--Previous Message-- : In rank it was no equal marriage but it was no : mésalliance either since the House Ruffo de : Calabria was considered equal to mediatized : families. : : The original Almanach de Gotha was quite : German oriented. The Ruffo di Calabrias can : be filed in the same section as Alba, : Cadaval, Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, : Merode, that sort of families. These can be : compared to German families as Fürstenberg, : Thurn und Taxis, Isenburg, Lobkowicz, etc.
Really? Fürstenberg, Thurn und Taxis, etc, are Serene Highnesses. Alba, Cadaval, Ruffo di Calabria, etc, aren't. Not even Illustrious Highnesses.