Grey Wolf
Donor
At the start of the 19th century the idea that if you have an empire, especially one encompassing multiple kingdoms, you should bear the title Emperor?
e.g. Britain is a multiple kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland, where Great Britain is a union of the kingdoms and Scotland and England, where in Henrician times England basically annexed Wales etc) and has large overseas colonies
Spain could look at itself similarly
The idea that Napoleon could be EMPEROR of France, relating it back to the Carolingians is so dubious as a legal title, that surely everyone else can look at it and think "Why not me?"
Spain, for example, one of the medieval Alphonsos actually styled himself Emperor of Spain because he had united briefly under his personal rule the kingdoms that would a few centuries later come to form Spain
Spain also rules Mexico, whose ruler was an emperor
Spain also was willed the succession to the Byzantine empire [sic] according to some accounts
Athelstan, King of England, called himself "Imperator" in the 9th century, surely no less a "legitimate" claim. This persisted on and off until the Norman Conquest
Not sure what other countries could have claimed it?
Denmark?- they have Norway, Iceland, Greenland, West African, Caribbean and Indian colonies at this time
Sweden? - they have Finland, Pomerania, but have lost most else
The Papacy?
Best Regards
Grey Wolf
e.g. Britain is a multiple kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland, where Great Britain is a union of the kingdoms and Scotland and England, where in Henrician times England basically annexed Wales etc) and has large overseas colonies
Spain could look at itself similarly
The idea that Napoleon could be EMPEROR of France, relating it back to the Carolingians is so dubious as a legal title, that surely everyone else can look at it and think "Why not me?"
Spain, for example, one of the medieval Alphonsos actually styled himself Emperor of Spain because he had united briefly under his personal rule the kingdoms that would a few centuries later come to form Spain
Spain also rules Mexico, whose ruler was an emperor
Spain also was willed the succession to the Byzantine empire [sic] according to some accounts
Athelstan, King of England, called himself "Imperator" in the 9th century, surely no less a "legitimate" claim. This persisted on and off until the Norman Conquest
Not sure what other countries could have claimed it?
Denmark?- they have Norway, Iceland, Greenland, West African, Caribbean and Indian colonies at this time
Sweden? - they have Finland, Pomerania, but have lost most else
The Papacy?
Best Regards
Grey Wolf