Legal Bonaparte Succession to the British Throne

[Jammy]

In another thread on here it was said Victoria was thinking about marrying off Napoleon (Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph Bonaparte - to be precise ) to a relative.

What would happen if it happend?
- Any obvious changes?

And if you can, have the happily (or not) married couple gain the throne
- legally

[Grey Wolf]

Originally Posted by Jammy

In another thread on here it was said Victoria was thinking about marrying off Napoleon (Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph Bonaparte - to be precise ) to a relative.

What would happen if it happend?
- Any obvious changes?

And if you can, have the happily (or not) married couple gain the throne
- legally

Is this the Duc de Reichstadt aka Napoleon II ? I wonder which relative would be of the right age for him... If Victoria is thinking of doing it then he's in his late 20s-early 30s...? The only problem then is that he's dead... (died 1832)

Hmmm.... so clearly he's someone else ? Er, who ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

[Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy]

Originally Posted by Grey Wolf

Is this the Duc de Reichstadt aka Napoleon II ? I wonder which relative would be of the right age for him... If Victoria is thinking of doing it then he's in his late 20s-early 30s...? The only problem then is that he's dead... (died 1832)

Hmmm.... so clearly he's someone else ? Er, who ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

The Prince Imperial, Napoleon III's son.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally Posted by VoCSe

The Prince Imperial, Napoleon III's son.

Oh and doh! Sorry I was thinking in completely the wrong period

OK, so if he is to have any chance of succession his children would need to be brought up as Protestant - it is not actually necessary for him to convert from Catholicism, tho' failure to do so will render his wife unable to accede to the throne. But the children are not excluded by the exclusion of the parents, so as long as they are brought up in the Anglican faith then they can succeed

Grey Wolf

[The Ubbergeek]

Had the german noble who started the current dynasty coverted to ANglicanism, or the local (Lutherianism?) protestanism was okay?

[Grey Wolf]

Originally Posted by The Ubbergeek

Had the german noble who started the current dynasty coverted to ANglicanism, or the local (Lutherianism?) protestanism was okay?

Any Protestantism is OK, its just that once you become the royal family its expected you'd bring your children up as Anglican, but it was pretty much interchangeable. It was also OK to marry a Russian Orthodox, as Victoria's son the Duke of Edinburgh did without any damage to his standing in the line of succession

Best Regards
Grey Wolf