King Christian IX's Family - Descendants of the Sons

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King Christian IX of Denmark is known as the fathe rin law of Europe. His 6 children inherited, married into or were appointed to monarchies all over the continent. Between them they gave Christian and his Queen Louise 39 grandchildren and many more decedents who would occupied 9 different European thrones - Denmark of course, but also Norway, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Greece, Spain, Russia, Romania, and Luxembourg. They spanned 128 years of history Prince Albert Victor being born in 1864 and Princess Margaret of Bourbon-Parma living to see 1992. Among them, they defied the Nazis, served in the French Foreign Legion, won and lost various thrones and foil assassination attempts.
Here are the stories of the children of Christian IX’s three Sons.
King Frederick VIII of Denmark
Vilhelm, King George I of Greece
Prince Valdemar
Sources:
En kongelig familie A Royal Family (2003) films by Anna Lerche & Marcus Mandal
en.wikipedia.org
www.britannica.com
www.englishmonarchs.co.uk
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Another fun fact: During WW2, Hitler wrote a long personal letter to the king of Denmark to congratulate him on his birthday. King Christan the 10th simply responded with "Many thanks" (so basically, today's equivalent to "k") and Hitler got so furious, he was about to go beserk on Denmark. Luckily he got talked out of it in the end... The king was such a badass lol

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I guess you could say he was... führerious

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Just imagine- “Mommy when did you and daddy meet?” “Well honey we met on our wedding day” “What 👁👄👁”

[@JenInOz]

That's fairly common in a lot of cultures where parents choose their children's partners.

[@deniaridley]

OR "We've known each other all our lives since my father and his mother are brother and sister."

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My godmother met her husband on their wedding day too. I always thought it was awkward...and it was!

[@--enyo--]

24:35 They ‘could not be left alone in a furnished room’. 🤣 Well, that’s an interesting phrase.

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Im pretty sure ive used this phrase before discribing one of my friends and her boyfriend

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I'm Greek and at school we are not taught that we had a royal family. I found out about it when I was 16 years old. Thank you so much for making these videos

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I'm a senior in high school and in history we talk about the Greek royal family although a huge part of the history book is about venizelos

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@@giannisfragos722 You're lucky and I'm glad to hear this! When I went to school in the 2000s (I'm assuming you're younger than me) we barely touched the topic of Greek royalty. I believe it had to do with the government of the time and how they ran the educational system and political propaganda they wanted to pass through our young impressionable heads.

[@annbsirius1703]

It's so interesting that learning about one family can really give a history lesson about the world wars! Queen Alexandrine of Denmark's mother Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna would be a fun video topic. As a young widow she gambled, partied, and had an illegitimate child she actually raised. During WWI her sympathies were with the allies even though her other daughter was the Kaiser's daughter-in-law and her son was Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Shwerin. 3 of her brother's were killed by the Bolsheviks.

[@kjellhl1975]

World shortest book. The Danish royal book of baby names.

[@Sonderborg75]

Kjelly Lund 😂😂😂 Sorry to tell you, but they all have at least four names and no last name... But yes, the first born male heir is always named either Christian or Frederik. Our current crown prince is named Frederik André Henrik Christian. His oldest son is named Christian Valdemar Henri John. And our queen is named Margrethe Alexandrine Thórhildur Ingrid.

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French kings' names too 😂.

[@mangot589]

@@selensoycan8378 And there’s an awfully lot of Edwards, Georges and Henrys in the British one.

[@selensoycan8378]

Yes 😂.

[@danakscully82]

I find it interesting that you never once mentioned the fact that King Konstantin II is married to Queen Margrethe II’s youngest sister Anne-Marie

[@Cyberlucy]

One thing that you missed mentioning was that Marina the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark married George the VI's brother Prince George, Duke of Kent.

[@jaelortega2127]

These people have so many kids, I am convinced they make up half of the planet

[@LotosAnalysisCorner]

This is so funny for me because I have a huge family. I'm the 7th of 13 kids, my mom and my father are both the 8th of 10 kids and literally in my class I have 8 of my cousins

[@jaelortega2127]

@@LotosAnalysisCorner That must be a fun family reunion

[@--enyo--]

That was normal back then, for everyone. But yeah, my dad has ten kids.

[@orlaithflaherty5545]

Well it was seen as there duty for royal women to have as many children as possible and were pressured to have loads of children

[@Maridun50]

People in general did have many kids in those days due to no telly and no birth control ......

[@annikkirahko6714]

I remember reading a childrens book about the new royal family of Norway and how they were Danish and had to learn how to be Norwegian. It was adorable and I loved it. The prince had to learn how to ski jump

[@reneeparent1596]

Both my husband and I love your videos!!! You make the "difficult" royal lines (that often cross back over again & maybe again) the easiest too understand than anyone else on KZbin. Thank you for what you put out. I'm a great fan.

[@sinainigoche2905]

This series is wonderful and very educational, but did she say clap back when describing Germany attacking Denmark? 😂 that was hilarious.

[@--enyo--]

Sinai Nigoche Why?

[@bbrown333]

That caught me too. lol

[@arielsclamshellbra]

Lol it was meant to be funny

[@AmarieRegin]

Please do in-depth videos on the Greek, Italian, Belgian, and Luxembourgish royals!

[@COBO2]

So how many of King Christian IXs descendants married Queen Victoria”s descendants? I think I’ve noticed a pattern.

[@marypomona1036]

Probably a least 10

[@COBO2]

Mary Pokins talk about inbreeding. That’s crazy. Then you have Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth 2nd who are both descendants of both Queen Victoria and King Christian IX.

[@--enyo--]

Well they probably made up at least half of the available royals, so...

[@kikiu1062]

Such a conicidence how he tried to court Victoria when they were younger and single, imagine! How things wouod have changed if she chose him

[@Furienna]

There are currently four countries, where the monarch is a descendant of both Christian IX and Victoria: Denmark, Norway, Spain and the UK. Greece would be a fourth example if they returned to being a monachy.

[@nikkirebecca7125]

i am not greek but i request to only be referred to as “Greek Nikki” from now on

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Nikki Rebecca Half Greek here, I believe there are ways to become “Greek” such as marriage to a Greek or joining their church

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Nikki Rebecca But I guess you can still have the nickname

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Id have a mix of European ancestry in my family

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Alright Greek Nikki

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I think it would be amazing if you did a solo video on Princess Alice/Prince Philip’s mother. If there’s one woman in history I had to pick who’s had a rough life it would be her.

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I really like this series. Any time you have further reading on the royals I would love for you to post the books etc

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Wonderful as always! Your videos helped me not only to pass most of my history classes but also helped me find my love for the history of royalty, keep doing what your doing!

[@aFallOutGirl]

King Christan X didn't only become a symbol for the danes because he stayed, but also because he refused to not greet any german soldiers when he went on his riding trip. also because he didn't hide away at his palace, he took his horse out riding every day, without guards. he kind of silently resisted the nazis, not put the danish nation in danger. he did alot for his country.

[@Lucy0809]

Yay! Thanks again Lindsay I’m loving this series x

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What a great work you've done. I´m learning so much about the Danish Kings, Queens and their kids. I´ve never learned so much in so little time before. Thanks a lot

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Phew! I learned so much, probably too much, my mind was going around in circles, but I did just manage to keep up with your commentary! I may have to get hold of the family tree so I can make all the connections! Even so, well done indeed!

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Thank you!! For doing different not well known royal families!!! Keep it up

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I strive to be Thyra when I grow older. Let my house be the sanctuary for all my relatives who have mental breakdowns due to the pressure of the toxic people around them.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you!

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Thank you Lindsay 🌷

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Another really interesting video! As always, illustrations are great. And you’ve finally made me interested in Scandinavian royalty. I’ve always been interested in British, but now I’ve expanded my horizen, thanks to you! Now I guess I’m going to go get the expanded poster from UsefulCharts😉. And congratulations on the growth of your channel!

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Can you please talk more about the Yugoslavian royal family? I would love to learn more

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I would also like to see that, but I already know most from history classes 😅

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Mary Jane or audiobooks

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Her voice isn’t soothing it’s childish and annoying

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@@Patrick3183 If you find it annoying, why are you watching her videos?

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Patrick3183 why are you watching then?

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@@Patrick3183 That is your opinion.

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2 VIDEOS THIS WEEK TOO!!!!! Thank you!

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14:37 Since 2015, Constantine and Anne-Marie have returned to Greece to live as commoners.

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I love your videos Lindsay 😊

[@Kashanta]

The name Valdemar is pretty cool. It's funny that most of his kids married Americans or Canadians, heh.

[@JenInOz]

Have you read anything by Mercedes Lackey?

[@Kashanta]

@@JenInOz Nope. I'm aware of her Valdemar stories, though.

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At first I thought they said Voldemort, LOL.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

Valdemar is an old Danish King name. According to Danish legend, it was Valdemar the II "Victory" who saw the Danish flag Dannebrog drop from the sky in Estonia, in the year 1219. Prince Christian, the current Crown Prince of Denmark's oldest son and future king, one of his middlenames is Valdemar.

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We had titles and the United States had the money.

[@Sonderborg75]

As an extra loop to the Greek story, King Constantine (the current one) is married to the youngest sister of Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Annemarie.

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Thanks for sharing

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I just wanted to thank you for all the history lessons of European thrones it's very well done.

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I've very much enjoyed these Danish videos. Cheers.

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Yes queen thank you for this!!!

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Thank you for sharing

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The grown of Finland never went anywhere, because Finland didn´t want the royal family to have an word of Finland´s politics. Even thought both of them where offered and one was chosen to be the King, he never became the king of Finland. So I get why you say "sort lived grown", instead saying the grown was offered to him, but instead they did choose the german prince who actually never became the king of Finland. As Finnish myself that just hit my ear.

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Repeated typo? Did you mean crown not grown?

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I honestly look every night for your videos, their so interesting and love to watch them in bed :) keep up the awesome work

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Princess Alice of Battenberg was a beautiful young woman!!

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These videos are the highlight of my bedtime routine ☺️😌

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5:39 Apparently this is a very famous photo in Norway. They built two statues/monuments where the King and Prince stood around that tree.

[@vidarfe]

The original birch is gone, but they have planted a new one at the same spot. This is the place today: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Kongebjørka_2018.jpg

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Hi Lindsay! Love your videos! Could you make some videos on the lives of Elisabeth of Wied (Queen Elisabeth of Romania) and Queen Mary of Romania? we don't really have a lot of videos on our royalty. Thanks!

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Amazing video

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Great videos

[@MegCazalet]

I remember admiring King Christian X of Denmark when I read Number the Stars in 5th grade. It’s such a good book.

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So perfect !!!!!! S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 Your job is just awesome!!!! Congratulations! S2 S2 S2 S2 S2 have you ever considered making a video of the descendants of Emperor Nicholas I and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) from Russia?

[@MinecraftGamerYOLO]

You used a George I portrait for Constantine I again! Also Constantine II and Prince Nicholaos (his son) are currently living in Greece. And the daughter of Greek Nicky Marina was the duchess of Kent. Apart from that it was a nice video

[@harild1965]

Excelente producción.

[@BlayreAilean]

Are you certain that both Thyrras in his family tree had illegitimate children at a young age? It sounds almost to similar to be possible... 😅

[@murderfaery5715]

She only mentioned one having illegitmate children

[@BlayreAilean]

@@murderfaery5715 In this video, yes, but she also mentioned another Thyra in the last video with a very similar story (loved a commoner, had an illigitimate child at young age, was not allowed to marry the commoner and had to give the child away)

[@wednesdayaddams8033]

@@BlayreAilean it's the same thyra

[@BlayreAilean]

@@wednesdayaddams8033 No, the other one was Christian 9. daughter, born 1853, she later got married and had children. The one is this video was the granddaughter of Christian 9. and remained unmarried after the whole affair thing but i just listened to the video again - this one didn't have an illegitimate child. still, no other woman in this series seems to have had an affair, both with commoners. coincidance..?😉🤪

[@lillibethheatherhill2821]

Princess Thyra, later the Duchess of Cumberland, fell in love with one of her father's adjudants, a young officer in the Guard Hussars, Vilhelm Frimann Marcher, who reciprocated her feelings. She became pregnant and was hastily sent to brother Vilhelm/king Georg I in Greece, where she gave birth to a daughter. The child was adopted by a family in Odense and grew up without knowing about her parentage. She did marry, but has no descendants. Lt. Marcher shot himself. Rumors about the affair were finally confirmed in 1975, when Bo Bramsen's "Huset Glücksborg" was published. The other Thyra, sister to Chr. X & Haakon V, never married and had no children. Her younger sister Dagmar married Jørgen Castenskiold to Kongstedlund.

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I love all of Lindsay’s videos. I am a fan of historical aristocracy. It’s SO interesting, and full of Drama,lol. Ps- I also found the Girl in the Tiara. Love these!💕

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pressed like before i even started watching!

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Haakon the 7th sounds like an amazing king!

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Your videos are awesome. Will you continue Queens of the World Series Lindsay? I'd like to listen different queens around the World from you.

[@gustav331]

One thing: Christian X didn't join the Navy, but instead the Army.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

Very true. And he was very disappointed that his son, Frederik, didn't join the Army as well. But he was a naval man through and through.

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Thanks Have a good weekend.

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The picture at 17:14 was actually Grand Duke Paul's brother Grand Duke Sergei who married Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine.

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Yes the Picture is og Grand Duke Sergei

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Can you do Mary queen of scots

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Fun fact: Prince Nicholas's daughter, Princess Marina duchess of Kent, was the last foreign Princess to marry a British prince.

[@flowerh7767]

My town is named Schleswig I have heard so many pronunciations. It's good to finally understand how it's supposed to sound, our neighboring towns all have german names in the middle of Iowa.

[@BlayreAilean]

Hi there, sorry to tell you, but her pronounciations is quite wrong 😜 It does work in terms of pronouncing the letters in the english way, but it is not how the german word is originaly suppossed to sound. Believe me, I'm from Schleswig-Holstein, with the town of Schleswig being not far away. The german pronounciation (if that's what you where looking for) is Schleswig with the "sch" like the "sh" in words like "shame" (instead of the "s" as in "slumber" like this KZbinr is saying it). The rest of the word is fine though. I hope this helps a bit 😉 Best regards from Schleswig-Holstein to Iowa!

[@flowerh7767]

@@BlayreAilean Thank you for explaining this! Ever since I saw the word I've heard so many diffrent ways to pronounce it. it's funny there's only a small town dividing Schleswig from another town Holstein. Anyway thank you very much.

[@Sonderborg75]

And if you want the Danish pronunciation, it's more like Sleisvii spelled Slesvig. And Holstein is Holsten. I myself live in Sønderborg, which is one of the cities/duchies in e.g. Prince Phillip's original title, very close to the German border, this part of Denmark goes by the name Southern Jutland or North Slesvig. 😊

[@flowerh7767]

@@Sonderborg75 Thank you auto correct doesn't like some words.😐 I love learning about other countries since in the U.S. world history only covers WWI and WWII. It's nice to talk to someone across the globe what a better to learn than from someone who lives there. Hope you have a great day. 😊

[@Sonderborg75]

Flower H If you want to spell it the German and English way, it's correct. I'm just using the the Danish spelling of Slesvig and Holsten. 😊 And yes, it's great to learn from each other. 😊 I hope you have a nice day too.

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I'm completely lost because HAD SO MANY ALEXANDRA'S, ok they like to honor older ones, but for god's sake, that's too much.

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9pm. My granddaughter is Alexis

[@niyatis0207]

Wow!!!!! Really interesting. It's surprising to know that valdemar's three sons actually married outside royalty and aristocracy.

[@umagondwe7483]

I might have watched this later but it,s so interesting

[@creature57]

Margarite was so much fun from what I have read. Naughty like a child until the end of her life. She would have been lovely to know personally.

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I love this biography Thanks

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Two in a week? Yes!!!

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I LOVE your videos! Besides simply loving history in general, your videos give me hope that we in the USA can and will survive this nightmare time in our country. When I see what some of these historic figures had to survive, the strength of the human spirit amazes me. Many Blessings to all! 🙏🏻💜👼🏻✝️😇😷

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Is no one gonna comment on how fine Phillip was when he was young?!

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Ooh yes, a Greek God.

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I gotta say, you watch enough of these videos and immerse yourself, you start creating a bubble where it’s ONLY European royal families in the world and no one else 🤣

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Please do a video on famous richest families in america such as the vanderbilts

[@doomi4055]

Lindsay Can You Do is American President Descendent of King John of England

[@VicarMullicule]

Excellent series of videos. I'm impressed with the accuracy of pronouncing Dagmar in Danish, well done! However, the correct and not at all logical way to pronounce "Aage" is something like the English word "owe" with the "e" somewhat pronounced at the end, maybe more like "oweh".

[@chriswilkinson9400]

Nice A family photo

[@LittleMonsterChou]

I love my queen Margrethe. It's fun to learn all this history of the royal family of my country

[@skyfieri]

luv that you said clapped back

[@BeatrizPereira-mk2cr]

Please do the Dutch and Portuguese royal families !!!

[@robertbrawley5048]

25:14 photo of Axel could be easily mistaken for Count Felix von Luckner. Felix von Luckner? Yes. Of the "Sea Adler" windjammer commerce raider during WWI

[@patrickkelmer6290]

Can you make a video on Queen Ingrid?

[@annesteverink4075]

Could you make a video about the romanov children? I would be very happy to watch it.

[@kikiu1062]

Its so weird how despite all these cousins havung parents who were close as siblings, but the cousons themselves in the eaurope royal families where split into two different camps during ww1

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

Yes. Well, during their childhood, they would spend many summers together at the Danish summer castle of Fredensborg. Here it was Christian the IX and his wife who were king and Queen, and a kind of sanctuary for everyone else. But it's very clear that political tensions spread between the countries, not necessarily led on by the royals, but of course they felt they had to follow the interests of their country.

[@robvangilder3801]

Will u do the Russian royal family one day?

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Louise of Sweden looks like one of those premade Sims in the neighborhood that you really don't want anyone to marry because they are really weird looking and going to make weird looking sims-children.

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Nice 👍