The Crown Without a Kingdom

The Dynastic Authority of the Royal House of Lusignan to Confer Royal and Noble Dignities

History, Hereditary Sovereignty, Fons Honorum and the Continuing Jurisdiction of a Royal House

There is a fundamental question which must be confronted whenever a historic royal dynasty no longer governs the territory over which its ancestors once reigned:

Does the disappearance of political sovereignty necessarily extinguish the dynasty itself—and with it every hereditary, heraldic, nobiliary and chivalric prerogative once belonging to the Crown?

In the case of the Royal House of Lusignan, the answer requires considerably more sophistication than either unquestioning acceptance or casual dismissal.