Fenestella
Banned
Given the nature of expansion and annexation, could there be other norms as consolatory and practical as mediatization?
I mean - the ruling house of a previously independent territory gets to retain its princely status after the annexation (note: I'm not talking about ruler of some de facto or quasi autonomous territory here), members of such house can marry royalties free of morganatic impediment - can you really get a deal (note: as a norm, not some exceptions) better than that?
Were the Russian Empire and German Empire the top 2 with respect to the number of mediatized houses?
I mean - the ruling house of a previously independent territory gets to retain its princely status after the annexation (note: I'm not talking about ruler of some de facto or quasi autonomous territory here), members of such house can marry royalties free of morganatic impediment - can you really get a deal (note: as a norm, not some exceptions) better than that?
Were the Russian Empire and German Empire the top 2 with respect to the number of mediatized houses?