This is quite simply a list of royalties of Europe who were alive at any time between 1860 and 1918. Males and females are listed in separate posts, and the blog begins at the end of the alphabet so that eventually, when it is completed, it will read in alphabetical order. Where there are numerous royalties with the same first name, they are listed chronologically.
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Where the Christian name begins with Marie or Maria, the person is often listed under the second part of her name (e.g. Marie Antoinette - had she lived in this period - would be listed under 'A' with 'Marie' written in brackets after Antoinette).
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Sunday 31 October 2010

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Oddone (Otto), Prince of Savoy & Sardinia

Born: 11 July 1846, near Turin

Son of: Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) & Adelaide of Austria (1822-1855)

Died: 22 January 1866, Turin

Olav V (Alexander of Denmark), King of Norway


Born: 1903

Son of: Carl of Denmark (King of Norway) & Maud of Great Britain

Married: Martha of Sweden (1901-1954)

Died: 1991





Oleg Konstantinovich, Prince of Russia

Born: 1892

Son of: Konstantin Konstantinovich & Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenburg

Killed in action in a cavalry charge at Vilna, 12 October 1914

Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway

Born: 4 July 1799, Paris

Son of: John Bernadotte

Married: Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807-1876)

Children: Carl, Gustav, Oscar, Charlotte, Augustus

Died: 8 July 1859, Stockholm

Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway


Born: 21 January 1829, Stockholm

Son of: Oscar I (1799-1859) & Josephine of Leuchtenburg (1807-1876)

Married: Sophie of Nassau (1836-1913)

Children: Gustav, Oscar, Oscar Carl, Eugen

Died: 8 December 1907, Stockholm

“[He]arrived on his awful steamship with two frigates. He always licks and slobbers on everyone.” (Tsar Nicholas II)



Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Gotland

Born: 1859

Son of: Oscar II (1829-1907) & Sophie of Nassau (1858-1946)

Married: Ebba Munck of Fukila (1858-1946)

Children: Marie Sophie, Carl Oscar, Ebba, Elsa, Folke

Died: 1953

Oskar, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1888

Son of: Kaiser Wilhelm II & Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein

Married: Ina Marie Bassewitz

Children: Oskar

Died: 1958

Otto II, King of Bavaria


Born: 1848

Son of: Maximilian II & Marie of Prussia

Born: 1916

He suffered from a mental illness.

“It is really painful to see poor Otto in such a suffering state which seems to become worse and worse daily. In some respects he is more excitable and nervous than Aunt Alexandra, and that is saying a great deal. He often does not go to bed for forty-eight hours. He did not take off his boots for eight weeks, behaves like a madman, makes terrible faces, barks like a dog, and at times says the most indecorous things and then again he is quite normal for a while.” (Ludwig of Bavaria")


Otto of Bavaria, King of the Hellenes


Born: 1815

Son of: Ludwig I of Bavaria and Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792-1854)

Married: Amelie of Oldenburg

Deposed in 1862

“That detestable Otto!” (Prince Albert, the Prince Consort)



Otto, Prince of Wied

Born: 1850

Son of: Hermann (1814-1864) & Marie of Nassau (1825-1902)

Died: 1862

Otto, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 13 September 1854, Bueckeburg

Son of: Adolph I George (1817-1893) & Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1827-1910)

Married: Anna von Koppen (1860-1932)

Children: William, Hermine, Otto

Died: 18 August 1935, Cottbus

Otto, Archduke of Austria

Born: 21 April 1865, Graz

Son of: Karl Ludwig (1833-1896) & Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies (1843-1891)

Married: Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867-1944)

Children: Karl, Maximilian

Died: 1 November 1906, Vienna.

He lived a very ‘scandalous’ life.

Otto, Prince of Windisch-Graetz

Born: 1873

Married: Elizabeth of Austria (1883-1963)

Children: Franz Josef, Ernst, Rudolf

Died: 1952

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Pasquale of the Two Sicilies, Count of Bari

Born: 15 September 1852, Caserta

Son of: Ferdinand II (1810-1857) & Theresa of Austria (1816-1867)

Married: Blanche Marconnay (1848-1926)

Died: 21 December 1904, Malmaison

Patrick, Duke of Magenta

Born: 1855

Married: Marguerite of Orleans

Died: 1927

Paul, Duke of Wurttemberg


Born: 1797

Son of: Eugen (1758-1822) & Luise of Stolberg-Gedem (1864-1834)

Married: Maria Sophie of Thurn & Taxis (1800-1870)

Children: Maximilian

Died: 1860



Paul, Prince of Wurttemberg


Born: 19 January 1785, St. Petersburg

Son of: Frederick I (1754-1816) & Auguste of Brunswick (1764-1788)

Married: Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787-1847)

Children: August, Charlotte, Frederick, Paul, Pauline

Died: 16 April 1852, Paris


Paul, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

(Lover of Ludwig of Bavaria??) Married morganatically and was disowned by his family

Paul Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 19 September 1852, Ludwigslust

Son of: Frederick Frank II (1823-1883) & Augusta of Kostritz (1822-1862)

Married: Marie of Windisch-Graetz (1856-1929)

Children: Paul Frederick, Marie Louise, Maria Antonia, Heinrich Borovin, Joseph

Renounced with his title to marry a Catholic.

Died: 17 May 1923, Ludwigslust

Pavel Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 1860

Son of: Alexander II (1818-1881) & Marie of Hesse (1824-1880)

Married: 1) Alexandra of Greece (1870-1891)
Children: Maria, Dmitri
2) Olga Pistalkors (1866-1929) Morganatic marriage
Children: Vladimir, Irina, Natalia

Died: Shot by Bolsheviks 1919

“[He] was the nicest of the four uncles of the Tsar, although he possessed and inclination for ‘mounting the high horse’, which trait he owed to his close friendship with his brother, Sergei. He danced well and was greatly admired by women, and he looked quite attractive in his dark green-and-silver dolman, raspberry tight breeches and low boots of a Grodno Hussar.”
(Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich)

Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 12 May 1882, Schwerin

Son of: Paul Frederick (1852-1923) & Marie of Windisch-Graetz (1856-1929)

Died: 10 May 1904, Kiel

Paul, Prince of Yugoslavia


Born: 1893

Son of: Arsen of Serbia & Aurora of San Donato

Married: Olga of Greece (1903-1997)

Died: 1976





Paul, King of the Hellenes


Born: 1901

Son of: Constantine (1868-1923) & Sophie of Prussia (1870-1932)

Married: Frederica of Hanover (1917-1981)

Children: Sophie, Constantine, Irene

Died: 1964



Peter, Duke of Oldenburg

Born: 26 August 1812, Jaroslaw

Son of: George (1794-1812) & Ekaterina of Russia (1788-1819)

Married: Therese of Nassau-Weiburg (1815-1871)

Children: Alexandra, Alexander, Nicholas, Cecile, Katherine, George, Konstantin, Theresa

A general in the Russian infantry

Died: 14 May 1881, St. Petersburg

Pedro II of Portugal, Emperor of Brazil


Born: 2 February 1825, Rio de Janeiro

Son of: Pedro I (1788-1834) & Leopoldine of Austria (1797-1826)

Married: Teresa of the Two Sicilies (1822-1889)

Deposed: 1889

Died: 5 December 1891, Paris

“A most extraordinary looking old man with a piercing voice, very squeaky and quite cracked, an intelligent face entirely spoilt by the most appalling ‘ratelier’ I have ever seen. I expected every moment to see his teeth upon the floor.” (Queen Victoria)


Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Born: 1827

Son of: August (1783-1853) & Ida of Anhalt (1804-1828)

Married: Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826-1896)

Children: Frederick August

Died: 1900

Pedro V, King of Portugal


Born: 19 September 1837, Lisbon

Son of: Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary (1816-1885) & Maria II de La Gloria (1819-1883)

Married: Stephanie of Hohenzollern (1837-1859)

Died of typhoid: 11 November 1861



Peter I, King of Serbia

Born: 1844

Son of: Alexander Karageorvich & Persida Nenadovich

Married: Zorka of Montenegro (1864-1890)

Children: Milena, Elena, George, Alexander

Died: 1921

Pierre d’Orleans, Duke of Penthieve

Born: 1845

Son of: Francois Joinville (1848-1900) & Francesca of Brazil (1824-1895)

Died: 1919

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Pyotr Nikolaivich, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 1865

Son of: Nikolai Nikolaivich (1831-1891) & Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838-1900)

Married: Militsa of Montenegro (1866-1951)

Children: Marina, Roman, Nadeja, Sofia (born and died 3 March 1898)

Died: 1931



Peter, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Born: 1866

Son of: Ludwig Augustus (1845-1907) & Leopoldine Teresa of Brazil (1847-1871)

Died: 1934

Peter of Oldenburg

Born: 21 November 1868, St. Petersburg

Son of: Alexander (1844-1932) & Eugenie of Leuchtenburg (1845-1925)

Married: 1) Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960) Divorced 1916
2) Olga Ratkova-Rognova (1878-1953)

Died: 11 March 1924, Biarritz

Peter Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria Tuscany

Born: 12 May 1874, Saltzburg

Son of: Ferdinand (1835-1908) & Alicia of Bourbon-Parma (1849-1935)

Married: Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1877-1947)

Children: Gottfried, Helena, George, Rosa

Died: 8 November 1948, Sankt Gilgen

Peter, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 6 January 1886, Stadthagen

Son of: George II (1846-1911) & Marie Anne of Aaxe-Altenburg (1864-1918)

Died: 17 May 1886

Peter of Montenegro, Grand Duke of Zahumlie

Born: 1889

Son of: King Nicholas I (1847-1923) & Milena Vukotic (1841-1921)

Married: Violet Wegner

Died: 1932

Peter, Prince of Greece and Denmark

Born: 3 December 1908

Son of: George (1869-1957) & Marie Bonaparte (1882-1962)

Married: Irina Ovchinnikova (1904-1990)

Died: October 1980

An anthropologist who published several articles

Pedro, Prince of Orleans & Braganza

Born: 19 February 1913

Married: Maria de la Esperanza (1914- )

Philibert of Savoy, Duke of Genoa

Born: 1895

Son of: Thomas (1854-1931) & Isabelle of Bavaria (1863-1924)

Married: Lydia of Arenberg (1905-1977)

Died: 1990

Philippe, Duke of Flanders

Born: 24 April 1837, Laeken

Son of: Leopold I (1790-1865) & Louise of Orleans (1812-1850)

Married: Marie Louise of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845-1912)

Children: Baudouin, Henriette, Josephine (1870-71), Josephine, Albert

Died: 17 November 1905, Brussels

“Good Philip is always kind, amiable and clever.....He is very deaf...” (Queen Victoria)

Philipp of Wurttemberg

Born: 1838

Son of: Alexander (1802-1881) & Marie of Orleans (1813-1927)

Married: Marie of Austria (1845-1927)

Children: Albrecht, Maria Amalia, Isabella, Robert, Ulrich

Died: 1917

Philippe, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Kohary, Duke of Saxony


Born: 1844

Son of: Augustus (1818-1881) & Clementine of Orleans

Married: Louise of Belgium (1858-1924) Divorced 1906

Children: Leopold, Dorothea

Died: 1921

He was very cruel to his wife and when she had an affair he had her committed to an asylum.

“Those two fat boys [Philippe & his brother] looked well enough - but they are monstrous in size - poor Philippe’s thighs and legs looked as if they were stuffed!” (Queen Victoria)

Philip, Infante of Spain

Born: 1862

Son of: Antoine Montpensier (1824-1890) & Fernanda of Spain (1832-1997)

Died: 1864

Philippe Emmanuel of Orleans, Duke of Alencon & Vendome

Born: 1872

Son of: Ferdinand (1844-1910) & Sophie in Bavaria (1847-1897)

Married: Henriette of Belgium (1870-1948)

Children: Marie Louise, Sophie Josephine, Genevieve, Charles Philippe

Died: 1931

Philip Albrecht of Wurttemberg

Born: 1893

Son of: Albrecht (1865-1939) & Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870-1902)

married: 1) Helena of Austria (1903-1924)
Children: Marie Christine
2) Rosa of Austria (his first wife’s sister) (1906-1983)
Children: Helene, Ludwig, Elizabeth, Marie Theresa, Carl, Marie Antoinette

Died: 1975

Philipp, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich

Born: 1895

Son of: Karl (1866-1920) & Emma of Stolberg (1875-1956)

Died: 1920

Philip, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

Born: 1896

Son of: Alfonso of Caserta & Antonia of Bourbon-Sicily

Married: 1) Marie Louise of Orleans (1896-1973) Divorced 1916
2) Odette Labouri

Died: 1973

Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1896

Son of: Frederick, & Margaret of Prussia

Married: Mafalda of Savoy

Died: 1980

Philipp Ernst, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Son of: Albert (1867-1952) & Margaret of Austria (1870-1955)

Died: 1964

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Ranier, Archduke of Austria

Born: 1783

Married: Elizabeth of Savoy

Died: 1853

Ranier, Duke of Casto

Born: 1883

Son of: Alfonso of the Two Sicilies (1841-1934) & Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (1851-1938)

Died: 1973

Ranier, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Born: 1900

Son of: August Leopold (1867-1922) & Caroline of Austria (1869-1945)

Married: Johanna de Karoly-Paty (1906-1992)

Disappeared in Budapest – possibly murdered? – 1945

Raphael Ranier, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1906

Son of: Albert (1867-1952) & Margaret of Austria (1870-1955)

Rene Charles, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 1894

Son of: Roberto (1848-1907) & Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)

Married: Margaret of Denmark (1895-1992)

Children: Jacques, Anne, Michael

Died: 1962

Richard, Prince of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1901

Son of: Frederick Karl, and Marguerite of Prussia

Died: 1907

Robert of Orleans, Duke of Chartres

Born: 1840

Son of: Ferdinand (1810-1842) & Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858)

Married: Francoise de Joinville (184401925)

Children: Marie, Robert, Henri, Marguerite, Jean

Died: 1910

Roberto I, Duke of Parma (deposed when Parma was annexed to Italy in 1854)


Born: 9 July 1848

Son of: Carlos III (1823-1854 – murdered) & Louise of France (1819-1864)

Married: 1) Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (1849-1882)
Children: Maria Louise, Fernando, Luisa Maria, Enrico, Maria Immaculata, Giuseppe, Maria Teresa, Maria Pia, Beatrice, Elias
Maria Anastasia, Augusto

2) Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)
Children: Maria, Sisto, Xavier, Francesca, Zita, Felix, Rene, Louis, Gaetano, Maria Antonia, Isabelle, Henriette

Died (probably of exhaustion with all those children!!) : 16 November 1907



Robert of Orleans

Born 1866

Son of: Robert, Duke of Chartres (1840-1910) & Francoise de Joinville

Died: 1885

Robert of Wurttemberg

Born: 1873

Son of: Philip (1838-1917) & Marie of Austria (1845-1927)

Married: Maria Immaculata of the Two Sicilies (1878-1968)

Died: 1947

Roberto II, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 7 August 1909, Weilburg

Son of: Elias (1880-1959) & Maria Anna of Austria (1882-1940)

Died: 23 November 1974, Vienna

Roman, Prince of Russia

Born: 1896

Son of: Pyotr Nikolaivich (1865-1934) & Militsa of Montenegro (1866-1951)

Married: Pracovia Cheremetev (1901-1980)

Children: Nicholas

Died: 1978

Rudolph
, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Born: 27 April 1856, Neudorf

Son of: Julius, Count of Lippe (1812-1884) & Adelheid of Castell (1818-1900)

Married: Louise of Hesse-Philiipsthal (1868-1957)

Children: Frederick, Maria Adelheid and one other

Died: 21 June 1931 Drogelwitz

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria


Born: 21 August 1858, Vienna

Son of: Franz Josef (1830-1916) & Elizabeth in Bavaria (1837-1898)

Married: Stephanie of Belgium (186401945)

Children: Elizabeth

Died in a suicide pact with his mistress: Maylering 30 January 1889

“He has been rather wild and flighty.” (Empress Frederick)

“A very wild young man.” (Queen Victoria)


Rudolph, Prince of Windsich-Graetz

Born: 1907

Son of: Otto (1873-1952) & Elizabeth of Austria (1883-1963)

Died: 1939

Rudolph
, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1909

Son of: Rupert (1869-1958) & Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878-1912)

Died: 1912

Ruggiero of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto

Born: 7 September 1901, Sardiniero

Son of: Ferdinand (1869-1960) & Maria Ludwiga of Bavaria (1872-1954)

Died: 1 December 1914, Munich

Rupert, Crown Prince of Bavaria


Born: 1869

Son of: Ludwig III (1845-1921) & Theresa of Modena (1849-1919)

Married: 1) Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1849-1912)
Children: Luitpold, Irmingard, Albrecht
2) Antonia of Luxembourg (1899-1954)

Died: 1955


Rupert
of Teck, Viscount Trematon

Born: 1907

Son of: Alexander, and Alice of Albany (1882-1981)

Died in a car crash: 1928

Rupprecht, Prince of Urach

Born: 1907

Son of: William (1864-1928) & Amelie in Bavaria (1865-1912)

Married: Iniga of Thurn & Taxis (1925- )

Children: Amelia, Elizabeth, Karl Anselm, William, Eberhard

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Sebastian, Infante of Spain and Portugal

Born: 4 November 1811, Rio de Janeiro

Married: 1) Amelie of the Two Sicilies (1818-1857)
2) Maria Christina (1833-1902)

Died: 13 February 1875, Pau

Serge, Prince Romanovsky, Prince of of Leuchtenburg

Born: 20 December 1849, St. Petersburg

Son of: Maximilian (1817-1852) & Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819-1876)

Killed in action: 24 October 1877

“Good looking and very pleasing, but very delicate.” (Queen Victoria, 1869)

Serge Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 1857

Son of: Alexander II (1818-1881) & Marie of Hesse

Married: Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt (1864-1918 – murdered by Bolsheviks)

Died: Murdered by an assassin’s bomb 17 February 1905, Moscow

“[He] was possessed of a unique personality and of a character that remained to me, to the very day of his death, incomprehensible….He was tall…he had broad shoulders above a body excessively thin. He wore a small beard closely trimmed. His hair, which was thick, was cut short and so brushed as to stand up briskly all over his head. In characteristic posture he stood erect, head up, chest out; his elbows would be drawn closely in towards his sides, and with the fingers of one hand he toyed with a jewelled ring he habitually wore on the little finger of the other. When he was vexed or surly, his lips would be compressed to one crisp straight line and his eyes became little hard points of light. Cold, inflexible, the world called him, and not without cause, but towards Dmitri and me he displayed a tenderness almost feminine. Despite which, he demanded of us, as of all his household or following, exact and immediate obedience….Introspective, essentially diffident, his true spirit imprisoned with him, he hid private impulses of exceeding sensitiveness…Those few who knew him well were deeply devoted to him, but even his intimates feared him, and Dmitri [her brother] and I feared him too.” (His ward and niece, Maria Pavlovna the Younger)

“Serge will captivate you when you know him I am sure. There is something quiet and gentle, in fact rather melancholy about him, and his appearance and manners have something high bred and distinguĂ© which one misses in some of his brothers.” (Empress Frederick)

“I am glad to hear Serge speaks so nicely of me. I think we shall get on very well, though he is a Russian and carries off my grandchild…But he looks so thin and delicate in his photographs that I am quite alarmed at it. It’s a very thoughtful, nice countenance.” (Queen Victoria)

Serge Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 7 October 1869, Borjorn

Son of: Mikhail (1832-1909) & Cecile of Baden (1839-1891)

Died: Murdered by Bolsheviks, 18 July 1918, Alapaevsk

“Early in his life his habit of looking perennially hurt earned him the nickname ‘Monsieur Tant Pis’. He was a close friend of Nicky’s for forty years.” (His brother, Alexander Mikhailovich)


Serge, Prince Romanovsky of Leuchtenburg

Born: 16 July 1890, Peterhof

Son of: George (1852-1912) & Anastasia of Montenegro (1868-1935)

Died: 7 January 1974, Rome

Sigismund (‘Sigi’) Prince of Prussia

Born: 15 February 1864, Potsdam

Son of: Frederick (1831-1888) & Victoria of Great Britain (1840-1901)

Died of meningitis: 8 June 1866, Potsdam

“The greatest darling I have ever seen - so wonderfully strong and advanced for his age - with such fine colour, always laughing and so lively he nearly jumps out of our arms.”
(His aunt, Princess Alice)

“The serious illness of poor little Sigismund…is really dreadful for poor Vicky and Fritz, and they are so fond of that merry little child.” (Princess Alice)



Sigismund
(‘Bobby’) Prince of Prussia


Born: 1896

Son of: Henry (1862-1929) & Irene of Hesse (1866-1953)

Married: Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg (1899-1989)

Children: Barbara, Alfred

Died: 1978



Sigvard, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland

Born: 1907

Son of: King Gustav & Margaret of Connaught

Married: 1) Erika Patzeck (1911- )

2) Sonja Robbert (1909-2006)

3) Marianne Lindberg (1924- )

Died: 1902



Simon Casimir, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Born: 24 September 1900, Potsdam

Son of: Frederick William (11858-1914) & Gisela of Isenburg (1871-1964)

Married: Ilse Splittgerber (1909 - )

Died: 9 December 1980

Sisto (Sixte), Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 1896

Son of: Roberto I (1848-1909( & Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)

Married: Hedwig de la Rochefoucauld (1896-1986)

Died: 1934

Sizzo, Prince of Schwartzburg

Born: 1860

Son of: Frederick Gunther (1793-1867)

Married: Alexandra of Anhalt (1868-1958)

Children: Frederick Gunther, Irene, Marie Antoinette

Died: 1926

Stephen Franz, Archduke of Austria, Palatine of Hungary (until 1848)

Born: 1817

Died: 1967

Stephan, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 21 June 1891Stasdtliagen

Son of: George II (1846-1911) & Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (1864-1918)

Married: Ingeborg of Oldenburg (1901-1996)

Children: Marie Alix, George, a son who died as a baby

Died: 10 February 1965

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Thomas, Duke of Genoa

Born: February 1854, Turin

Son of: Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) & Adelaide of Austria (1832-1855)

Married: Isabella of Bavaria (1863-1924)

Children: Eugen, Ferdinand, Philibert, Adalbert, Bona, Adelaide

Died: 15 April, 1931





Ulrich, Duke of Wurttemberg

Born: 1877

Son of: Philip (1838-1917) & Marie of Austria (1845-1927)

Died: 1944

Ulrich
, Prince of Wurttemberg

Born: 28 July 1880, Stuttgart

Son of: King William II (of Wurttemberg) (1848-1921) & Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1857-1892)

Died: 28 December 1880, Stuttgart

Umberto I, King of Italy


Born: 14 March 1844, Turin

Son of: Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) & Adelaide of Austria (1822-1855)

Married: Margherita of Savoy-Genoa (1851-1946)

Children: Victor Emmanuel

Died: Murdered in Moriza, near Milan, 29 July 1900

“Dear kind…always a true and kind friend. It is awful [his murder] but he never took any sort of precautions. I always feared this happening.” (Queen Victoria on his assassination)

“Such a kind-hearted man.”
(Empress Frederick)


Umberto of Aosta, Count of Salemi

Born: 1889

Son of: Amadeo (1847-1890) & Laetitia Napoleon

Killed in action: 19 October 1918


Umberto II, King of Italy (1946-1946)


Born: 15 September 1904, Racconili

Son of: Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947) & Elena of Montenegro (1873-1952)

Married: Marie Jose of Belgium (1906-2001)

Children: Maria Pia, Victor Emmanuel, Gabriella, Maria Beatrice

Died: 18 March 1983, Geneva

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Viacheslav, (Wenceslas) Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 13 July 1862, St. Petersburg

Son 'of: Konstantin (1827-1892) & Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830-1911)

Died of a brain inflammation: 27 February 1879, St. Peterburg





Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, King of Sardinia (1849) & King of Italy (1861)

Born: 14 March 1820, Turin

Son of: Carlo Alberto of Sardinia & Maria Theresa of Austria

Married: 1) Adelaide of Austria (1822-1855)
Children: Clotilda, Umberto, Amadeo, Oddone (Otto), Maria Pia, Carlo Alberto, Victor Emmanuel (1852-1852) Victor Emmanuel (1855-1855) Thomas
2) Rosa Vercellana (morganatic marriage)
Children: Vittoria & Emmanuel

Died: 9 January 1878

Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Born: 1833

Son of: Ernst (1794-1860) & Feodora of Saxe-Leiningen (1807-1872)

Married: Lady Laura Sermour

Died: 1891

“Only think that in spite of all the remonstrance and to the extreme annoyance of both families, that foolish Victor will marry Miss Seymour…It is the height of folly and very reckless.” (Queen Victoria)

Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, Prince of Sardinia

Born: 7 July 1852

Son of: Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) & Adelaide of Austria (1822-1855)

Died: 7 July 1852

Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, Prince of Sardinia

Born: 8 January 1855, Turin (his mother died the next day)

Son of: Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) & Adelaide of Austria (1822-1855)

Died: 17 May 1855, Turin

Victor Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ohringen

Born: 1861

Son of: Felix (1818-1900) & Alexandra of Hanau (1830-1871)

Married: Marie de Vassinhac d’Imecourt (1863-1924)

Died: 1939

Victor Napoleon


Born: 18 July 1862, Paris

Son of: Napoleon Joseph (1822-1981) & Clotilde of Savoy (1843-1911)

Married: Clementine of Belgium (1872-1955)

Children: Clotile, Louis Ferdinand

Died: 3 May 1926, Brussels

“He is very good looking with a fine presence and pleasing.” (Queen Victoria)



Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, Emperor of Ethiopia & Albania

Born: 11 November 1869, Naples

Son of: Umberto I (1844-1900) & Margarita of Savoy (1851-1946)

Married: Elena of Montengro (1873-1952)
Children: Yolanda, Mafalda, Umberto, Joanna, Maria

Abdicated as Emperor of Ethiopia & Albania: 1943
Abdicated as King of Italy: 1946

Died: 28 December 1947, Alexandria

Was an expert photographer and even had a cinematograph which constantly worked.” (Frederick Ponsonby)


Victor Emmanuel, Count of Turin

Born: 1870

Son of: Amadeo of Aosta (1847-1890) & Maria Victoria della Cisterna (1847-1876)

Died: 1946

Victor, Prince of Wied

Born: 1877

Son of: William (1845-1907) & Marie of the Netherlands (1841-1910)

Married: Gisela of Solms-Wildenfels (1891-1970)

Children: Marie, Benigna

Died: 1946

Victor, Prince of Erbach-Schonburg

Born: 1880

Son of: Gustav and Marie Battenberg

Died: 1967 (?)

Victor Adolph, Prince of Bentheim & Steinburt

Born: 18 July 1883, Potsdam

Son of: Alexis (1845-1919) & Pauline of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1855-1925)

Married: 1) Stephanie of Schaumburg-Lippe (1899-1925)
Children: Alexis, Christian, Twins who were born and died the same day (as did his wife).
2) Rosa Helene of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1901-1963)

Died: 4 June 1961, Burgsteinfurt

Viggo of Denmark


Born: 1893

Son of: Waldemar and Marie of Orleans

Married: Eleanor Green

Died: 1970





Vincenzo of the Two Sicilies

Born: 26 April 1851, Naples

Son of: Ferdinand II (1810-1859) & Teresa of Austria (1816-1867)

Died: 13 October 1854, Caserta

Vladimir, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 10 April 1847, St. Petersburg

Son of: Alexander II (1818-1881) & Marie of Hesse (1824-1880)

Married: Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854-1920)

Children: Alexander, Kyril, Boris, Andrej, Elena

Died: 4 February 1909, St. Petersburg

“[He] possessed a hidden talent for all the arts. He painted well, he was patron of the ballet and the original financial backer of Sergei Diaghilev, he collected ancient icons, he visited Paris twice a year and he adored giving elaborate parties at his splendid palace in Tsarskoe Selo. A king-hearted man, he fell victim to eccentricities. A stranger…was certain to be taken aback by the roughness and by the shouting voice of this grand seigneur of Russia. He treated the younger grand dukes with maximum contempt.” (Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich)

Vladimir of Russia

Born: 1917

Son of: Kyril Vladimirovich & Victoria Melita of Edinburgh

Died: 1992

Vsevelod, Prince of Russia

Born: 1914

Son of: Ioann Konstantinovich (1886-1918) & Elena of Serbia (1884-1962)

Male W (Part 1)

(N.B. Wilhelm and Willem are anglicised into William)

Waldemar, Prince of Lippe-Detmold

Born: 18 April 1824, Detmold

Son of: Leopold II (1796-1851) & Emile of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen (1800-1867)

Married: Sophie of Baden (1834-1904)

Died: 20 March 1895, Detmold

Waldemar, Prince of Denmark


Born: 1858

Son of: Christian IX & Louise of Hesse-Kassel

Married: Marie of Orleans (1865-1909)

Children: Axel, Eric, Margaret, Aaage, Viggo

Died: 1938



Waldemar (‘Waldie’) Prince of Prussia


Born: 10 February 1868, Berlin

Son of: Frederick (1831-1888) & Victoria of Great Britain (1840-1901)

Died of diphtheria: 27 March 1879, Postdam

He is such a dear child. Although rather more spirited than is easy to manage, he is so trustworthy and honest and has such an open, fine, manly disposition....So much more gifted than his brothers.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)


Waldemar, Prince of Prussia

Born: 20 March 1889

Son of: Henry (1862-1929) & Irene of Hesse (1866-1953)

Married: Calixta of Lippe (1895-1982)

Died: 2 May 1945

William I
, King of Wurttemberg

Born: 27 September 1781, Luben

Son of: Frederick I (1754-1816) & Auguste of Brunswick (1764-1888)

Married: 1) Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873 Divorced 1814
2) Ekaterina Pavlovna (1788-1819)
Children: Marie, Sophia
3) Pauline of Wurttemberg (1800-1873)
Children: Katharina, Karl, Auguste

Died: 26 June 1864, Schloss Rosenstein

William, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 24 December 1787, Biebrich

Son of: Frederick William and Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

Married: Charlotte of Denmark (1789-1864)

Children: Caroline, Marie-Louise, Louise, Frederick William

Died: 5 June 1867, Copenhagen

William, Margrave of Baden

Born: 8 April 1792, Karlsruhe

Son of: Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden & Luise Karoline Geyer

Married: Elizabeth of Wurttemberg (1802-1864)

Children: Henriett, Sophie, Elizabeth, Leopoldine

Died: 11 October 1859, Karlsruhe

“Fritz [Crown Prince of Prussia] told me frequently that he was an excellent person , and very active and painstaking. As clever as Fritz B. he no doubt is not.” (Queen Victoria)

William I, King of Prussia, German Emperor


Born: 22 March 1797, Berlin

Son of: Frederick William and Louise Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Married: Augusta of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach (1811-1890)

Children: Frederick & Louise

Died: 9 March 1888, Berlin

My kind old friend who was always most kind to me.” (Queen Victoria)

“He is so kind to me; it touches me very much for I have never done anything to deserve it.” (Princess of Alice of Great Britain/Hesse)

William, Duke of Brunswick

Born: 1806

Died: 1884

William, Prince of Anhalt

Born: 1807, Dessau

Son of: Frederick (1769-1814) & Amelie of Hesse-Homburg (1774-1846)

Married: Emilie Klausmitler (1812-1888)

Adopted his niece, Helene

Died: 1864, Wien

William, 1st Duke of Urach

Born: 6 July 1810, Stuttgart

Son of: William (Count?) of Wurttemberg (1761-1830) & Wilhelmine of Thunderfelt-Rodis

Married: 1) Theodelinde of Leuchtenberg (1814-1857)
Children: Auguste, Maria, Eugenie, Mathilde
2) Florentine of Monaco (1833-1897)
Children: William

Died: 17 July 1869, Lichtenstein

William, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksberg

Born: 1816

Son of: William (1785-1831) & Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1786-1867)

Died: 1893

William of Hohenlohe-Oehringen

Born: 1816

Son of: Frederick August (1784-1853) & Louise of Wurttemberg (1789-1851)

Married: Pauline of Furstenberg (1829-1900)

Children: Christian, Marie, Louise, August, Frederick, Hans

Died: 1897

William III, King of the Netherlands


Born: 19 February 1817

Son of: William II (1792-1849) & Anna Pavlovna (1795-1865)

Married: 1) Sophie of Wurttemberg (1818-1877)
Children: William, Maurice, Alexander
2) Emma of Waldeck Pyrmont (1858-1934)
Children: Wilhelmina

Died: 23 November 1890


William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 5 March 1827 Ludwighurst

Son of: Paul Frederick (1800-1842) & Alexandrine of Prussia (1803-1892)

Married: Alexandrine of Prussia (1842-1906)

Children: Charlotte

Died: 28 July 1879, Hedelberg

William, Duke of Wurttemberg

Born: 1828

Son of: Eugen (1788-1857) & Helen of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807-1880)

Died: 1896

William, Prince of Baden

Born: 1829

Son of: Karl Leopold (1790-1852) & Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)

Married: Marie Romanovsky of Leuchtenburg (1841-1914)

Children: Sophie, Maximilian

Died: 1897

William, Prince of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Born: 1831

Married: 1) Marie von Hanau
2) Julianne of Bentheim-Steinfurt
Children: Chlodwig
3) Adelaide of Bentheim-Steinfurt
4) Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein (1844-1932)
Children: Christian

Died: 1890

William, Prince von Hanau

Born: 1832

Son of: Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1802-1875) & Gertrude Falkenstein (1803-1882)

Married: Elizabeth of Schaumburg-Lippe (1841-1926)

Died: 1902

William Karl, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 12 December 1834, Bueckeburg

Son of: George William (1781-1860) & Ida of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1796-1869)

Married: Bathildis of Anhalt (1837-1902)

Children: Charlotte, Franz Josef, Frederick, Albrecht, Maximilian, Bathildis, Adeheid, Alexandra, baby boy who lived for one day.

He became completely deaf.

Died: 4 April 1906, Ratiboritz

William, Prince of Orange


Born: 1840

Son of: King William III of the Netherlands (1817-1890) & Sophie of Wurttemberg (1818-1877)

Died: 1879

He is very shy and does not talk readily of his own accord - but he pays great attention to what is said…and is decidedly clever and intelligent...He speaks all languages well; his forehead, eyes and nose are good indeed. The teeth are well-kept. But his great short-sightedness gives him a frightened and heavy look. He looks melancholy and said to me himself he had never known a home - and never has had since his poor brother Maurice died, a relation near him, I mean to live with…Poor young man he is much to be pitied and we would wish to be of use to him...He shuts himself up and does not go out in society.” (Queen Victoria)


William, Prince of Hesse-and-By-Rhine/Hesse-Darmstadt

Born: 1845

Son of: Karl & Elizabeth of Prussia

Married: Josephine Bender of Leuchtenburg (1857-1952)

Died: 1900

“He is quite a connoisseur in art, and a good historian, quite at home in Rome about which he raves.” (Princess Alice)

Male W (Part 2) & X

(N.B. Wilhelm and Willem are anglicised in William)

William, Prince of Wied

Born: 1845

Son of: Hermann (1814-1864) & Marie of Nassau (1825-1902)

Married: Marie of the Netherlands

Children: Frederick, Alexander, William, Viktor, Luise, Elizabeth

Died: 1907

William, Grand Duke of Luxembourg


Born: 1852

Son of: Adolph (1817-1905) & Adelaide of Anhalt (1833-1916)

Married: Maria Ana of Portugal (1861-1942)

Children: Adelaide, Charlotte, Hilda, Antonia, Elizabeth, Sophia

Died: 1912




William II, King of Wurttemberg


Born: 25 February 1848, Stuttgart

Son of: Frederick (1808-1870) and Catherine of Wurttemberg (1821-1898)

Married: 1) Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1857-1882)
Children: Pauline, Ulrich, daughter who died at birth
2) Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (1864-1946

Died: 2 October 1921



William Karl, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Born 1853

Son of: Hermann (1825-1901) & Auguste of Wurttemberg (1826-1908)

Married: Gaeta of Isenburg-Budingen (1863-1945)

Children: Hermann

Died: 1924

William II, German Emperor


Born: 27 January 1859, Berlin

Son of: Frederick III (1831-1888) & Victoria of Great Britain (1840-1901)

Married: 1) Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858-1921)
Children: William, Eitel, Adalbert, August William, Oskar, Joachim, Victoria Luise
2) Hermione Reuss of Greitz (1887-1947)

Died: 4 June 1941, Doorn

“Is a dear, interesting, charming boy – clever, amusing, engaging – it is impossible not to spoil him a little. He is growing so handsome and his large eyes have now and then a dreamy expression and then again they sparkle with fun and delight. He too has his failings; he is inclined to be selfish, domineering and proud., but I must say they, too, are not his own fault as they have been hitherto more encouraged than checked.” (His mother, future Empress Frederick)

That very foolish, undutiful and – I must add – unfeeling boy I have no patience with and I wish he could get a good ‘skelping’ (as the Scotch say.)” (Queen Victoria)

“Is very shy by nature and that often makes him look proud....Gives much promise. The poor arm is no better, and Willy begins to feel being behind much smaller boys in every exercise of the body. He cannot run fast because he has no balance, nor ride, nor climb, nor cut his food etc. I wonder he is good tempered about it.” (He suffered from a ‘withered arm’, which did not grow and was the cause of much frustration to him.) (His mother)

"After being with [him] for some time one began to see that his brilliance was mostly superficial and all his conversation studied beforehand. It seemed to me that he anticipated what subjects of conversation would crop up and then got his staff to look up statistics, which he afterwards brought out in conversation, with the result that people were astounded at his knowledge. He was particularly good at committing statistics to memory…Quite apart from the superficial acting. The Emperor had great fascination as a conversationalist, as he was always so keen and interested. He practically stood on one’s feet, glaring into one’s eyes and giving grunts of approval, which acted as a spur.” (Frederick Ponsonby)


William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmarinegn

Born: 7 March 1864

Son of: Leopold and Antonia of Portugal

Married: 1) Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilies (1867-1909)
Children: Frederick, Franz Josef
2) Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870-1938)

Died: 22 October 1927, Sigmaringen

William, 2nd Duke of Urach

Born: 1864

Son of: William (1810-1867) & Florentine of Monaco (1833-1897)

Married: 1) Amelie in Bavaria (1865-1912)
Children: Marie, Elizabeth, Karola, William, Karl, Margarethe, Albrecht, Rupert, Mechtilde
2) Wiltrud Marie of Bavaria (1884-1975)

Died: 1928

William Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach


Born: 1876

Son of: Karl August (1844-1894) & Pauline of Sax-Weimar-Eisenach (1852-1904)

Married: 1) Catherine Reuss of Greiz (1884-1905)
2) Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890-1972)
Children: Sophie Louise, Karl August

Died: 1923

(Very unpopular. His wife may have killed herself or died in childbirth?)




William of Wied, Prince of Albania (February-September 1914)


Born: 1876

Son of: William (1845-1909) & Marie of the Netherlands (1841-1910)

Married: Sophie of Schonburg-Waldenburg (1885-1936)

Children: Marie Eleonore, Karl Viktor

Died: 1945



William, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1880

Son of: Albrecht (1837-1906) & Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1854-1898)

Married: Agatha of Ratiboor & Corvey (1880-1960)

Died: 1925

William, Crown Prince of Prussia


Born: 6 March 1882, Potsdam

Son of: Willliam II (1859-1941) & Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

Married: Cecile of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954)

Children: William, Louis Ferdinand, Hubertus, Frederick, Alexandrine, Cecile

Died: 20 July 1951, Mechingen


William, Prince of Sweden

Born: 1884

Son of: King Gustav V & Victoria of Baden

Married: Maria Pavlovna (1890-1958) Divorced

Children: Lennart

Died: 1965

William, Duke in Bavaria

Born: 1884

Married: Eleanor zu Sayn Wittgenstein

Died: 1968

William, Prince of Urach (renounced his title and became Count von Wurttemberg)

Born: 1897

Son of: William (1864-1928) & Amelie in Bavaria

Married: Elizabeth Theurer

Died: 1957

William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 14 August 1912, Ratiboritz

Son of: Frederick (1868-1945) & Antoinette of Anhalt (1885-1963)

Died: 4 March 1938, Neu-Brandenburg

Wolfgang, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1879

Son of: Ludwig III (1845-1921) & Maria Theresa of Austria (1849-1919)

Died: 1895

Wolfgang, Prince of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1896

Son of: Frederick Karl (1868-1940) & Margaret of Prussia (1872-1954)

Married: Marie Alexandra of Baden (1902-1944)

Died: 1989

Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt

Born: 1912

Son of Eduard (1861-1918) & Louise of Saxe-Altenburg (1873-1953)

Died: 1936

Xavier of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 15 March 1889, Carnaiore

Son of: Roberto I (1848-1907) & Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)

Married: Madeleine of Bourbon-Buset (1898-1984)

Children: Marie Francoise, Charles, Ceceile, Marie, Sixte

Died: 7 May 1977, Zizers

Wolrad, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Born: 26 June 1896

Son of: George Victor, and Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Died: Killed in action, 17 October 1914, Belgium

Wednesday 27 October 2010

Female A - part 1 of several

Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, Duchess of Schlewswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 9 March 1821, Bueckeberg

Daughter of: George (1781-1860) & Ida of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1796-1969)

Married: 1) Frederick (1814-1888) (divorced?)
children: August, Frederick Ferdinand, Louise, Marie, Albrecht

2) ??

Died: 30 June 1899, Itzehoe

Adelaide of Austria, Queen of Sardinia



Born: 3 June 1822, Milan

Daughter of: Ranier & Elizabeth of Savoy

Married: Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878)

Children: Clotilde, Umberto, Amadeo, Oddone, Maria Pia, Victor Emmanuel (1852-1852) Victor Emmanuel, Carlo Alberto

Died, the day after giving birth: 20 January, 1855, Turin

Her husband was often unfaithful and had two children by his mistresses.


Adelaide of Anhalt, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

Born: 1833, Dessau

Daughter of: Frederick (1799-1864) & Marie Louise of Hesse Kassel (1814-1895)

Married: Adolph of Nassua (1817-1905)

Children: Francis, William, Hilda

Died: 1916 Konnigstein

“...at one time a very bad wife....” (Queen Victoria 1861)

Adelaide (‘Ada’) of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenberg

Born: 1835

Daughter of: Ernst (1794-1860) & Feodora of Saxe-Leiningen (1807-1872)

Married: Frederick (1829-1880)

Children: Frederick, Augusta, Caroline, Mathilde, Gerhard, Ernst Gunther, Louise Sophie

Died: 1900

Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess of Saxe-Meiningen

Born: 1870, Obercassel

Daughter of: Count Ernst (1842-1904) & Karoline von Vartenslebem

Married: Frederick (1861-1914 – killed in action in WWI)

Children: Feodora, Adelaide, George

Died: 1948, Detmold

Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 22 September 1875, Ratiboritz

Daughter of: William Karl (1834-1906) & Bathildis of Anhalt (1837-1902)

Married: Ernst II (1871-1955) Divorced 1920

Children: Charlotte, George, Elizabeth, Frederick

Died: 27 January 1971, Ballenstedt

Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Born: 1884, Darmstadt

Daughter of: Frederick (1852-1892) & Maria of Lowenstein (1861-1941)

Married: Heinrich of Schonburg-Waldenburg (1863-1945)

Children: Alfred

Died: 1961, Frankfurt

Adelaide of Schlewswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 1889

Daughter of: Frederick (1855-1934) & Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenberg

Married: Frederick of Solms-Baruth (1886-1951)

Children: Frederike, Feodora

Died: 1964

Adelaide (‘Adi’) of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess of Prussia


Born: 1891

Daughter of: Frederick (1861-1914) & Adelaide of Lippe (1870-1948)

Married: Adalbert (1884-1948)

Children: Viktoria Marina & Wilhelm

Died: 1971




Adelaide of Nassau, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg


Born: 1894

Daughter of: William, & Marie Anne of Portugal

Abdicated: 1919

Died: 1924





Marie Adelheid
of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess Reuss zur Lippe

Born: 30 August 1895, Drogelwitz

Daughter of: Rudolph (1856-1931) & Louise of Ardeck (1868-1959)

Married: 1) Heinrich XXXIII (1878-1935) Divorced nine months later

2) Heinrich XXXV (1887-1936) Divorced 2 years later

3) Frderick Konopath (1882-1962) Divorced 9 years later.

Died: 25 December 1993, Tangstedt

Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa

Born: 1904

Daughter of: Thomas of Genoa & Isabelle of Bavaria (1863-1924)

Married: Leone, Prince di Arsoli (1896-1979)

Died: 1979

Maria Adelaide of Braganza

Born: 1912

Daughter of: Miguel (1853-1927) & Theresa of Rosenberg (1870-1935)

Married: Nicholas van Uden

Adelgunde of Bavaria, Duchess of Modena


Born: 19 March 1823, Wuerzberg

Daughter of: Ludwig I (1786-1854) & Teresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792-1854)

Married: Francis V (1819-1875)

Children: Anna Beatrice

Died: 28 October 1914, Munich




Adelgunde of Portugal, Countess of Bardi

Born: 10 November 1858, Wertheim

Married: Enrico of Parma (1851-1905)

Died: 15 April 1946, Gunten

Adelgunde of Bavaria, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Born: 1870

Daughter of: Ludwig III & Theresa of Modena

Married: William (1864-1927)

Died: 1958

Adelgunde of Bavaria

Born: 1917

Daughter of: Franz (1875-1937) & Isabella von Croy (1890-1912)

Married: Baron Zdenko von Hoenning (1906-1996)

Died: 2004

Aglae, Princess of Auersberg

Born: 1863

Daughter of: Adolph (1821-1883) & Johaana, Countess Festetics (1830-1884)

Married: Ferdinand, Count Kinsy von Wchinitz & Tettau

Died: 1919

Agnes of Anhalt, Duchess of Saxe-Alternburg

Born: 1824, Dessau

Daughter of: Leopold IV (1794-1871) & Frederike of Prussia (1796-1850)

Married: Ernst (1826-1908)

Children: Marie, George

Died: 1897, Hummelsheim

Agnes of Wurttemberg, Princess Reuss of Schleiz

Born: 1835

Daughter of: Eugen (1788-1857) & Helen of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807-1880)

Married: Heinrich XIV (1832-1913)

Children: Heinrich XXVII, Elizabeth

Died: 1886

Maria Agness Reuss of Greitz

Born: 1882

Daughter of: Heinrich XXII (1846-1902) & Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852-1891)

Married: Frederick von Gnagnoni (1878-1955)

Died: 1942

Marie Agnes of Solms-Brunfels, Countess Erbach-Furstenau

Born: 1888

Daughter of: Hermann (1845-1900) & Elizabeth of Schleiz (1859-1951)

Married: Joseph (1874-1963)

Died: 1976

Alberta of Leiningen

Born: 1863

Daughter of: Ernst (1830-1904) & Marie of Baden (1834-1899)

Died: 1901

She was blind.

Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Grand Duchess of Russia


Born: 1830

Daughter of: Joseph (1789-1868) & Amelie of Wurttemberg

Married: Konstantin Nikolaivich (1827-1892)

Children: Nikola, Olga, Vera, Konstantin, Dmitri, Viascheslav

Died: 1911

“She takes the place of a spoil child in the family and they treat her frequent tactlessness and lapses of behaviour as a jolly prank.” (Anna Tyucheva)



Alexandra of Oldenburg, Grand Duchess of Russia

Born: 1838

Daughter of: Peter (1812-1881) & Theresa of Nassau (1815-1871)

Married: Nicholas (183101891)

Children: Nicholas, Pyotr

Died: 1900

Alexandra of Denmark, Queen of Great Britain


Born: 1 December 1844, Copenhagen

Daughter of: Christian IX (1818-1906) & Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817-1898)

Married: Albert Edward (1841-1910)

Children: Albert Victor, Gorge, Louise, Victoria, Maud, Alexander

Died: 20 November 1925, Sandringham

To be intimate with her, one must see much of her; she never makes advances of her own and has nothing overflowing or warm or tender about her relations with others and yet she is kind and good and affectionate, and one cannot be in the house with her without loving her. She is never maussade or out of temper or cross or impatient; her household are very fond of her.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)

“She is the sweetest girl who ever lived, and full of life and spirits…She has always been strong and healthy as possible and has never ailed anything in her life except having the measles…I own Princess A. of Holstein is the only one of these princesses for whom I feel portĂ©e – it would be dreadful if this pearl went to the horrid Russians.” (Queen Victoria)

“She was so jealous of the English Royal Family that she never asked any of her English sisters-in-law to Sandringham, whereas she would fill the place with her Danish relations.” (Alexander of Battenberg)

“She is 51 years old but looks 30. She is marvellously slim and her bright kind smile creates an enchanting impression.” (Konstantin Konstantinovich)

Tuesday 26 October 2010

Female A (continued)

Alexandra Maria of Windisch Graetz

Born: 1850

Daughter of Hugo (1823-1904) & Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1824-1859)

Died: 1933

Alexandra of Anhalt, Princess of Schwarzburg

Born: 1868, Dessau

Daughter of: Frederick (1831-1904) & Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838-1908)

Married: Sizzo (1860-1926)

Children: Frederick Gunther, Marie Antoinette, Irene

Died: 1958, Schweizingen

Alexandra of Greece, Grand Duchess of Russia

Born: 30 August 1870

Daughter of: King George (1845-1913) & Olga of Russia (1851-1926)

Married: Pavel Alexandrovich (1860-1918)

Children: Maria, Dmitri

Died (in childbirth after suffering a fit): September 1891

“She is such a charming amusing girl, very like Louise of Wales only not at all rough.” (May, Duchess of York – later Queen Mary)

Alexandra (‘Sandra’) of Edinburgh/Coburg, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg


Born: 1 September 1878, Coburg

Daughter of: Alfred (1844-1900) & Marie of Russia (1853-1920)

Married: Ernst (1863-1950)

Children: Gottfried, Marie Melita, Alexandra, Irma, Alfred

Died: 1942



Alexandra of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 9 June 1879, Ratiboritz

Daughter of: William Karl (1834-1906) & Bathildis of Anhalt (1837-1902)

Died: 5 January 1949. Linz

Alexandra of Hanover, Grand Duchess of Mechlenburg-Schwerin

Born: 29 September 1882, Gmunden

Daughter of: Ernst, Duke of Brunswick & Thyra of Denmark

Married: Frederick Franz IV (1882-1945)

Children: Frederick Franz, Christian Ludwig, Olga, Thyra, Anastasia

Died: 30 August 1973

Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, Princess of Prussia

Born: 1887

Daughter of: Frederick Ferdinand (1855-1934) & Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860-1932)

Married: 1) August Wilhelm (1887-1949)
Children: Alexander Ferdinand
2) Arnold Rumann (1884-1951)

Died: 1957

Alexandra, Duchess of Fife


Born: 17 May 1891, Richmond

Daughter of: Alexander Macduff & Louise of Wales (Great Britain)

Married: Arthur of Connaught

Children: Alistair

Died: 26 February 1959, London




Alexandra of Isenburg, Princess of Windisch-Graetz

Born: 1899

Married: Eduard Vincenz (1891-1976)

Died: 1945

Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Born: 22 April 1901

Daughter of: Ernst (1863-1950) & Alexandra of Edinburgh (1878-1942)

Died: 26 October 1963

Alexandra of Denmark

Born: 1914

Daughter of: Harald (1876-1949) & Helen of....

Married: Luitpold of Castell

Died: 1962

Alexandrine of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin


Born: 23 February 1803, Berlin

Daughter of: King Frederick William & Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Married: Paul (1800-1842)

Children: Frederick Franz, Louise, William

Died: 21 April 1892, Schwerin

“…so worthless a woman. I must use this expression for I believe that were she not a Princess she would not be received anywhere, and she really ought not to be. Marie B. …told us dreadful stories of her conduct and language at Ostend.” (Queen Victoria)


Alexandrine of Baden, Duchess of Coburg


Born: 1820

Daughter of: Karl Frederick (1790-1852) & Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)

Married (very unhappily!): Ernst II (1818-1893

Children: 3 miscarriages

Died: 1904

“She is always left alone at home and Uncle E. only thinks of himself; it provokes me more than I can say.” (Queen Victoria)



Alexandrine of Bavaria

Born: 1826

Daughter of: Ludwig I & Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Died: 1875 (She was confined, having lost her mind and believing that she had swallowed a glass piano.)

Alexandrine of Wurttemberg

Born: 1829

Daughter of: Eugene (1788-1857) & Helen of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807-1880)

Died: 1913

Alexandrine of Hesse-Kassel, Countess von Schaumburg

Born: 1830

Daughter of: Frederick William (1802-1875) & Gertrude Falkenstein (1803-1882)

Married: Felix Eugen of Hohenlohe Oehringen (1818-1900)

Children: Jadwiga, Victor Hugo, Olga, Paula, Luise, Ferdinand

Died (in childbirth??): 1871

Alexandrine (‘Addie’) of Prussia, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin


Born: 1 February 1842, Berlin

Daughter of: Albrecht (1809-1872) & Marianne of the Netherlands (1810-1883)

Married: William (1827-1879)

Children: Charlotte

Died: 25 March 1906, Marly

“Poor Princess Alexandrine how much I feel for her!...I have heard that horrid Uncle would wish to corrupt her mind - and to raise the worst feelings in her young, and it is to be hoped, still innocent heart...”
(Queen Victoria)

Poor Princess Alexandrine is much to be pitied and it is quite right to be kind to the poor girl [on her parents’ divorce] but I would be cautious even there, for the poor thing has had a bad education - been neglected and has seen and heard much she ought not to.” (Queen Victoria)

She leads a dull if and is such a good creature.” (Crown Princess Victoria)

Alexandrine (‘Adini’) of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen of Denmark

Born: 24 December 1879, Schwerin

Daughter of: Frederick Franz III (1851-1897) & Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860-1922)

Married: Christian X (1870-1947)

Children: Frederick, Knud

Died: 28 December 1952, Copenhagen



Alexandrine of Oldenburg

Born: 1900

Daughter of Frederick August (1852-1931) & Elizabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1869-1955)

Died: 1900

Alexandrine of Prussia

Born: 7 April 1915, Berlin

Daughter of: Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951) & Cecile of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954)

Died: 2 October 1980, Starnberg