Talk:House of Mecklenburg

Are you kidding me?

I followed a link to this article from the article on the House of Orange-Nassau, more specifically the succession box in that article. The writer of this article (and the person who put House of Mecklenburg in that successor box) must have his own peculiar ideas about how royal houses ought to be named, but they don't jell with what is common practice. In any case, the current royal house that reigns over the Netherlands is not called the House of Mecklenburg, nor is it the House of Lippe-Biesterfeld, nor the House von Amsberg, which it arguably ought to be if we follow the reasoning which seems to be underlying these namings. In other words, this is completely ridiculous, but I have no desire to edit this stuff. Deleting would be better.--Ereunetes (talk) 19:39, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

So nothing was done for a year and a half. I can find no claim to the royal family from the House of Mecklenburg. The dates listed do place the royal family as members of the House of Lippe-Biesterfeld as per Prince Bernhard's heritage. However, I'm not certain that the Dutch care for such German hereditary measures. It seems that all members of the Dutch royal family are considered of the House of Orange-Nassau just as all members of the British royal family are now considered part of the House of Windsor. I'll remove the entry now, but would suggest that Ereunetes had done so in July of 2008. marnues (talk) 15:57, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Indeed, if you read Dutch law, the title Orange-Nassau is the primary title (and with that the house) of the current dynasty of Dutch monarchs. This title is inherited by the oldest child (regardless of gender). Juliana had the personal title duchess of Mecklenburg (which could not be inherited by Beatrix through the female line), but that has never been considered to be her "house". I removed these references to a house of Mecklenburg Dutch monarch, which was unsourced anyway. (if you want to reinstate, please provide reliable sources relevant under Dutch law). Arnoutf (talk) 14:11, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

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Titles Duke vs. Prince

All male and female members of the House of Mecklenburg have always held the title duke/duchess. I have explained why this is the case here: Talk:House of Oldenburg#Titles Duke vs. Prince in Germany. -- Equord (talk) 15:36, 3 January 2023 (UTC)