Duke Albert Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

now you may or may not know that Queen Victoria's husband Albert the Prince Consort was younger brother to a Reigning Duke (Ernst II) who died childless in 1893, now under normal circumstances the oldest male in the male line would become the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in this case that would be Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VII), however the constitutions of two the duchies excluded the king and heir apparent of Great Britain from the ducal throne if other eligible male heirs existed and Albert Edward had renounced his claim to the throne in favour of his next brother, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. so Alfred became Duke in 1893. is there a way that Albert Edward could of became Duke as well as King? and what does that do to the UK to have a new Crown Union?
 
Either kill off Albert Edward's brothers , thus leaving (probably) no other eligible heirs (have to check for collaterals). Or simply the Duchy doesn't exclude him.

As far as UK goes, not really an issue. S-C-G is small, so it wouldn't be the problem that Hanovver was. Going to get a bit sticky come the Great War, though.
 

Susano

Banned
Either kill off Albert Edward's brothers , thus leaving (probably) no other eligible heirs (have to check for collaterals). Or simply the Duchy doesn't exclude him.
Its an Ernestine Duchy. Meaning there are always other eligible heirs ;) (i.e., if need be the sidelines of the Ernestine Wettins ruling the other Duchies)

As for not having such a law, well, I would imagine that the German government might have applied a bit of pressure in that regard if it hadnt already existed before...
 
Oh, Gawd, _them_. There were thousands of them. Shpould have realised from the triple barrelled name.

Presumably the law was passed when Albert married Victoria in 1838 (37 ?) . So, no German government then.
 
Oh, Gawd, _them_. There were thousands of them. Shpould have realised from the triple barrelled name.

Presumably the law was passed when Albert married Victoria in 1838 (37 ?) . So, no German government then.

they were married in 1840, and their first boy was born in 1841.
 
now you may or may not know that Queen Victoria's husband Albert the Prince Consort was younger brother to a Reigning Duke (Ernst II) who died childless in 1893, now under normal circumstances the oldest male in the male line would become the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in this case that would be Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VII), however the constitutions of two the duchies excluded the king and heir apparent of Great Britain from the ducal throne if other eligible male heirs existed and Albert Edward had renounced his claim to the throne in favour of his next brother, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. so Alfred became Duke in 1893. is there a way that Albert Edward could of became Duke as well as King? and what does that do to the UK to have a new Crown Union?
Well, of course, there wouldn't really BE a crown union, until the next generation, at least, as Albert would be Duke of SCG and Vicky Queen of Britain. And by that next generation, German Unification will surely have happened so the throne of SCG would be relatively meaningless.

Parliament would be more wary of Albert, but I don't really think much would change, actually.
 
Well, of course, there wouldn't really BE a crown union, until the next generation, at least, as Albert would be Duke of SCG and Vicky Queen of Britain. And by that next generation, German Unification will surely have happened so the throne of SCG would be relatively meaningless.

Parliament would be more wary of Albert, but I don't really think much would change, actually.

well there'd be 8 years where Albert Edward is Duke and not King, but from 1901 to 1910 he'll be King and Duke.
 

Susano

Banned
Oh, Gawd, _them_. There were thousands of them. Shpould have realised from the triple barrelled name.

Presumably the law was passed when Albert married Victoria in 1838 (37 ?) . So, no German government then.

Yeah, hence why I said: If it had not already existed, the German government might have pressured SGC to adopt such a law once it seems likely such a personal union might arise...
 
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