als der preußische König die ihm angetragene Kaiserkrone ablehnte.

[Tagarela]

Hallo,

I got a little confused with this sentence, it is from the chapter Geschichte in the book Deutschland - Alles, was man wisen muss by Duden.

Als Folge der bürgerlichen Revolution von 1848/49 trat in der Frankfurter Paulskirche eine gewählte Nationalversammlung zusammen. Das Parlament scheiterte aber, als der preußische König die ihm angetragene Kaiserkrone ablehnte."

The parliament failed/sunk, when(as) the Prussian King denied it (to the Parliament) the proposed crown? The "die" there is an article referring to Kaiserkrone and not a relative pronoun, right?

 

[bearded]

when(as) the Prussian King denied it (to the Parliament) the proposed crown

Hallo

No
It's ''when the Prussian King refused the crown proposed to him(self)''
(German word order: ''the him proposed crown'') <-----------
''ihm'' refers to König
''die ihm angetragene Krone'' = die Krone, die ihm angetragen wurde
Yes, ''die'' is an article (die..Krone)

Natives will hopefully confirm.

Edit:
''self'' deleted as per #4

 

[berndf]

The "die" there is an article referring to Kaiserkrone and not a relative pronoun, right?

That is correct. The noun phrase die ihm angetragene Kaiserkrone is to be analysed as follows:
die - definite article
ihm angetragene - adjective equivalent participle expression
Kaiserkrone - head noun

 

[berndf]

''when the Prussian King refused the crown proposed to him(self)''

This translation is correct, except for the "(self)", which would be wrong. The Nationalversamlung proposed the imperial crown to the king and not the king to himself.

 

[Tagarela]

Thank you very much. It is clear now.

 

[bearded]

not the king to himself.

I know I added a superfluous 'self', but I didn't mean that the king had proposed the crown to himself.
I rather thought of a construction like ''this was given to myself'' meaning to me personally and to no other person.
I admit it was pleonastic, and I deleted it.