Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

UK - The Queen & Her Consort

Queen Elizabeth II's patrilineal descent is from the House of Wettin, while her husband Prince Philip is from the House of Oldenburg. The earliest connection between these two houses is when in 1478 Christine, Herzogin von Sachsen (b. 1461) of Wettin married Hans, King of Denmark and Norway (b. 1455) of Oldenburg. Both of them (the queen & the prince) descended from this marriage but the queen has a shorter descent in 14 generations while it's 15 for the Prince.
Below are their descent thru Christine & King Hans.
14 generation descent of QEII.

15 generation descent of Prince Philip.

Their nearest common ancestors are Christian IX, King of Denmark 1863-1906 and Luise, Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel. The Queen is a great-great-granddaughter of King Christian, while the Prince is a great-grandson of the King. Below are their descent.


From Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, they are 3rd cousins the queen being a great-grand daughter of King Edward who is a brother to Princess Alice who is the great grand mother of Prince Philip. Below are their descent from Queen Victoria (from the House of Welf/Este) & Prince Albert (from the House of Wettin).


In 9 generations both The Queen and The Prince descends from John William Friso, who is by the words of Wikipedia "John William Friso and his wife are the most recent common ancestors to all currently reigning European monarchs. This is a distinction he has held since 1938, when Franz Joseph II -a descendant of John William Friso, succeeded Franz I - who was not a descendant, as Prince of Liechtenstein". Below are their descent from JWF.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

10 Countries in Europe


1. United Kingdom
  • Royalty, London, Castles, Stonehenge, London Eye, Trooping the Colour, London Bridge, Westminster, Heathrow. English Language..etc.
2. Spain
  • Ibiza, Salamanca, Tomatina Festival, Bullfighting, Andalucia, Marbella, Sagrada Familia, Granada, Paella, Flamenco, Pamplona..etc.

3. Greece
  • Parthenon, Acropolis, Lesbos, Mount Olympus, Corfu, Santorini, Thesaloniki, Arts, Gods & Goddesses Statues, The Greek Language and its People, Taverna & Beers, Dance, Drinks, Foods..etc.

4. Italy
  • Rome, Vatican, Colosseum, Leonardo da Vinci, Pompeii and Herculanum, Tuscany, Venice, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Churches, Castles, Paintings, Leaning Tower, Michaelangelo, Dante, Pavaroti, Pizza, Pasta, Espresso, Old Buildings..etc.

5. France
  • Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Bonaparte, Eiffel Tower, Charles de Gaulle Airport, French Alps, Champagne, Louvre, The Language, TGV, Airbus, Channel Tunnel, Nice, Paris, Notre-Dame de Reims, Loire valley, Monet, Auguste Rodin, French Wine, Versailles, Crème brûlée...etc.

6. Netherlands
  • Windmills, Dutch, Rotterdam, Rhine, Same-sex marriage, The Hague, Flanders, Delta Works, Willem-Alexander, Amsterdam, Heineken, KLM, Philips, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Rembrandt, Gay Pride Parade, Tulips, Leiden University, Wooden Shoes, Cheese...etc.

7. Norway
  • Vikings, fjords, snow, glaciers, The Royal Family, Oslo, Bergen, Statoil, LGBT Rights, Bryggen, Ibsen, Lefse, salmon, Winter Olympics, reindeers, northern lights..etc.

8. Germany
  • Charlemagne, Martin Luther, Nazi, Hitler, World War I, Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Bundestag, Reichstag, Bavaria, Saxony, Beers, Munich, Hanover, Dresden, Luftwaffe, BMW, BASF, Siemens, Daimler, Castles, Cologne Cathedral, Heidelberg University, Oktoberfest, Christmas customs, Bach, von Goethe, Bratwursts, Karl Lagerfeld, Hugo Boss, Escada, Adidas, Puma, Claudia Schiffer, Heidi Klum, most populous country in Europe...etc.

9. Romania
  • Transylvania, Count Dracula, River Danube, Wallachia, Nadia Comăneci, Simona Halep, Plums, Old Castles, George Enescu, Roma, Brașov, Bran Castle, Painted churches of Northern Moldavia, Wooden churches of Maramureș, The Infinity Column, Dacia, Communism, brown bear...etc.

10. Belgium
  • Low Countries, Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia, Benelux, NATO, Ardennes, Bruges, Lemaître, Mercator, Jan van Eyck, Peter Paul Rubens, The Adventures of Tintin, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Liege, Godiva Chocolates, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Antwerp...etc.

***Google pictures, not mine.


Bayeee!