The German War of 1866 was a turning point in the consolidation of Prussian hegemony over the emerging German nation-state. This article engages with a neglected aspect of this process by investigating the destabilizing effect of Prussia’s territorial expansion at the expense of fellow monarchies in Hanover, Hessen-Kassel, Nassau and Schleswig-Holstein. It argues that the hostile response of ruling houses related to the deposed dynasties and the disapprobation of legitimists at home placed the Hohenzollerns in a difficult position, as they often found themselves caught between the informal yet palpable pressure of Europe’s ‘Royal International’ and the policies pursued by their chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. To escape this dilemma, King (from 1871 onwards Kaiser) Wilhelm and his successors sought to bring about a reconciliation with the alienated dynasties through treaty settlements, intermarriage and the appropriation of their rivals’ symbolic capital in public speech acts. The way in which the Hohenzollerns courted their detractors betrayed a versatility that scholarship on the Prussian cult of monarchy has yet to fully appreciate. In fact, the Hohenzollern court’s long-term preoccupation with sectional reconciliation reveals much not only about royal diplomacy in the second half of the nineteenth century but also about the workings of Germany’s monarchocentric federal edifice and the role of civic initiative in the promotion of monarchical legitimacy.

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通过国家毁灭建立君主制国家：以德皇废黜为代价的霍亨索伦自我合法化*

1866 年的德意志战争是巩固普鲁士对新兴德意志民族国家霸权的转折点。本文通过调查普鲁士以牺牲汉诺威、黑森-卡塞尔、拿骚和石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因等君主制为代价的领土扩张所造成的不稳定影响，探讨了这一过程中被忽视的一个方面。它认为，与被废朝相关的统治家族的敌对反应和国内正统主义者的反对使霍亨索伦家族处于困境，因为他们经常发现自己夹在欧洲“皇家国际”非正式但明显的压力与政策之间。他们的总理奥托·冯·俾斯麦（Otto von Bismarck）追求。为了摆脱这个困境，国王（从 1871 年起为凯撒）威廉和他的继任者试图通过条约解决、通婚和在公开演讲行为中占用对手的象征性资本来实现与异化王朝的和解。霍亨索伦家族讨好他们的批评者的方式暴露了普鲁士对君主制崇拜的学术尚未完全理解的多功能性。事实上，霍亨索伦宫廷长期专注于部门和解不仅揭示了 19 世纪下半叶的王室外交，还揭示了德国以君主为中心的联邦大厦的运作方式以及公民倡议在促进君主合法性方面的作用。 . 通婚和在公开演讲行为中挪用竞争对手的象征资本。霍亨索伦家族讨好他们的批评者的方式暴露了普鲁士对君主制崇拜的学术尚未完全理解的多功能性。事实上，霍亨索伦宫廷长期专注于部门和解不仅揭示了 19 世纪下半叶的王室外交，还揭示了德国以君主为中心的联邦大厦的运作方式以及公民倡议在促进君主合法性方面的作用。 . 通婚和在公开演讲行为中挪用竞争对手的象征资本。霍亨索伦家族讨好他们的批评者的方式暴露了普鲁士对君主制崇拜的学术尚未完全理解的多功能性。事实上，霍亨索伦宫廷长期专注于部门和解不仅揭示了 19 世纪下半叶的王室外交，还揭示了德国以君主为中心的联邦大厦的运作方式以及公民倡议在促进君主合法性方面的作用。 .