Special Sub-Topic: Royal Kissing Cousins Authored by: LiamR Sub-topic of: Royalty & Monarchs

Queen Victoria's grandson, Prince Arthur of Connaught, married Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife in 1913. How were they related?

second cousins. Arthur's father was HRH (His Royal Highness) the Duke of Connaught, Queen Victoria's third son. Alexandra's mother HRH Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, was the daughter of the Queen's eldest son the Prince of Wales. As such, Arthur and Alexandra were second cousins. Alexandra's father, the Duke of Fife, had died in 1912. Queen Victoria had issued him with a special creation of the Fife dukedom which allowed it to pass to Alexandra in the absence of any male heirs. In 1905, when he made Louise Princess Royal, Alexandra's grandfather had made her a princess with the title of 'Her Highness. After her marriage, she was known as HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught. Arthur died of stomach cancer in 1938. Alexandra lived on until 1959, outliving the couple's only son, Alastair.

HRH Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, married HSH (Her Serene Highness) Princess Victoria Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Glucksburg. As well as being related to Queen Victoria, she was already related to which two of Charles' relatives?

His aunt, Helena and his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II. Victoria Adelheid was descended from Queen Victoria's half-sister Feodora. She was also the great-niece of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, husband of Princess Helena. Her aunt was the German Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of Kaiser Wilhelm, so she was his niece by marriage.

The second husband of HRH Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was HIH Grand Duke Kyrill Vladimirovitch of Russia (His Imperial Highness), nephew to HIH Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna. What was the latter's English title?

Duchess of Edinburgh. Marie was Victoria Melita's mother, so she was marrying her cousin. Her first husband had also been a cousin - Grand Duke Ernest Ludwig of Hesse, the son of Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria.

When HRH Crown Prince Carol of Romania married HRH Princess Helen of Greece, his sister HRH Princess Elisabetha of Romania married Helen's brother. What was his name?

George. Carol and Elisabetha were the children of Queen Marie of Romania, nee Princess Marie of Edinburgh, daughter of Queen Victoria's second son Alfred. Helen and George, on the other hand, were the children of the former HRH Princess Sophie of Prussia, whose mother was Vicky, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick, the Queen's eldest daughter. Neither marriages were successful.

King Peter II of Yugoslavia and his wife Queen Alexandra were descended from which two of Queen Victoria's children?

Alfred and Vicky. King Peter's mother was HM (Her Majesty) Queen Marie of Yugoslavia, who had been Princess Marie of Romania, whose mother was the former Princess Marie of Edinburgh, daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. As for Alexandra, she was the product of a morganatic marriage between King Alexander of Greece and Aspasia Manos. King Alexander was the son of the former HRH Princess Sophie of Prussia, daughter of Princess Vicky, Princess Royal and German Empress.

In one of the most famous marriages of Queen Victoria's family, HGDH (Her Grand Ducal Highness) Princess Alix of Hesse married HIH Grand Duke Nicholas, heir to the Russian throne. 'Nicky' was already related to which member of Alix's family?

Her aunt, the Princess of Wales. Nicky was the son of the Princess of Wales' sister Dagmar, Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia. Also, he was the newphew of Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and distantly related to Prince Henry of Battenberg, husband of Queen Victoria's daughter Beatrice. He was also related to Alix, through his grandmother Princess Marie of Hesse. The German Emperor was a distant cousin too, through Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Tsarina Alexandra of Russia.

Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia, brother of King Peter, marrried twice and both his wives were relatives. Who were they?

Princess Christina of Hesse and Princess Kira of Leiningen. HSH Princess Christina was the daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse Kassel and Princess Sophie of Greece. Christoph's mother was HRH Princess Margarete of Prussia, youngest child of Princess Vicky. As for Kira of Leiningen, her mother was HIH Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, whose mother was Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh, daughter of Prince Alfred.

Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, another of King Peter's brothers, also married within the family. What nationality was his wife?

German. She was HSH Princess Margarita of Baden, and her mother was Princess Theodora of Greece (sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh). Theodora's mother was HSH Princess Alice of Battenberg, daughter of Princess Victoria of Hesse, daughter of Queen Victoria's third child Alice. Also, Theodora's father was Prince Andrew of Greece, a relative of Alexandra, Princess of Wales, through her brother, King George of Greece.

Theodora's sister Princess Margarita, married a distant cousin. Who was he?

Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Gottfried was the son of the former HRH Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh, the daughter of Prince Alfred.

HRH Hereditary Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden married HSH Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. From which two of the Queen's children were they descended?

Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold. Gustav Adolf was the son of the former HRH Princess Margaret of Connaught, the elder daughter of Prince Arthur. Princess Sibylla, on the other hand, was the daughter of HRH Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the son of Prince Leopold. This union produced the current king of Sweden.

How was HRH Princess Maud of Wales related to her husband, HRH Prince Carl of Denmark?

first cousins. Carl of the son of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, elder brother of the Princess of Wales, Maud's mother. Carl was elected King of Norway in 1905. King Harald V of Norway is their grandson.

HM King Frederik IX of Denmark married HRH Princess Ingrid of Sweden, whose mother was ... ?

Princess Margaret of Connaught. Margaret was married to King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, and Frederik's grandfather was King Frederik VIII of Denmark, brother to Alexandra' Princess of Wales. The marriage produced Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

HRH Princess Cecile of Greece (sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) married a man descended from which of Queen Victoria's children?

Princess Alice. Cecile married HGDH Hereditary Grand Duke George Donatus of Hesse-Darmstadt, the son of Grand Duke Ernest Ludwig, who was the only surviving son of Princess Alice. Both Cecile, George and two of their children along with George's mother Eleanore, were killed in a plane crash in 1937.

After the death of Princess Margaret of Connaught, King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden married a relative of hers, Lady Louise Miuntbatten. How was Louise related to Margaret?

second cousins. Louise's mother was Princess Victoria of Hesse, Princess Alice's eldest daughter. Louise bore Gustav no children, but the marriage was happy and lasting.

King Paul of Greece and his wife Queen Frederike were both descended from which of Queen Victoria's children?

Princess Vicky. Paul was the son of Princess Sophie, Vicky's daughter. Frederike, on the other hand, was the daughter of HIH Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was eldest son of Princess Vicky.

Sophie of Greece was the mother of Princess Christina of Hesse, who married Andrej of Yugoslavia. But who were Sophie's parents?

Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece. Sophie was the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and her mother Alice was descended from Queen Victoria. Also, her father Andrew was the newphew of Queen Alexandra.

Prince Louis Fredinand of Prussia, heir to the (then abolished) throne of Germany, married Grand Duchess Kira of Russia, the daughter of whom?

Grand Duke Kyrill and Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh. Kira's mother Victoria Melita was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria through Prince Alfred, and Kyrill was the son of Grand Duke Vladimir, son of Alexander II of Russia. They were first cousins through Victoria Melita's mother, Duchess Marie of Edinburgh.

King Juan Carlos of Spain and his wife Queen Sofia are both descended from Queen Victoria (Sofia twice over). From which of her children is Juan Carlos descended from?

Princess Beatrice. Beatrice's daughter Victoria Eugenia married King Alfonso XIII of Spain; Juan Carlos is their grandson. Sofia is descended from Queen Victoria twice over: through Princess Sophie of Prussia, the Empress Frederick's daughter, and through Sofia's mother Queen Frederike, who was the granddaughter of German Emperor Wilhelm, the Queen's eldest grandson. Also, Sofia's brother King Contantine II of Greece is married to Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark, descended from Queen Victoria through Ingrid of Sweden, whose mother was Margaret of Connaught. Anne-Marie and Constantine are both also descendants of Christian IX of Denmark.

Sophie of Greece, Prince Philip's sister, who had been married to Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel, took whom as her second husband?

Prince George William of Hanover. George William was the son of the former Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, the daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm, grandson of Queen Victoria. He was also descended from King Christian IX of Denmark, since his grandmother had been Princess Thyra of Denmark, sister of Queen Alexandra. His faher, meanwhile, was a direct male-line descendant of King George III of England.

Which foreign princess who married into the British royal family in the 1930s?

Princess Marina of Greece. Princess Marina was a great-niece of Queen Alexandra, thus descended from King Christian IX, as was her husband, Prince George, Duke of Kent (Queen Alexandra was his grandmother). Hope you enjoyed this rather complex quiz! Feedback appreciated.