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Originally Posted by Ish
The most recent common ancestor of all currently reigning European dynasties is Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange, who was Prince Johann George II von Anhalt-Dessau's grandson (through his mother).
Most of the non-reigning one dynasties are descended from him as well; I think there's fewer than 20 pretenders in Europe that don't descend from JWF and they tend to be from small and/or obscure families - Albania, Montenegro, Nepal.
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Indeed. And the most remarbable is that Johan Willem Friso of Nassau only had a small family himself with one son (Prince Willem IV) and one daughter (Princess Amalia). Via these two almost all European royal families are related...
From Prince Johan Willem Friso to Prince Jacques:
Johan Willem Friso
Fürst von Nassau-Dietz, Prince d'Orange (1687-1711)
x
Marie Luise
Landgräfin von Hessen-Kassel (1688-1765)
=
Amalia Prinzessin von Nassau-Dietz
Amalia
Prinzessin von Nassau-Dietz (1710-1777)
x
Friedrich
Erbprinz von Baden-Durlach (1703-1732)
=
Karl Friedrich Großherzog von Baden
Karl Friedrich
Großherzog von Baden (1728-1811)
x
Karoline Luise
Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt (1723-1783)
=
Karl Ludwig Großherzog von Baden
Karl Ludwig
Großherzog von Baden (1755-1801)
x
Amalia
Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt (1754-1832)
=
Karl Großherzog von Baden
Karl
Großherzog von Baden (1786-1818)
x
Stéphanie des comtes de Beauharnais (1789-1860)
=
Joséphine Prinzessin von Baden
Maria
Prinzessin von Baden (1817-1888)
x
William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, 8th Duke of Brandon (1811-1863)
=
Lady Maria Victoria Hamilton
Lady Maria Victoria Hamilton (1850-1922)
x
Albert I, Prince de Monaco (1848-1922)
=
Louis II, Prince de Monaco
Louis II, Prince de Monaco (1870-1949)
x
Ghislaine Dommanget (1900-1991)
=
Charlotte, Princesse de Monaco
Charlotte, Princesse de Monaco (1898-1977)
x
Comte Pierre de Polignac (1895-1964)
=
Rainier III, Prince de Monaco
Rainier III, Prince de Monaco (1923-2005)
x
Grace Kelly (1929-1982)
=
Albert II, Prince de Monaco
Albert II, Prince de Monaco (1958)
x
Charlene Wittstock (1978)
=
Prince Jacques de Monaco
