Born: 1897
Son of: Alfonso, Duke of Caserta & Antonia of Bourbon-Sicily
Married: 1) Isabella Czartoryski (1902-1929)
2) Cecily Lubomirski
Died: 1935
Gaetano of the Two Sicilies, Count of Girgenti
Born: 12 January 1846, Madrid
Son of: Ferdinand II (1810-1859) and Theresa of Austria (1816-1867)
Married: Isabella of Spain (1851-1931)
Died: 26 November 1871, Lucerne
Gaetano, Prince of Bourbon-Parma
Born: 1905
Son of: Roberto I (1848-1907) & Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1957)
Married: Margarete of Thurn & Taxis (1909- )
Children: Diana
Died: 1958
Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu
Born: 1842
Son of: Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814-1896) & Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary (1822-1857)
Married: Isabella Christina of Brazil (1846-1921)
Died: 1922
Gavril Konstantinovich, Prince of Russia
Born: 15 July 1887, Pavlovsk
Son of: Konstantin Konstantinovich (1858-1915) & Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1865-1927)
Married: 1) Antonina Nesterovky (1890-1950)
2) Irina Kurakine (1908-1993)
Died: 28 February 1955, Paris
Gennaro of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caltagirone
Born: 1857, Caserta
Son of: Ferdinand II (1810-1859) & Theresa of Austria (1816-1867)
Died: 13 August 1867, Albano
Gennaro, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily,
Born: 24 January 1882, Cannes
Son of: Alfonso, Duke of Caserta (1841-1934) & Antonia of Bourbon-Sicily (1851-1938)
Married: Beatrice of Villacolli (1881-1963) (Morganatic marriage)
Died: 11 April 1944, Cannes
George Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Born: 12 August 1779, Hanover
Son of: Charles II (d. 1816)
Married: Wilhelmina of Hesse
Died: 6 September 1860, Schweizerhaus, Mecklenburg
George Wilhelm, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born: 20 December 1784, Bueckeburg
Married: Ida of Waldeck Pyrmont (1796-1869)
Children: Adolf George
Died: 21 November 1860, Bueckeburg
George, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Born: 1796
Son of: Frederick of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1763-1834) & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769-1818)
Married: Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1802-1862)
Children: Ernst, Albrecht, Moritz
Died: 1853
George, Prince of Anhalt
Born: 1796, Dessau
Son of: Frederick (1769-1814) & Amelie of Hesse-Homburg (1774-1846)
Married: 1) Caroline of Schwarzburg-Rudoltstadt (1804-1829)
Children: Louise, (Emma?)
2) Therese von Erdmannsdorf (1805-1848) (Morganatic marriage)
Children: Mathilde, Helene, Rudolf, Karl, (Emma?)
Died: 1865
"He had the most uncontrollable temper and once plunged poor little Aunt Louise’s [his daughter] feet into boiling water so that she used to walk rather like a drunken man at sea. In one of his fits of temper he hammered poor Emma [another daughter] on the back so that she stammered ever after." (Princess Marie Louise)
George, Duke of Cambridge
Born: 26 March 1819
Son of: Adolphus, & Augusta of Hesse
Married: Sarah Louise Fairbrother
Children: George, Adolphus, Augustus
Died: 17 March 1904, London
“Always been so kind and nice to me ever since I was quite a tiny mite…I greatly enjoyed my talks with him.” (Queen Mary)
George V, King of Hanover
Born: 1819
Son of: Ernest, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851) & Frederica of Mecklnburg-Strelitz
Married: Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Children: Ernest Eugust, Frederica, Maria
Died: 1878
He was blind after striking himself in the eye with a watch chain.
George, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Born: 1824
Son of: George Frederick Karl & Maria Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel
Married: Ekaterina Mikhailovna of Russia (1827-1894)
Children: Nikolaus, Helene, George Alexander, Karl Michael
Died: 1876
George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Born: 1826
Son of: Bernhard II (1800-1882) & Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1804-1888)
Married: 1) Charlotte of Prussia (1831-1853)
Children: Bernhard, George, Maria and one son
2) Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1839-1872)
Children: Ernst, Frederick
3) Helene, Baroness Hildeburg (a former actress)
Died: 1914
“He hastened at once with Feo to Baden [after the death of Feo’s father] and he makes her as happy as possible.” (Queen Victoria)
“I am sorry George of M. is not pleasant to you. Feo is however very very happy and they lead a very rational life. “ (Queen Victoria to her daughter, Vicky)
George, Prince of Schonburg-Waldenburg
Born: 1818
Married: Louise of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1844-1922)
Died: 1900
George Victor, Prince of Waldeck Pyrmont
Born: 14 January 1831, Arolsen
Married: 1) Helene of Nassau (1831-1888)
Children: Sophie, Pauline, Emma, Marie, Helen
2) Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1858-1936)
Died: 12 May 1893, Marienbad
George Frederick August, King of Saxony
Born: 8 August 1832, near Dresden
Son of: Johann (1801-1873) & Amelie of Bavaria (1801-1877)
Married: Maria Ana of Portugal (1843-1884)
Children: Maria Johanna, Elizabeth, Mathilde, Frederick August, Maria Josepha, Johann George, Maximilian, Albert
Died: 15 October 1904, near Dresden
“I like him very much, he is pleasant, gemutlich, accomplished - passionately fond of ‘good’ music and even of old tiresome music, and plays very nicely with all the children. He is a nice young man, only excessively absent, like his father, but he has the most beautiful talent for music which is his passion; - he play most beautifully and everything at first sight; he likewise sings charmingly…I was very grateful for two hours of loveliness. It is like a great artiste not like an amateur, and all good music!...He is very fond of children and played with your brothers big and little - very nicely.” (Queen Victoria 1858)
“His absence is very great…Then what I liked besides his being agreeable and such a wonderful musician - is his being so simple and good humoured and à son aise with the children - and his being much attached to his family and a very correct young man.” (Queen Victoria 1858)
George, Prince of Schwarzburg
Born: 1837
George I, King of the Hellenes
Born as Prince William of Denmark: 1845
Son of: Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906) & Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817-1898)
Married: Olga of Russia (1851-1926)
Children: Constantine, George, Alexandra, Nicholas, Marie, Olga, Andrew, Christopher
Murdered March 1913
“[He] does not and cannot remember that his sons are grown up now! He does not take them into his confidence...the consequence is that they are very bitter...and have become very antagonistic to him. [Olga] admits that Uncle Willy is rather tyrannical in the family – although he is such a good Father -…[he] complains that when the sons are all together or with their Mama - & talking in an animated way – the moment he comes in the conversation ceases & every one is silent, or that they get up & go away & he feels it very much indeed.” (Queen Alexandra)
“A charming man, very shrewd, with a thorough knowledge of European politics and quite conscious of the slender ties that bound him to the throne of Greece.” (Frederick Ponsonby)
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