Is the British Royal Family Really German?

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Considering that they are such a British institution the British Royal family may not be as British as you think. In fact it is often said that the Windsors are in fact mostly German. While they are descended from the German house of Hanover that’s not quite the whole story. Several women and two men of various nationality have married British monarchs meaning Queen Elizabeth and her heirs Prince Charles and Prince William have quite an interesting genealogy. Let’s investigate where the branches on the royal family tree came from.
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[@25usd94]

short answer: they're *kinda* german, but less so now than ever before, and they're getting increasingly british with each generation. fascinating

[@katemaloney4296]

That God for the Queen Mum and Diana.

[@dijonfelida7876]

@@katemaloney4296 and kate she ensure it!!!

[@Vinicius-eg2sw]

They needed the Spencers for that.

[@djprojectus]

@Regina Redding Why? Why so much attention to the purest bloodlines? And what are those bloodlines?

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

As less German blood they get the less beautiful they become.

[@rebeccawhite2155]

It still shocks me every single time to see how many men from this family are nearly identical, even distant relatives like the Romanovs.

[@mcmc2817]

It's called inbreeding!

[@boynek.4216]

inbreeding and they had very rigid beauty standarts and mostly every royal were obliged to follow them because they would be commonized if they looked in an avarage way and because that you can't see a royal just walking down the street people tought that those potraits realy reflected how they looked but they most certainly didn't so they didn't look "identical" but had to follow identical royal beauty standards

[@neilabaqui9449]

O avô do Rei Jorge VI, Eduardo VII (pai de George V) , era filho da Rainha Vitória e o czar Nicolau II da Rússia e a czarina Alexandra eram primos do rei Jorge V. A mãe da czarina (Alice) era irmã de Eduardo VII. A mãe de George V ( Alexandra da Dinamarca) era irmã da mãe do Czar Nicolau II (Dagmar da Dinamarca). Portanto o czar era primo por parte de mãe do Rei George V. E a czarina era prima por parte de mãe do Rei George V. Só a czarina era neta da Rainha Vitória I. O czar Nicolau II não era neto da rainha Vitória I.

[@Figgatella]

The Romanovs were cousins to the British Royals

[@piratesswoop725]

George V of the UK and Nicholas II of Russia were first cousins. Their mothers were sisters, so them looking similar shouldn't be too surprising.

[@matthewawesome1212]

“A little family feud called ww1”

[@Patrick3183]

matthewawesome121 you couldn’t be more wrong with that assessment. That shows you have no clue or idea about history in general nor of 19th century politics. Geez.

[@lisa-3373]

Patrick3183 it's clearly a joke

[@matthewawesome1212]

Patrick3183 really dude I understand it fine I was just quoting something she said

[@mollyh1056]

Patrick3183 imagine being this upset about a quote from the video you just watched

[@Latezz123]

@@mollyh1056 ....or didn't watch. Or else he wouldn't have made a fuss about it.

[@theobuniel9643]

"I'm as British as Queen Victoria!!!" _"So your father's a German, you're half-German and you married a German?"_

[@ajsfarm1366]

Interestingly her mother was actually the german one

[@othmarhenrietta910]

@@ajsfarm1366 Mmm my mom

[@johnbrereton5229]

Sorry Theo, but Victoria was born in 1819, Germany didn't exist untill 1871 , so how could Victoria be German??????

[@gansz_lol]

@@johnbrereton5229 😂😂😂😂😂😂 you had the holy roman empire and germany had always been a thing. her fathers family is actually german and they got hold of the English throne through idk back in 1717 or so? and they all marrier German women Victorias mother was german, her grandmother paternal side was german, its like being American but you're actually German as in being of german descent. the Swedish house e.g. is french, the Russian Romanov were also actually german and often had german wife's and so hardly were russian. even the queens late husband was a prince of denmark and greece but wasn't greece at all

[@johnbrereton5229]

@@gansz_lol Germany as a country did not exist until 1871, before that it was seperate principalities or states like Hanover where prince Albert came from. The Hanovarians were in the line of succession to the British throne. Although, 'germans' themselves refer to themselves as Deutsch, it's only English speakers who call them German.

[@isabelledionne8396]

They had to marry into protestant foreign royalty, so they were praticly obligated to marry in German monarchies...

[@tylerlasarow]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@Patrick3183]

Isabelle Dionne I wonder why they didn’t choose Scandinavian royalty

[@isabelledionne8396]

@@Patrick3183 Maybe it was more prestigeous?

[@Patrick3183]

Isabelle Dionne German princelings and grand dukes more prestigious than the child of a king?

[@neilabaqui9449]

@Flibbertigibbet6 Alexandra da Dinamarca era mulher do rei Eduardo VII (filho da Rainha Vitória) rei do Reino Unido, pai do Jorge V, que era o pai de Jorge VI pai da atual rainha da Inglaterra, Elizabeth II. Essa geração até o príncipe Charles, é mais alemã que inglês.

[@slimphotog]

I learned from this video that despite being American, I'm more English than Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.

[@Crusty_Camper]

And I dare say you would make a better monarch too. Despite being British ( well, my DNA says English/Scottish/Irish/German/French/Neanderthal so I'm typical British in that respect ) like many people here I am not overly Royalist. Time we moved on to a more suitable system, I think.

[@heatherwhite2788]

I am as well!

[@potatonate760]

Same

[@TonivomBananenboot]

What you should have learned from this video is, you being american means, your are actually british, which in the end means you are german.

[@heatherwhite2788]

@@TonivomBananenboot Umm, no, not at all

[@sharonlefebvre7292]

Let me get this straight, it is ok to marry your cousins but not ok to marry a divorcee! Weird!

[@evacope1718]

Marriages were more so contracts back in the day, there used to be laws making only sons able to inherit their estates and titles meaning if they only had daughters and the father died, the family fortune would be transferred to some distant male relative and their family line would go extinct and their fortune lost. In order to keep the line, title and fortune in the same family they got the daughters to marry the cousin or whom ever the possessions are entailed to, but this was also done to strength the families power and fortune by combining assets. A good example of this is in Downton Abbey, where the earl has only daughters and they scramble to find a cousin or relative to marry the eldest daughter to secure their estate within their family after the previous heir died in the titanic. A lot of this stopped after laws of inheritance changed and the powers of aristocratic families subsided.

[@evacope1718]

But yeah it is wild especially considering a great majority of aristocrats had courtesans and illegitimate children, yet the concept of divorce is somehow immoral lol.

[@katemaloney4296]

Well, considering the divorcee Edward wanted to marry, he would have been better off marrying a close cousin.

[@paulwoida8249]

Henry VIII married multiple times and started the Anglican Church because of it. And people actually get upset about British royal family men who want to marry a divorced woman.

[@gidzmobug2323]

@@katemaloney4296 The Church of England in 1936 would not recognize divorce; the government would not accept Wallis Simpson as Queen. The monarch is also head of the Church of England.

[@omgdwayne1565]

I've never seen this topic so well explained. I've read a LOT about this sort of thing for decades, and I really like the way you've quantified it.

[@ricepaddymaddie]

Other people have family trees, royalties used to have family wreathe.

[@CallieMasters5000]

The Spanish Habsburgs had that crazy family tree that didn't branch. My favorite was the couple who both shared all the same grandparents, and one of those grandparents was the child of one of the other grandparents!

[@brianapennington7384]

J C Ruby charles is related to both of his wives though..

[@susquahallasmiley3262]

Callie Masters lady, that was a trellis

[@neilabaqui9449]

@J C Ruby Sem chances.

[@cheyenneysewijn7343]

Oh genealogy...my mother an her nephew shared all great grandparents except for 1 branch. They were always kept apart because they used to be best of friends and they feared a romance :/ Their father's were double cousins and their mothers regular cousins. But nothing close to the insanity of the Spanish genealogy....

[@StevenTorrey]

For those who don't know: the reason why Czar Nicholas II and King George V looked so similar was because their mothers were sisters. Czar Nicholas' mother was Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark); George V's mother was her sister--Alexandra of Denmark.

[@marshamariner7897]

And when George V refused the czar and family to come to England he really signed their death warrant!!🇬🇧😪

[@lynzysconstitutionalcrashc7836]

One of my cousins and I look like sisters. Makes sense!

[@hanaluong2672]

Those cousins were not nice to each other. Each only cared about their own power.

[@victoria19853]

@@marshamariner7897 I think there was money involved.

[@marshamariner7897]

Ty for that. I thought cousins was in there....I know Victoria was related to HMQE2 and Phillip...and he's related to the zarina Alexandra...(d1918) Grandma or such. I know Phillips father was king (?) Of Greece ... complicated history 🌍🌎🇺🇸🦋🌹🇺🇦🌍🌎👀

[@Notfallkaramell]

Wait, Frederik got killed by a tennis ball and an other died on the toilet? Weird but okay.

[@carmendilcherd4765]

My great grandma also died on the toilet! She had a heart attack

[@marcocognome1835]

He didn't exatly died on the toilet, he was hit by something (than now I don't reameber) on the toilet but died later

[@CindyWilson1991]

Frederick's death sounds more like an abdominal aortic aneurysm as a result of the tennis ball.

[@edinagaspar722]

I guess those were 2 different ppl, one dies because of the tennis ball causing his ulcer to burst and there was another who lived until the age of 76 or 77 and he died on the toilet...

[@jec1ny]

My sister was an EMT for more than twenty years. She told me that one of the more common circumstances for sudden death is when answering the call of nature. The exertion, especially among the elderly and those with heart conditions, can be terminal.

[@receivedSE]

Dutch Royal Family is also German, but many Dutch people do not like this fact.

[@receivedSE]

@LadyLiberty The members of Dutch Royal family got married with German princes long time ago.

[@thetruth3405]

Dutch is also the part of germanic tribes family

[@linajurgensen4698]

Why? Because we are better in football?

[@Youonlyliveonce369]

Hahaha in our national anthem we say we are german so everybody knows it.....

[@Erozegemen]

yea and most of prince philips "russian" ancestors were german aswell

[@HaydenReeves]

I wonder if the royal kids ever will grow up and watch these videos and be like “wow, do I get extra points for being the most British?”

[@BaibonnDilangalenSangid-fv9qk]

Oust the Nazi blood suckers parasites, no one is above anyone. All people must have an opportunity to lead and govern the republic the institutions they serve.. No one tyrant family must run a state... Imagine, London is even detached like Vatican the Nazi pesfs actually call themselves gods of evil, they don't pay taxes, while majority of the citizens enslaves are dying?? Grow up..

[@AVerdadeEstaLaForaMapping]

@@BaibonnDilangalenSangid-fv9qk what the hell, the guy just made a joke pal

[@jordanleigh6481]

@@BaibonnDilangalenSangid-fv9qk far from nazis the queen was a tank mechanic o. Tanks fighting the nazis lol. Prince Charles was one of our biggest navy heors in world war 2

[@AVerdadeEstaLaForaMapping]

@@jordanleigh6481 Prince Charles was born after the war lol

[@angelinavillegas-zimmerman4759]

@@AVerdadeEstaLaForaMapping I think, he mean Prince Philip.

[@MrHanderson91]

"No Black adder, I'm as british as queen Victoria!" "So your mother was German, your father was half German and you married a German!"

[@envinyatar5712]

@Three Cherries As did the Russians. *Sankt-Petersburg* is a half Russian half Dutch name, and it was found sounding "too German" during the Great War. So they changed it into the Russian version: *Petrograd*

[@franmellor9843]

Love blackadder

[@envinyatar5712]

@Three Cherries I do understand your feelings. However, did you ever ask yourself what would have it be like in Germany and Austria, if the Hohenzollerns and Habsburgs kept their thrones? I imagine that the national socialists would never have risen to power, and we could avoid another great war.

[@silverdragon710]

Three Cherries was thinking the exact same quote while watching this! hahahah

[@oceansunflower5894]

Queen Charlotte the wife of King George the 3 had 15 children no body wants to talk about this family that why I believe she was of the African decent. If you know tell us more about Queen Charlotte please

[@brettlarch8050]

So William and Harry are distantly related to Dracula and Winston Churchill? MIND BLOWN

[@marcocognome1835]

And maby also to Hennry the VIII, because Charles and Diana have as Ancestors, he Mary Boleyn's daughter, and She Mary Boleyn's Son. If at at least One of theam was fathered by Hennry VIII, they have Hennry VIII as their Many time great granfather

[@calvinrichardsonsr9192]

Unfortunately the whites that ran away from that looney government because they were treated llike dogs now want to start this foolishness to this continent I grew up under one of those cute name Jim Crow we are all going to live in peace or we will all die in pain "Sad".

[@carolthomson4705]

Harry married a real Dracula

[@dianavivaldi4503]

@@carolthomson4705 With all the draculas in his family, he just ran away from them by marrying a real woman.

[@evacope1718]

And princess Diana, since she's related to Winston Churchill

[@mayling141]

😂 The ending made me laugh 😆! The British Royals becomes more British when they marry a “commoner”. That’s a good one.

[@aalb1873]

As if to say: now we share something of your poor beggars. Noblesse oblige…

[@mayling141]

@@aalb1873 - So true

[@FuruyaHaKokoniImasu]

"The little family feud called world war 1!" I just spit my coffee out! Don't do that to me!!! 😂😂

[@dj-pw8lw]

hahahahahahahaha

[@agrimasaraswat9626]

hahahahahahahahahaha lol I was also shocked man

[@013aanikhfds]

we got the same place on the political compass

[@rufust.schmaltz8809]

"Hanover was located in Germany." Pretty sure it still is, lol. 😆😆😆

[@ryanhuntrajput474]

Ofcourse It's still in germany and it's absolutely serene and heavenly.

[@ruth078]

@@ryanhuntrajput474 well I wouldn't agree with that statement completely (I've lived there my entire life and and still do) but it's quite nice. Great lakes, the large Forest, great university, lots of nice museums, cafes and bars. It's quite nice. And the rent isn't too high either haha

[@ryanhuntrajput474]

@@ruth078 I'll love to spend some time there 👑🇩🇪👌🏼

[@gloriatshabalala3619]

Lovely place in Germany 🤩

[@eisbeinGermany]

definitely Hannover still exists , lol i stay in it,

[@CallieMasters5000]

You should do this same exercise for the Grimaldi family of Monaco. They have a tradition of only marrying foreigners, there is no local aristocracy to pull from, and the pool of Monegasque citizens has always been very low (like 5,000-10,000 people), so the current Prince Albert II and his kids don't have much Monegasque blood at all despite their being from a family that has ruled Monaco since 1297.

[@adriannegentleman83]

at least one royal family in Europe isn't inbred lol

[@dianavivaldi4503]

@@adriannegentleman83 That's why they are one of the few Royals that are good looking.

[@marinadeburgos8666]

Considering the city of Monaco is pretty small compared to the rest of Europe, is not strange. The only other option that could go through their head was imbreading like the Habsburgs, since it is really probable that half of the city is related

[@katemaloney4296]

A French family with an Italian last name. Now that's a story.

[@roddo1955]

@@dianavivaldi4503 I guess Albert is handsome and his sisters are quite handsome. But the great beauty really comes from the foreign brides of the princes.

[@HVACSoldier]

I remember a scene from “Blackadder goes Fourth,” Captain Darling says he’s “…as English as Queen Victoria.” To which Captain Blackadder response, “So your half German and you married a German.”

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

I love my home cou ntry...regardless of wars. I am german. From sachsen. Und preussen. Hoch lebe Deutschland

[@baronvg]

Watching this, I was reminded that Diana was just 36 when she died. I was a teenager when it happened and now I’m older than she ever was. Time flies, man!

[@MarionWeller]

Thought the same.

[@sherryduggar8821]

Diana would be close to Camilla's age now.

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

@@sherryduggar8821 well not quite.

[@tuikkur.5655]

@@sherryduggar8821 Diana would be 59 years old now. Camilla is 73.

[@katemaloney4296]

I turn 51 in a week. When I do, I will be way older than Diana, Whitney Houston, and Michael Jackson. That's a weird feeling.

[@RCSVirginia]

As so many people in the British Isles are descended from the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, German tribes all, this just means that the British Royal Family fits right in with its subjects.

[@Dave-hu5hr]

*Germanic - Jutes were from Denmark 🇩🇰. Angles were border country 🇩🇰/🇩🇪 and Saxons were from Germany 🇩🇪. Add the Norwegian 🇳🇴 mix in Scotland and Northern England and a bit of French 🇫🇷 in Southern England and Spanish 🇪🇸 in Wales and you have the British 🇬🇧.

[@KateeAngel]

Yeah, Celts are true Britons. Before the Stuarts the word "British" was used almost exclusively to talk about Brittonic Celts. New "British" identity was constructed after the union of England and Scotland

[@KateeAngel]

@@Dave-hu5hr Welsh are not Spanish, they are native Britons. Celtic culture in the iron age dispersed mostly through acculturation, and rather slowly, at least that is what archaeology shows, and the idea that Celts are from Iberia is only one and not the strongest hypothesis. Not to mention that being the most native among current ethnic groups still makes them native. It is like pathetic attempts of white Americans to say native Americans are "immigrants too" cause their ancestors migrated 30 thousand years ago (and then developed their whole cultures, languages, etc. right in America for around 1000 generations, which is certainly not the same as coming 500 years ago with pre-existing culture and language)

[@Dave-hu5hr]

@@KateeAngel Celts on this island are from Spain via central and northern Europe.. Some moved back to the continent and found a nice spot in a corner of France that probably reminded them of happy times in Cornwall and yes they are oldskool.

[@Dave-hu5hr]

@@pappenchrischan5775 People have legs so yes - just placing contemporary borders on it innit..

[@Lauren.E.O]

6:51 Wow, baby Victoria ACTUALLY looked like a baby! Most old paintings show babies as....well, very unhappy looking small adults.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

That was due to most people wanting portraits to reflect the Virgin Mary and Jesus. Once culture started to somewhat secularize, people wanted cute and life-like babies.

[@neilabaqui9449]

Os filhos da rainha Vitória com o príncipe Albert tiveram uma infância muito feliz, com pais amorosos e preocupados em sua felicidade. O príncipe Albert foi quem trouxe a tradição da árvore de Natal para o reino Unido. Acredito que uma pessoa com esse tipo de preocupação era um ótimo pai.

[@RiC_David]

@@Edmonton-of2ec Does this have anything to do with that painting of baby Jesus where he's totally ripped?

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

RiC David Uhh.... I don’t even wanna know

[@RiC_David]

@@Edmonton-of2ec Well luckily then I couldn't find the painting I was thinking of so I can't show you. We had them on postage stamps maybe ten years ago here in Britain, it seems like a common thing though because I found other paintings from the time of babies with sweet six pack abs i.pinimg.com/originals/0e/1c/24/0e1c24d0b3620e5ec9dd4c04760777c7.png And they say pregnant women shouldn't abuse steroids. Clearly they should.

[@sarah-annecarney7552]

Wow, the sheer amount of work that went into this is simply remarkable. Well done and thank you so much for posting!.

[@saimanrijal5896]

I want to see 23 and me DNA report of British Royals. It's gonna be damn interesting

[@attysthoughts3253]

their research method is scuffed.

[@billyjohnson7601]

Its posted on line

[@Chuck0856]

By that standard every native born US citizen isn't an american.

[@shon7425]

Lol

[@cynthiaburrus255]

Queen you probably won't find discussed is Queen Charlotte Sophia who was married to King George III. She was greatly beloved by her husband and had 15 children, 13 of whom lived to Adulthood. Rare in a time that mothers certainly expected to lose a number of children.

[@Lauren.E.O]

Frederick getting his allowance cut: “You suck, Dad! I’m staying in my OWN court and you’re not invited! Nyeh! 😝”

[@SungSNam]

I know! It’s worse than what usually happens if you cut your child’s allowance

[@Patrick3183]

Lauren O ummm

[@kaydavis8587]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@Justadisciple502]

little "h" and his "duchess" want to keep their court in CA on daddy Charles allowance.

[@loredanabianco8686]

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[@vanmarx1171]

If George will be crowned king, he will be the most British for 300 years. I laughed so hard at this😂

[@Melalunga]

And the first Jewish king.

[@danyellfeeley5822]

@@Melalunga My family are Goldsmiths and we have never been Jewish. We are enrolled in the Norman Foundation.

[@jkmoon6619]

George will be the most man british who will be the king of Britain

[@vern0018]

Me too. Unbelievable.

[@danyellfeeley5822]

@@AAAAAAAADDDDDDDDD i suppose that before 1657, anything is possible. My pedigree goes back to John Norman and, " Little is known about his antecedents, other than that Norman's grandfather, Roger Norman, a silk weaver who was a Huguenot refugee, came to Norwich in the early 17th century"

[@electroskates2434]

In conclusion: They're European

[@rosestanley9606]

Germany is a European country

[@karlosthejackel69]

Ding Ding Ding remainer alert 🚨

[@leonieromanes7265]

Germans until the queen mother and Diana came along.

[@ratchetnoobler6250]

Bruh change your pfp

[@westyraviz]

African actually. From The Niger.

[@ericlanglois9194]

It gets more complicated when you realize that the English are a melting pot of mostly Germanic tribes (Anglo-saxons were descendent of Angles, Saxons and Jutes, three Germanic tribes, mixed with the Celtic locals; Normans were descendent of Franks and Norse, Germanic tribes again, mixed with some Roman and Celtic influences)

[@heathergittens3223]

Thank you.

[@billyjohnson7601]

Well said.

[@leonieromanes7265]

That's true, only the Welsh and some highland Scotts are indigenous to the British isles. And even they are mixed with some Celtic blood.

[@ericlanglois9194]

@@leonieromanes7265 All the indigenous peoples of the British isles are Insular Celtic tribes... The original "groups" being the Goidels in modern day Ireland, the Picts in modern day Scotland and the Britons in modern day England and Wales. Each having many tribes that eventually diverged, moved around, or were assimilated by conquering groups.

[@jmoney20106]

Indeed you read my mind

[@sharonp3563]

I really enjoy watching these videos. Hands down the easiest royal ancestry videos to watch and learn from

[@theemeraldfox7779]

Yessss luv!

[@henrygardner8418]

They should be checked for accuracy.

[@awc6007]

“IF and WHEN it is George’s is turn to be king of the UK...” Imagine if Queen Elizabeth is still Queen when George is an adult 😬

[@roddo1955]

Imagine if the monarchy ends after Elisabeth...

[@joermnyc]

roddo Charles: “Oh dear...”

[@earthlingalien439]

@@roddo1955 i hope it does, England deserves better

[@Maggietritt]

roddo is o

[@Maggietritt]

Good Joe R M

[@sanookjoe9040]

To make it short. When a Prince calls his Dad "Bro!", he actually means it.

[@theroyals1153]

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[@TsetsiStoyanova]

still doesn’t change the fact that all of them look like George Bush

[@jjamesfraley2903]

I wonder why? Hmm. lol.

[@Argouththeterrible]

George Bush have Dutch and German ancestry

[@GodListens77]

@@jjamesfraley2903 they are 11th cousins or something like that. They are all related! Crazy

[@jjamesfraley2903]

@@GodListens77 Since the beginning of time.

[@jjamesfraley2903]

Yes. DNA doesn't lie.

[@s4m1r_65]

8:34 say what? are you telling me that the british royal family is related to vampires? that explains the long life of the queen lol

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Technically speaking. The Queen is not a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler, but a close relative of his

[@dalesansom3780]

Vlad the Impaler was not a vampire, they are fictional stories, but Vlad wasn’t a very good man.

[@s4m1r_65]

@@dalesansom3780 lol we all know that's not true. Vampires don't exist. It was a joke I was making.

[@dalesansom3780]

I know that. But there are people who don’t know where the silly stories came from. Even Prince Charles has joked about it.

[@dalesansom3780]

Of course not. Just explained where the the silly stories came from, but there is some German ancestry. As there is among many Americans including a little bit in my family tree. This writer of vampires stories have a lot to do with it. .

[@volker4897]

I grew up in Germany but it turns out that queen Elizabeth has more German blood than I 😂

[@nas2817]

Finally, the 3 youngest are the most British. It's pretty amusing to me. Thank you Lindsey. This is a great video!

[@MadisonHartinWeather]

Okay so I started watching your videos when I had bad insomnia. Your voice is really calming and helped ease my anxiety. Now anytime I watch your videos this wave of calm just washes over me. Thank you love your videos!

[@LindsayHoliday]

Wow, thanks! I'm so glad I can help you!

[@tamerakhdar9469]

When you are too early so there's no good comments to read.....

[@carmendilcherd4765]

But why do we feel the need to go right to the comments section and be nosey!!

[@tamerakhdar9469]

@@carmendilcherd4765 Of course, the video is the main reason people come to her channel, it's always nice to know what people have to say, and if you didn't go to the comment section right away, you wouldn't have replied to what I said.

[@tusk70]

Kaiser Wilhelm once said:" If my grandmother (Queen Victoria) would had been alive, she would never allowed the 1st Worldwar!"

[@Wally-pu2hh]

The British caused the 1st world War because of their expansion in the world by their monarchy

[@AccipiterSmith]

Kinda ironic isn't it for Kaiser Wilhelm II to say this one 😅

[@oneup3]

He started the first world war😂 if it wasn't for him declaring war on France to fulfill his own ambitions then the war would've never happened

[@tusk70]

@@oneup3 No, he didn't started the 1. WW.

[@oneup3]

@@tusk70 yes he did. Austria declaring war on Serbia wouldn't have started ww1 had Germany not declared war on France

[@andreaaltis8343]

Rest in peace Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021

[@Anglovox]

As true a "gentleman" as there ever was(IMHO).

[@beebeemotsumi]

Wow he lived long !!!!

[@Officialaaravd]

He was actually 421st in line

[@Iamyl4]

I wrote a comment but oddly enough it’s not here. Anyway I said don’t make me puke... this is the same guy who said if he died he would like to be reincarnated as a deadly virus so he could contribute something to overpopulation 🤮

[@Officialaaravd]

Emily Williams He was vaccinated

[@notheretoargue2885]

Kate Middleton single-handedly fixing the "british" royal bloodline xD (this is a joke don't take it as an offense)

[@DavBlc7]

Yep and it is said she may be a descendant of Charles II through one of his mistresses.

[@franmellor9843]

Related to catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn amongst others

[@earthlingalien439]

But she is still related to William

[@mau.lover23]

Diana did it

[@cv4809]

More like ruining their pure german blodline 🤮

[@cloudburstlia456]

Wait so the British parliament willingly handed over their thrown to some distant German cousin that didn’t even speak English?!? Lololol

[@MrDaiseymay]

THEY ALWAYS PUT RELIGION FIRST, even a raving nutter will do, as long as he's not Catholic.

[@billyjohnson7601]

Lol... To Conquers, most of the time those conquers spoke french. The Normans and Plantagenets all spoke French, it was the language of the ruling class.

[@Swift-mr5zi]

They did it partly because parliament had most of the power and they wanted a weak monarch to prevent them trying to take back their power

[@billyjohnson7601]

If it looked ( willing ) the king had good reason to watch his step. The old world was a bloody one and you could always find a new King.

[@cloudburstlia456]

@@billyjohnson7601 yeah but they handed the crown to Germans not French

[@robins.1919]

Actually the housename change from Hanover to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha with the death of Victoria in 1901. She were still a hanoverian, the first of Saxe-Coburg and Gothe was her son.

[@lenybouwman5121]

I tougt Victoria chose the name of her husband, Prince Albert after their wedding?

[@keinedaten1640]

@@lenybouwman5121 No, not what I read. The family name of the Saxen-Coburg-Gothas was Wettin. But she choose to stick with her own name. If we talk about titles: Albert just kept his titles and therefore she was by marriage also a Princess of Saxen-Coburg-Gotha.

[@lenybouwman5121]

@@keinedaten1640 then why the Royal family changed their name from Saxen Coburg Gotha into Windsor during the Great War because it sounded to German?

[@sullivanl3305]

@@lenybouwman5121 Anti-German sentiment at the time was high, so a change was necessary

[@tylerbozinovski427]

​@@lenybouwman5121Because she was already dead by then lol.

[@vv-th7co]

So whenever any war happened in europe the german are the winner and the loser at the same time

[@wiwo7501]

the reason german can rebuild after ww2 defeat

[@jmoney20106]

Lol

[@KWMc1952]

Yeah. Like the Rothschild brothers funding different countries when they went to war.

[@Collsy100]

MAJOR KUDOS. The research and math necessary for this is the stuff of detective work. Such a great video and overall fascinating!

[@Tkidddd]

William the Conqueror of England, also known as William the bastard. Viking Blood

[@lsmith9249]

kill Democrats he was a cousin of Edward the Confessor

[@zuri2002]

@@lsmith9249 through his mother, Emma of Normandy, not on the English side

[@lsmith9249]

@@zuri2002 l know

[@zuri2002]

@@lsmith9249 sorry, I just meant that even though he was a cousin of Edward, he wouldn't normally have been eligible to inherit. 🙂

[@lsmith9249]

@@zuri2002 No problem, its what l was thinking myself, but back then they thought differently, but King Harold was only Edward the Confessor's brother in law and he was only actually an Earl

[@janmichaelsantos4055]

Because of a "commoner" the British royal family will soon be more "British" 😜

[@Chuck0856]

How can a family born, raised, and educated in Britain for generations be MORE British?

[@parissanders1800]

@@Chuck0856 genetically and phenotype wise they are German but culturally they are British

[@ageofechochambers9469]

@@parissanders1800 they are not German , prince Philip is Danish, queen mother was Scottish French. The German bit is a minority of their stock

[@pedobear497]

Age of echo chambers ! Prince Philip is a Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a side arm of the German house of Oldenstein. His mother was a Battenberg, called Mountbatten, a side arm of house Hessen. He is German.

[@ageofechochambers9469]

@@pedobear497 let's be clear all those houses lead to king christian the 1st of Denmark born 1426 died 1481 from the house of oldenburg . Now oldenburg is in Germany today but it doesn't mean it was always that way , all those duchies or palantine duchies you mentioned were in Germany but they were offspring of a danish king . What they carved up after the 1500s until the 1800s when they became kings of Denmark again doesn't make them German necessarily. Germany didn't exist, the alman or almains did . Napoleon is from corsica that's in Italy today but I haven't heard anyone say hes Italian. Almost all are Germanic ppl the Anglo Saxons, kings of france , kings of spain if you go back 1500 years . Even swedish people were apparently germanic tribes that migrated north and invaded northern sami ppl .

[@walterajimenez9466]

Well, back in the 1700s after Queen Anne's death, since she didn't have children, the crown went to her closest protestant relative I believe which was George of Hanover.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

That is correct. He had Stuart blood through his grandmother.

[@andypham1636]

yes she talked about that in the beginning

[@EdVarkarion]

Darling : I'm as British as Queen Victoria! Blackadder : So your father's German, you're half German, and you married a German

[@millennialodyssey5956]

Lol right

[@pappenchrischan5775]

The ancestors of the English in general are all Germanic. Accordingly, an English line, is a German line.

[@receivedSE]

The ancestors of the Dutch are German, too. In their national anthem it is stated: "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe ben ick van Duytschen bloet".

[@gjok8785]

the language is Germanic as well

[@ஞமலிவளவன்]

Wow😳

[@raleighburner1589]

Oi. ..Roman here ...what have the Germans ever done for us ...

[@masonmccarty8551]

@@raleighburner1589 brought us to England and invade it from the the true brittish people the Irish

[@will-qw1tk]

I mean if you look at it, they all related to Queen Victoria who infact was married to Prince Albert who was the Duke of Sax Coberg And Gotha who was German and her mother was also German so yes they are slightly German.

[@marcocognome1835]

Aparently they are aslo distant relative of Maria Theresa

[@Lulu-ut9pv]

Dont forget being the desentant of Sophia of Hanover who was Anne's heir

[@yourmotherahha9486]

Slightly? Please

[@Patrick3183]

Prince Albert wasn’t the Duke

[@speedy806]

Patrick3183 wasn’t it his brother?

[@johnherlihy4739]

This was an interesting video! I loved the Queen Mary connection with Hungarians! Also, Diana 50% Irish! Fantastic! Catherine deserves credit for being the 1st Royal in generations to be British!

[@katerinakemp5701]

Lol but she is not.

[@visenyatargaryen9130]

Elizabeth Bowes Lyon was 100% British

[@leahengland6704]

@@katerinakemp5701 Catherine Princess of Wales is an English ❤

[@Patrick3183]

The German has been washed out with the native British blood from Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Diana Spencer and Catherine Middleton.

[@Patrick3183]

PS. It’s upsetting that you chose to include Markle in the thumbnail image. She is no longer a part of the family. Her actions and intentions disrespected the entire family and the institution of the monarchy itself. She is vile.

[@CallieMasters5000]

Her kid is still in line to the throne. They didn't give that up.

[@marcocognome1835]

@@CallieMasters5000 true

[@lightyagami3492]

@J C Ruby even then nothing will change the genealogy.

[@unamed2516]

Patrick3183 Yes she is.

[@XenonFae]

Looking at the Names of the Royal Houses that have held the English Throne since William the Conqueror: House of Normandy (from France) House of Blois (from France) House of Anjou (from France) House of Plantagenet (from France) House of Lancaster (technically still House Plantagenet) House of York (technically still House Plantagenet) House of Tudor (from Wales) House of Stuart (from Scotland) House of Hanover (from Germany) House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (from Germany) House of Windsor (technically still House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) We would have to go back before the Norman Conquest to get a true ‘English’ House (the House of Wessex) on the Throne of England. Yet, I would argue that (nearly) every Monarch that has sat the English Throne HAS been English, regardless of their heritage, because they accepted responsibility for reigning over the domain of England, and standing up for English interests (again, putting the ‘nearly’ caveat there to account for the complete failures as Monarchs who did not Stand for England). To me, that is what truly makes them English.

[@XenonFae]

Kyle S. Very true. Every English Monarch since Empress Matilda has been a descendant of Alfred the Great (as well as William the Conqueror and even Charlemagne). So the English, Anglo-Saxon Heritage is still there, no matter how distant. More proof that regardless of House name, or more recent heritage, the English Monarch is still English.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Actually, by technical patrilineal descent (which is still standard for Royal Houses), the current Royal House is actually either (depending on what metric you use) the House of Mountbatten (technically still the House of Battenberg) or the (confusingly named) Royal House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, usually shortened to Glücksburg.

[@ragingsage3973]

The House of Anjou/Plantagenet are the same Royal House

[@StephanFitzgeraldTay]

@@Edmonton-of2ec The British Royal Family has opted to not follow that by stating that Phillip married into their family, not vice versa, so the name remains as it was-- Windsor (formerly Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Stephan Taylor I quite literally emphasized TECHNICAL. Just like how the Royal House of the Netherlands is technically the German House of Amsberg and the the Royal House of Luxembourg is technically the House of Bourbon-Parma, but from a legal standpoint they’re the Houses of Orange-Nassau and Nassau-Weilburg respectively, at least in the cognatic lines

[@spinachfucker]

can u do one for the Russian royals? I was doing research on them and found a lot of Germans in their family tree as well

[@HippasosofMetapontum]

Bulgarian, Portuguese, Belgium and many more - the probably richest family tree but also smallest might be from Saxonia - Coburg -Gotha - Meiningen - Saalfeld -Altenburg - Weimar ( all very small settlements but have residences and saved much knowledge of the time)

[@marshamariner7897]

Prince Phillips mom was related to the czars wife Alexandra

[@zapl80]

@@marshamariner7897 or in other words, his grandmother (born Princess Victoria of Hesse, later Mountbatten) is the older sister of Alexandra (aka Princess Alix of Hesse). I.e. his grand aunt was married to the czar.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Tsar Nicholas married Alexandra from Hesse (Germany).

[@oneup3]

Nicholas II was hardly even Russian. Nor was his ancestors going back at least 5 generations

[@evelynwashere13]

Wow, Diana had a lot of incest to try to fight. Even the Queen and Philip are cousins, sheesh......

[@rosestanley9606]

Yeah talk about keeping it in the family

[@Harlanmote]

Royal hillbillies at best!!!!

[@leonieromanes7265]

Yup, aristocratic banjo strummers.

[@Chuck0856]

Hardly -- do your research first -- P and E were barely related and George and Elizabeth and Alice and Andrew not related.

[@evacope1718]

Diana was a noble and definitely had her fair share of inbreding, shes a descendant of Charles the first who was beheaded by Oliver Cromwell and his buds. We are all related in some way or another.

[@Lauren.E.O]

Mary of Tek was related to the guy who inspired *DRACULA?!*

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

No, her grandmother was related to a relative of Vlad the Impaler. Queen Mary is not a direct descendant of him.

[@veljkobogdanovic609]

@@Edmonton-of2ec I think she is a desandent of his younger brother but I am not sure maybe even she descends from a cousin of Vlad the inpailer

[@tracyleesmith781]

Check out UsefulChart channel for Vlad the Impaler. It was very interesting!

[@roddo1955]

Calm down; she wasn't the only one....We are with many. We can walk unbothered in daylight, can look upon and touch crucifixes, love garlic, eat food, have a reflection. But yes: we do drink the blood of the meek and innocent to stay alive. That's why we rotate staff so often; There is only so much blood you can drink from a footman before he starts looking anemic and getting all lightheaded and dropping cups of blooded-tea all over the palace. No; one must economize and rotate one's workforce staff to ensure a ready supply of human blood without too much fuss.

[@franmellor9843]

@@veljkobogdanovic609 you are right about the brother

[@bindybasics]

“Died on the toilet” I immediately bursted out laughing 😂

[@heidiandbellatheservicepup3359]

Me too

[@daler4004]

So did Elvis Presley LOL

[@liz2saintvideos]

"died on the toilet" what a... 🥁... "shitty" way to go! I will let myself out

[@helgacruz5332]

@@liz2saintvideos a Surgeon in the family ,told me ,if you have a heart attack coming on,dont go to the bathroom first.Drive yourself if you have too,to the nearest hospital.Somehow the act of going to the bathroom ,accelerate the heart attack. A police women friend told me ,that they find most dead people in the Bathroom,when they have to make a welfare check. My mother was found too ,in the Bathroom.

[@ornellabarbaro3861]

@@daler4004 oh so funny. Watch, karma is real. You won't laugh then.

[@nunobatista2398]

The wife of George III most likely did not have a single drop of African blood (DNA) in her veins, I do not know where that comes from but I will elaborate. There is a lot of speculation regarding the origins of Madragana (if that was really her name), we know nothing for sure but what was most likely was that she was the daughter of the ruler of the small taifa of the Algarve region of Portugal. Madragana's father was the member of a dynasty which was mozarab (iberian natives who converted to Islam) in origin although it is very likely that there was intermarriage with berber women from north africa and there should also be trace amounts of arabic DNA from the Umayads and other Arabic nobles who belonged to the moorish aristocracy. Madragana's mother is completely unknown to history and could have been really anyone but she was probably a concubine (likely of local stock) or a member of the moorish aristocracy. Still, there were lots of genealogists who claimed that she was a portuguese woman whom the king Afonso III fell in love with. The name which she was recorded in contemporary recorded was Mor Afonso, friend (lover) of king Afonso III of Portugal. In conclusion, even if she was really a moorish princess which is actually likely, she would be of mostly iberian (portuguese and spanish) with some north-african berber or amazig admixture which would always translate to a caucasoid appearance. Then, there are 15 generations who set them apart making it impossible that even if the lover of King Afonso III was of subsaharan descent her descendent the wife of George III would have close to 0% if not really 0% of her DNA. For comparison look for the pictures of the descendents of Gannibal (a russian noble of african birth) to see what I mean, after some 7 generations you would never guess his descendents are part african.

[@001islandprincess]

Nuno Batista Greetings. DNA inheritance only goes back 6-7 generations. Therefore it is certain that Queen Charlotte had no African DNA, whether North African or West African. Also, genealogists have calculated she would have 0.067% African ancestry if this alleged ancestor existed.

[@psychedelicyeti6053]

Whether she is or isn't, this is still a very interesting piece of history imo 👍 great posts

[@lynnebarnes5645]

I am registered with my iwi (tribe) in New Zealand. I have blonde hair and blue eyes, but, my bloodline threads back to my 5 times great grandmother, who was full Maori.

[@mauricealexander3834]

001islandprincess Go and get a copy of Antonia Fraser’s King Charles ll the word Swarthy is used which means BLACK you don’t know what your talking about.

[@joekerr9197]

Indeed. And in fact Charlotte was painted by Allan Ramsay, probably the best portrait painter even in entire Europe at that time who was famous for the fact he painted ppl extremely realistically and without bias. The only reason why these stupid rumors exist is because some guy (contemporary of Charlotte) wrote that she had lips and nostrils that supposedly reminded him of sub-Saharan Africans (not to use some other words that YT will surely censor and delete my post) or in other words she had pouty lips and according to him nostrils that were larger than what he considered usual...I mean it's ridiculous stuff. Then ofc you get this stupid theory about a black Moorish descent which is IMO totally made up story by some American who obviously had no clue what he was talking about... All in all ridiculous stuff...

[@hispanicyoutubeperson6100]

11:10 I love how we call them “Romanovs” when they are actually from the german house of Holstein Gottorp, itself a cadet house of the also german house of Oldenburg, the current royal house of Denmark, Norway, and pretty sure the United Kingdom.

[@lallyoisin]

they may have dodged the Catholics but the ginger still survived! 🤣🤣

[@leonieromanes7265]

Diana was half Irish 🙂💚☘

[@lallyoisin]

@@leonieromanes7265 the name comes from Ireland too. Irish: Dé/Dia = deity and Ana/Anu is the most ancient goddess here! Dia-ana/Dé-anu. We have to say it's Roman though cause people prefer their info from their masters😉🤭 Peace!

[@wilhelmjosephus4830]

@@lallyoisin Diana, as far as I am aware, was a Greco-Roman deity. She might have been worshipped in Ireland, but its origin was Greco-Roman. The Apostle Paul, for instance, if you check the book of Acts, once was almost killed by a roaring crowd who worshipped Diana

[@johnpatrick5307]

@@leonieromanes7265 Yes - and she got her looks from the Irish! The Roche looks are a complete standout amongst royalty.

[@johnpatrick5307]

And, of course, Queen Elizabeth was half a gael!

[@yadirauribe7631]

Very much so The Romanov where not distance relatives In fact they where VERY CLOSE!!!

[@MrWilhelm1950]

George V was the first cousin of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. The mothers of both men were sisters, the daughters of King Christian IX of Denmark. George V was also the first cousin of Czar Nicholas II's wife, The Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna. George V's father, Edward VIII, and The Czarina's mother, Princess Alice (later The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine) were both the children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

[@robertagardner5461]

@@MrWilhelm1950 Edward VIII had no children. His wife was Wallace Simpson..

[@MrWilhelm1950]

@@robertagardner5461 You are right, ma'am. "Edward VIII was a typo - it should have read "Edward VII". Thanks for pointing that out!

[@joycebrown1413]

@@robertagardner5461 Meant to be King Edward Vll not Edward Vlll An honest mistake

[@robertagardner5461]

@@joycebrown1413 You must be a very busy lady! lol refer to above^

[@Latezz123]

Great video as always Lindsay! I love the dedication you have, calculating the percentage for everyone. Those comments that says Diana has American blood... American blood is not a thing, people. Unless you are talking about Native Americans. Know your roots.

[@karenmusilova3772]

'American blood'... 🤣 Funniest thing I've read today! Idiots haha.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

I'm an American, and I have American blood. Through my grandmother, who was Native American.

[@myrahouse2368]

Go and learn how the first King civilised Great Britain, he was respected. The Monarchy has incredible History and brings Tourism to London. Princess Alice is one of the most epic life story’s I’ve ever heard.

[@annabethsarskullflower9623]

Love your videos! This one was a particular favourite. Thank you for making them. They are always very interesting and fun to watch x

[@alwellus]

Yes, we are indeed German descended. My great grandmother was 1/256 British; she was born in 1877. She married a German Grand Duke as well. My grandfather was a Serene Highness until 1917, when we lost our German titles, rank and dignity.

[@rivenoak]

your ancestors were entitled to keep the rank as part of the name which is more than pleasant

[@alwellus]

@@rivenoak I have kept up with many of German relations - I seem to be the only one to do so.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

@@alwellus We (the British population) didn't want anything to do we Germany in WW1 we became very anti German that's why you had to change all your royal titles is English sounding names, or you lot would have been in deep deep trouble.

[@missitalia10000]

I really liked this video! A lot of people don't know how German the royals are, their family trees are so interesting!

[@mscott3918]

What a lot of people don't know is how German the English are as a whole. England means Land of the Angles. The Angles came from Germania, now of course, Germany.

[@keinedaten1640]

@@mscott3918 But that would not make them german in a cultural sense. Cultures develop and have a lot to do with the history of a country. We all know that the Angles and Saxons went over the channel, but that does not mean we share more than maybe some genetics. The House of Windsor has at least one culture german tradition, that they kept: they exchange the christmas gifts on christmas eve, like we do it in Germany (and in contrast to most countries, including Great Britain that celebrate Christmas on the actual Christmas day).

[@SCrEenNaMe-i9h]

@@mscott3918 Germanic not German

[@joerogers9413]

So... you're just going to brush over the fact that the Queen of England is related to the King of the Vampires? 👀

[@joerogers9413]

@Claire Wojodubokowski Not to brag, but I am an expert on vampires....but you're right, Vlad the Impaler probably wasn't a vampire. Although there are stories of Dracula feasting beneath impaled Turks and dipping bread in their blood and eating it....so who's to say. Also, you're thinking of Elizabeth Bathory.

[@davidhoward2487]

@Claire Wojodubokowski And now today there are those who claim Elizabeth ll drinks blood..Or, is a 1,000 old lizard who sheds it's skin...

[@LittleJoe6]

You make these facts so clear and easy to understand. I have a hard time learning lots of info in a short amount of time so I appreciate your videos!

[@UnderTheVeil]

When George V popped up in was like, "AYE CZAR NICOLAS II! Ope... nevermind."

[@nepumocenallido8445]

Love your voice.when I hear your voice Seems like you never have a problem you encounter and it's like the tone of your voice Seems you never like to bad mouth. Peace and love to you Ma'am 😇

[@Whammyxxd]

Wait are you telling me they are related to Dracula? Oh my god~

[@annmitchell4663]

Well considering Dracula is fiction..no.

[@howtowanderlust]

@@annmitchell4663 oh yeah?..

[@fadhil2831]

That the secret of immortality

[@TheBlackfall234]

@@annmitchell4663 Dracula is not fiction at all. Lord Vladimir Dracul. The Impaler. He was a very real person.

[@naeshuj4702]

I was like “Where’s Harry?” and had flashbacks of when I read an article stating they left the royal family. Omg-

[@unniebunny2551]

She didn't include Harry because he was not next in line to the throne, so it doesn't really matter. Btw I luv ur profile pic

[@CallieMasters5000]

Did this take a lot of work, especially to check the geneologies of all the brides marrying into the family?

[@mercel9778]

They were mostly related anyway, cousins married to cousins.

[@jec1ny]

Since this is not the sort of stuff generally taught in high school, I'd say yes. There was probably some research involved.

[@TakittyLove]

even find my own ancestors and elaborate my family tree(I have could get 7generations above me) is so difficult, this video is a master play. Yes, it takes a lot of work.

[@stablefairy9437]

cant imagine it took THAT much work. if you have any knowledge of the royal family going back to Victoria you would know most of this already

[@keinedaten1640]

@@TakittyLove Tracing back own ancestors is usually much harder than to trace royal ancestrys. The royals kept their family trees, so it is usually already written somewhere. But it is nice that the person put it on youtube.

[@illmakeuhowell]

Mary of Teck really did origin the face of the current monarchy

[@johnbrereton5229]

Alfred the Great goes all the way back to 849 AD not 1066. 1066 is when William the Conqueror became King.

[@johnfleming4886]

James VI/I married Anne of Denmark, it's not quite correct to call his children 100% Scottish. Also, we should cut the Hanoverians some slack for always marrying Germans. The Act of Settlement meant that they couldn't marry Catholics -- ie the royal families of Spain, Italy, France, and Austria. This restricted them to North Germany and the two Scandinavian Monarchies, both of which were often scrambling for heirs.

[@Andrea-77777]

Hannover ist Deutschland und was soll das heißen...verzeihen?

[@watercressfabrique3333]

'In a little family feud known as WW1' Lindsay you sassy!

[@ScottishMeetBall]

Queen Anne died in 1714, the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed in 1707, and she took the first 'British' throne after already being Queen of Scotland and England since 1701, when William III passed away.

[@AbdullahKhan-sl7kb]

If you go further back, they are all Scandinavian, even William the conquer had viking ancestry

[@lecomicsans995]

William the conqueror obviously had viking ancestry, the Normans were frenchified Norwegians lmao

[@TheBlackfall234]

@@lecomicsans995 and frenchified means more like frankenfied. Cause the French we know today was founded by the Franken. A Germanic Tribe. French people still deny that tho.

[@asiusvangio9976]

Queen Anne did not die in 1707. She died in 1714. The House of Hanover remained with Queen Victoria until her death in 1901; when her son Edward ascended the throne as Edward VII, the royal house became the House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha.

[@Chuck0856]

Thank you! I argue all the time that QV was Hanover, not SCG.

[@gabbeskillz6262]

Yup. 1707 was when she stopped being queen of England and became queen of the UK.

[@andypham1636]

@@gabbeskillz6262 Great Britain *

[@Aaleg]

Everyone gangsta til' the royal family starts blitzkreiging.

[@fsxmantra]

The only legit kings and queens are those found in a deck of playing cards.

[@bigbulk688]

In summary, Yes. And to make matters worse for Charlie, he's more German than mommy Queenie.

[@mikemancuso2526]

0:40; mistake. Queen Victoria's husband was Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and not Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

[@celesta5372]

Charlotte is the mother of 15 king in England

[@celesta5372]

She was black

[@marcocognome1835]

12:00 Do you know than Charles and Diana are also distant cousins?? They share a common ancestor, and that Person was... Mary Boleyn. YES! that Mary Boleyn. On top of that Diana Descend from Mary Boleyn's Son, as Charles descend from Mary's daughter from his Granmother (the late Queen's Mother). This not only implicate than Elizabeth II coud descend from Hennry VIII but this also implicate than William and Hennry have as much as twice the probability to have Hennry VIII's as One of their ancestors more than their Granmother

[@katek3324]

That is a very cool fact, which I did double check, however when you go back 13 generations it is not that surprising to find connections. Lots of American Celebrities and probably everyday citizens of the world could trace their family back to a royal in some way. Not always if records were not kept but it is possible. But that would always be a cool connection. Definitely easier to trace Royal/Aristocratic families as they kept detailed records (mainly male line but still)

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

I don’t think this qualifies as inbreeding though. The genetic component is so distant that the DNA that Charles and Diana shared would’ve been minuscule

[@marcocognome1835]

Just to be a Little more clear. What I'm trying to Say Is: because We can't be sure of Mary Boleyn's children's Father Is because she was already maried to an other guy when She became the King's lover. This make any of Mary's descendants a possibile descendant of Hennry the VIII as well. But the fact than William and Hennry have as Ancestors both the Mary's Daughter and Son make theam have incredibly hight chanse to be direct descendants of Hennry VIII

[@brianapennington7384]

CanadianPrince it does because the queen is a descendant of mary as well.

[@katek3324]

@@brianapennington7384 not really 12 and 13 generations separate Queen Elizabeth and Diana Spencer from Mary Boleyn. That is not uncommon at all, the number of people that share her as a common ancestor would not be a small sampling at all

[@cicibear76]

Its 12:00am, I'm high, and watching Lindsay video cause they make me feel smarter

[@levi9193]

You made me do something I've never done before; hit subscribe after watching a single video. This is amazing content.

[@Chuck0856]

Be careful - -some of this is theory reported as fact.

[@davidhoward2487]

More mind blowing, Elvis was related somehow to the Queen!!

[@belagracie]

Being a hobby genealogist (I can trace to a common 4th great grandfather with Elvis!), I found this fascinating!

[@franmellor9843]

Elvis real surname is presler not Presley

[@acmayfield6633]

Ayy I'm a hobby genealogist

[@naggu1243]

The danish royal family has been ethically German since 1448 and has mostly always married other Germans (of course includes the Greek royal family)

[@naggu1243]

The royal danish line descendent from the Hannovers died out in 1840

[@factsoflifetess3793]

Also dont forget that the current Crown Princess of Denmark (mary) was born in Australia to Scottish parents.

[@naggu1243]

Doesn’t change the background of previous kings

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

The funny thing is, the Greek Royal Family actually married back into the House of Glücksburg, when King Constantine II married Princess (now titular Queen of Greece) Anne-Marie of Denmark

[@4555joe]

Yes they are!!!! They change the name to Windors to make it sound more English!!!!!

[@arizona-palmsandsun]

If I once become King in England, I change to "Schmidt"... ...to make it sounds more german 🤣

[@sqseq1237]

Queen Anne actually died in 1714. She had 17 pregnancies, but none of them lived long. Only three of her kids died of illnesses unrelated to childbirth.

[@lilkirsche]

And now you know why you have Christmas trees in the UK. 😉 Awesome research, well done and really interesting ❤️👌🏻

[@Chuck0856]

Well done? a lot of it is half truths and interpretation.

[@floengel8861]

@@Chuck0856 no

[@misoginainternalizadaopres7131]

To make a long story short: yes.

[@gabreiliusjunickius1022]

Thnks

[@charlottethomsen8076]

I was named after Princess Charlotte. I was so heartbroken when I first heard her story when I visited her grave at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. I wonder what the British Royal Family would look like today had she not died so young and got a chance to rule... very different for sure!

[@Patrick3183]

For sure

[@Chuck0856]

Good point, I've often wondered that myself.

[@drixzylabogadie5691]

''The king died in the TOILET'' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrDaiseymay]

WHAT'S ELVIS GOT TO DO WITH THIS?

[@richardc_2382]

It be like that .... That was one mean ass shit💩💩 DAMMM😂😂

[@pietskiet8763]

In other words he died on the throne!

[@Chuck0856]

Ha ha so funny.

[@Puppydoer]

That is indeed hilarious😅🤣😂😅🤣😂

[@dannyp2058]

This was put together really well and all the pronunciations of the names was brilliant, great video thank you.

[@lois7956]

Fun fact: There's no sources for Queen Charlotte's supposed ancestor, they all link back to Queen Charlotte saying "supposed ancestor." That and being described as mulato was a common insult meaning ugly (John Adams used the same word to describe Thomas Jefferson). I hate the bad history that's pushed about her being the first biracial queen, it's bullshit

[@mscott3918]

Of course it is. A supposed ancestor doesn't make you that ancestor. I've spent 2 years researching her for a book and not one person during her lifetime said anything about her supposed blackness. Indeed, Fanny Burney, one of her team of dressers, specifically mentioned in her journal how pale she was. I'd rather take the word of someone who actually knew her over stupid rumours. I know that there is a particular painting that shows her with a darker skin, but anyone who is knows anything about painting would know that varnish darkens them. Last year someone was trying to claim that King James I was black and King Charles II. The latter was, of course, known as the black boy, on account of his French and Italian ancestry. It seems that history has to be rewritten to appease 21st century political correctness. Interesting that it is usually the Dictators who rewrite.

[@lois7956]

@@mscott3918 Well I'm not going to go that far, more like it's just bad history and not having a footing for context. They claimed Philipa of Hanault was black because she was described as dark due to being Mediterranean, but people swore blind she must be Moorish, though an analysis of Richard III's genome when they found him disproved that. I'm not going to say it's political correctness, it's just not understanding that black/mulato was used as an insult, varnish darkens and sometimes, rumours are just that. It's like folks who claim that Hamilton was black because he was born in the Caribbean but no, Creole is not the same as black.

[@gaynor1721]

Queen Charlotte was described as such by a royal physician. Look it up.

[@RiC_David]

@@lois7956 Well yes because you'd have to be pretty wilfully deluded to think that there's some "political correctness" committee who's demanding a royal's parentage be rewritten to appease us black people. We're written *out* of history, not into. Still, there's no better way to validate your prejudice than to recite those magical scare words.

[@karenmusilova3772]

I thought a royal physician wrote about her being biracial? 🤔 Unless I've gotten it wrong... Also, her portrait looks darker than others... So surely there must have been some dark blood in her somewhere?

[@melodyclark1944]

I wouldn't call Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Scottish. She, her parents, grandparents, and great grandparents were all born in England.

[@lauraz2896]

It’s not about where you are born it’s your ancestors blood.

[@gaynor1721]

The Lyon family were from Glamis Castle in Scotland, the Bowes family originated from County Durham in the north of England. The Queen Mother's ancestor, John Lyon married Eleanor Bowes and they became the Lyon-Bowes family. Later changed to Bowes-Lyon.

[@joekerr9197]

Yeah and? Elizabeth and her ancestors for at least the last 150 years were all also born in England, yet they were all Germans who married other Germans. It was Elizabeth's father who broke that tradition. As Gaynor said the Lyon family is an old Scottish family that married a heiress of the English Bowes family and adopted their surname along with their own, becoming Bowes-Lyon.

[@daler4004]

And they were all Kissing Cousins LOL

[@KateeAngel]

@@lauraz2896 genetically all humans 99% similar, so ethnicity is actually culture, language and identity. A lot of aristocrats in Scotland and Wales were much more anglicised than ordinary people for a long time

[@janedoe805]

Thank you, your video was extremely interesting. 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@aaronhamptman4102]

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