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Unrelated to the genealogy; but at what point does it become ridiculous to claim yourself a prince? With over a century of no power for the family and no obviou
by tokai 4y ago
Unrelated to the genealogy; but at what point does it become ridiculous to claim yourself a prince? With over a century of no power for the family and no obvious way back to it as the kingdom is well dissolved, it feels like dress-up to style yourself a prince.
- shever73 4y agoI don’t want to cast doubt on his claims either, but I was unable to find anyone with the surname Kopaliani in any of the main or cadet branches of the house of Bagrationi.
- goethes_kind 4y agoHe is still part of the special club that we are not invited to. Among people with current or former titles, titles still matter.
- shaftoe 4y agoIs this like people who wear $500 jeans? Only they can tell the difference.
- sct202 4y agoVery quickly, considering the monarchs of Denmark and Sweden removed titles from grand children of the reigning monarchs, and the British are reportedly considering the same.
- dangerbird2 4y agoMaybe ridiculous, but not totally unprecedented. Aga Khan IV is generally considered to be royalty despite the fact that his family hasn't held secular power (outside of the occasional governorship) since [1095](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizar_ibn_al-Mustansir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizar_ibn_al-Mustansir). Of course, they held religious leadership as Imams of the Nizari branch of Islam.