Christian’s lines of descent in Greece and Britain are how current British monarch Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip are related to one another, and to Victoria.Īlongside his cousin the Grandmother of Europe, Christian IX earned the nickname the “Father-in-Law of Europe.”
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2013-present) – who is descended from neither the British nor Danish potentate.Ĭhristian IX managed to export and install children or grandchildren on the thrones of Greece, Russia (his grandson Nicholas II is the line Queen Victoria is related through), Norway, Britain, Germany, and Spain: all alongside his cousin Victoria. Today, there is only one reigning sovereign in Europe – King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands (r. In the wake of the French Revolution, European monarchs learned their lesson on liberalism and adhering to power.Ĭhildren of Christian IX, King of Denmark: Dagmar, Frederick, Alexandra, Thyra and VilhelmĮquipped with the same worldview, Christian and Victoria made the optimal matchmaking pair. Like any politician, the ultimate goal was to sustain the longevity of the family and remain in power. The Danish sovereign was also a distant cousin of the queen: the two shared a common ancestor in King George II of Britain (r. 1863-1906) was a contemporary of Queen Victoria.
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Victoria married her daughter to Wilhelm’s predecessor, the then-heir of Prussia, producing Wilhelm.įamilial Ideology King Christian IX of Denmark, from Grandest Century in the World’s History by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1900, via Internet Archive 1888-1918) was the son of Victoria’s eldest daughter and was himself the eldest grandchild of the queen. Their son and only heir, the Tzarevich Alexei, suffered from hemophilia – a disease suffered by Victoria herself. The Tzar also wedded the queen’s granddaughter Alexandra of Hesse. The two did share a common ancestor by blood, though it was antecedent. 1894-1917) was the most distantly related to Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria with her son and heir Edward (right), distant cousin and grandson-in-law Tzar Nicholas II of Russia (left) and granddaughter Tzarina Alix (seated) with baby Olga, 1896, via Royal Collection Trust With war sentiment, George changed the name of his familial dynasty in England to hide its German origin. George V of England inherited his grandmother Queen Victoria’s throne with the death of his father Edward VII in 1910. At the outbreak of war, the German Kaiser sarcastically quipped, “ if our grandmother were alive, she never would have allowed it. In these eponymous “ Willy-Nicky Telegrams ,” written to each other in English, the Tzar and Kaiser affectionately refer to each other as Willy and Nicky. Prior to the conflict, uncovered friendly correspondence between the Russian and German sovereigns interestingly discuss looming war with one another. George V of England, Nicholas II of Russia (who bear a striking resemblance to one another), and Wilhelm II of Germany all shared a grandmother in Queen Victoria. World War One (1914-1918) Left to right: King George V of England, Tzar Nicholas II of Russia, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, via wikipediaĪt the outbreak of World War One in 1914, the three greatest powers in Europe were Britain, Russia, and Germany. Queen Victoria and Family at Coburg by Eduard Ulenhuth, 1894, via Royal Collection Trust For this reason, the House of Hanover died with Victoria even though her bloodline lived on. The children of the pair took the name of the house of their father over their mother. As an adept polyglot, Queen Victoria was regularly overheard speaking to her husband Albert privately in German. The queen allegedly spoke English with a slight German accent in childhood, requiring private tutoring to purge her English of her German accent. Having a German mother and governess, German was likely Victoria’s mother tongue. Originating in Bavaria, Germany, Albert’s family consistently served the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg prior to his marrying into the British Royal Family. Prince Albert descended from the extensive ducal House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Queen Victoria descended from the House of Hanover – a German family in origin that had sat on the British throne since its first ruler George I of Britain (who spoke no English) in 1714. Victoria and Albert descended from related royal families. Queen Victoria And Albert: Nuclear Family In Britain Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in a re-enactment of their wedding ceremony, 1854, via
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