What happened to the royal families of Europe after monarchies dissolved?

by MaryQScotts

There must still be issue of the monarchs of Europe...what are they doing today and what has the last few hundred years been like for their families?

Second_Mate

I would suggest that there are very few European Royal Families who have lost their thrones a few hundred years ago, most were during the last century or so. The Hapsburgs still live in Austria, and, I seem to remember that there is a Hapsburg in the current Austrian government. There are two pretenders to the French throne, the Bourbon, Louis, Duke of Anjou lives in Madrid, the Orleans, Henri, Comte de Paris lives in Paris. There is an interesting list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_pretenders#Europe

extispicy

There was a news article just this past week about a Romanian princess who was sentenced for running a cock-fighting ring.