Josefine
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many families are related in many different ways
Freedom said:Do you know of any royals who are not necessarily related, yet have strong friendships because perhaps they holiday/vacation together or otherwise have spent considerable time together.
Royal Fan said:The other Day i saw a recent pic Of Crown Prince Haakon on the beach with his Stepson and Prince Kryil of Bulgaria hope I spelled that right arent the Greek and Spanish Royals closely related to the Romanovs
Yes, it was notable.Margrethe II said:One of the most notable family connections between the Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderburg - Glucksburgs of Greece and the Romanovs of Russia would be through Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova Romanova (Her Majesty the Queen Consort/Queen Dowager Olga of Greece), daughter of His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich Romanova & Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna, born Her Highness the Princess Alexandra Friederike Henriette of Saxe-Alternburg. Thus, she was the granddaughter of His Imperial and Autocratic Majesty the Tsar Nikolai I of all the Russia's.
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Sean.~ said:Yes, it was notable.
For the benefit of the previous poster, there were other connections as well. George I's own sister was Empress Marie Feodorovna, and thus the Greek Princes/ss and the children of Alexander III were all first cousins. Moreover, two of his daughters married Romanov Grand Dukes. One married a son of Alexander II, while the other married a grandson of Nicholas I (and thus her mother's first cousin). George's son NIcholas married Grand Duchess Helen Vladimorovna (maternal grandmother of the present Kents), who was a granddaughter of Alexander II and a first cousin to Nicholas II. Another son, Andrew (father of Prince Philip) married Alice of Battenberg, who was the niece of Alexandra Feodorovna via her sister Victoria.
The British Royal Family and the Brunei Royal Family.Freedom said:Which countries' royals have close relationships, possibly alliances, with other countries' royals?
Who was supposed to e the monarch of Lithuania?
Denmark's royal family, for example, experienced both a royal wedding and a royal divorce in the past year.
Today the leaders of the European Union get together in some designated country.There is plenty of pictures of these meetings available.But 100 years Europe was practically all Monarchies and the Kings and Emperors of those days would get together.Does Anyone have pictures of these meetings?when monarchs of the time tried to keep Europe peaceful and united by their blood relations and loyalties with each other.
I colorized this photo of nine monarchs taken at the funeral of King Edward VII. Other colorized versions of this photo have portrayed the colors incorrectly since they were obviously not aware of what uniforms the monarchs were wearing. each are identifiable even in B&W. All but three are wearing British uniforms reflecting honorary commissions.
[FONT="]First row (standing), left to right:[/FONT]
[FONT="]King Haakon VII of Norway, KG, and Honorary Colonel [/FONT]Norfolk Yeomanry[FONT="] 23 Dec 1905.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Bulgarian Field Marshal.[/FONT]
[FONT="]King Manuel II of Portugal KG Portuguese General.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Kaiser Wilhelm II KG, British Field Marshal 27 Jan 1901.[/FONT]
[FONT="]King George I of Greece KG, British Admiral 31 Oct. 1903.[/FONT]
[FONT="]King Albert I of Belgium. Belgian General.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Second row (seated), left to right:[/FONT]
[FONT="]King Alfonso XIII of Spain, KG, British General 17 May 1905.[/FONT]
[FONT="]King George V of the British Empire KG. British Field Marshal.[/FONT]
[FONT="]King Frederick VIII of Denmark KG, Honorary Colonel in Chief of the Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 9 Nov. 1906.[/FONT]
Today the leaders of the European Union get together in some designated country.There is plenty of pictures of these meetings available.But 100 years Europe was practically all Monarchies and the Kings and Emperors of those days would get together.Does Anyone have pictures of these meetings?when monarchs of the time tried to keep Europe peaceful and united by their blood relations and loyalties with each other.