True, and Zimmer the carpenter living in a traditionally minded town like Tübingen where not taking the job of your father is still unusual at the time probably has something to do with that.

"Dormitory of Dukes" has a nice alliterative ring to it. Let's see - "Cabal of Counts" - "Bunch of Barons" - "Embarrasment of Emperors" - but what of Kings? The English language doesn't have many words starting with K, and "Kindred of Kings" just sounds boring.