Who is the heir to the Holy Roman Empire?

And didn't the Queen of Britain's ancestors buy the British throne?

Buy???

Haha

Well the last bloodline to byzantium was from Constantine and I don't think that his bloodline have survived especially after the ottos occupied Constantinople

They excluded the Catholic heir in favor of a distant cousin who was Anglican

The anglos just need a new lionheart

The current King of England is a German guy, Franz von Bayern

How is the current line illegitimate?

He isn't interested. He has no kids. But the next in line to take his place, is so trad he had groomsmen dressed in medieval armor at his wedding

Franz is also the heir to the HRE

yes

how is the current line to Britain illigitimate.

But it can get a bit confusing considering how they made Kings and emperors

Because it wasn't supposed to go to a cousin

The parliament basically ignored the rightful heir and declared their own king, a Protestant cousin

It would be something like if when Trump was elected, Congress ignored him and said Clinton was president

Our last king was from a germanic bloodline before we changed to "democracy"

Thankfully he was exiled for 40 years

That second cousin who took the throne was George I. Grandfather of George III of revolution infamy

To legitimize their heresy, they passed a law banning Catholics from being king

@Deleted User When they passed that law?

1701

lol...

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It's still law

There was a brief discussion of repeal and what effect it would have on the monarchy, and the C of E

A country that prospered from Catholic rulers and they banned them'

wtf

Because by law, the monarch is the pope of the Anglican Communion

He appoints the bishops, who hold seats in the House of Lords due to their position

If a Catholic were to hold that position, then he becomes head of the Anglican Communion and unless he declares himself a schismatic, it means they would then reunite with Rome

Wait, England is protestant?

That would take the right to appoint bishops away from the throne and put it in the hands of the Catholic Pope

Well, after the schism the Pope had power over other catholic churches as it was one of the pentarchies so it was only logical for that to happened

happen*

If Louis takes his rightful place then we might see this happen one day. But without Monarchist France it won't happen.

The thing is, the pentarchy needs to reunite

Louis is also heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. And we know where that is. You mentioned before an Orthodox priest who said something about Israel collapsing

Israel will NEVER voluntarily give their land over to France

He didn't say that Israel will collapse