Queen Victoria's Grandchildren - Part 2 of 3

[@candywhite7926]

"But they were cousin's so that was okay" bruh what even. They were seriously so messed up. Also, Rasputin looks like a rat.

[@pandamaliaj9549]

Elle Short In history, royal people unkowingly or not usually married their children to their cousins, second cousins etc. because they did it since the medieval times all royal houses were related. It was horrible. And yes, Rasputin does look like a rat😹😹.

[@otterhaus]

@Moebym I was just about to come here to say this... rats are actually cute, Rasputin was not.

[@SEGASister]

“She couldn’t marry him because he was her cousin, so she married another cousin instead.”

[@elizabethkulik8894]

Moebym 0”

[@reythejediladyviajakku6078]

Elle Short yup! Good thing they got wise about marrying cousins cuz it’s never a good idea. And yeah, I agree. Rasputin looks like a huge, plague ridden rodent

[@Gamecockinnc1]

Elizabeth sold all of her possessions, became a nun, devoted her life to the poor and helping people and they still killed her in such a horrible way. Sad.

[@racheldianeames3729]

RIP😭

[@adasang-mata788]

Mennat Quazi watch the video

[@XxpauldadudexX]

@Mennat Quazi....look at, around 2:30 to 3:50.

[@florencereianelouricevilla7272]

@Mennat Quazi Elizabeth was executed by murder. She was killed by Bolsheviks on July 18, 1918 the next day after her sister Alexandra and her family was executed. Along with her was Sister Barbara and the rest of the Romanov family. RIP Elizabeth.

[@aprilbrowning3409]

Prince Philip mom princess Alice of Greece she is a remarkable woman she deserves to be noticed and a movie made bout her true story

[@mirelairinapetre6503]

Queen Maria of Romania will always be remembered and love by us,romanians. She wasn t just a Queen. She was a splendid woman,highly cultured, with many talents. You should read her books and see her paintings. To be english, but become more romanian than romanians, this is something we will never forget.

[@cgt3704]

Lindsay said it wrong tough. King carol i was Ferdinand's UNCLE.

[@xxthatpookieeditsxx]

Queen Mary of Romania had an affair with a military officer. How nice.

[@Yourmom55709]

As a romanian i knew ferdinand is not his son. But still related to him

[@livinschibianca4046]

​@@xxthatpookieeditsxx most of the royals had affairs its nothing new

[@deedragongirl]

It’s NO wonder she’s been compared to Princess Diana.

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

That poor Elizabeth of Russia. She even sold and gave away all her royal possessions and jewels, became a nun, built a convent, built a hospital, provided medicines to and helped the poor and animals and the Bolsheviks STILL killed her, burnt her alive. Even though she was not in line to the Czar. So horrible. 😢

[@Liitebulb]

Yes war is not very discriminatory. It's very cruel and women and the poor always pay the highest price

[@JeffTaylorRomania]

@@Liitebulb but it wasn't war..just cold blooded murder..everyone could have been exiled but communists would rather murder or starve people. Wicked devils.

[@Republicanboy1]

@@ohmytin Yes, because the woman that shunned all that deserved a far more brutal death than the majority of Bolshevik "enemies" of the time. Doesn't sound discriminating at all *rolls eyes*

[@lisaw150]

To be fair, the Tsars had run a terror regime in Russia before. Russia is an unlucky country that has never had a decent government. And, when deposing a monarchy, sadly you can't take any risiks...

[@thephoenixxm4160]

@@lisaw150, You are justifying murder. Russia's best governments were the Soviets and the current one. At least those were stable for the most part, even though I dislike both equally.

[@randyking3057]

Rasputin has gotta be the creepiest dude ever.

[@P3891]

You haven’t seen creepy till you’ve seen Charles II of Spain, one could only imagine if photography existed in his time

[@kensebego199]

P3891 : Go easy on the feller, he didn't ask to be that inbred.

[@randyking3057]

@@kensebego199 ROFL

[@terynb4407]

😂 it took them like 50 tries before they actually killed him

[@jennigee51]

I’m sorry, you’re wrong...if you know about Susan Cox Powell, just reading and hearing about her father-in-law makes my skin crawl! If you don’t, take a look.

[@ellabelle7513]

Victoria: *warns about Rasputin* Alix: Elizabeth: *also warns her* Alix: The people: *hates them and revolution breaks out* Alix: :o

[@carmendelcastillo7724]

Ahahahaha

[@Anonymous.user.157]

Ella Belle I don’t think you can entirely blame it on the family’s relationship with Rasputin. The monarchy was doomed before Nicholas II was even tsar.

[@jamiemohan2049]

Lol, this makes me laugh. That was exactly Alexandra's response, 😂. She and Nicholas were oblivious to how they were viewed and the suffering of the people.

[@kensebego199]

Tsar Alexander II already doomed the monarchy before his son even got the throne.

[@adelaromero309]

Pretty much.

[@marilynmalcolm9920]

Everyone is named Victoria and everyone married a cousin, how imaginative.

[@toogeeky4u]

George and Edward seem to be very common names too 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@basantithakur3169]

Full wrong story Russian queen king different thing not England relation England Elizabeth loot England royal family loot all world and Indian people all all world loot royal family England royal family

[@rosin_eater]

Marilyn Malcolm Ik they are so creative

[@yolo-cz9ep]

And they are all look alike... Very very confusing

[@rubiantysakuradeng811]

Their tradition on children name was based on generation before them eg: if you were royals and have a baby girl, the baby must be named like their grandmother from one side or both. For baby boy is same.

[@tristangeneral4839]

I feel so sorry for Princess Elisabeth 😭 that was insane

[@monabohamad2242]

If you specifically meant the sweet widowed women who died at 53 years old because she was BURNED alive then yeah that was/is obviously AWFUL and just completely TERRIBLE

[@animamilitis2421]

@@monabohamad2242 It's a legend. No exact data of execution were availiable to the author of the book this narrative is most probably based on (Australian author Lyubov Miller). Though they definitively were put to death by dull blows into their heads. Concerning how many people this family had starved to death or murdered just to maintain their lifestyles (glamorous charities inclusive) it was relatively light end.

[@MistarZtv]

no one: Incest bad! Queen Victoria's Grandchildren: _So, you have your cousins, and then you have your first cousins, and then you have your second cousins..._

[@DutchSimmer1]

This, this is what I need, mean girls fans who also like history/royal families

[@NellieG8]

Not only that every girl name is Victoria 😂

[@starlite04]

@@NellieG8 Well it does mean victory, so a name with great pride.

[@awwpaw4797]

Adam, Eve, Abraham....????You?

[@anasimpsonn]

😂😂😂😂

[@SomePerson_Online]

That one story about how they were thrown down and didn’t die from impact, and then had to suffer until they died was so sad 😭

[@TiffReed]

SomePerson Online Right?! That was so horrible.

[@Heedy770]

pretty common throughout history tho

[@ladyagnes7781]

Ella is a saint.

[@annebremer8011]

It haunts me. When found dead her hand was at her head about to bless herself. She used her petticoats to bind the woods of the others. Dear Ella as she was nicknamed. She tried so hard to make up for the excesses of the Romanovs. She was such a good person. She is a Saint in the Orthodox Church.

[@vuka-ja-hm6864]

The comunist like to do this. There are mines in Slovenia full of Croats that where killed that way. Women, children, old. They didn't care. It is horrible.

[@chantelleredman5050]

So sad how how they warned Zarina Alexandra multiple times and it went unheeded

[@P3891]

Tsarina or Czarina?i

[@OurBrokenDreams]

@@P3891 I as am european would say Tsarina. Czarina is the more american version

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@P3891 Neither actually. Peter the Great was the last Tsar of Russia. He traded it for the title of Emperor. Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia. Alexandra was the last Empress of Russia.

[@luissdstuff6381]

Family members, the diplomatic corps, close friends in Russia and abroad all warned the family it was time to leave. But the Tsarina refused time and time again. Her stubbornness led to the murders of the entire family.

[@P3891]

Rhaenyra Targaryen oh I just meant in the spelling not whether or it not it was actual title

[@tkc5898]

Imagine marrying, then divorcing your first cousin and having to see them at the family bar-b-que 🥴

[@dannyrodriguez3369]

Jajaja😂

[@9xprincess]

😂😭

[@agbobier2792]

That would not be uncomfortable. Hhmmmm.

[@id9829]

Lol

[@Tekirai]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Lizzie-ve7kt]

Alice’s schizophrenia diagnosis is highly contested especially since she was essentially locked up in an asylum after having a nervous breakdown because of the many tragedies that befell her family. She was born congenitally deaf and it’s actually through her mother’s intelligence and devotion to her children that she noticed it early on and helped her learn to read lips and use sign language in both English and German. I personally don’t think she had schizophrenia and especially back then that term was thrown around and misdiagnosed a lot. That coupled with her deafness, her being a woman, and the wit and courage she exhibited throughout the remainder of her life make me highly doubt the validity of her diagnosis.

[@bananaleaf5899]

Nah, she was definitely ill based on what she was recorded to have said (eg; claiming to have spoke to Jesus, who gave her advice on her daughter's marriages). Maybe not schizophrenia, but some sort of illness, which she only seemed to get over after her daughters death.

[@kawaiielephant7772]

​@@bananaleaf5899Religious people say stuff like that all the time

[@bananaleaf5899]

@@kawaiielephant7772 read her wikipedia page, direct quotes from her or the publicly available medical records. Yes, she was mentally ill. And also, no that is not how religious people speak in the context, even back then.

[@Riri-r9r]

Idk why but watching these video’s Are relaxing to Watch and calms me down

[@adammoore7059]

It's most likely the classical music playing in the background.... Classical music is very relaxing

[@catherinecominio175]

Me too.

[@scarlettcloud7552]

It's her voice 😌

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

“They wanted to divorce but their mutual grandmother...” Ok, no sentence should ever start with those words 🤣

[@piercedsiren]

Imagine sharing a grand mother. Sounds awful.

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

@@piercedsiren AWFUL

[@kkandsims4612]

Right I could not stop laughing I mean we are giving the dr phil Couple such a hard time but maybe we should not be cuz I mean I thought it had died out but if Queen Elisabeth did it and we just had cuz do it in 2018 then maybe we are all deadass wrong to be hating on it idk like I am not sure what to think someone get in the comments and change my mind cuz I am a fence sitter on this one. I personally would never do it but hey to each there own 😂😂 mutual grandmothers mutual aunts I can’t stop

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

@@kkandsims4612 inbreeding usually results in the couple’s children having severe birth defects, is highly likely to cause horrible, painful disfigurement and illnesses such as hemophilia not to mention many of the offspring suffering mercilessly with severe mental illness. Look up the royal history of monarchist countries such as England and former monarchist countries such as Russia and Spain. It’s all there. Also, it’s just plain old gross😂There’s your reasons.

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

@Darla Lett totally

[@kristi1189]

a movie needs to made about grand duchess Elizabeth. that's a hell of a story!

[@banbasafro]

agree! you should check out warwick's life and death of grand duchess ella. she was really an amazing lady regardless of her racist sexist mean awful husband

[@yaelfeder9042]

banbasafro despite being married to an antisemitic tsar, she saw Jews as humans and took care of the civilians in general. As a Jew, she remains one of my favorite European royals. I wish time travel existed so I could go back in time, give her a hug, and say, “Thank you for following your heart instead of society” and save her from the assholes who blew her up.

[@David-fm6go]

@@yaelfeder9042 she was married to the brother of Tsar Alexander III, uncle of Tsar Nicholas II. But yea I agree, the Bolsheviks were ruthless killers liquidating men women and children for threats both real and imagined.

[@jamiemohan2049]

Her husband apparently wasn't as kind either. However this may be propaganda done against him.

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

@@David-fm6go - The Bolsheviks were by majority Jewish

[@hyunelynn5729]

Bless Elizabeth. She's truly a kind soul

[@Slushiii6804]

I love your pfp 💕💞💖💗💝

[@mollyrogers5851]

Okay, so what Im getting is WWI was a giant family fight

[@DC-nw3uc]

That's honestly all it was..

[@staciasmith5162]

For over a thousand years that's what European wars amongst themselves were...😗

[@simplica1]

How grossly self important are these royals these fights killed millions of innocent people!

[@angelwhispers2060]

Yep.... the king of Austria didn't even like his Heir and would have been perfectly happy to switch to his grandson which is what happened anyway. You should check out the Extra Credits history series the seminal tragedy it talks about how many ways World War 1 could have been stopped. Oh and BTW dubs all of the Royals still went on their annual family hunting trip for the first 2 years of the war......

[@angelwhispers2060]

@@simplica1 do you realize anyone with a single European ancestor are all related through King Charlemagne and his numerous affairs. So watching these stories about the various royal families they're just the distant cousins of every European descendant alive today.

[@lilyrichter5202]

this season in " keeping up with the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha's". a family feud turns into ww1 mix with a bit of haemophilia, couple of nazi's and all Victoria's married to their cousins'! what could go wrong

[@lizahenry3343]

Covid19

[@melissaflorence5753]

I said that in kims voice

[@est9949]

Lmao that pretty much sums it up.

[@figtree_video_archive]

The Cold War, the decline of the Bri'ish Empire and almost every empire, society gets worse, orange man and the Coronavirus

[@conserztasfia0078]

keeping up wuth the victorians

[@mafaldarose4863]

All these people being shocked at all the cousin marriages are obviously new to royal history lmao

[@carrie0508]

I'm shocked to the extent, I knew they intermarried, but not this many all over Europe.

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

And likely more shocked that certain segments of particular societies are still doing so today despite the rampant birth defects in their population

[@voliataig3322]

Yup

[@staciasmith5162]

Ikr.

[@supremeleviathan1411]

facts

[@BigRatNuggz]

Elizabeth went out singing hymns to the Lord, may her strong soul rest easy

[@moriartea897]

I've watched so many of these I'm getting ads for hemophilia medicine.

[@est9949]

Lol underrated comment

[@tomsdotter3228]

😂

[@simplica1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bananalovinggirl9754]

If your mutual grandmother is against your divorce, you know something is wrong😂

[@asyasmith7370]

Take a shot every time a cousin/cousin marriage!

[@davidcorruthers78]

asya smith that’s alcohol poisoning 😭😭😭

[@banbasafro]

do you want us to DIE

[@yumikumi2]

RIP

[@brettlarch8050]

I’m a recovered alcoholic for a reason

[@ElocinNoir]

🥴🥴

[@sophieshipman8888]

i got hemophilia just from watching this

[@kristi4113]

Sophie Shipman I seriously laughed out loud at that. God, I’m a horrible person...

[@tristangeneral4839]

Serious question, does anyone think the cause of their haemophilia was because they were a product of incest?

[@trixyboa5496]

Tristan General yes. Their gene pool never really got widened so erroneous genetic traits manifested in their offsprings.

[@contessadicastiglioni5303]

Ha ha ha I güess I am a horrible Person as Well 😋

[@RoseSharon7777]

Lol!!

[@sarahbarlow2241]

Too many cousins getting married to each other. Can't wait for part 3, more cousins getting married I expect.

[@kittymamayyz]

You mean like the current queen to Prince Philip? Yup.

[@pninayagev6262]

@@kittymamayyz ppl

[@tylercorn6502]

“Victoria, nicknamed Ducky, was in love with her first cousin Grand Duke Kirill of Russia, but the Orthodox Church forbid incestual marriages so she instead married her first cousin, the Grand Duke of Hesse.”

[@anicastipisic1730]

Looks like the Orthodox church in Russia obeyed God's rules. Incest is a sin!

[@MsFlamingFlamer]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@share_accidental]

i thought i misheard 😅

[@tay2944]

I’m going to hit my cousin for no reason this thanksgiving. Just setting boundaries

[@TAK-yj4hj]

That can backfire. Maybe they like being dominantes, getting hit etc

[@areliespinosa27]

taylor views lol 😂

[@catherinecominio175]

LOL

[@catherinecominio175]

George was a jerk.

[@adammoore7059]

Your cousin might push you down a flight of stairs if you try to mate with him

[@ellebelle8515]

Having studied many of the children and grandchildren myself, there are some bits of information here that are stated as facts, yet not proven. For example, Prince Philip's mother was committed to mental asylums by her mother, who was embarrassed by her daughter. But, when Alice was able to finally escape after years, she did amazing acts service for the poor and oppressed. Her story alone is amazing.

[@zz449944]

Yes, the story of Princess Alice is amazing. This video gave her such little mention that it is almost easy to miss. 01:33 I was pleased that the Netflix series THE CROWN featured a lot of Princess Alice's story, tho not all of it.

[@anicastipisic1730]

I agree. They made her I'll. She was the smartest of them all. God saved her from the terror she was going through!

[@berouja]

Alice children and grandchildren really got the short end of the stick in their family... so many were murdered and exiled.

[@kurtishall9492]

@Yen Chern Soh um no. Her descendants include Louise, Queen Consort of Sweden and the current Duke of Edinburgh.

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@kurtishall9492 her direct male line is extinct. So technically this branch of the Hesse Darmstadt family is extinct. But yeah, she does still have direct descendants through female lines.

[@marekvojtko1846]

@@jamiemohan2049 Yes, it is, but she only had one son who survived to adulthood, so the probability of continual male line was quite low anyway.

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@marekvojtko1846 I suppose yeah

[@gidzmobug2323]

@@marekvojtko1846 Ernest Louis survived to adulthood; Friedrich was a hemophiliac who died from a fall.

[@janefelix3821]

What is interesting is that while many of Queen Victoria's grandchildren died in early childhood, all 9 of her pregnancies resulted in live births and all of her children survived to adulthood and produced children themselves. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, her 8th child and youngest son, was the youngest to die, at 30, but was the father to the last Duke of Saxe-Comburg Goetha, Edward.

[@monmothma3358]

Wasn't her daughter Louise childless?

[@autumnpeacock4156]

Okay did these kids never get out?? Never meet a non relative??? Every single one was in love with a COUSIN.

[@catclelland2447]

And their grandmother Queen Victoria was married to her first cousin. These are all the current queens relatives, and she herself is married to her third cousin. It’s the Royal way, at least it was. Thank you Diana, Fergie, Kate, and Meghan for bringing in some fresh blood to the line of succession.it will take a hundred years at least to breed out all the inbreeding.

[@shanellematthews5828]

@Cat Clelland Diana, Kate, Sarah, Sophie and Meghan are still distantly related to the royal family in some way or the the other. Its not that close that hemophilia can make a come back but they still are related 😂

[@philippatran2745]

Because they weren’t allowed to marry commoners and Queen Victoria also succeeded in marrying her children into various royal houses across Europe so their choice was limited.

[@9xprincess]

And no they didn't really get out much. Probably mainly around their immediate family, local nobles who weren't politically useful and servants/tutors/governess. When they left their familiar surroundings it was probably to visit relatives so...

[@brendadrumm9708]

By the way I love ur first name autumn Victoria was so ugly x

[@matthewwilliams1212]

3:38 She is not singing to stop the fire, she is singing because she knows she is free 🖤

[@corinadarie6658]

Maria (Romanian version) and her sister Ducky looked so alike that I thought you showed them wrong:)) And damn, do I love Maria! Such a wonderful person in our history, so full of joy to live and of love for a nation that wasn't hers by birth!😍 Also, it was Ferdinand's uncle that died. And one of the provinces is "Bucovina". Ahh sorry I'm commenting so much, I'll shut up now. I enjoy your videos a lot!

[@cgt3704]

No worries. Romania is respecring you for this comment.

[@corinadarie6658]

@@cgt3704 I should hope so since Romania is my country and I love it!

[@cgt3704]

@@corinadarie6658 Si eu imi apreciez tara mult. Traiasca Regina!

[@krystalwithay8232]

Most comments: *Poor Elizabeth* Few of the comments: *Ew cousins* Me: *Ooh he built a banana and coffee farm*

[@dhaliazaid4479]

I swear I don't know why but I got excited from that😂

[@Mikan452]

08:30 George V was not failed saving his cousins, he personally reject their request for asylum (and make it sounds like they rejected by British parlement), and basically put the Russian royal family in a serving dish for their execution. Keep in mind that George V and the Tsar are childhood friends and have a very close bond. Just cold man... But probably thats one of the reasons why British monarcy is still exist until today, I mean, its gonna be a bad PR if he tooked them, causing public roar and possible dethrone by his own ppl.

[@HadassaMoon144]

"failed in saving" just means that he did not save them. It's just a phrase. It does not present any effort or intention. It does present that there was a possibility to do something, but it did not happen. It's just a statement of fact.

[@wyacheslawkodanev2107]

Russian historian in the thread with some additions: Elizabeth married Alexander III's younger brother (and Nicholas II's uncle) Sergey Alexandrovich, but in the evening of the wedding they both gave vows of celibacy -- there marriage was never consummated, which is why they never had their own children. Church claims it was because of their piety: Elizabeth was clearly a very pious woman and an extremely devoted Eastern Orthodox, though you can say it about her husband. Sergey was a frequent guest to several gay brothels and lived a pretty promiscuous life, which became a big thing for Moscow high-class gossipers. He was also a tyrant in Moscow, really fighting the labor movement, which is why he was murdered by radical socialist terrorists in 1905. The children they've adopted were not orphans. Sergey's brother Paul (Pavel) married a daughter of the Greek king (she was Duke of Edinburgh's aunt), but she died after the birth of her second child Dimitri Pavlovich. After that, Pavel declared he wants to marry his divorced mistress, but this marriage would be considered morganatic (equal), therefore excluding Pavel and any of his future children from line of succession. Pavel got into a big argument with his Emperor-nephew about it and decided to live the country. Nicholas II, as the Head of the House, decided that his older children (Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna and Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich), who are still in line of succession, should not be influenced by such a father and the children were sent to Grand Duke Sergey and Elizabeth, who didn't have children themselves. Maria Pavlovna later married the second son of Gustav V, King of Sweden, though the marriage wasn't happy and they ended up divorcing (pretty rare thing for royals that time) in 1914. Dimitri Pavlovich became one of the most famous Russian royals at that time, particularly because of his participation in the murder of Rasputin (even though Dimitri wasn't even in the same room with Rasputin while he was shot, Dimitri was the one who had thrown Rasputin's body into a river), but he was also a great friend of Coco Chanel and he introduced her to perfume designer who designed Chanel #5. He married a daughter of an American railroad tycoon and their son was the Mayor of Palm Beach, Florida in 1993-2000. Grand Duchess Elizabeth has founded a big monastery after the death of her husband and became a nun herself. In 1992 she and Varvara (a woman, who was like a friend and a secretary to Elizabeth when Elizabeth was the head of a monastery; Varvara, as a faithful servant, declined to live the sight of Elizabeth, have spent months in house arrest and in prison with her and was later executed with Elizabeth) were both officially declared saints by Russian Orthodox Church (later on, ROC gave sainthood almost to every Romanov who died from bolshevik hands, but Elizabeth is one of those, who were declared saints not only due to the martyrdom, but also due to pious life). Nowadays, there are more than 20 Orthodox churches in the world, which are erected in honor of Saint Reverend Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth.

[@wyacheslawkodanev2107]

Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, who married Victoria (daughter of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha duke; she is known in Russia as Victoria Melita -- by her first and second names), was the son of the third son of Alexander II and no one ever thought that he'd ever be of any significance to a line of succession. His marriage with Victoria Melita was pretty scandalous, because marrying a divorcee was forbidden and, moreover, Victoria Melita divorced and ruined the reputation of her ex-husband, who happened to be full brother of Nicholas II's wife. Cyril and his possible children were kicked out of line of succession in 1905, when Cyril was actually #3 in line of succession -- after Nicholas II's son Alexey and Nicholas II's brother Mikhail, whose possible children were also disqualified from succession due to being born in morganatic marriage, which is why Cyril had big chances of succession (Nicholas II would not have more sons and Cyril will be the next tsar after Mikhail). In 1907 Nicholas II acknowledged the marriage between Cyril and Victoria Melita, but... he didn't specify whether on not Cyril and his children are back in the line of succession. Moreover, Cyril's father Vladimir was married to Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who was refusing to convert to Russian Orthodoxy for decades. So, even though in terms of civil heads of Russia Cyril and his brothers were legitimate, in the eyes of the church they were bastards -- and if the male descendant line of Alexander III died out, the church would support the male descendant of the 5th son of Alexander II (the 1st and 4th sons of his died without children and the 3rd one was Cyril's father) -- Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich, the conspirator against Rasputin, also pretty popular among nobles and a friend of soon-to-be Emperor Mikhail Alexandrovich. The rivalry between Cyril Vladimirovich and Dimitri Pavlovich was a ticking bomb. But in 1917 Revolution stroke and Nicholas II abdicated and declared his brother Mikhail the new tsar and Mikhail also abdicated. Dimitri Pavlovich has never declared himself a claimant to the throne, but Cyril Vladimirovich made much worse -- he declared his support for revolution, started talking about the great perspectives of the republican rule (which made all the Romanovs think of him as traitor) and... left Russia right before Bolshevist coup. Dozens of his relatives were slaughtered in Russia, but when everyone who could be in front of him in line of succession died he declared himself the Emperor, which made a huge rift in Romanov family. Later on, he and his heirs were even changing succession laws, so that only descendants of Cyril could inherit. Most of other members of Romanov family never supported Cyril's or his descendants' claims, official opinion of the union of such members claims that each descendant of House Holstein Gottorp Romanov had at some point married morganatically, therefore if the monarchy in Russia is restored the monarchs would not be Romanovs.

[@VeracityLH]

What a wonderful trove of information; I very much enjoyed reading. A small point: someone who has lost a parent is considered to be an orphan. It's not necessary to have lost both parents. Cheers.

[@inaleyen2737]

@@wyacheslawkodanev2107 Yours is the most accurate comment about a historical topic that I have every seen on KZbin. Sadly, as you can tell by their inane comments, most of the people who watch this video know too little about European history and the relationships of the reigning families to appreciate your explanations. I am afraid that I must include the narrator of this video. She slaughters German names, makes factual mistakes, and seems to know very little about geography. For example, she transforms Viktoria of Saxen-Coburg-Gotha into "Viktoria Melette of Saxe- CoBERG, claims that Ferdinand succeeded his father (instead of his UNCLE) as King of Romania, and changes the Bukovina to "Bolkovia."

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

@@VeracityLH - Not sure what country you're from but I believe in most Western countries (?) for one to legally be considered an orphan BOTH parents must be deceased.

[@GoldenEyes412]

I didn't know that one of Nicholas's uncles died the same way as his grandfather. I've been seeing Mikhail mentioned often as the last emperor, was he confirmed as such or just listed since he was named successor but turned down the station?

[@DAiken-jz1iu]

The Royals did learn the hard way that inbreeding was a definite health risk. Today’s story was a little hard to follow with all the inbreeding and multiple people all having the same name. So sad about the Nun. Loved that Rasputin was mentioned. Still, the video was very informative.

[@muhammadshaafaynoor3819]

Why do Czar Nicholas II and George V look like twin brothers

[@OurBrokenDreams]

their mothers were sisters and they actually looked a lot alike too

[@lexiel.8293]

Look at Willy and Nicky!

[@martynnotman3467]

They used to go to parties and swap clothes half way through to see if people noticed.

[@timfortune9]

There's a story about how at George's wedding, people kept congratulating Nicholas on his marriage and asking George how he liked the UK.

[@IH8YT]

Inbreeding

[@LucifersTear]

Woah! The Story of Elizabeth in this episode NEEDS TO BE A MOVIE! Such a wonderful and yet heartwrenchingly tragic story 😭

[@ae5631]

the death of elizabeth... omg 😟

[@phoney4387]

Imagine your grandmother telling you you can't divorce her granddaughter 😂😂😂💀

[@poshthug2112]

Yea I’m the person who checked your page everyday waiting for part 2 and 3 lol

[@celestialangel61]

The beautiful irony that I got a hemophilia psa before this video

[@lightyagami3492]

😂😂😂

[@erraticonteuse]

I was just coming here to ask if I was the only one!

[@Rean09]

Takes “KISSING COUSINS” to another level 💀

[@nicoles7800]

Love your channel so much! My eyes popped out of my head when I saw how much the Current Princess Beatrice, favours her Great Aunt Beatrice. Uncanny.

[@tseamus8288]

Movie title "Queen Marie of Romania" was awesome. Queen Marie really a fighter.

[@chriscarson7384]

I have never heard that Prince Philip's grandmother had anything to do with his care after his mom was put in a sanatorium and his dad ran off to the Riviera. I always heard it was his uncles who saw that he got an education, and more importantly brought him to Britain for that education.

[@monmothma3358]

And to Gordonstoun...

[@RVChua-js2dw]

Ferdinand of Romania was the nephew of Carol of Romania, he did not inherit the throne from his father.

[@Chloe-hr4eh]

"Many tea trays we're thrown" Oml that's hilarious

[@averycoolusername28]

14:06 if you listen carefully you can hear the sarcasm in her voice

[@iantempleton313]

It’s pretty sad that Princess Alice had the most happy family life, yet two of their children died young, she herself died after nursing her entire family to health, and two of her children were killed in such a barbaric way 😞

[@theelitemanticore151]

She and her family deserved better. What a tragic life they have endured. 😞

[@rosiesummer2711]

You mispronounced Sergei. It is pronounced "Sir gay" not "Surge E".

[@jennigee51]

You are a consummate storyteller, so far you’re the best I’ve heard, I love listening.

[@dorderre]

Funfact: the german name Ernst, or rather the adjective "ernst" LITERALLY means serious/grave/solemn :D

[@ChibiProwl]

That’s a cool fact. I didn’t know that. I love learning new things.😎

[@7lillie]

So basically it's the German equivalent of the English name, Ernest

[@GabrielaLtc]

Ferdinand, married to Maria of Romania, followed his uncle, Carol I, to the throne, as the latter had only a daughter who had died when 3.

[@cybergal99]

How many grandchildren of queen victoria who were 1st cousins married .. WOW!! At least the Russian Orthodox Church thought that was a bad idea!

[@fyeelessarndra3392]

I hope Elizabeth's soul (wife of Grand Duke Sergei) was reincarnated somewhere and living the happiest life with her many children and grandchildren because she deserves a second chance at life....

[@cathylanders2479]

yeah

[@missbrittysue]

I always look forward to your videos. Have a lovely day!

[@elijahlast615]

Thank youuuu. One of my most favourite channels for history!!! I love this whole Victorian series!!

[@shaitarn1869]

Can't help thinking a lot of the family look eerily alike (I mean, George V and Tsar Nicholas look like brothers). I guess that's what happens if cousins marry cousins, then their kids marry their cousins...

[@GoGreen1977]

George and Nicholas were first cousins through their mothers, but they didn't marry each other, obviously! And their respective fathers were not related or, if they were, it was a very, very distant relationship, probably several generations ago, if at all. The English royal family had little, if any, family connections to the Czars until Queen Victoria's descendants. They looked alike because their mothers were sisters. That's it.

[@joygauger1801]

Scarry and sad.

[@ladygossamer5957]

I can listen and actually watch your segments. Godspeed

[@leprechaunsteve8930]

12:40 She wanted to marry her cousin, but couldn’t since it was incestous... INSTEAD SHE MARRIED HER OTHER COUSIN

[@untrainednewbirds]

That statue of mother and child broke my heart🙏

[@sarcasticsid5589]

Queen Victoria eye genes are strong af!

[@majakrstic7436]

Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia is Alfred's great-great-grandson. He was the only child of King Peter II and Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia. His grandmother is Marie of Romania, later Queen of Yugoslavia with her huband Alexander I who was killed in Marseille in 1934.

[@randymanmaximus8419]

Rasputin looks almost like a Hollywood villain

[@losingmymind611]

Rasputin is a good visual example to draw from when designing villains; Hollywood has been using him for inspiration forever.

[@MasterMind468]

Alexander III found Alix to be of an unimportant family but its the same family that Alexander’s mother came from lmao

[@elizavetamainfield15]

Never got much thought of it. In Marie's time, the Grand Duchy might have been wealthier/important...?

[@adrianaay043]

I love how the main issue was the Parents didn't get along or when the 1st cousins wanted to get Married. Plus some of them went from one 1st Cousin to another and the main issue again was the Church

[@gidzmobug2323]

Marie Alexandrovna believed that she should have higher precedence than the Princess of Wales (Alexandra). Reason: Marie was an Imperial Highness, while Alexandra was a Royal Highness. Queen Victoria refused Marie's request.

[@lrose1310]

"Well...they no longer hold any power, but they're your cousin so it's ok to marry them." The logic of it all astounds me.

[@nettemarie8073]

Government: We are not okay with you marrying your cousin. Its incest. Also Government: You can marry your 1st cousin. Me: Its still incest!

[@anicastipisic1730]

Even to your second or third. I think it's maybe okay if it's the fourth cousin, but they say till 9th cousin.

[@lilyflower50099]

your darling first cousin's religion banned incest? no problem! theres plenty more eligible relatives where that came from!! thanks grammy vicky 😁

[@official_9101]

i was trying to be a genealogist. after i watched all 3 episodes i gave up and just watched the crown.

[@alexandracristea656]

10:51 Queen Marie Of Romania...my queen ❤👑

[@LilyRose-os5xn]

11:19 I'm Romanian and King Carol died in 1914, but he was not Ferninand's father but his uncle

[@kribaby76]

Thank you so much for the time you put into your videos! I look forward to many more.

[@bryanjason1980]

How are you doing?

[@ScarletASV]

I discovered your channel when the Part 1 came out, so I watched it, liked, subscribed and waited patiently for Part 2. Great work! I'll keep browsing your videos.

[@johnharbeybalase9550]

Hearing cousins marrying each other . Freak me out.

[@adammoore7059]

It's sick and disgusting!!

[@P3891]

John Harbey Balase Worst of all it’s still a thing in parts of the world.

[@SomePerson_Online]

John Harbey Balase President FDR

[@jayh9529]

P3891 prince Andrew tut tut

[@annmitchell4663]

@@adammoore7059 You really need to calm down...the US is full of cousins marrying...!

[@Tyler380]

Lindsay triggered a story from my past.. Many, many years ago my I started to hang around with my female first cousin who lived in the same town.. We were good friends and would meet up in the same coffee shop as we all did.. She was my Father's Sister's daughter.. One day my wonderful brilliant Dad took me aside and explained (the first cousin rule) to me. I still cherish the things he taught me and still remember the many times he saved me from this insanity of this world..God Bless Him a thousand time over... You cannot imagine how much I miss him..

[@missladymo]

Comments: what? They married their cousin?? Their first cousin??? History: you must be new here

[@jamesagwe2981]

Madame you're quite beautiful

[@UndineOwens024]

The way Queen Victoria looks nonplussed whenever she’s caught holding or looking at a baby always makes giggle.

[@UsagiOhkami]

Thanks to these videos I now officially know more about the British royal family than I do about the presidents of the United States.

[@bryanjason1980]

Hello how are you doing 😊

[@areyoumarriedtothemusic4635]

Wait she couldn’t marry her first cousin coz incest so married her other first cousin?? Could someone clear this up for me

[@BluePenguin200]

areyoumarriedtothemusic Basically, in the religion that she was born in/raised in was Protestant (Anglicanism/Lutheranism). This religion was not against first cousin marriages, but the Russian Orthodox Church was, which is the religion the cousin she did love and later married belonged to. As a result of not being able to marry the Russian Grand Duke, she adhered to pressure and married her Lutheran Protestant German cousin instead. Later she and her Russian cousin defied the Russian Orthodox Church and were married anyway, and then returned to Russia since Nicholas II needed their mutual cousin for war support.

[@svzik]

Princesd Victoria “Ducky” of Edinburgh wasn’t allowed to marry her maternal cousin, Grand Duke Kirill of Russia, because the Orthodoxy forbid marriage between first cousins. She instead went to marry Ernst Louis of Hesse, her paternal first cousin.

[@PRDreams]

Waiting for part 3 is going to be hard...

[@kesharaa2355]

So many Elizabeths and Victorias. My head hurts 😅 You can't marry one cousin but you can marry another cousin... okay cool ie Duckie - couldn't marry one first cousin but another. Also her story is similar to one of her cousins (I think) - a messy marriage, a divorce and accusations of being gay and a daughter who died at 8 instead of 2

[@keat36]

Love this series. Thanks for your hard work.

[@shelly7038]

"Mutual Grandmother" Never thought I'd hear those words

[@MFO6]

My Tuesday is now complete!

[@nicolauni5867]

Legit clicked the link for part two so many times that youtube probably think im mad xD im glad your video is out!

[@arose4u2]

Dang, Elizabeth 🤭😰

[@hannahcarmichael]

Eagerly awaiting part 3, Lindsay! Love your vids!

[@victoria444_]

why is everyone falling in love with their cousins?!

[@gmvn19]

because they were not allowed to interact outside the family .

[@piercedsiren]

They didn't know a lot of non royals people and they werent allowed to marry outside of royalty. Since royalty is a small circle you end up marrying your cousins on some degree just to keep the royalty.

[@maddy02_]

They probably never seen eachother or interacted with eachother before their marriage either. So the only thing connecting them all was mostly their blood and not a family like, loving relationship.

[@kimmccann6939]

In their world the blood line had to be kept true that's why they married one another. Even in this day the queen was related to prince Philip by blood through queen Victoria..

[@staciasmith5162]

Marriages didn't have anything to do with feelings or decency. Be glad that they were at least allowed to try to get to meet someone and potentially be attracted to and get to know a person and fall in love with that person and have it matter before getting married, even if that was your relative. But then you still have to marry someone "acceptable". Sometimes even men have soulmates and yearn to be with them and that can cause trouble. One obvious example: Charles has always loved Camilla yet he was were discouraged from marrying her, and he needed to be dutiful and marry someone else deemed acceptable so that's what he did. He tried but he could no longer deny his true love for her and she for him so he did what kings in particular have always done. He made her his mistress. And then like Louis XIV of France did, later on when he was able to he married her. People are so much happier when they are allowed to marry who they love.

[@Army4life82]

Thanks for posting!!!! Love your videos keep them coming can't wait for part three!!!

[@truecrimerip7936]

Your videos are often flawed with false facts, but i come back, because your voice is calming

[@stormik.5005]

Agree totally about the false facts but not about the voice. A little too high-pitched, she speaks too fast & sounds like she's 12. Couldn't take it when she said Alexei couldn't walk because he was constantly in pain...wrong!!! Obviously, she didn't do her homework...

[@KingOscar08]

When it comes to History you are the best.

[@IoanaStilpeanu326]

Marie is my favorite.PERIODT!! She was the queen of my country yah,but ive seen the movie ,loved it.she was amazing

[@konsueloramirez]

I LOVE these queen victoria series😀 you have no idea how much i enjoy this. It's like xix century gossip

[@permacultreteen5486]

Not gonna lie I love your voice

[@jayh9529]

Permacultre teen sounds a bit like Michelle Gibson

[@tammyt3434]

Don't marry your cousins, it will make biographies of your grandparents descendants repeat.

[@violanettling2117]

6:11 How did Friedrich fell out of the window?

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

Maybe cause back then 'in the olden days' they didn't coddle children as we do now and there were far more accidents

[@lizzdoe2821]

Wonderful video again!!! 🤩. I LOVE your videos!!! Wonderful wonderful narration too!!!🤩. Keep up your wonderful work!!!💕