Talk:Lady May Abel Smith

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Did the Tecks (or the Battenbergs, for that matter) actually renounce their titles, or did they simply stop using them? I'm not sure there was any provision whereby one could renounce a title of nobility in the Kingdom of Württemberg. Of course, even if there wasn't, one could say that the title would have ceased to exist, anyway, upon the abolition of that kingdom in 1918 (or rather, upon the German abolition of all noble titles in 1919), given that a title which has both ceased to legally exist and which is not actually being used by those who might claim its use anyway is a very dubious title indeed, but I'd like to see some evidence for active renunciation, and for the idea that such a thing would actually be meaningful. john k 03:37, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

There is quite a bit of evidence. Heraldica.org has various documents. [1] amd [2]. There are of course the Royal Warrants themselves which renounces their rights, but I can't find a link to them at the moment. Astrotrain 11:54, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

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