The Royals Really Are All Related

[@LindsayHoliday]

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[@xianxiannn]

Hiii, i love your channel 😍and

[@MarshalltonUMC792]

I’ve been playing this for a few months.

[@tayedmm6493]

@History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday hi Lindsay! Been a subscriber for years now! Could you please do a video on the Dollar Princesses/ Husband Hunters? There is only one detailed video about them on KZbin that I could find. While it was very interesting, it was extremely hard to understand what the narrator was saying. It’s in English, it’s just that the narrator is putting on some kind of voice, I believe. Very low and breathy. I would be absolutely ecstatic if you would make your own Dollar Princesses video! I so much want to learn about them. You teach me so much and entertain me at the same time. You would make a great Dollar Princesses video, OF COURSE! 😆 hope you will consider this! Thank you!

[@danielbend8938]

Actually, King George II of Great Britain is the most recent royal ancestor of all the monarchs that ever existed even now, since George II was a king and Johan Friso wasn't

[@imperfectlyperfectmaggie4990]

I've been playing June's for a couple of years now it's fun

[@stbart-uc6mo]

This takes "I love my family" to a whole 'nother level.

[@xianxiannn]

Not for you though, king henry did you dirty

[@stbart-uc6mo]

@@xianxiannn ayy yesh😪

[@xianxiannn]

@@stbart-uc6mo poor queen, i liked you the most out of Henrys wives

[@jamesfrancisedwardstuartal298]

@@xianxiannn Hi!

[@stbart-uc6mo]

@@xianxiannn Aww thankyou :)

[@cinna_sultan]

"The royals really are all related" This says EVERYTHING.

[@cathylanders2479]

how so

[@chykim1]

Explains a lot!!

[@chykim1]

@Women's rights was a mistake yeah, you go ahead, good luck with that....

[@xianxiannn]

Madd

[@jamiedimond9419]

@@cathylanders2479 shape shifting

[@irondragonmaiden]

It's kind of impressive that John Willem and Marie Louise's legacy is so extensive when they only had two children

[@MarauderPeter21]

This remind me Kaguya, only have Hagoromo and Hamura, then from Hagoromo we get Ashura and Indra, and also from Hamura another bransh and you get most of the clans in Naruto. Or the Peverell and Black family tree, but in this case is more like Naruto's one xDD

[@Tootisepop]

@@MarauderPeter21 right

[@veronicalogotheti1162]

Inventions

[@jesuschristiskingofkingslo2023]

Yea no kidding that's what I was thinking

[@heddadybvadskog-nebb5603]

As a Norwegian I find it super cute that we picked someone to be our king and he was like "wait are you sure" and refused to take the throne until we got to vote on it. As a country that had not be independent for well over 500 years I think that it was very important for us to choose and I respect Haakon VII for letting us do that. Him and Maud really did their best to fit in, including going skiing in 1906, which was photographed and instantly made them feel like our own. Add to that his fierce resistance during WW2 and it is easy to see why he is so beloved.

[@MissCaraMint]

Yeah. We have all these cute stories about them too. Like the little picture book depicting their first winter here. And have you heard the one about the laundress who discovered that she was secretly actually ironing the royal families clothes? It’s silly but sweet.

[@karenhanania9014]

That was an interesting response!

[@SexyThug-vx5yz]

Thanks for admitting that your "royal" family Really isn't ROYAL!. BLACKS RULED THERE ALSO!.

[@nincumpoop9747]

It’s a little less benevolent when u consider the times of imperial revolts and revolutions. Pretty sure he wanted to know the levels of the “off with his head” crowd rather than encouraging democracy lol.

[@noorbohamad5796]

@@nincumpoop9747 it’s A LOT less malevolent than you’re making it out to be

[@justineharper3346]

The Queen of Denmark seems pretty cool. I’m a huge nerd, so I love that she illustrated Lord of the Rings. I actually named my daughter Eowyn from those books, so they have a special place in my heart

[@mariecolette170]

Agree I find her fascinating. Politics are a given but I love her hand in Aesthetics n fashion!

[@holdermeddk]

She is a very cool Lady. When having press conferences she is never given the questions in advance and the journalists can ask her what ever they want. And her answers are often funny but always intelligent.

[@ThaTrulyLo1]

💜

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

What an inspiring woman. Literally iconic. I'm American and I can't help but admire how damn talented she is.

[@SilvieFicova]

@@ThePhantomSafetyPin hardly a woman ...

[@SomePerson_Online]

“Did you know that I’m related to Johan Willem Friso and his wife Marie Louise?” “No way! Me too! :D”

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Lol

[@sleeplesstime]

Takes "we have so much in common" to a whole new level.

[@LifeIsAHighwayIAmACarCrash]

Aren't we all....

[@michaelmccaugherty2835]

Wow I’m not surprised

[@cococovers1333]

@@bigmoniesponge Fun fact: im related to princess estelle and prince oscar of sweden

[@cyrilmarasigan7108]

Victoria: I am the grandmother of europe Cristian ix: well, i am the father in law of europe John and marie: hold our teas!

[@xianxiannn]

Teass ☕☕🫖

[@johnoneill4483]

Victoria, I was illegitimate as my father was a raging homosexual! This is how haemophilia was introduced to the british royal family

[@xianxiannn]

@20180047 MARASIGAN CYRIL ANN PUERTOLLANO 🫖🫖🫖☕☕☕☕

[@williethomas5116]

@@johnoneill4483 I don't know the resemblance between Victoria and her father Edward Duke of Kent is second only to King Ralph and the Duke of Windsor. Hemophilia is caused by mutation when a man is over 50 when he fathers a child. The Duke was 52 when he fathered Victoria.

[@mayuri4184]

Charlemagne: *laughs most heartily*

[@kate_cooper]

If you’re ever trying to decide between two love interests, “Pick the most comfortable of two chairs” is probably pretty good advice.

[@kathleenscheidt7339]

Depends upon how you are going to sit on that chair

[@playgirl7305]

@@kathleenscheidt7339 you could sit on both before deciding which one is more comfortable!

[@annmartin5347]

During a Religious Education class, my teacher said chosing a marriage partner is like finding a coat to wear for the rest of your life, fit for all weathers and fashions.

[@ragantate3995]

I’d never take love advice from anyone okay with incest.

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

@@kathleenscheidt7339 does Biden's lap count as a chair?

[@katherine-nj7mb]

The amount of times I’ve heard “they married their first cousin” in the last half hour scares me.

[@jvgreendarmok]

Not as bad as the double-first cousin and even uncle-niece marriages in the Hapsburg family.

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

Same with the Egyptians.

[@joannathesinger770]

My great-grandmother's parents were 1st cousins...her father's father and mother's mother were siblings. Hallelujah there were completely separate, unrelated lines they had married.

[@andypham1636]

Maud of Wales/Haakon VIII , William III/Mary II, Victoria/Albert be like:

[@xGMOx]

This explains all the waring. It's the rage of the inbred.

[@BrandonAMyer]

I love your videos! During my undergrad years, I hastily registered for a European history course without reading the full course description. I had a severe case of senioritis and was confident that I registered for the right courses without my advisors assistance. Wrong. Since I arrived early on the first day of class, I found a comfortable seat and spent some time catching up on whatever series I was watching at the time. Once everyone else had arrived (i.e., remaining students and the professor), I suddenly realized that I was THE ONLY male in the room. I definitely thought it was odd, but did not give it much thought. A short while later, the professor starts to review the syllabus with us and she read out the full course description - "Topics in European History: Premodern Women". Inadvertently registering for a history course focused on medieval women turned out to be an excellent choice! If you haven't heard of medieval Brewsters, I would highly recommend researching their contributions to medieval Europe. I'll give you a hint - they were women!😄

[@sarielle85]

I guess you had quite a few dates at that time ;-)

[@marytrafford8214]

Cute story with knowlege learned well done lad

[@beachboysswiftie]

forget alabama, THIS is where all the cousins are marrying each other

[@mortyjansen399]

But they stopped doing so… did Georgia?

[@rodentswithlove7686]

Even my grandparents are 3rd cousins seems like a norm before

[@mortyjansen399]

@@rodentswithlove7686 i don't even think we measure family this far here. (Scandinavia) could you det it up for me? How far back is the same parents in this?

[@conserztasfia0078]

You guys are clowning alabama and royal fams Where in desi countries (india pakistan bangladesh) Its widely accepted and really common And which is why 90% of my aunts uncles are cousins which makes the family tree really confusing

[@Or_Am_I_Alpharius]

Nah, it’s only siblings up for grabs in AL.

[@Kerriangel]

Drinking game: For every Williem/William - drink For every mention of cousin - take a sip - For every cousin marriage - 2 sips For every mention of revolution - drink For every mention of WW1 or WW2 - drink For every Karl or Christian- drink For every Louise/Louisa - drink

[@poetryprose9810]

you want people to DIE of alcohol poisoning?! /j

[@frankchan4272]

@@poetryprose9810 your not drinking, your being marinated.

[@Queenofthatank]

Ima do this with b0ng rips lmao

[@katyp.2495]

Drink, sip, drink, sip another drink or two....floor!

[@inferiorinferno8859]

Minor correction, it's Willem, not Williem

[@benedictewrstad8379]

When William, prince of Orange died, the throne of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland went to his wife’s sister queen Anne, before she created the basis for the succession laws used today, and then her cousin George 1st was chosen as the next monarch, as he was the most senior Protestant in the family.

[@kate_cooper]

Well, Queen Anne didn’t create the succession laws, Parliament did. But, other than that, you’re right.

[@sophiarose7610]

This is the other side of their line. This is Prince Albert’s line. The side you speak of is Queen Victoria’s line.

[@benedictewrstad8379]

@@kate_cooper true, good clarification.

[@benedictewrstad8379]

@@sophiarose7610 Queen Victoria is a descendant of George 1st of Great Britain. My point was that in the beginning of the video, it seems like the throne went right from William 3rd to George 1st, but Queen Anne did some important things inbetween.

[@sophiarose7610]

@@benedictewrstad8379 WE KNOW! But if you paid attention, these is following Prince Albert’s family tree!!!! That’s why she skipped Queen Anne. It’s not about the BRITISH Royal Family until Albert and Victoria marry. Maybe wait for part 2?

[@beth7935]

There were FAR TOO MANY tiny German principalities to keep track of, AND they were endlessly re-combining- honestly, following English royalty through the Wars of the Roses is a piece of cake in comparison!

[@kawaiipotato7775]

I know right, Brandenburg, Strelitz, Mecklenburg, Pomerania, Bavaria, Baden, Westphalia, Wurttemberg, Ansbach, Holstein, Schleswig, Sondenburg, Augustenborg, and like a 100 more not counting the combined ones.

[@beth7935]

@@kawaiipotato7775 The combined ones are BONKERS, & I'm not devoting my life to sorting them out, cos it wouldn't tell me much. I just go "they married some German royal-ish cousin, whatevs" :D

[@kawaiipotato7775]

@@beth7935 Lol

[@AndreUtrecht]

The Windsors a r e German. Until the end of WWI they used their German name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. But changed it to Windsor because of growing anti German sentiments in the Britain. The same reason Battenberg (berg meaning mountain in German) changed to Mountbatten.

[@menchualcarazmoreno1743]

Only 33.

[@KateLJ1799]

A lot of people are distantly ascended from royalty. If you're family is originally from a European country and you trace it back you'll probably at some point reach a member of a royal family. I traced mine back through my dad's family going all the way back through the male line (because that's the easiest) and found that Edward III was something like my 21 times great grandad and we're just a random working class family from north east England. I know others who also have traced their family lines back to some part of the royal family one way or another.

[@emakelley6807]

It shows you how few people actually populated the planet back then compared to today I think. My genealogy says I’m related to Ragnar Lothbrook and Rollo and I only found that out by tracing my unique 1st name. Then I came to the conclusion that there must be tens of thousands of descendants. Curious of the math on that, maybe it’s even more.

[@faysmith7248]

Yes my Great grandfather x21 Robert the Bruce

[@Mattis06]

I am Estonian so i doubt that i am related to royalty

[@royaltyfandomx]

"Thanks to a History of Intermarriage most of the European Monarchs are related" Me: INBREDS

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Hey, almost 100 subs!

[@royaltyfandomx]

@@stbart-uc6mo Yes! Thank you for supporting me!

[@jamesfrancisedwardstuartal298]

@@royaltyfandomx You will likely reach 200 subs in the next 2 months.

[@jamesfrancisedwardstuartal298]

@Women's rights was a mistake Shut up ATCE fanboy.

[@xianxiannn]

Hiii

[@annefrankgacha1942]

I love how strange the Norwegian King was when it came to marry Sonia. He even threatened to end the Norwegian crown!! He must really love her.

[@kim7990]

It's like disney 😍

[@ThaTrulyLo1]

Right

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

Get you a man who loves you so much, he would literally rather end his lineage than not be yours.

[@MissCaraMint]

I mean his own grand parents had a famously odd marriage. The theory is that old King Olav was the royal doctors son and not King Haakon’s. Couple that with being a kid during WWII and being forced to flee the country and therefor growing up patly in America, and the fact that King Haakon was selected by the people’s representatives to be King in the first place (and that Haakon nevr forgot this fact), defenetly would have made him more close to the people than most and also valuing real family. It makes just totall logical sense why he chose to mary the woman he loved and who he felt he could have a real family with. SIde note King Haakon didn’t refuse to abdicate during WWII. That’s entierly wrong What he refused was to agree to the terms of the German. He was the king, not the government and so felt that he simply could not make that desicion for the people. His solution was actually to announce that because he was morally opposed to the Nazis he would be forced to abdicate if the government made piece with the invading force, but that it was all their own democratic decision as to what to actually do. This was followed by the government declariring that they would in fact not surrender, and all of them going to Britain to govern from there. I felt tlike this part is very important to understanding the character of the Norwegian royal family. It’s kinda a familly tradition to threated to end the royal line at this point.

[@emakelley6807]

Can’t help but notice how many royals simply left their countries when bullied by Germany…. Left the common people to deal with them. And why was everyone so afraid of Germany when they had the numbers against them??

[@praline01]

The transition to the ad is so smooth and it just feels like it's part of the story she's telling. I love it

[@KellieMcRaeHurricaneInHeels]

I always find it interesting that people who were so adamant about keeping things in the family and knowing their history are the very same people who made sure so many other countries and cultures were stripped of this same ability.

[@ambilaevus7607]

I've thought the same thing too. My parents were like that and I try to not pass that mentality on except for hygiene matters.

[@AnnaMarianne]

That's just the universal human nature. We all tend to have huge blind spots in our values when it's convenient to our self-interest.

[@toolguyslayer1]

They didn't really love their families it was all about money if they really love their families they would make the world a better place for them to be in it is really a manipulative thing telling the children to stay close so that they could be manipulated because they're too young to know any better

[@toolguyslayer1]

@@AnnaMarianne The cold cruel reality I am not condoning it not even a little bit but it is what it is what it is let us hope that they do not hold on with two ferment grip and crush opportunity

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

The ultimate example of "do as I say but not as I do."

[@shelby2117]

The universe clearly favors Queens to rule the Netherlands!

[@inferiorinferno8859]

Yup. Counting Emma's Regency we have an equal number of Kings and Queens, with the next in line being another future Queen (Princess Amalia).

[@micheldekam3491]

Really? My country had male "kings" before them for ages...

[@noorbohamad5796]

@@micheldekam3491almost as if most presidents or monarchs or whatever haven’t been males oh wait……

[@noorbohamad5796]

@@micheldekam3491really? MISOGYNY/SEXISM existed since ages we already know

[@gonefishing167]

When the nazis demanded that the danish jews west the Star of David , the king rode out on his daily routine he was wearing a Star of David. He said ‘ all Danes are danish people’ ( or words to that effect.). Brave and patriotic man 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@Undefinedde]

If they thought royalty was dumb then I love that

[@feynman6625]

The french did the opposite, they hunted the jews for the nazis. The nazis would give them a list and very obediently they loaded trains with jews. They behaved in a despicable manner. No compassion , no honor. At the end of the war they were one of the victorious powers.

[@Mikaarj1233]

@@feynman6625 oh didn’t know that

[@bee4590]

@@feynman6625 and France is still both antisemitic and pretty islamophobic :/ makes me ashamed to be French

[@glen7318]

Dont think that that is true. he didn't like the persecurtion of the Jews but he didn't wear a Star of David

[@jencookie2920]

“Hey, my favorite cousin George! Welcome to the afterlife!” “Second, third, fourth, or fifth once removed?”

[@Richardsonprincess00]

1:14- Orange beginning 4:57- 🇳🇱 👑 12:17- intermission 13:21- 🇩🇰 👑 17:51- 🇳🇴 👑 20:44- 🇸🇪 👑 26:08- 🇱🇺 👑 to be continued...

[@jab376]

Thanks

[@revinhatol]

SPLENDID!

[@Nanananaheyhey1]

Your ads are so good. No way in hell I’m downloading June’s Journey, but did I think about it? Yes. Also, love the content. I’m a huge history buff. Your videos are very peaceful and extremely educational. Thank you.

[@jencookie2920]

“She gave him two choices” So romantic!

[@aliciachristopher6506]

At least she gave him two choices instead of saying you are marrying the one I want you to marry.

[@deannasisson2500]

@@aliciachristopher6506 True. Not too many royals got a choice.

[@ladyjanegrey1671]

The most comfortable of two chairs? Sounds like every YA love triangle I've ever read.

[@lollipop96537]

Idk what that is but yea 🤣

[@cameronglendinning9098]

Yeah. Except the protagonist in those stories takes forever to decide. He just picked one

[@danielbend8938]

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[@imperfectwaffles5688]

*war flashbacks* …we don’t talk about the YA love triangles

[@lightoftheworld7398]

WW1 was a family feud!

[@duchessnoor]

I didn’t know Maria or Anastasia could have become Danish Queens! You learn something new everyday. RIP. 🥀

[@IoIita]

every time i think about the russian princesses, i get so sad about their fate. it’s such a tragedy :(

[@duchessnoor]

@@IoIita It is, the poor children…

[@theroyals1153]

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[@lightyagami3492]

@@IoIita It really is sad. Thier only "crime" was being thier father's daughters. Even so they still couldn't inherit the throne so like why even kill them? SMH

[@duchessnoor]

@@lightyagami3492 And Alexei was just 13 turning 14… Speaking of Alexei, happy 117th birthday! 🎉

[@ivstev70th]

GREAT TOPIC! But I suggest that you make a continuation of these 2 videos, which is the descendants of the Johan Willem Friso & Marie Louise in former/abolished European monarchies, such as the monarchs of Russia, Romania, etc. so it'll be the THIRD PART of this 'The Royals Really Are Related' video series I hope you can fullfil my request and thanks in advance!

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

20:10 : "you must marry a princess, my son" -"i'll marry this woman, or i'll end your bloodline" well _that_ escalated quickly.

[@Ettibridget]

You must remember that the norwegian monarchy was very vulnerable. Harald's two sisters, Ragnhild and Astrid had already married and for many many years, the monarchy was only king Olav and his son prince Harald. And was Harald not allowed to marry Sonja, the monarchy would die out. And history repeats itself. King Harald faced a similar dilemma when his son Haakon Magnus wished to marry, no only a commoner, but a single mother. Perhaps it has gone just a bit too far. Anyway, I will leave it to the norwegians to decide whether they want a monarchy or not.

[@clairefordzetterstrom9973]

Lol true

[@shiningeditedmoon]

Might be a bluff. Still worked though

[@JudithOpdebeeck]

once upon a time, when i was still a history student, i decided to, instead of making a bunch of different geneological trees for all of the royal families we'd learned about, i wanted to incorporate as much of them as possible, into one. so if someone married someone whos related to another royal family, id incorporate that entire tree into it as well. to my surprise, i didnt end up with just a single tree, because apparently back in the early modern era they werent all connected yet, but i was able to incorporate most of them into one.

[@maishi]

go through the mothers and you can end up on a single woman

[@deannasisson2500]

Very cool!

[@toolguyslayer1]

It's easy when you considering everybody was doing their relatives

[@user-wr4eh7gh4b]

Can we see? Do you have a link

[@JudithOpdebeeck]

@@user-wr4eh7gh4b i dont have it anymore, but i might make a video at some point, doing it properly. we'll see if i can make it interesting enough (and without doing what a dozen better youtubers have done before me)

[@summeroflove394]

A minute into this video and I am already so excited. Genealogy is of great interest to me and I love tracing all the royal roots. And this is a 2-part series!! Oh Lindsay, how you have made my evening! 💃🏽💃🏽

[@Undefinedde]

There's noi such thing as royal roots

[@jencookie2920]

Yes, all the royals can trace their lineage to a line of fruit.

[@noorgonzalez1076]

🧐🤔😳😂😂😂😂😂

[@ruthf6035]

Gosh! Orange you funny!!!

[@Undefinedde]

Noi one's royal

[@princessjime]

It's all orange juice 😆😆🍊

[@lolwatisdis3312]

So much effort went into this video! Loved it❤️

[@Ronnie3vil]

great video as always. Of lot of these kingdoms and dutchies no longer exist and as a North American with poor knowledge, and familiarity of European geography I really appreciate it when you use maps next to/at the royal you are talking about.

[@melz6625]

The Russian Orthodox church built in memory of the Russian wife who died in childbirth is in Wiesbaden. When I saw it I immediately thought it must be the one. It’s my hometown and while we don’t really know the Princess’s name we all grow up with the story of how it was built as a symbol of the ruler’s love for his Russian wife. The place is really lovely, nestled on the city’s small mountain amongst a forest.

[@markuhler2664]

It was a very cool tribute to her.

[@notnscmpls7123]

Thats sweet😁

[@ringo1029384756]

My home is right nearby there.

[@jencookie2920]

“He never met the other candidate” Basically being zoned out of oblivion...

[@sassmonster3422]

I’m really hoping Estelle wasn’t born in 1912…otherwise we’re about to get a child vampire queen! Hahaha

[@CallieMasters5000]

She looks really good for being 108 years old!

[@indiya1212]

I rewinded that part sooo many times lol

[@Quzinqa1122]

Also, Estelle's grandfather, Carl XVI Gustaf, became king in 1973, not in the year mentioned at 24:24

[@Quzinqa1122]

24:52 Estelle was, of course, born in 2012.

[@maggiemae7539]

Why would you want such?

[@jamesrobson4894]

One mistake worth pointing out, after William III’s death in 1702 England passed to his wife Mary II’s sister Anne, who became Anne I. This is important because she oversaw the act of union in 1707 when Scotland and England united to become Great Britain, it was on her death in 1714 that the throne passed to George I.

[@glen7318]

She was just queen Anne, as there was no other monarch called Anne

[@jamesrobson4894]

@@glen7318 You are correct, I only learned about the whole ‘Monarchs only gain a regnal number after at least one subsequent monarch has shared their name’ thing embarrassingly recently 😅

[@5thgenerationtexan581]

I like how the Norwegians tend to retire & let their children take power. It helps to keep the country stable after their royals die, since the children have already been in power for years by then. Very smart move. I think it also helps by keeping the royals in their prime ages vs having very old aged royals who may be out of touch with current times. Like Queen Elizabeth is very old (95yo) so her oldest son is also very old (73yo) & her grandson (39yo) is already a father & balding. By the time her great grand son (8yo) is finally crowned king he will most likely be quite old after having had to wait for all the others to have died first. My opinion is that Prince William is the one of prime age to be a ruler now & when Prince George is in his Prime age of 30 or 40ish he should pass the crown & so on. 🤔

[@jencookie2920]

Royal intermarrying has caused a “juicy” line of Oranges.

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

More

[@nicholasiiemperorofallruss6754]

“A somewhat shallow gene pool” You got that right

[@kingcharlesiofengland1319]

That’s right Nicholas, btw how’s the revolution going for you?

[@nicholasiiemperorofallruss6754]

@@kingcharlesiofengland1319 not great, but what are they gonna do, kill me?

[@kingcharlesiofengland1319]

@@nicholasiiemperorofallruss6754 yeah, good luck with that

[@Leelz247]

Well being ruled by women for generations seems to have done the Netherlands some good. Other nations take note!

[@inferiorinferno8859]

IK, counting Emma's Regency we have an equal number of male and female rulers, with the next in line being a girl again, Princess Amalia.

[@HereIAm247]

I believe Denmark actually changed their law, so now the firstborn always inherit the throne, regardless of gender.

[@HereIAm247]

But there are both good and bad male and female rulers over the course of history. It is not so much the gender, but the times and the personality of the ruler.

[@truth-uncensored2426]

A King or Queen doesn't rule a country alone at all, even in Monarchies there's a power structure and many levels of administration from the top to the local government, so much so that in some cases a Monarch can be ousted, and I bet that almost all this power structure in european countries was controlled in the majority by men, including the military and religions institutions. So calm down your feminist fantasies. For every good woman leader that was Queen there's probably 2 or 3 other male Kings who were just as relevant, but maybe are not remembered as much because their era was not as interesting as others.

[@noorbohamad5796]

@@HereIAm247translation being male doesn’t make anyone good at anything and NOT being male doesn’t make anyone “bad” at anything

[@VeracityLH]

Excellent video. As someone who has traced out a lot of these intersecting royal lines, I could listen to this all day. Cheers.

[@treeannie8831]

Fascinating! Thank you for all your hard work and research!

[@niyatis0207]

Oh my gosh, my mind has yet to wrap up all the information I just heard. This takes family cousins to a while new level. I guess if they ever had family reunions, it would be hella awkward 😂

[@subhashinidayakar7630]

😂😂😂

[@niyatis0207]

@@subhashinidayakar7630 😂😂

[@deannasisson2500]

That's what WWI could be termed.😂

[@niyatis0207]

@@deannasisson2500 😂😂

[@rosiehawtrey]

Or a huge gangbang - I'm reminded of the History of the World pt 1 Chess scene.. The Art and Music scenes are still the best though..

[@charliemagnebautista2902]

Please do a video about the last empress consort of Iran Farah Pahlavi cause she's interesting

[@IoIita]

yes! was just about to say this! lindsay, please do a video about the last royal family of iran.

[@ry.hoshiko5482]

You should do another part of how the abolished royal families are related too

[@Kallynthehuntress]

No one else going to mention how absolutely gorgeous the royal family of Luxembourg is?

[@ceicli]

A nice (and slightly uncomplete) work (although the names often got pronounced... wrong 🥴). In Sweden, for 200 years, the royals are from the house of Bernadotte. In 1810 the French officer Jean Baptiste Bernadotte accepted to be adopted by King Karl XIII who had no heir. In 1818 he got crowned Karl XIV Johan of Sweden and Norway. The modern European royals are mostly relatives through Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

[@cashew3099]

Hi Miss Holiday! Would you please do a video on the history of skincare? I’d love to know more on how people kept their skin nice in the past!

[@Cali_Flowers]

WOW! This was so fun to watch. I had no idea so many monarchs have abdicated or “retired.” Queen Elizabeth seems the exception to the trend and just keeps going strong!

[@HereIAm247]

Actually, with modern extended lifespans, we will likely see kings and queens being crowned much later in life than earlier - some may even die before that happens. It will be interesting to see how they deal with this.

[@GalacticalHistorian]

This aged well

[@Cali_Flowers]

@@GalacticalHistorian Yes! (As the lady worked ‘til her dying day) 👑

[@gordondean2165]

Even she had some social conscience and tried to put off the inevitable succession as long as possible. What a sickening collection they all are.

[@share_accidental]

her father (king george vi) was suddenly forced to rule back then when his elder brother abdicated, so she did not want to put her descendants through that 😊

[@ponkajkumarsaikia8158]

I'm glad I found this channel, this is really amazing. Thank you for this wonderful content, Lindsay!

[@ottliecrue4747]

0:19 remember that meme where it would zoom in on a persons face in a group photo and then replace everyone else's face with that person's face?

[@josefinekarella1145]

18:42 my grandmothers friend and my distant relative had this photo at her school. I have been there and seen it. You can also see the spectacular resemblance the actor who played king Haakon in the Norwegian movie “Kongens nei” had to the actual king😊

[@eglebruzinskaite6341]

Estelle of Sweden was born in 2012, not 1912

[@dutchman7623]

She mixed her up with Charles of Wales.

[@piratesswoop725]

@@dutchman7623 Charles was born in 1948 lol

[@dutchman7623]

@@piratesswoop725 I know, was more intended as a joke. Sorry.

[@SassyGirl822006]

Estelle of Sweden and my oldest son where born in the same year.

[@ayeeioweyou7503]

I went looking for this comment 🤣

[@farah-1199]

"Estelle, born in 1912" I knew there was a demon vampire hiding somewhere in these European royal families😅😂

[@Tweetyfreaky]

Quite amazing that she was born 65 years before her own mother 😄 Victoria was born 1977 July 14th.. same day but a year before.me :-)

[@jenkinscourtney11gmailcom]

@@Tweetyfreaky 2012

[@rukminikrishna1938]

It’s 2012.

[@PGJ0908]

I'm fairly certain that all European monarchies are also descendants of George II (who was born only four years before Friso) and Caroline of Ansbach, so you could also do a video with them :)

[@kawaiipotato7775]

No, if I'm not wrong, Albert II of Monaco is not a descendant of George II and Caroline of Ansbach

[@PGJ0908]

@@kawaiipotato7775 I think you might be right. However, he is a descendant of one of Caroline's sisters :)

[@kawaiipotato7775]

@@PGJ0908 Yeah, so George I is an ancestor of all European Monarchs? Well he lived a lot of time before the couple in question which makes it less impressive but still cool

[@kintongreen3625]

@@kawaiipotato7775 George I is George II's father, so this still wouldn't hold true, although it might for Caroline's father.

[@kawaiipotato7775]

@@kintongreen3625 Oh right, I mis-read it XD So Caroline's father is the ancestor of all European monarchs, got it

[@collidingforces9589]

They all REALLY are related. So interesting! Thanks for posting.

[@ophelian4646]

I knew our king Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden had a complicated history line, but this was really surprising! After the Romanoffs sons were borne with hemophilia, the European royal families started marrying outside of their blod lines - which is very good I think.

[@angeladams536]

I’m 12th cousin to princess Diana and Queen Victoria. We descended from Prussian royals the family of Brandenburg and Hohenzollern. Also related to Bonaparte and Marie Antoinette as well as Elvis lol

[@Saltysaltire97]

All I can think of is the Hapsburg jaw 🤣🤦

[@tammieveentjes7281]

I love how she says Friesland and Groningen😊❤❤ it sounded very dutch. Johan Friso was also the name of Willem Alexanders brother. But he died a few years ago by an avalanche😢😢

[@graphiteandglitter]

It was an avalanche

[@tammieveentjes7281]

@@graphiteandglitter thats what I say

[@graphiteandglitter]

@@tammieveentjes7281 yes but you used the Dutch word in a comment written in English😀

[@tammieveentjes7281]

@@graphiteandglitter ooh now I see it. Thank you🤣🤣 that was a little mistake🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@graphiteandglitter]

@@tammieveentjes7281 😁😁👍🏾👍🏾

[@diegosaint-auret9838]

Great job, Lindsay, strive on. All the best.

[@MrAtsyhere]

At the Ten minute mark, this documentary says that the Royal Family fled to the UK during the war. This was only partially true. They left for Canada where Beatrix attended public school at the nearby Lake of Bays Ontario. Living Mostly at Stornaway in Ottawa her younger sister Margriet was born. When the Royals finally visited Canada late in the 1980's I had the fine privilege of being a photographer within the tour. We flew on the very first Airbus in Canada with Max Ward the owner of MaxAir. I made the innocent mistake of photographing this early plane on the tarmac of Gagetown, a military base. Unknown to me behind me were a fleet of recently purchased F-18 fighters. I was quickly surrounded and escorted back on the plane by the RCMP. Queen Beatrix is a kind person and a gracious woman.

[@MrAtsyhere]

A shout out to my Uncle Albert who in the last days of WW2 marching into Amsterdam with the Black Watch Regiment of Canadians.

[@jencookie2920]

You should really start a podcast for this, this is awesome!

[@matheanotmafia9811]

One of the kings/queens: damn I hate my family, especially my distant cousins The rest of them: hold up what cousin now?

[@Laramaria2]

That was intense 🤣 But Lindsay makes it easier to understand! 😍 Great work ❤

[@jessthomas2927]

There are some amazing and inspiring women in this family tree that I've never heard of! Thank you for sharing :D

[@anavrin5245]

I’m so fascinated by these family trees . I am only able to go as far as my great grandma born 1926 🥴🥴

[@bushra5956]

So much info!!....Seems like I'm trying to complete the whole syllabus in the night before the exam.

[@cherylkinkaid6801]

I had never heard of this couple. Maria Louisa was such a great woman!

[@jamellfoster6029]

I'm so excited about these videos. You always do a splendid presentation. Thank you for keeping history interesting...

[@laurenthompson8866]

This takes a whole new meaning to building a family tree!

[@katherinewren9906]

I'm gonna comment what I said aloud upon finding the only video I want to listen to while showering rn. "I'm so glad Lindsay Holiday exists."

[@jaejaw258]

I really love watching your video. My love for history is well fed by your amazing videos plus you make history more interesting! I hope you'll make videos about Spanish Royalties too

[@jencookie2920]

Basically every sentence: Marriage

[@thepettiestpersonever6534]

After watching this, I'm convinced a family reunion and a wedding was a 2-in-1 event

[@tequestaorangejuice6673]

the pope is also royal, and given that francis is from argentina, he most certainly has spanish and italian blood, meaning that a connection can be made, though itd probably be super far back maybe during the time of the roman empire

[@IoIita]

i feel like (most?) european people can trace their ancestry back to a royal somehow like charlemagne or some british king that had bastards or whatever 😭

[@dorderre]

Usefulcharts made a really good video on this topic :)

[@singuensful]

Not at all. This get to show royalty was a selective club

[@Undefinedde]

Noi one's royal😂

[@janetsides1796]

I'm American. My grandfather was descended from one of HenryVII bastard sons. Means nothing.😁

[@BonnieDragonKat]

Mine goes back to the Lennox and Stewart's.

[@brettlarch8050]

Talk about a close family.

[@theroyals1153]

Can't believe, I just dived into 300 years of history in all europe

[@michellebruce5092]

Awesome history lesson. I enjoyed it very much. Can't wait to see more soon 😀

[@sofie7712]

As a danish historian specializing in 20th century I have to say that Christian X did not personally fund the danish Jews fleeing to Sweden, that’s a myth. He did cause quite a bit controversies in his reign. And did in fact offend Hitler by replying in a rejective manner to a telegram from the Führer who congratulated the king on his birthday.. This episode is known as “telegramkrisen” which translated means “the telegram crisis” Great video 😊

[@sherryluna8325]

My father family is Folk as in Fulk of Anjou. Descendent of King Charlemagne. , Plantangents, Tudors, Stuarts, Stewarts, yes we are all related., My mom is an ORR which is a Campbell Clan . Dads side has been in the USA since 1621 in Jamestown, Va. We are French, English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Itialian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Mexican, Russian,

[@michaelhowell2326]

I really do learn something new every time I watch this channel. I have always thought that Orange was in the Netherlands or Holland.

[@jaklynnr9771]

same!

[@Jack-Hands]

Even most Dutch people don't know it is in the south of France. Btw. The modern title "Prince of Orange" is just that, a title. The principality no longer exists. And since the 90s there can be a "Princess of Orange".

[@truefairytale164]

Please make videos on Queen Rajiya Sultan of Delhi sultanate and Rani lakshmi bai Queen of Jhansi . I'm sure that every one would love to know their amazing stories .

[@atalmeowlaurent1847]

Love your videos, I have been learning soooo much history!!!! Thank you!

[@kaloarepo288]

So true! Queen Victoria married prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but 100 years before (approx) her ancestor Frederick prince of Wales also married a Saxe Coburg with princess Augusta -Frederick although heir died before becoming king but his son George became George III -the granfather of queen Victoria.Victoria and Albert were first cousins too!

[@island_girl_shan]

That transition into the ad was smooth

[@MissDatherinePierce]

I hope you'll one day also do one about how the abolished monarchies fit into the European royal family tree. Btw the Au in Dessau is pronunced like the ou in ouch. (We also say Au when we mean ouch).

[@noorgonzalez1076]

🙇🏻‍♀️🕊

[@Naomi1011]

The video is great ! I absolutely love your videos. But I caught a funny little mistake at 24:52, you said Princess Estelle was born in 1912, instead of 2012 😂.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

How different things would have been if the UK Royals would actually save them after Nikolai was deposed maybe Anastasia would have been a queen

[@glen7318]

yeah the Russians would have loved a return of the Monarchy wiht a female monarch

[@julieletford5695]

Can't wait for part 2

[@rasputinputin8103]

A most excellent video. Thank you.

[@katherinemassey7165]

I'm glad to see that after a while, monarchies allowed women to inherit the throne. I think the people only have so much tolerance for succession crises and a foreign man coming in to rule when there were plenty of daughters to rule.

[@timotejgabris9162]

Why is literally every other comment about her saying 1912 instead of 2012. We get it. Get over yourselves

[@oreotookie]

Were you aware that she said someone was born in 1912 rather than 2012? 🙄 Completely agree. After the first couple of comments, just like them. No need to add to the “conversation”.

[@moniquewatson7812]

can you focus on the Qing dynasty next pleaseeeee

[@lolleeness296]

24:53 I know it was a slip up but I had to go back and listen again 1912 wow she has a good skincare routine

[@cristhoperdelvalle9781]

Los 7 monarcas europeos actuales descienden de la reina Victoria del Reino Unido y el rey Cristián IX de Dinamarca: el rey Felipe de Bélgica, rey Felipe VI de España, rey Carlos III del Reino Unido, la reina Margarita II de Dinamarca, rey Harald V de Noruega, rey Carlos XVI Gustavo de Suecia y el gran duque Enrique de Luxemburgo.