the sons inherited the names of father,grandfather & greatgrandfather....
true this is>>I am 58 & recall lately my english gran tell me when 16 in NZ >>> her english mother ellen was a 'wife' in manchester of archduke otto joseph ludwig born graz 1865 to annunciata..princess of bourbon &2 sicilies & karl ludwig whose brother was emperor of austria franz joseph (not got notes near me) her 'step brother 'was karl king of hungary...her father known in uk as otto demmler(got marriage cert...lolol) died 1906..she had a brother frederick too in manchester...otherwise she say lovechildren but illegitimate....this otto had 10 children & several 'wives' & took many family & scenic photos I find now on rubylane & ebay realphoto postcards as gran describe them>>photo developers'stole'them to make a living then.as there are 700000 connected to european royalty now I guess my line very weak..there was great fear of killings by fanatics(sissi,mayerling,mexico maximilian ,sarajevo,nicholai etc to prove this) so it was hush hush...
I have a cameo that was ottos mums mums mums mums etc belong to karoline daughter of MARIE THERESA empress of austria ..she commissioned 12 or 13 of her image..one for each daughter married off like marie antoinette etc..the cameo image is young version same hairdo on marie therese oman thaler that was arab area currency till 20 years ago.....I have a diamond pendant & a truscan filigree hairwear necklace like..these.my gran gave me 40 years ago as well as the cameo...where are the other cameos now I wonder...2 sisters were nuns ...been doing my "otto"tree here for months with triggers...my mum came nz as ww2 warbride & her parents & sister came 2 years later...single,hunt,hall,roberts,pemberton,etc manchester uk names then...p.s.(been in hospital past year -long /lymphoma tumour spine /remission wheelchair now/hope to walk again....dorothy dowling