Male J (Part 2)

Johannes, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein & Jasteberg

Born: 1863

Married: Anna Maria of Austria (1879-1961)

Children: Maria Rosa

Died: 1921

Johann Georg, Prince of Saxony

Born: 10 July 1869, Dresden

Son of: King George (1832-1904) & Maria Ana of Portugal (1843-1884)

Married: 1)Maria Isabella of Wurttemberg (1871-1904)
2) Maria Immaculata of the Two Sicilies (1874-1947)

Died: 1938

Johann Georg, Prince of Shoenaich-Carolath

Born: 1873

Married: Hermine Reuss of Greitz (1887-1947)

Children: Hans, Georg, Hermine, Ferdinand, Henriette

Died: 1920

Jean of Orleans, Duke of Guise


Born: 1874

Son of: Robert of Chartres (1840-1910) & Francoise of Joinville (1844-1925)

Married: Isabelle of Orleans (1878-1961)

Children: Isabelle, Henri, Anne, Francoise

Died: 1940

John, (Johnnie) Prince of Great Britain


Born: 12 July 1905

Son of: King George V (1865-1936) & May of Teck

Died: 1919 of a severe epileptic fit. (He had been kept very much out of the limelight due to his epilepsy).

(At his death) “Little Johnnie looked very peaceful ....He just slept quietly in his heavenly home, no pain, no struggle, just peace for the little troubled spirit.” (Queen Mary)

Johann Leopold, Prince of Coburg

Born: 1906

Son of: Charles Edward (1884-1954) & Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1885-1970)

Married: Feodora von de Horst

Died: 1972

Johann Georg, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 1911

Son of: Albrecht (1863-1948) & Ostrud of Isenberg & Budingden (1879-1918)

(He was adopted by Ernst Gunther)

Killed in action: 1941

Juan, Prince of the Astorias, Infante of Spain

Born: 20 June 1913, San IIdefonso

Son of: Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) & Victoria Eugenie Battenberg (1887-1909)

Married: Maria de las Mercedes (1910-2000)

Died: 1 April 1993, Pamplona

Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Burn: 1789

Son of: Frederick (1763-1834) & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769-1818)

Married: Amelie of Wurttemberg (1799-1848)

Children: Marie, Pauline, Therese, Elizabeth, Alexandra, Louise

Died: 1868

Joseph, Duke of Sessa

Born: 1828

Married: Louise of Bourbon-Sicily

Died: 1881

Josef Karl of Austria

Born: 1833

Married: Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1846-1923)

Children: Elizabeth, Maria Dorothea, Margarethe, Josef Karl

Died: 1905

Giuseppe of the Two Sicilies, Count of Lucera

Born: 4 March 1848, Naples

Son of: Ferdinand II & Theresa of Austria

Died: 28 September 1851, Portici

Josef Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria

Born: 1872

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

Married: 1) Rosa Kaltenbrunner (1878-1929)
2) Gertud Tomanek (1902-1997)

Died: 1942

Josef Karl, Archduke and Palatine of Hungary

Born: 1872

Son of: Josef Karl (1833-1905) & Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Married: Auguste of Bavaria (1875-1964)

Died: 1962

Giuseppe, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 30 June 1875, Biarritz

Son of: Roberto (1848-1907) & Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (1849-1888)

Died: 7 January 1950, Lucca

Josef, Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 13 February 1889

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

Died: 13 February 1889

Josef Franz, Archduke of Austria-Hungary

Born: 28 March 1895, Brunn

Son of: Josef Karl (1872-1962) & Auguste of Bavaria (1875-1964)

Married: Anne of Saxony (1903-1976)

Children: Margit, Helene, Anna Theresa, Josef

Died: 25 September 1957, Carcavelos

Joseph, Prince Czartoryski

Born: 1907

Son of: Adam (1872-1937) & Marie Louise Krasinka (1883-1958)

Married: Dolores of Bourbon-Sicily (1909-1996)

Died: 1946

Josias, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Born: 1896, Arolsen

Married: Altburg of Oldenburg (1903-2001)

Children: Margrethe, Alexandra

Died: 1967, Schaumburg

After World War 2, he was arrested for war crimes as a Nazi and imprisoned but released on health grounds in 1950.

Julius, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 1824

Son of: William (1785-1831) & Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1789-1867)

Married: Elizabeth von Ziegesar (1856-1887)

Died: 1903

Julius, Prince of Lippe

Born: 2 September 1893, Obercassel

Son of: Count Ernst (1842-1904) & Karoline von Wartensleben (1844-1905)

Married: Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1878-1948)

Children: Elizabeth, Ernst

Died: 15 September 1952, Obercassel

Male K (excluding Karl)

(For ‘Karl’ please see separate post of ‘Charles/Karl’ under ‘C’))
Konrad, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1883

Married: Bona of Savoy (1896-1971)

Died: 1969

Konstantin Nikolaivich, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 1827

Son of: Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855) & Charlotte of Prussia (1798-1860)

Married: Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830-1860)

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

Did: 1892



Konstantin, Duke of Oldenburg

Born: 1850

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

Married: Aggripina Djaparidze (1855-1926)

Children: Alexandra

Died: 1906

Konstantin Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 1858

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

Married: Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1865-1927)

Children: Ioann, Gavril, Tatiana, Konstantin, Oleg, Igor, George, Natalia, Vera

Died: 1915

He was a poet who wrote as ‘K.R.’


Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince of Russia


Born: 1891

Son of: Konstantin (1858-1915) & Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1865-1927)

Died: Murdered by Bolsheviks, Alapaevsk July 1918





Kyril, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 1876

Son of: Vladimir (1847-1909) & Marie of Mecklenbury-Schwerin (1854-1920)

Married: Victoria Melita of Edinburgh/Coburg (1876-1956)

Children: Maria, Kira, Vladimir

Died: 1958



Kyril of Bulgaria


Born: 17 November 1895, Sofia

Son of: King Ferdinand (1861-1948) & Maria Louisa of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899)

Executed by Communists: 1 February 1945

Male L (Excluding Ludwig/Louis/Luiz - who are in separate posts)

Ladislas, Prince Czartoryski

Born: 1828

Married: Marguerite of Orleans (1846-1893)

Children: Adam

Died: 1894

Lennart, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Smaland

Born: 1909

Son of: William (1884-1965) & Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890-1958)

Married: 1) Karin Nissvandt (1911-1991)
2) Sonja Hauntz (b. 1944)

Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, born 1790 – see Karl

Leopoldo, Prince of the Two Sicilies

Born: 2 July 1790, Naples

Son of: Ferdinand I (1751-1825) & Caroline of the Holy Roman Empire (1752-1814)

Married: Maria Clementina of Austria (1798-1881)

Children: Maria Carolina, Lodovico

Died: 10 March 1851, Naples

Leopold I, King of the Belgians


Born: 16 December 1790, Coburg

Son of: Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha & Augusta of Reuss Ebersdorff

Married: 1) Charlotte of Great Britain (1796-1817)
2) Louise of Orleans (1812-1850)
Children: Louis Philippe, Leopold, Philippe, Charlotte

Died:10 December 1865, Laeken

“The regret for Uncle Leopold is universal - he stood so high in the eyes of all parties; his life was a history in itself…Oh it is so sad and he is such a loss!” (Princess Alice)

“…his end seems to have been so quiet and peaceful. Marie meant well no doubt in announcing to him that he was about o die and calling upon him to confess his sins…Dear Uncle’s career has closed in a way so worthy of his public life - and leaves a name behind him which will always form a bright exception from other sovereigns of his day on the continent…” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)

Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt

Born: 1794, Dessau

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

Married: Frederike of Prussia (1796-1850)

Children: Agnes, Frederick, Marie Anne

Died: 1871, Dessau

Leopold II, Prince of Lippe-Detmold

Born: 1796

Son of: Leopold (1767-1802) & Pauline of Anhalt (1769-1820)

Married: Emile of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen (1800-1867)

Children: Leopold, Waldemar, Alexander + 6 others.

Died: 1851

Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Born: 3 October 1797, Florence

Married: 1) Maria Anna of Saxony (1799-1832)
Children: Maria Carolina, Auguste, Maria
2) Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898)
Children: Isabella, Ferdinand, Karl Salvatore, Louis

Abdicated: 21 July 1859

Died: 30 January 1870, Rome

Leopold, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

Born: 22 May 1813, Palermo

Son of: Francis of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830) & Maria Isabella of Spain (1789-1848)

Married: Maria of Savoy-Carignano (1814-1874)

Children: Isabella

Died: 4 December 1860, Pisa

Leopold II, Prince of Lippe-Detmold

Born: 1821, Detmold

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

Married: Elizabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1833-1896)

Died: 1875, Detmold

Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary

Born: 1824

Son of: Ferdinand Saxe-Coburg and Antoinette Kohary

Died: 1884

Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen


Born: 27 September 1835, Krauchenweis

Son of: Karl Anton, and Josephine of Baden

Married: Antonia of Portugal (1845-1913)

Children: Karl Anton, William, Ferdinand

Died: 8 June 1905, Berlin

“What a charming young man he is and how fortunate Antonia will be if she marries him…I feel as if he quite belonged to us…Oh! If only he were not a R.C.!!” (Queen Victoria)


Leopold II, King of the Belgians


Born: 9 April 1835, Brussels

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

Married: 1) Marie Henrietta of Austria (1836-1902)
Children: Louise, Leopold, Stephanie, Clementine
2) Blanche Delacroix (1883-1948) – Morganatic marriage.
Children: Lucien, Philippe
Died: 17 December 1909, Laeken

“He is very odd and so fond of saying disagreeable things to people.” (Queen Victoria)

“He seemed very nervous & frightened of [Queen Victoria] and sat twisting his hands like a schoolboy. It was curious that she should like him because his morals were notorious, but the Queen seemed to overlook this.” (Frederick Ponsonby)

“He can only shake hands with two fingers as his nails are so long that he dare not run the risk of injuring them. He is an unctuous old monster, very wicked I believe, we imagine he thinks a visit to the Queen gives him a fresh coat of whitewash, otherwise why does he travel five hundred miles in order to partake of lunch?” (Marie Mallet)

Leopold, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Born: 1846, Obercassel

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

Married: Countess Frieda von Schwerin (1867-1945)

Died: 1908, Hiedelberg

Leopold, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1846

Son of: Luitpold, and Augusta of Tuscany

Married: Gisela of Austria (1856-1932)

Children: Auguste

Died: 1930

Leopold, Prince of the Two Sicilies

Born: 7 January 1853, Naples

Son of: Francis di Paola (1827-1892) & Isabella of Tuscany (1789-1848)

Died: 1 September 1860, Rome

Leopold of Great Britain, Duke of Albany


Born: 1853

Son of: Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861) & Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Married: Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1861-1922)

Children: Alice, Charles Edward

Died following a fall – he suffered from haemophilia – 1884, Cannes

“ [He}is very clever, taking interest in and understanding everything. He learns, besides French and German, Latin, Greek and Italian; is very fond of music and drawing, takes much interest in politics – in short everything.” (Queen Victoria)

“...he holds himself still as badly as ever and is very ugly, I think uglier even than he was, but it is a great pity he holds himself so ill for he has a fine figure with very fine limbs and chest - like Alfred. He is a very clever, amusing, but very absurd child.” (Queen Victoria)

Leopold, Hereditary Duke of Anhalt

Born: 1855, Dessau

Son of: Frederick I (1831-1904) & Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (1838-1908)

Married: Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel (1861-1955)

Children: Antoinette

Died: 1886, Cannes

Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant

Born: 12 June 1859, Laeken

Son of: Leopold II (1835-1909) & Marie Henrietta of Austria (1836-1902)

Died: 22 January 1869, Laeken

“Is not the death of Leopold’s son shocking? Such suffering, such a struggle for months between life and death; and for the poor parents to have in the end to relinquish their child, their only son!” (Queen Victoria)

Leopold Salvatore, Archduke of Austria

Born: 1863

Married: Blanche of Spain

Died: 1931

Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Isenburg & Budingden

Born: 1866

Married: Olga of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach

Renounced his title in 1898

Died: 1933

Leopold, Archduke of Austria Tuscany

Born: 1868

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

Married: 1) Wilhelmine Abramovic (1877-1908)
2) Maria Ritter (1977-1938)
3) Clara Groger (1910-1941)

Renounced his title 20 December 1902 and became Leopold Wolfling

Died: 1935

Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

Born: 30 May 1871, Obercassel

Son of: Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfel (1842-1904) & Karoline von Wartensleben (1844-1905)

Married: 1) Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal (1874-1919)
Children: Ernst, Leopold, Karoline, Chlodwig, Sieglinde
2) Anna of Isenburg & Budingden (1886-1980)
Children: Armin

Died: 30 December 1949, Detmold

Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Saxony

Born: 19 July 1878, Szent

Son of: Philip (1844-1921) & Louise of Belgium (1858-1924)

Murdered by a girlfriend: 27 April 1916 Vienna

Leopold, Prince of Battenberg

Born: 1889

Son of: Henry, and Beatrice of Great Britain

Died: 1922 (Possibly haemophiliac?)

“Really a very pretty child.” (Queen Victoria)

“Little Leopold is my special favourite. ‘I love you, I do,’ he said to me yesterday, bringing me a bunch of white violets, ‘I picked them for you because I love you.’” (Empress Frederick)

Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 1897

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

Died: 1898

Leopold III, King of the Belgians


Born: 3 November 1911, Brussels

Son of: King Albert I (1875-1934) & Elizabeth in Bavaria (1976-1965)

Married: 1) Astrid of Sweden (1905-1935)
Children: Josephine, Baudouin, Albert
2) Lilian Baels (1916-2002)
Children: Alexander, Marie Christine, Marie Esmerelda

Abdicated: 1951

Died: 23 September 1983, Brussels


Leopold, Prince of Lippe

Born: 19 May 1904, Detmold

Son of: Leopold IV (1871-1949) & Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal (1874-1919)

Died: 5 July 1964, Detmold

Leopold Frederick, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 21 February 1910, Nachod

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

Ludwig/Louis/Luiz (Part 1)

Louis Philippe, King of France

Born: 6 October 1773, Paris

Son of: Joseph, Duke of Orleans

Married: Amelie of the Two Sicilies (1782-1866)

Children: Ferdinand, Louise, Marie, Louis, Francoise, Clementine, Francois, Charles, Henri, Antoine

Deposed 1848

Died: 26 February 1850, Claremont House

Ludwig of Austria-Tuscany, Prince Imperial

Born: 13 December 1784, Florence

Son of: Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (1747-1792) & Maria Luisa of Spain (1745-1792)

Died: 21 December 1864, Vienna

Ludwig I, King of Bavaria

Born: 1786

Son of: King Maximilian Joseph (1756-1825) & Wilhelmine of Hesse

Married: Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792-1854)

Children: Maximilian, Mathilda, Otto, Theodolinde, Luitpold, Alexandrine + 2 others.

Abdicated: 1848

Died: 29 February 1868, Nice

(Of his affair with Lola Montez): “Ludwig the otherwise so independent strong Ludwig…ruled by a charming girl! What about the example you’re setting? The world forgives this type of thing in young men, but in old men…think of your subjects…Brother, have mercy on your soul, your country and on me for writing this to you. but I want to be able to look at you with pride - release her hand from you, fill it, give her money, lots of it if necessary, as long as she leaves. Each word of this letter pains me…Use your mind, use your will! I pray to God to help you…!” (Charlotte of Austria)

“I am using a mild expression when I say the King is most unpopular with the mass of People.” (Palmerston)

Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse and By Rhine

Born: 1806

Son of: Ludwig II (1777-1848) & Wilhelmine of Baden (1788-1836)

Married: 1) Mathilda of Bavaria (1813-1862)
2) Magdalene of Hickstadten (1846-1917)

Died: 13 June 1877, Seeheim

“He is most kind. He has a warm heart…and takes warm interest in all my brothers and sisters.” (Princess Alice)

Louis of Orleans, Duke of Namours

Born: 1814

Son of: Louis Philippe (1773-1850) & Amelie of the Two Sicilies (1782-1866)

Married: Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1822-1857)

Children: Gaston, Ferdinand, Marguerite, Blanche

Died: 1896

Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Baden

Born: 1824

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

Died: 1858

Louis of Bourbon Sicily, Count of Aquila

Born: 19 July 1824, Naples

Son of: Francis of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830) & Isabella of Spain (1789-1848)

Married: Januaria of Brazil (1822-1901)

Died: 5 March 1897, Paris

Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Baden

Born: 1829

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

Married: Maria of Leuchtenberg

Died: 1897

Ludwig, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1831

Son of: Maximilian & Ludovica in Bavaria (1808-1892)

Married:

Children: Marie

Died: 1920

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse


Born: 1837

Son of: Karl (1809-1877) & Elizabeth of Prussia

Married: Alice of Great Britain (1843-1878)

Children: Victoria, Elizabeth, Irene, Ernst Ludwig, Frederick, Alix, May

Died: 15 March 1892

“He has a very nice, good, open face, like his mother.” (Queen Victoria 1860)

“I admire and respect him for his true-hearted, generous, unselfish and just nature!...if only you knew how excellent he is! I wish I were good like him, for he is free from any selfish, small or uncharitable feelings…you should see how is beloved by all his people; our servants adore him.” (Princess Alice)

“What have I done to deserve that warm, ardent love, which my darling Louis ever shows me. I admire his good and noble heart more than I can say.” (Princess Alice)

Louis, Count of Trani

Born: 1838

Son of: Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies & Theresa of Austria

Married: Matilde of Bavaria (1843-1925)

Children: Maria Theresa

Died: 1886

Luiz I, King of Portugal

Born: 31 October 1838

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

Married: Marie Pia of Savoy (1847-1911)

Children: Carlos, Alfonso

Died: 19 October 1889

“ [He]...showed neither strength of character or courage on the occasion. He absolutely stopped all the faithful troops who had been sent for and told them not to come – as he wished no disturbance lest it should wake the Queen!! [Maria Pia] (Probably out of fear at being scratched and beaten by her – which has often been the case.)” (Queen Victoria)

Louis Philippe of Orleans, Comte de Paris

Born: 24 August 1838

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

Married: Isabella of Spain (1848-1919)

Children: Amelie, Louis Philippe, Helene, Charles, Isabelle, Jacques, Louise, Ferdinand

Died: 8 September 1894

Ludwig Victor, Archduke of Austria

Born: 15 May 1842, Vienna

Son of: Franz Karl, and Sophie of Bavaria

Died: 18 January 1919, Salzburg

Louis Philippe of Orleans, Prince of Conde

Born: 1845

Son of: Henri Aumale (1822-1897) & Caroline of Bourbon-Sicily (1822-1869)

Died: 1866

Ludwig III, King of Bavaria

Born: 1845

Son of: Luitpold (1821-1912) & Auguste of Austria (1825-1864)

Married: Theresa of Austria (1849-1919)

Children: Rupert, Adelgunde, Maria, Karl, Franz, Mathilde, Wolfgang, Hildegard, Notburga, Wiltrud, Helmtrud, Dietlinde, Gunelinde

Died: 1921

Louis/Ludwig/Luiz (Part 2)

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

Born: 28 August 1845, Munich

Son of: Maximilian II (1811-1864) & Marie of Prussia (1825-1889)

Died: drowned himself 12 June 1886, Berg

“He was mentally gifted in the highest degree, but the contents of his mind were totally stored in a totally disordered fashion…I was struck by the way in which every now and then, just when his whole demeanour seemed to show contentment, he would suddenly straighten up and - looking around him with a serious, even stern expression - would reveal something dark in himself that was a complete contrast to the youthful charm of a moment ago.” (Eduard Bomhard)

“He has done the maddest things lately – dining with his horse in his room and having a golden crown put on the horse’s head, and then looking out of the window with his horse!” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)

“It is a pity the king’s talents are lying fallow and that he confines himself more and more to the bad company of the horsebreak Hornig [his 26 yr old lover - Richard Hornig]” (Prince Hohenlohe)

“Poor young man (for 41 is still young), how full of promise, how gifted, talented and handsome he was when he came to the throne….[He] was is many ways clever, and he was not bigoted or narrow-minded, which I fear his uncle Luitpold is. “ (Queen Victoria)

Ludwig Augustus, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary

Born: 1845

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

Married: Leopoldina Teresa of Brazil (1847-1871)

Children: Peter, Augustus Leopold

Died: 1907

Louis, Prince of Tuscany

Born: 1847

Son of: Leopold II (1797-1870) & Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898)

Died: 1915

Louis, Prince of Battenberg


Born: 24 May 1854

Son of: Alexander of Hesse (1823-1888) & Julia von Haulke (1825-1895)

Married: Victoria of Hesse (1863-1850)

Children: Alice, Louise, George, Louis

Died: 1921



Louis, Prince Imperial


Born: 1856

Son of: Napoleon III & Eugenie Montijo

Killed in action with the British army: 1879, Natal

“The child, they say is a very fine engaging one -and so like the Empress - quite the same look.” (Queen Victoria 1859)

“What a darling he is! I think he is the prettiest most interesting child I ever saw. With very regular features, a beautiful complexion, most sweet expression and fine large blue eyes with a fringe of black eyelashes and black hair…he seems very forward and intelligent.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia)

“Good, exemplary, brave but alas! far too daring young man.” (Queen Victoria 1879)

Ludwig Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 22 October 1859, Madrid

Son of: Adalbert ((1828-1875) & Amelie of Spain (1834-1905)

Married: Maria de la Paz of Spain (1862-1940)

Children: Ferdinand, Adalbert, Pilar

Died 23 November 1949

He was a doctor of medicine.

Louis Napoleon
Born: 1864

Son of: Napoleon (1822-1891) & Clotilde of Sacvoy (1843-1911)

Died: 1922

Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Baden

Born: 1865

Son of: Frederick I (1826-1907) & Louise of Prussia (1838-1923)

Died: 1888

Louis Philippe, Prince of Orleans

Born: 1869, Twickenham

Son of: Louis Philippe, Comte de Paris (1838-1894) & Isabella of Spain (1848-1919)

Married: Dorothea of Austria (1867-1932)

Died: 1926

Ludwig, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Born: 1870

Married: Mathilde of Bavaria (1877-1906)

Children: Antonius, Maria Immaculata

Died: 1942

Louis, Duke of Abruzzi

Born: 1873

Son of: Amadeus of Aosta (1847-1890) & Maria della Cisterna

Died: 1933

Luiz, Prince of Orleans & Braganza

Born: 26 January 1878, Petropolis

Married: Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (1878-1973)

Died: 26 March 1920, Cannes

Luiz Felipe of Portugal, Prince of Beira


Born: 23 March 1887, Lisbon

Son of: Carlos I (1863-1908) & Amelie of Orleans (1865-1951)

Murdered by a terrorist: 1 February 1908, Lisbon






Louis Charles, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 5 December 1899, Schwarzau

Son of: Roberto I (1843-1907) & Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959)

Married: Maria of Savoy (1914-2001)

Children: Guy, Remy, Chantel, Jean

Died: 4 December 1867, near Cannes

Louis (‘Dickie’), Prince of Battenberg, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma


Born: 25 June 1900, Frogmore, Windsor

Son of: Louis (1854-1921) & Victoria of Hesse (1863-1950)

Married: Edwina Ashley (1901-1960)

Children: Patricia, Pamela

Murdered by I.R.A.: August 1974, Sligo, Ireland



Ludwig Philipp, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1901

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

Died: 1933

Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

Born: 9 November 1907, Postdam

Son of: Crown Prince Wilhelm (188201951) & Cecile of Mecklnburg-Schwerin (1886-1954)

Married: Kira of Russia (1909-1967)

Children: Frederick William, Michael, Marie Cecile, Kira, Louis Ferdinand, Christian Sigismund, Xenia

Died: 29 September 1994, Bremen

Ludwig, Prince of Hesse and By Rhine

Born: 1908

Son of: Ernst Ludwig (1868-1937) & Eleaonore of Solms-Hohensolmes-Lich (1871-1937)

Married: Margaret Geddes (1913-1997)

Died: 1968

Many members of his family were killed in a plane crash on the way to his wedding.

Ludwig, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1913

Son of: Franz (1875-1957) & Isabella von Croy (1890-1982)

Married: Irmingard of Bavaria (1923- )

Louis, Prince Napoleon

Born: 1914

Son of: Victor Napoleon (1862-1926) & Clementine of Belgium (1872-1955)

Married: Alix of Foresta (born 1926)

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Manuel II, King of Portugal

Born: 9 March 1889, Lisbon

Son of: Carlos I (1863-1908) & Amelie of Orleans (1865-1951)

Married: Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1890-1966)

Revolution in Portugal caused him to flee to England in 1910

Died: 2 July 1932, Twickenham


(Moritz is listed here alongside ‘Maurice’)

Moritz, Prince of Nassau

Born: 21 November 1820, Wiesbaden

Son of: William (1792-1839) & Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794-1825)

Died: 23 March 1850

A colonel in the Austrian Hussars

Moritz, Prince of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 1829

Son of: George (1796-1853) & Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1802-1862)

Married: Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen (1843-1919)

Children: Marie Anne, Elizabeth, Margaret, Ernst, Louise

Died: 1907

Maurice, Prince of the Netherlands

Born: 1843

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

Died: 1850

Moritz, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 11 March 1884, Stadthagen

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

Died: 10 March 1920, Breslau

Maurice, Prince of Battenberg

Born: 1891

Son of: Henry, & Beatrice of Great Britain

Killed in action, 1914

“Brilliant, handsome, and charming and a typical rifleman.” (Princess Marie-Louise)

Maurice of Teck

Born: 1910

Son of: Alexander, and Alice of Albany

Died: 1910

Maximilian, Prince of Baden

Born: 8 December 1796, Triesdorf

Son of: Grand Duke Frederick, and Luise Karoline Geyer

Died: 6 March 1892, Karlsruhe

Maximilian Karl, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1802

Son of: Karl Alexander (1770-1827) & Theresa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773-1839)

Married: 1) Wilhelmine von Dornberg (1803-1835)
Children: Karl William, Theresa Matilda, Maximilian
2) Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Spielberg (1816-1886)

Died: 1871

Maximilian II, King of Bavaria


Born: 1811

Son of: Ludwig I (1786-1868) & Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792-1854)

Married: Marie of Prussia (1825-1889)

Children: Ludwig, Otto

Died of typhoid: 10 March 1864



Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg

Born: 2 October 1817, Munich

Son of: Eugene (1781-1824) & Augusta of Bavaria (1788-1851)

Married: Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819-1870)

Children: Alexandra, Maria, Nicholas, Eugenie, Eugen, Serge, George

Died: 1 November 1852, St. Petersburg

Maximilian of Wurttemberg

Born: 3 September 1828

Son of: Paul (1797-1860) & Maria Sophie of Thurn & Taxis (1800-1870)

Married: Hermine of Schaumburg-Lippe (1845-1930)

Died: 28 July 1888, Regensburg

Maximilian, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1831

Son of: Maximilian Karl (1802-1871) & Wilhelmine von Dornberg (1803-1835)

Married: Helen in Bavaria (1834-1890)

Children: Louise, Elizabeth, Maximilian, Albert

Died: 1867

Maximilian of Austria, Emperor of Mexico



Born: 6 July 1832, Vienna

Son of: Franz Karl (1802-1878) & Sophie of Bavaria (1805-1872)

Married: Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927)

Died, shot by revolutionaries in Mexico: 19 June 1867





Maximilian, Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Born: 1862

Son of: Maximilian (1831-1867) & Helen in Bavaria (1834-1890)

Died: 1885

Maximilian (‘Max’), Margrave of Baden

Born: 1867

Son of: William (1829-1897) & Marie of Leuchtenburg (1841-1914)

Married: Marie Louise of Hanover (1879-1948)

Children: Maria Alexandra, Berthold

Died: 1929

Maximilian, Prince of Saxony

Born: 17 November 1870, Dresden

Son of: King George (1832-1904) & Maria Ana of Portugal (1843-1884)

Died: 12 January 1951, Freiburg

Maximilian, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 13 March 1871, Ratiboritz

Son of: William Karl (1834-1906) & Bathilidis of Anhalt (1837-1902)

Married: Olga of Wurttemberg

Died: 1 April 1904, Abbiaza

Maximilian (‘Max’) of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1894

Son of: Frederick Karl and Marguerite of Prussia

Killed in action: 13 October 1914

Maximilian, Archduke of Austria

Born: 1895

Son of: Otto, and Maria Josepha of Saxony

Married: Frances of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (1897-1989)

Died: 1952

Maximilian, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 28 March 1898, Wels

Son of: Albrecht (1869-1942) & Elsa of Wurttemberg (1876-1936)

Married: Helda Roderburg (1911 - )

Died: 4 February 1974, Saltzburg

Maximilian, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1902, Regensburg

Son of: Albert (1867-1902) & Margaret of Austria (1870-1955)

He became a Catholic Benedictine monk called Father Emmeram

Died: 3 October 1994, Regensburg

Maximilian, Prince of Windisch-Graetz

Born: 1914

Son of: Hugo Vinzenz (1887-1959) & Leontine of Furstenberg (1892-1979)

Married: Maria Luisa Serra di Carafa (1921- )

Children: Irma, Maximiliane, Mariano, Manfred

Died: 1976


Miguel, King of Portugal

Born: 1802

Son of: John VI (1762-1826 & Charlotte of Spain (1775-1830

Married: Adelaide of Rosenberg (1831-1909)

Children: Maria des Nevas, Miguel, Maria Theresa, Maria Josepha, Marie Ana, Maria Antonia

He deposed Maria II da Gloria to become king but her father reinstated her

Died: 1866


Mikhail III, Prince of Serbia

Born: 1823

Son of: Milosh Obrenovic & Lubitsa Radoslavovna

Married: Julia of Hunyady

Died – shot by an assassin: June 1868, Belgrade

Mikhail Nikolaivich, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 25 October 1832, St. Petersburg

Son of: Nicholas I & Charlotte of Prussia

Married: Cecile of Baden (1839-1891)

Children: Nicholas, Anastasia, Mikhail, George, Alexander, Serge, Alexei

Died: 18 December 1909, Cannes

“He is really quite charming - so mild and gentle and gemutlich - always speaking in German and so unlike his brother Constantine and his sisters. We were charmed with him, and I hear wherever he goes - high and low love him. He is not handsome but very pleasing looking - but looks very delicate, and so I think does she.” (Queen Victoria 1860)

Miguel of Portugal, Duke of Braganza

Born: 1853

Son of: Miguel (1802-1866) & Adelaide of Rosenberg (1831-1909)

Married: 1) Elizabeth of Thurn & Taxis (1860-1881)
Children: Miguel, Maria Theresa

2) Theresa of Rosenberg (1870-1935)

Died: 1927

Mikhail Mikhailovich (Miche-Miche), Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 16 October 1861, Peterhof

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

Married: Sophia Merenberg (1868-1927) Morganatic marriage.

Children: Anastasia, Nadezha, Mikhail

Died: 24 April 1949, York Terrace, London

“He is older but no wiser. I have never felt well disposed towards him because of his stupidity and touchiness.” (Konstantin Konstantinovich)

“A very touchy and tiresome man.” (Frederick Ponsonby)

“He adored military service and enjoyed himself immensely in the Egersky Regiment of the guards. His good looks, generous heart and dancing ability endeared him to St. Petersburg society, and very soon ‘Miche-Miche’ became a recognized favourite in the capital.” (His brother, Alexander).

Mikhail Alexandrovich (‘Misha’), Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 4 December 1878

Son of: Alexander III & Dagmar of Denmark

Married: Natalia Wulfert. Morganatic marriage.

Children: George

Died: murdered by Bolsheviks June 1918 near Perm

“He keeps himself away from affairs of state, does not offer his opinion and, perhaps, hides behind the perception of him as a good-natured, unremarkable boy.” (Konstantin Konstantinovich)

“In their gilded exile the young couple enjoyed a very pleasant existence, dividing their time between Paris, London and Engadine and Cannes. Thus everything turned out as Natalia desired.” (Maurice Paleologue)

Milan IV, King of Serbia

Born: 1854

Son of: Milosh Obrenovich & Maria Katagari

Married: Natalia Keshko

Died: 1901

Mircea, Prince of Roumania

Born: 1913

Son of: Ferdinand ??? (Prince Barbo Stirbey) & Marie of Edinburgh

Died: 1916

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Napoleon III, Emperor of the French

Born: 1808

Son of: Louis, King of Holland & Hortense Beauharnais

Married: Eugenie Montijo (1826-1920)

Children: Louis

Deposed: 1870

Died of kidney failure and septicaemia: January 1873, Chislehirst, England

“Personally he was so amiable and she [his wife] is much to be pitied.” (Princess Alice on his death)


Napoleon Joseph, Prince Napoleon

Born: 1822

Son of: Jerome (1784-1860) & Catherine of Wurttemberg (1783-1835)

Married: Clotilde of Savoy (1843-1911)

Children: Victor, Louis, Laetitia

Died: 1891

Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia


Born: 6 July 1776, Tsarskoe Selo

Son of: Paul I (1754-1801) & Sophie of Wurttemberg (1759-1828)

Married: Charlotte of Prussia (1898-1860)

Children: Alexander, Maria, Olga, Alexandra, Konstantin, Nicholas, Mikhail

Died: 2 April 1855, St. Petersburg



Nicholas, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 1831

Son of: Nicholas I & Charlotte of Prussia

Married: Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838-1900)

Children: Nicholas, Pyotr

Died: 1891

Nicholas, Prince of Nassau

Born: 20 September 1832, Wiesbaden

Son of: William (1792-1839) & Pauline of Wurttemberg (1810-1856)

Married: Natalia Pushkina, Countess Merenberg (1836-1913) Morganatic marriage.

Children: Sophia (Countess Torby), Alexandra, George

Died: 17 September 1905, Wiesbaden

Nicholas of Wurttemberg

Born: 1833

Son of: Eugen (1758-1857) & Helen of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1806-1880)

Married: Wilhelmine of Wurttemberg (1844-1892)

Died: 1903

Nicholas, Duke of Oldenburg

Born: 1840

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

Married: Maria Bulatzelly (1845-1907)

Died: 1886

Nicholas I, King of Montenegro


Born: 1841

Son of: Mirko Njegos & Alexandra ??

Married: Milena Vukotic (1847-1923)

Children: Zorka, Militsa, Anastasia, Marija, Danilo, Anna

Died: 1921

“He is a great man.” (Queen Victoria 1897)



Nicholas (‘Nixa’), Tsarevich of Russia


Born: 20 September 1843, Tsarskoe Selo

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

Died of meningitis: 24 April 1865, Nice



Nicholas, Prince Romanovsky, Duke of Leuchtenburg

Born: 4 August 1843, Sergeievskoie

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

Married: Nadezha Annekova, Countess Beauharnais (1840-1891)

Children: Nicholas, George

Died: 6 January 1891, Paris

“Nice intelligent boy.” (Queen Victoria)

Nicholaus, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 18 August 1855

Son of: Frederick Franz II (1823-1883) & Augusta Reuss of Kostritz

Died: 23 January 1856

Nicholas (‘Nikolasha’) Nikolaivich, Grand Duke of Russia


Born: 1856

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

Married: Anastasia of Montenegro (1868-1935)

Died: 1929





Nicholas Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 1859

Son of: Konstantin & Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg

Married: Nadeja Dreyer (1861-1929) Morganatic marriage.

Children: Artemi, Alexander

Died: 1918

“He has completely lost any moral sense of what can be done and what can be demanded.” (Grand Duchess Olga).

Nicholas Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 26 April 1859, Tsarskoe Selo

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

Died: Shot by Bolsheviks in St. Petersburg, 24 January 1919

“They say that he is lovely....A great darling and excessively clever.” (Queen Victoria)

“[He] was, no doubt, the most ‘radical’ and the most talented member of our family…His real interest lay in pure historical research…His intellectual superiority over his fellow officers took all enjoyment out of his regimental contacts…He remained a bachelor and stayed alone in his very large palace, surrounded by books, manuscripts and botanical collections. “ (His brother, Alexander)

Nicholas, Prince of Greece & Denmark

Born: 22 January 1872, Athens

Son of: George I (1845-1913) & Olga of Russia (1851-1926)

Married: Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882-1957)

Children: Olga, Elizabeth, Marina

Died: 8 February 1938, Athens

Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia


Born: May 1868

Son of: Alexander III & Dagmar of Denmark

Married: Alix of Hesse (1872-1918)

Children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, Alexei

Murdered by Bolsheviks 17 July 1918, Ekaterinburg

“He...has been kindness itself to me, he is the same dear boy he has always been to me…It is really quite touching to see the charming way he treats Aunt Minnie [his mother]; and he does everything so quietly and nicely and naturally; everyone is quite struck by it and he is very popular…already. (George V of Great Britain)

“...quite unspoilt and unchanged and as dear and simple as ever and as kind as ever. He is looking rather thin and pale and careworn, but sweet Alicky is in great beauty and very blooming.” (Queen Victoria)

Nicholas, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Born: 1897

Son of: Frederick August (1852-1931) & Elizabeth Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1869-1955)

Married: 1) Helene of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1899-1948)
Children: Anton, Rixa, Peter
2) Ann Marie von Schutzbar

Died: 1970

Nicholas (‘Brana’), Prince of Roumania

Born: 1903

Son of: Ferdinand, and Marie of Edinburgh

Married: 1) Joanna Dumetriscu-Tohani
2) Theresa de Mello

Nicholas, Prince of Salm-Salm

Born: 1906

Died: 1988

Nikita Alexandrovich, Prince Romanov

Born: January 1900, St. Petersburg

Son of: Alexander Mikhailovich and Xenia Alexandrovna

Married: Maria Vorontzova-Dashkova (1903-1997)

Children: Nikita, Alexander

Died: 12 September 1974, Cannes