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The country of Hungary is currently decked in mourning for the death of their king last week, Ferenc V, who'd ruled in Hungary since just after the Anglo-German War ended in the late 1930s. One Hungarian newspaper called Ferenc "the unshifting rock in the sands of politics". And while it's...

The hero of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs at the dawn of the 18th century, once considered for the throne of Poland, and who died in exile in Turkey, married a cousin of the Empress Eleonore Magdalene, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Wanfried and had four children (three sons and a...

On looking at the family tree of the Palatinate for alternatives to the Hannovers (specifically I was trying to find a Catholic son to convert early and provide an interesting discussion for Parliament on whether he would count etc) I noticed Sophie's elder sister Henriette Marie married the...