Imperial and Royal Majesty

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Imperial and Royal Majesty (abbreviated as HI&RM) was the style used by Emperor-Kings and their consorts as heads of imperial dynasties that were simultaneously royal. The style was notably used by the Emperor of Austria (who was also the King of Hungary and Bohemia) and by the German Emperor (who was also the King of Prussia). The Austrian, German, and Bohemian monarchies were abolished in 1918 while the vacant throne of Hungary continued to exist until the 1940s.

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  • Although British monarchs used the imperial title of Emperor of India between 1876 and 1948,[1] the style Imperial and Royal Majesty was not used, called 'clumsy periphrasis' by Benjamin Disraeli.[2]
  • Although being known as the King-Emperor, Peter I of Brazil was not styled His Imperial and Royal Majesty, neither His Imperial and Royal Highness, when his father, John VI, died, in 1826. His condition as Emperor of Brazil was not compatible with his title as King of Portugal, neither in Brazil nor in Portugal, and when he was confirmed King by the Portuguese Courts, in 1834, being entitled Peter IV of Portugal, he had already abdicated the Brazilian throne in favor of his son, Pedro of Alcântara, Prince Imperial of Brazil.

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  1. ^ "No. 38330". The London Gazette. 22 June 1948. p. 3647.
  2. ^ Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister (9 March 1876). "Royal Titles Bill—Bill 83". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 227. United Kingdom: House of Commons. ...there would be no clumsy periphrasis of the kind. The Majesty of England requires for its support no such epithet. The Queen is not 'Her Royal Majesty.' The Queen is described properly as 'Her Majesty.' Therefore, the 'clumsy periphrasis' of 'Royal and Imperial Majesty' could never occur.