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To: Albion Wilde

Except that Prince George, his dad William, grandfather Charles and great grandmother Elizabeth II are of the House of Windsor - previously called Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but changed to Windsor during WWI as to sound less German. Possibly somewhere distantly related to some Tudors but not directly in lineage.


78 posted on 01/28/2018 4:12:06 PM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: MD Expat in PA

Diana was a direct descendant of Edward I (Longshanks). Maybe that’s where she got some of her height from. Edward I was 6’2”. Diana was 5’10”.


80 posted on 01/28/2018 4:48:07 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Kate Middleton is also related to the royal line.


83 posted on 01/28/2018 5:00:35 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Winning isn't as easy as I make it look. -- Donald J. Trump)
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To: MD Expat in PA

According to this, Elizabeth IIis a direct descendant of one of Henry VII’s (the first Tudor king) daughters.

, the House of Windsor is descended from the House of Tudor and the House of Plantagenet - through one of Henry VII’s daughters, who married a Scottish king and whose great-grandson was King James I of England (at the same time that he was King James VI of Scotland), then through James’ great-grandson Georg of Hanover (King George I), who is Queen Elizabeth II’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. There are probably also other lines of descent over the centuries and generations, but these are the official ones through which the monarchy traces its claim to the throne.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/17wzda/is_the_house_of_windsor_related_to_the_house_of/


89 posted on 01/28/2018 6:22:53 PM PST by independentmind (Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.)
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