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James IV of Scotland Mary, Queen James V of Henry VII of of Scots Scotland England Margaret Tudor § Elizabeth of James I of York England & VI Archibald of Scotland Douglas, Earl of Angus Margaret Douglas Henry Stuart, Margaret Henry VII of Tudor § England Matthew Stewart, Earl of Lennox

10/10/2015 [email protected] James I to George II

James I of GB & VI of Scotland

Elizabeth I

Sophia Mary Charles II James II 1630-1714

William III George I of GB & II Mary II of Holland married

George II Anne

James Stuart “The Old Pretender”

10/10/2015 [email protected] Europe – Boundaries set by Congress of Vienna - 1814

10/10/2015 [email protected] Hanoverians

Edward, of George III of Frederick, Prince George II of England of Wales England

Victoria Francis, Duke of Victoria of Saxe- Saxe-- Coburg-Saalfield Saalfield

George IV, son of George William IV, son of George III;10/10/2015 no legitimate heirs [email protected]; no legitimate heirs The story …

 Prince Edward Island, was named for Victoria’s father; Prince Edward – son of George III and brother of George IV and William IV

• Prince Edward, the and Strathearn (2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) • Edward was stationed in Quebec & Nova Scotia from 1791 to 1799 • The legislature of St. John’s Island voted to change its name to Prince Edward Island in honour of Prince Edward on November 29, 1798. • He died of pneumonia 6 days before his father, George III 10/10/2015 [email protected] History

 It was seemingly by accident that Victoria came to the throne

 Of the sons of George III, Edward had the eldest legitimate heir

 Edward died the year after Victoria was born. Her mother had 2 older children by a previous marriage

10/10/2015 [email protected] Where Did Victoria come from?

Francis, Duke of Saxe- Coburg- Saalfield

Ernst I of Leopold I of Antoinette Saxe-Coburg- Ferdinand Victoria Gotha

Carlotta, Marie of Ferdinand II of Victoria of Leopold II of Albert August Empress of Württemberg GB Belgium

Married Ferdinand I of Maximillian of (show below) Marie of Württemberg was the 2 nd wife of Ernst I; making her both Albert’s step-mother & 1 st cousin 10/10/2015 [email protected] Victoria & Albert

 Victoria & Albert were married in 1840 when they both were 21.

 By the time of Albert’s death in 1861, they had 9 children.

10/10/2015 [email protected] The Children

1. Victoria Adelaide , – Empress of – Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II 2. Edward VII , of England 1901-10 – Descendants include the current ruling houses of and England 3. Alice Maud – Married Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse – Great-grandmother of Prince Philip 4. Alfred , Duke of Saxe-Coburg – Related to kingdoms of , Russia, , Yugoslavia & Austria 5. Helena married Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein 6. Louise, Duchess of Argyll – took care of mother 7. Arthur , Duke of Connaught – Governor of Canada – Ancestor of of 8. Leopold , – Descendants include of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha 9. Beatrice – Descendants include kings of

10/10/2015 [email protected] Victoria & Albert

Victoria Albert

Victoria, Louise, Helena of Alfred of Saxe- Empress of Edward VII Alice of Hesse Duchess of Schlesvig- Coburg-Gotha Germany Argyll Holstein

Alexandra, Marie, Queen Last of of Romania Kaiser Wilhelm II Russia Leopold, Duke Beatrice of of Albany Battenberg Arthur, Duke of Connaught

Margaret, Queen of Victoria of Sweden Spain

10/10/2015 [email protected] Descent from Victoria

10/10/2015 [email protected] The Grandparents of Europe

10/10/2015 [email protected] Children

Edward VII King of Great Britain 1901-1910 , mistress of Edward VII – great- Son of Victoria & Albert grandmother of Camilla Parker-Bowles

Edward married Alexandra of Daughter of Christian IX & Louise of Hesse-Cassel

10/10/2015 [email protected] Descendants of Edward VII

 George V – King of GB 1910-1936 • Married Victoria of Teck

 Maud Charlotte • Married Haakon VII – King of Norway 1905-1957

 Other children lost to philately

10/10/2015 [email protected] Descendants of Edw VII

Haakon VII & Maude

10/10/2015 [email protected] George V

10/10/2015 [email protected] Children of George V

Albert, Duke of Edward VIII Mary, Princess York; reigned as Royal George VI

George, Duke of Prince John 10/10/2015 Henry, Duke of [email protected] Kent Gloucester Wives of George V’s Children

Alexandra of Kent, granddaughter

• Queen Elizabeth, the • Marina, • Alice Montague-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Gloucester

Alice was the longest living royal to date died in 2004 aged 103 10/10/2015 [email protected] George VI’s Children

Reigning 63 years and counting

Margaret, Countess of Snowden

10/10/2015 [email protected] Elizabeth II Elizabeth II & Duke of

10/10/2015 [email protected] Philip Elizabeth II Mountbatten

Charles, Anne, Edward, Andrew, Earl Prince of Princess of Wessex Wales Royal

William, Henry of Duke of Wales Cambridge

George of Cambridge

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Anne, the Charles Princess Royal

Edward, Andrew, Earl of Duke of York Wessex; future

10/10/2015 [email protected] British Grandchildren

Diana, birth of William & Kate, Duchess of Cambridge William 1982

10/10/2015 [email protected] William Harry British Spouses

Charles & Diana Charles & Camilla Anne & Capt Mark Phillips Parker-Bowles

Edward10/10/2015 & Sophie Rhys-Jones [email protected] & Sarah Ferguson Grand & Great-grandchildren of Elizabeth II

Princess Beatrice of York Prince George Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

10/10/2015 [email protected] Russia

Nicholas II married Alix of Hesse & by Rhine (later known as Alexandra Feodorovna) – daughter of Alice of UK and Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine

10/10/2015 [email protected] Russia

Gr- Future Last Tsar Grandparents Grandparents

Alexander III Alexander II Nicholas II of Russia Dagmar of Christian IX of Denmark Denmark Tsarevich Alexei (1904-18) Victoria of GB

Alix of Hesse Alice of GB Albert,

10/10/2015 [email protected] Spain

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg – daughter of Beatrice of UK married Alfonso XIII of Spain

Alfonso, Prince of Beatrice & Maria Christina 10/10/2015Asturias [email protected] Spain

Alfonso XIII of Spain Count of of Spain Barcelona Victoria of Beatrice of GB Battenberg

Felipe VI of Constantine I Spain of Greece Victoria, Sophia of Princess Royal Sophia of of GB Greece

Frederica of Victoria of Kaiser Hanover Prussia Wilhelm II

10/10/2015 [email protected] Norway

Haakon VII & Maud

Olav V – son of Maud of UK & Haakon VII

10/10/2015Harald V & Sonja – son of [email protected] V Germany & Greece

Victoria, Empress of Germany

Irene married Kaiser Sophia of Tomislav II of Wilhelm II Prussia

Paul I

Monarchy Helen, Queen George II of Alexander I of Paul I of abolished Mother of Greece Greece Greece 1918 Romania

Sophia, Michael I of Constantine II Queen of Romania of Greece Spain

Wilhelm II Helen, QM Romania 10/10/2015 [email protected] Sophie of Prussia Greece

George II – son of Constantine I George I- son Olga of of Christian IX Russia of Denmark Constantine II – son of Paul

Paul – son of

George10/10/2015 II [email protected] Constantine I Greece

Anne Marie of Denmark – her Constantine II, Anne sister is Queen Margrethe II Marie of Denmark & Alix And, Constantine’s sister was Queen Sophia of Spain.

10/10/2015 [email protected] Denmark

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Queen Alexandrine

Christian X

Queen Louise Frederik, 10/10/2015 [email protected] Heir-Apparent Denmark

Frederick VIII Frederick IX Christian X of Charles XV of of Denmark Denmark Sweden Margrethe II Louise of of Denmark Gustaf VI Holland Adolf of Victoria of Sweden Great Britain Margaret of Arthur, Duke Connaught of Connaught Albert

10/10/2015 [email protected] Later Spain

Juan Carlos I – grandson of Alfonso XIII

Don Juan, Count of Barcelona – father of Juan Carlos

Felipe VI – son of 10/10/2015 Juan Carlos [email protected] Waiting in the Wings

Prince Henry of Wales – “Harry”

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden & Daniel Westling

Mary of 10/10/2015 [email protected] Denmark Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of , and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy

At 6’6”, Felipe towers Queen Mathilde of over Letizia Belgium

Felipe VI

10/10/2015 [email protected] Sweden

Margaret of Arthur, Duke Connaught of Connaught

Prince Gustaf Adolf Gustav V Gustaf VI Carl XVI Adolf Gustaf, King Victoria of of Sweden Baden

Queen Silvia Sibylla of Charles, Duke Leopold, Duke of Sweden Saxe-Coburg- of Saxe- of Albany Gotha Coburg-Gotha

10/10/2015 [email protected] Sweden

King Carl XVI Gustaf & Crown Princess Victoria

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Gustav VI Adolf 10/10/2015 [email protected] Lots of Leftovers

Caroline of Monaco – married to Prince Ernst of Hanover Elizabeth II & Philip on wedding day, 1947

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Michael of Kent, gr-gr- Margarethe II of Denmark grandson Gr-gr-granddaughter

Edward VIII – great-grandson of Victoria Earl Mountbatten of Burma Great-grandson

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Michael, last king Carol I & Elisabeta of Romania

Marie of Saxe- Coburg, married Ferdinand I of Boris III of Bulgaria; Romania. Carol II & Helen descended10/10/2015 from [email protected] Victoria’s grandfather Romania

Marie of Ferdinand I Edinburgh

Elizabeth, Maria, Carol II Queen of Queen of Greece Yugoslavia

Michael I Peter II Tomislav Andrei

10/10/2015 [email protected] Not Descended from Victoria

Albert of Queen Fabiola Monaco of Belgium Sister is married to descendant

Queen Henri of Juliana of the Luxembourg

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10/10/2015 [email protected] The Rest of the Story

 Somebody to study… John William Friso , Prince of Orange (1687-1711). He is the most recent common ancestor of ALL European monarchs.

 He is even the ancestor of at least a dozen no longer reigning families.

10/10/2015 [email protected] Questions? Answers? Alan Barasch [email protected] Saint Louis 10/10/2015 [email protected]