Royal Heirs in Imperial Germany

Frank Lorenz Müller teaches Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He works on nineteenth-century European history and specializes in the history of monarchy. In 2011 he published Our Fritz: Emperor Frederick III and the Political Culture of Imperial Germany. Together with Heidi Mehrkens he has edited Sons and Heirs: Succession and Political Culture in Nineteenth-Century Europe (2015) as well as Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe (2017).

• List of Illustrations.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Symptoms of the “unnaturalness of an institution”? Trials and tribulations on the way to the throne.- 3. “The love of the people … needs to be acquired.” Competence and the paths of monarchical persuasion.- 4. "I and my house feel at one with my people!” Telling the tale of a popular tribal monarchy.- 5. “We do not want to be regarded as lesser brothers” Royal heirs in the German Reich and the challenges of particularism.- 6. “My government will …” Variations on a future theme.- 7. Conclusion.- Bibliography