to become Queen Consort of another country as
well as be Ruling Queen of Sweden. It would be rather inconvenient,
however. 

BTW, I believe Crown Princess Victoria is a fifth-degree descendant of
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, through her great-great-grandmother
Princess Margaret, and something like fifth cousin once removed to
Princes William and Harry. You know these pureblood families... :-)

Speaking of marriages, the Princes and Princesses of Sweden are
supposed to have presumtive marriage partners approved by the
Government or be excluded from the order of succession. Are there
similar rules in Britain or is the only requirement that you marry
someone not a Roman Catholic? 

<snip>

> Outside of Europe, one finds several other monarchies.  Lesotho and 
> Swaziland are both monarchies, AFAIK, and there are recognised petty 
> kingdoms within some other African states. 

Not just petty kingdoms -- Morocco is a monarchy as well. 

 Thailand is a monarchy on the 
> traditional model, as is Japan.

As a matter of fact, King Bhumibol is the longest ruling monarch in
the world (ascending the throne in 1946). People use to think that
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest ruling monarch in Europe, but Prince
Rainier III of Monaco outdoes her with three years (he ascended 1949).
 
Alshain
(what's a stalwart supporter of the republican form of government
doing in this thread anyway?)