Ancestry of Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester


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For years I couldn't find anything about her ancestry and suddenly while googling,I discovered that former Birgitte Eva van Deurs,now Duchess of Gloucester has descended from many great Danish and German noble families such as Rantzau, Ahlefeldt, Reventlow, Brockdorff, von Levetzow, von Oertzen, von Rumohr, von Pogwisch, von Blome, von Gähler etc.

In fact, her maternal great-great grandmother Elise Louise Dorothea von Müller(1822-1901), daughter of Frederik Gotthold von Müller and Marie Caroline Ferdinanda Augusta von Gähler, has descended from all these great families.

So,after all she has some noble blood in veins.
 
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Thanks ever so much for all of your photos of just about everything! I'm still learning who's who and who belongs where. My one fault with the wedding was the smile less bride. Surely she could have managed one smile.
 
Birgitte is also related to Queen Elizabeth II through this line.

They have both descended from various noble families such as von Ahlefeldt, zu Rantzau, von Levetzow, von Blome etc.


Here is their common line from Gregers von Ahlefeldt ( 1577-1617):


Gregers von Ahlefeldt (1577-1617)
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Brigitte von Ahlefeldt (1600-1632)
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Count Frederik von Ahlefeldt (1632-1686)
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Countess Charlotte Sybilla von Ahlefeldt-Rixingen (1672-1726)
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Countess Cathrina Polyxene von Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim (1702-1765)
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Countess Karoline Felizitas von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim (1734-1810)
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Princess Karoline Polyxene von Nassau-Usingen (1762-1823)
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Princess Augusta von Hessen-Kassel (1797-1889)
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Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-1897)
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Princess Mary Victoria von Teck (1867-1953)
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King George VI of Great Britain (1897-1952)
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1926-


Line to Birgitte,Duchess of Gloucester:


Gregers von Ahlefeldt (1577-1617)
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Anna von Ahlefedt (1600-1654)
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Mette von Rumohr (1632-1705)
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Detlef von Brockdorff-Hemmelmark (1655-1737)
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Lucie Emerentia von Brockdorff (1688-1736)
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Johanna Antoinette de la Mare (1710-1788)
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Caspar Frederik von Gähler (1737-1797)
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Marie Caroline Ferdinanda Augusta von Gähler (1791-1861)
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Elise Louise Dorothea von Müller (1822-1901)
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Marie Elise van Deurs (1855-1933)
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Oswald Valdemar van Deurs (1877-1955)
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Vivian van Deurs (1914-1982)
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BIRGITTE EVA,DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER 1946-
 
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Thanks ever so much for all of your photos of just about everything! I'm still learning who's who and who belongs where. My one fault with the wedding was the smile less bride. Surely she could have managed one smile.

I think there are a couple of weddingpics of her smiling.. at least google came up with a few :flowers:
 
does anyone have a picture of Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester?

You can always use google images or go to the thread: "The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester Current Events". You have many recent pictures there.

This is thread about her ancestry.
 
Current Duchess of Gloucester also has some royal ancestry. She is also descendant of the Kings of Sweden, Kings of Denmark, Dukes of Pomerania, Dukes of Mecklenburg and Princes of Anhalt:


Fürst Heinrich Borwin II von Mecklenburg (1170-1226) = Princess Christina of
Sweden (died in 1248)
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Fürst Nikolaus I von Werle (died in 1277) = Princess Jutta von Anhalt (died after 1277)
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Fürst Johann I zu Parchim (died in 1283) = Countess Sofie von Lindau-Ruppin ( died in 1301)
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Fürst Nikolaus II von Werle (died in 1316) = Princess Richea of Denmark (died in 1308)
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Fürst Johann II zu Parchim (died in 1352) = Princess Matilde of Pomerania-Stettin (died in 1332)
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Princess Matilde von Mecklenburg-Werle-Parchim (1318-1382) = Count Otto I von Schwerin (died in 1357)
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Countess Ilse von Schwerin = Hugold VI von Behr (died in 1421)
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Veit I von Behr (died in 1466) = Agnes von Treschkow (born in 1420)
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Agnes von Behr (1452-1492) = Hans II von Hahn (died in 1491)
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Adelheid von Hahn (1467-1531) = Heinrich III von Smecker (1472-1553)
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Anna von Smecker (born in 1493) = Heinrich von Lewetzow-Mistorf-Markow (born in 1502)
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Heinrich von Lewetzow-Mistorf-Markow (1542-1609) = Sophie von Alvensleben (born in 1560)
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Heinrich von Lewetzow-Mistorf-Markow (1597-1665) = Leveke Dorothea von Cölln (1602-1637)
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Hans Friedrich von Levetzow (1630-1697) = Lucie Emmerentia von Brockdorff (1640-1693)
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Dorothea Sophie Hedwig von Levetzow(born in 1663) = Ditlev von Brockdorff (1655-1737)
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Lucie Emmerentia von Brockdorff (1688-1736) = Hieronymus de la Mare (died in 1727)
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Johanne Antoinette de la Mare (1710-1788) = Sigismund Wilhelm von Gähler (1706-1788)
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Caspar Frederik von Gähler (1737-1797) = Elisabeth Lucia Christina von Oertzen (1758-1843)
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Marie Caroline Ferdinanda Augusta von Gähler (1791-1861) = Frederik Gotthold von Müller (1795-1882)
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Elise Louise Dorothea von Müller (1822-1901) = Franz Emil Bodenhoff (1818-1897)
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Marie Elise Bodenhoff (1849-1933) = Harald Waldemar Van Deurs (1840-1908)
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Oswald Waldemar van Deurs (1877-1955) = Anna "Bach" Bredschneider (born in 1880)
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Vivian van Deurs (1914-1982) = Asger Preben Knud Wissing Henriksen (1903-1984)
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BIRGITTE EVA, DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER 1946 -
 
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Who are/were the siblings of The Duchess of Gloucester? On the BRF site she is described as "the younger daughter".
 
Who are/were the siblings of The Duchess of Gloucester? On the BRF site she is described as "the younger daughter".

I have seen this also in some articles about her. But there are no info about her sibling or siblings. Furthermore, there are no info if she maybe has half-siblings...

If anyone can find anything, it would be interesting to know.
 
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