Male E - Part 3

Ernst Gunther, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenberg

Born: 11 August 1863, Dolzig

Son of: Frederick (1829-1880) & Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835-1900)

Married: Dorothea of Saxony (1881-1867)

Adopted: Johann Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Died: 22 February 1921, Kries Sprottau

He was a gambler, drunk and womaniser.

“That odious Gunther...” (Queen Victoria)

“[On the possibility of a French marriage] I feel sure she wld not take such a wretched creature as he is…I wd tell the Parents what a worthless individual Gunther is if I thought they were likely to give ear to him.” (Queen Mary)

Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Born: 1863

Son of: Hermann (1832-1913) & Leopoldine of Bade (1837-1903)

Married: Alexandra of Edinburgh (1878-1942)

Children: Gottfried, Marie Mlita, Alexander, Irma, Alfred

Died: 1950

Ernst Ludwig (‘Ernie’), Grand Duke of Hesse


Born: 1868

Son of: Louis (1837-1892) & Alice of Great Britain (1843-1878)

Married: 1) Victoria Melita of Edinburgh (1876-1936) Divorced 1904
Children: Elizabeth
2) Eleanore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871-1937)
Children: George Donatus, Ludwig

Died: 1937

“A kinder dearer brother never was.” (Empress Alexandra)

“A fine little boy, and looks nice and healthy.” (Empress Frederick)

Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 31 August 1871, Altenburg

Son of: Moritz (1829-1907) & Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen (1843-1919)

Married: 1) Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1875-1971) Divorced 1920
Children: Charlotte, George, Elizabeth, Frederick
2) Maria Triebel (1893-1957)

Died: 22 March 1955

Ernst August, Prince of Hanover/Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick



Born: 17 November 1887, near Vienna

Son of: Ernst, and Thyra of Denmark

Married: Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980)

Children: Ernst August, Frederica, George Wilhelm, Christian, Welf Heinrich

Died: 30 January 1953 near Hanover


Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 19 April 1887, Stadthagen

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

Married: Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1903-1953)

Children: George Wilhelm, Philip Ernst, Konstantin, Viktoria

Died: 15 June 1962, Hanover

Ernst August, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

Born: 1892

Son of: Hermann (1845-1900) & Elizabeth Reuss of Schleiz (1859-1931)

Married: Caroline of Lippe (b. 1916)

Died: 1968

Ernst Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

Born: 1895

Son of: Frederick (1861-1914) & Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Died: Killed in action in France 27 August 1914


Ernst Frederick, Baron von Saalfeld

Born: 1896

Son of: Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen and Katherine Jensen

Died: 1915

Ernst Heinrich, Prince of Saxony

Born: 1896

Son of: Frederick August III (1865-1932) & Louise Antoinette of Austria (1870-1914)

Married: Sophia of Luxembourg (1902-1947)

Died: 1971

Ernst, Prince of Lippe

Born: 12 June 1902, Detmold

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

Married: 1) Charlotte Ricken (1900-1974) Divorced 1935
2) Herta Weiland (1911-1970)
Children: Ernst, Victoria

Died: 24 May 1987, Detmold

Ernst, Prince of Windisch-Graez

Born: 1905

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

Married: 1) Helena Skinner (1906-1982)
2) Eva von Isbary (b. 1921)

Died: 1952

Ernst August, Prince of Brunswick-Luneberg

Born: 1914

Son of: Ernst August (1867-1953) & Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980)

Married: Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1925-1980)

Died: 1987

Ernst, Prince of Lippe

Born: 1 April 1917, Dresden

Son of: Julius (1873-1952) & Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1878-1948)

Married: Christa von Arnim (b. 1923)

Children: Frederick, Marie, Ernst, Christine

Died: 13 June 1990, Ausbach

Eugen, Duke of Wurttemberg


Born: 1788

Son of: Eugen (1758-1822) & Luise of Stolberg-Gedem (1764-1834)

Married: 1) Mathilde of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1801-1825 – in childbirth)
Children: Marie, Eugen, stillborn baby
2) Helen of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807-1880)
Children: Wilhelm, Alexandrine, Nicholas, Agnes

Died: 1857


Eugen, Duke of Wurttemberg


Born: 25 December 1820

Son of: Eugen (1788-1857) & Mathilde of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1801-1825)

Married: Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe (1818-1891)

Children: Wilhelmine, Eugen, Pauline

Died: 8 January 1875, Karlsruhe




Eugen, Duke of Wurttemberg

Born: 1846

Son of: Eugen (1820-1875) & Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe (1818-1891)

Married: Versa Konstantinovna (1854-1912)

Children: Karl Eugen, Elsa, Olga (Elsa and Olga were twins)

Died: 1877

Eugen of Leuchtenberg , Prince Romanovsky

Born: 8 February 1847, St. Petersburg

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

Married: 1) Daria Opotchina (1845-1870 in childbirth) Morganatic marriage.
Children: Daria
2) Zinaida Skobelyeva (1856-1899)

Died: 31 August 1901, St. Petersburg

Eugenio, Infante of Portugal

Born: 15 November 1852, Lisbon

Son of: Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary (1819-1885) & Queen Maria II de la Gloria (1819-1853)

Died: 15 November 1852, Lisbon

Eugen, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Narke

Born: 1865

Son of: King Oskar II (1829-1907) & Sophie of Nassau (1836-1913)

Died: 1947

Eugen, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 8 August 1899, Hanover

Son of: Maximilian (1871-1904) & Olga of Wurttemberg (1876-1932)

Died: 7 November 1929, Surrey

Eugen, Prince of Anhalt

Born: 17 April 1903, Dessau

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

Married: Anastasia Jungmeter (1901-1970)

Children: Anastasia

Died: 2 September 1980, La Tour

Eugenio of Savoy

Born: 13 March 1906, Turin

Son of: Thomas, Duke of Genoa & Isabella of Bavaria

Married: Louisa of the Two Sicilies (1908-2001)

Died: 8 December 1996, Sao Paulo

Male F - excluding Frederick and Franz, which are in separate posts

Fabrizio, Duke of Anticoli Corrado

Born: 1868

Married: Beatriz of Madrid (1874-1961)

Died: 1944

Felix, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen

Born: 1818

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

Married: Alexandra von Haunau, Countess Schaumburg (1830-1871)

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

Died: 1900

Felix, Prince of Salm-Salm

Born: 1828

Son of: Florentin, and Flamina Rossi

Died: 1870

Felix, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 28 September 2893, Schwarzau

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

Married: Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896-1985)

Children: Jean

Died: 8 April 1970

Feodor Alexandrovich, Prince of Russia

Born: 23 December 1898, St. Petersburg

Son of: Alexander Mikhailovich & Xenia Alexandrovna

Married: Irina Pavlovna, Princess Paley (1903-1909) Divorced 1936

Children: Michael, Irene

Died: 30 November 1968, Ascain

Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Kohary

Born: 1785

Son of: Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld & Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorff

Married: Antonia (Antoinette) Kohary (1797-1862)

Children: Ferdinand, August, Victoria

Died: 1851

Ferdinand, Prince of Denmark

Born: 1792

Son of: Frederick of Denmark & Sophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Married: Caroline of Denmark (1793-1881)

Died: 1863

Ferdinand (‘Nandle’) Emperor of Austria


Born: 20 April 1793, Vienna

Son of: Franz II (1768-1835) & Maria Therese of Naples & Sicily (1772-1807)

Married: Maria Anna of Sardinia (1803-1884)

Forced to abdicate: 1848

He suffered from epilepsy and had severe learning difficulties.

Died: 29 June 1875, Prague



Ferdinand II, King of Bourbon-Two-Sicilies

Born: 12 January 1810, Palermo

Son of: Francisco I (1777-1830) & Maria Isabella of Spain (1789-1848)

Married: 1) Christina of Savoy (1812-1836)
Children: Francisco
2) Maria Theresa of Austria (1816-1867)
Children: Lodovic, Alberto, Alfonso, Gaetan, Maria Annunciata, Maria Immaculata, Giuseppe, Maria Pia, Vincenzo, Pasquale, Immaculata, Gennaro

Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Kohary, Titular King of Portugal

Born: 29 October 1816, Vienna

Son of: Ferdinand (1785-1851) & Antoinette Kohary (1797-1862)

Married: 1) Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853)
Children: Pedro, Luiz, Maria, Joao, Maria Anna, Antonia, Fernando, Augusto, Leopoldo, Maria da Gloria, Eugenio
2) Elise Frederike Hensler (1836-1929)

Died: 15 December 1885, Lisbon

“He was too much under his wife’s thumb.” (Prince Albert, the Prince Consort)

Ferdinand, King of Sardinia, Duke of Genoa

Born: 15 November 1822, Florence

Son of: Carlos Alberto, and Theresa of Tuscany

Married: Elizabeth of Saxony (1830-1912)

Died: 10 February 1855, Turin

Fernando, Infante of Spain & Portugal

Born: 1824

Son of: Carlos of Spain (1788-1855) & Francesca of Portugal (1800-1834)

Died: 1861

Fernando, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

Born: 1832

Son of: Francisco de Paola & Louise of the Two Sicilies

Died: 1854

Ferdinand of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Born: 10 June 1835, Florence

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

Married: 1) Anne of Saxony (1836-1859)
Children: Maria Antoinette
2) Alicia of Bourbon-Parma (1849-1935)
Children: Leopold, Louise Antoinette, Josef Ferdinand, Peter, Heinrich, Anna Maria

Lost his grand duchy when Tuscany was united with Sardinia: 22 March 1860

Died: 17 January 1908, Salzburg


Ferdinand d’Orleans, Duc d’Alencon

Born: 12 July 1844

Son of: Louis of Nemours (1814-1896) & Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary (1822-1857)

Married: Sophie in Bavaria (1847-1894)

Children: Louise, Philippe Emmanuel

Died: 29 June 1910


Fernando, Infante of Portugal

Born: 23 July 1846, Lisbon

Son of: Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Kohary (1819-1885) Queen Maria II de la Gloria (1819-1853)

Died of typhoid: 6 November 1861

Fernando, Prince of the Two Sicilies

Born: 25 May 1857, Naples

Son of: Francisco de Paola (1827-1892) & Isabella of Tuscany (1834-1901)

Died: 22 July 1859, Naples

Fernando, Infante of Spain

Born: 1859

Son of: Antoine de Montpensier (1824-1890) & Fernanda of Spain (1832-1897)

Died: 1873

Ferdinand of Coburg, King of Bulgaria


Born: 26 February 1861, Vienna

Son of: Augustus, and Clementine of Orleans

Married: 1) Marie Louise of Parma (1870-1899)
Children: Boris, Kyril, Eudoxia, Nadeja
2) Eleanor Reuss of Kostritz

Died: 10 September 1948, Coburg

“He is clever – but sickly, very effeminate, a fop and not good-natured.” (Queen Victoria 1886)

“ [He] had a strong evil personality, and gave one the impression that he could be capable of any crime and history bore this out. The fact that he remained so long on the throne of Bulgaria proved that he was a man who would stop at nothing.” (Frederick Ponsonby)


Ferdinand (‘Nando’) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Roumania


Born: 24 August 1865

Son of: Leopold, and Antoinette of Portugal

Married: Marie of Edinburgh (1875-1938)

Children: Carol, Elisabetha, Marie, Nicolas, Ilena, Mircea

Died: 1927

“Is very nice and good and behaves so well to the King and Queen as is as much liked there as they are capable of liking any foreigner.” (Empress Victoria, 1891)



Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria

Born: 1868

Son of: Karl Ludwig, & Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies

Married: Bertha Czuber (b.1879)

Died: 1915

Fernando of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria

Born: 25 July 1869, Rome

Son of: Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841-1934) & Antonia of Trapani (1851-1938)

Married: Maria Ludovica of Bavaria (1872-1954)

Children: Antoinetta, Christina, Ruggiero, Barbara, Lucia, Urraca

Died: 7 January 1960

Fernando, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 5 March 1871, Bolzano

Son of: Roberto II (1848-1907) & Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (1849-1882)

Died: 14 April 1872, Cannes

Ferdinand Alexander, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen

Born: 1871

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

Married: Elsa von Ondarza

Renounced his rights in 1895 and became Freiherr von Gabelstein

Died: 1929

Ferdinand d’Orleans, Duc de Montpensier

Born: 1884

Son of: Louis Philippe, Comte de Paris (1838-1892) & Isabella of Spain

Married: Isabella de Oianeta y Ibarreta (1895-1958)

Died: 1924

Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria, Infante of Spain

Born: 1884

Son of: Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859-1949) & Maria de la Paz of Spain (1862-1946)

Married: 1) Maria Theresa of Spain (1882-1912)
2) Luise de Silva

Died: 1958

Fernando, Duke of Genoa

Born: 1884

Son of: Thomas, and Isabella of Bavaria

Married: Marie Louise of Ricaldone Gandolfi (1899-1986)

Died: 1963

Fernando, Infante of Spain

Born: 6 March 1903, Madrid

Son of: Carlos of the Two Sicilies (1870-1949) & Maria de la Mercedes (1880-1904)

Died: 4 August 1905, San Sebastian

Ferdinand Johann, Prince von Schoenaich-Carolarh

Born: 1913

Son of: Johann Georg (1873-1920) & Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887-1947)

Married: 1) Rose Rauch (1912-1987) Divorced 1941, remarried 1947, divorced again 1961
2) Margaret von Seckendorff (b. 1908)

Died: 1973

Franz, Francisco, Francis, Francois

Francisco de Paula, Infante of Spain

Born: 10 March 1894, Madrid

Son of: Carlos IV (1747-1819) & Louise of Parma (1751-1819)

Married: Louise of the Two Sicilies (1804-1844)

Children: Francisco, Henry, Louise, Isabella, Amerlie

Died: 13 August 1865, Madrid

Franz Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Born: 1801

Married: Mathilde of Schaumburg-Waldenburg (1826-1914)

Children: Marie Karoline

Died: 1875

Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria

Born: 7 December 1802, Vienna

Son of: Franz II (1768-1835) & Marie Therese of Naples & Sicily (1772-1807)

Married: Sophie of Bavaria (1805-1872)

Children: Franz Josef, Maximilian, Karl Ludwig, Ludwig Victor

Renounced his rights to the succession: 1848

Died: 8 March 1878, Vienna

Francois d’Orleans, Prince de Joinville


Born: 14 August 1818, Neuilly

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

Married: Francesca of Brazil (1824-1898)

Children: Peter, Francoise

Died: 16 June 1900, Paris



Francesco V, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Modena

Born: 1 June 1819, Modena

Son of: Francesco IV & Maria Beatrice of Savoie

Married: Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823-1914)

Children: Anna

Died: 20 November 1875, Wien

Francisco, Duke of Cadiz, titular King of Spain


Born: 13 May 1822, Aranjuez

Married: Queen Isabella II (1830-1904)

Children: Isabella, Maria Cristina, Alfonso, Maria de la Conception, Maria del Pilar, Maria de la Paz, Eulalia, Franciso & 4 stillborn children

Died 17 April 1902, Epinay

(It is widely rumoured that these children were fathered by someone other than Francisco who was said to be impotent and/or homosexual)


Francisco de Paola, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trappani

Born: 17 August 1827, Naples

Son of: Franciso (1777-1830) & Isabella of Spain (1789-1848)

Married: Isabella of Austria-Tuscany (1834-1901)

Children: Antoinette, Leopoldo, Maria Teresa, Maria Carolina, Ferdinando, Maria Annunciata

Died: 24 September 1892, Paris

Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria


Born: 18 August 1830

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

Married: Elizabeth in Bavaria (1837-1898 – murdered)

Children: Rudolf, Sophie, Gisela, Maria Valeria

Died: 1916

“The young Emperor I confess I like very much, there is much sense and courage in his warm blue eye, and it is not without a very amiable merriment when there is occasion for it. He is slight and very graceful, but even in the melee of dancers and Archdukes, and all in uniform, he may always be distinguished as the Chef…. The manners are excellent and free from pompousness or awkwardness of any kind…” (Queen Victoria, 1854)

“We were all amazed by the Emperor who is 73 years old. He climbed for almost two hours without stopping and was not at all out of breath. Incredible!” (Tsar Nicholas II, 1903)


Francisco II (‘Bamba’), King of the Two Sicilies

Born: 16 January 1836, Naples

Son of: Ferdinand II (1810-1859) & Christina of Savoy (1812-1836 – two weeks after Francisco’s birth)

Married: Marie in Bavaria (1841-1925)

Children: Christina

He lost his throne when the kingdom was annexed to Italy in 1860.

Died: 27 December 1894, Tyrol

Franz von Hohenstein, 1st Duke of Teck


Born: 1837

Son of: Alexander of Wurttemberg (1804-1891) & Claudia, Countess Rhedey (1812-1841)

Married: Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-1897)

Children: Mary, Adolphus, Francis, Alexander

Died: January 1900

“I must say he is very nice and amiable, thoroughly unassuming and very gentlemanlike and certainly good looking…The eyes are fine with a pleasant, kind expression. I should not think he was very clever but still he is very sensible and all he said to me about Mary (and he spoke very openly) shows me that he knows her character, her fine qualities and her faults, and is attached to her and knows what he undertakes.” (Queen Victoria 1866)

“Poor Franz Teck’s death is a happy release for him & he has been virtually dead to us for nearly two years.” (Prince of Wales)

Francois d’Orleans, Duc de Guise

Born: 1854

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

Died: 1872

Francisco, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

Born: 1858

Son of: Henry, Duke of Seville & Josephine Parade y Sibie

Married: 1) Marie Louise de la Torres y Bassave
2) Felissa de Balbao

Died: 1942

Francis, Prince of Nassau

Born: 1859

Son of: Adolph of Nassua and Adelaide of Anhalt

Died: 1875 (?)

Franz Josef (‘Franzjos’), Prince of Battenberg


Born: 24 September 1861, Padua

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

Married: Anna of Montenegro

Died: 31 July 1924, Switzerland

“He was a very bad shot.” (Frederick Ponsonby)



Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria


Born: 18 December 1863, Graz

Son of: Karl Ludwig & Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies

Married: Sophie Chotek (1868-1914 – murdered with her husband)

Children: Sophie, Maximilian, Ernst

Died: Shot in Sarajevo, 28 June 1914

Franz Josef, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 8 October 1865, Castle Ratiboritz

Son of: Wilhelm Karl (1834-1906) & Bathildis of Anhalt (1837-1902)

Died: 4 September 1881, Ratiboritz

Francisco, Infante of Spain

Born: 24 January 1866, Madrid

Son of: Francisco of Cadiz (1822-1902) & Queen Isabella II (1830-1904)

Died: 14 February 1866

Franz Salvatore, Archduke of Austria Tuscany

Born: 1866

Married: Maria Valeria of Austria (1868-1924)

Died: 1939

Franz Josef, Prince of Isenburg & Budingden

Born: 1869

Died: 1939

Francis, Prince of Teck

Born: 1970

Son of: Franz of Teck & Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

Died of pleurisy: 1910

Francisco de Paola, Prince of the Two Sicilies

Born: 14 July 1873, Rirschach

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

Died: 26 June 1876, Paris

Franz, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1875

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

Married: Isabel von Croy (1890-1982)

Children: Ludwig, Maria, Adelgunde, Eleanore, Dorothea, Rasso

Died: 1957

Francisco, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

Born: 13 January 1888, Cannes

Son of: Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841-1934) & Antonia of Bourbon-Sicily (1851-1938)

Died: 26 March 1914, Cannes

Franz Josef, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Born: 30 August 1891, Heiligendamm

Son of: Wilhelm, and Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilies

Married: Alix of Saxony (1901-1990)

Died: 3 April 1964, Tubingen

Franz Josef, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1893

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

Married: Isabel of Portugal (1894-1970)

Children: Gabriel, Michael, Helene

Died: 1971

Franz Josef, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 1 September 1899, Weis

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

Married: Maria Theresa Pechel (b. 1912)

Died: 7 July 1963, Kassel

Franz Josef, Prince of Windisch-Graetz

Born: 1904

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

Married: Ghislaine Schoohoven (1912-1963)

Children: Stephanie, Guillaume

Died: 1981

Francisco, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 14 June 1913, Weilburg

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

Died: 29 May 1939

Frederick, Friedrich, Fritz etc. Part 1

Frederick August, Prince of Hohenlohe Oehringen

Born: 1784

Married: Louise of Wurttemberg (1789-1857)

Children: Frederick, Frederike, William, Felix

Died: 1853


Frederick William IV, King of Prussia

Born: 15 October 1795, Berlin

Son of: Frederick William III and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Married: Elizabeth of Bavaria (1801-1878)

1858: A stroke left him unable to rule so his brother, Wilhelm, became regent.

Died: 1 January 1861, Potsdam

“I never saw so lamentable an object…he was lying in his bath chair his left hand and arm which he has quite lost the use of as well as both his legs tied up in cloths…he can neither speak nor look at anyone as he has lost the power of directing his eyes…you never saw anything so sad.” (Crown Princess Victoria, 1860)

Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony


Born: 18 May 1797, Dresden

Son of: Maximilian (1759-1838) & Carolina of Bourbon-Parma (1770-1894)

Married: 1) Caroline of Austria (1801-1832)
2) Marie Amelie of Bavaria (1805-1877)

Died when he fell in front of a horse which stood on his head: 9 August 1854

“The family is...extremely united and accustomed to a very simply family life, so was the good late King Frederick Augustus.” (Queen Victoria 1858)


Frederick, Prince of the Netherlands

Born: 28 February 1797, Berlin

Son of: William I & Wilhelmina of Prussia

Married: Louise of Prussia (1808-1878)

Children: Louise

Died: 8 September 1881, Wassennaar

Frederick, Prince of Anhalt

Born: 1799, Dessau

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

Married: Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1814-1895)

Children: Adelaide, Bathildis, Hilda

Died 1864, Dessau

Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Born: 1801

Son of: Hermann, and Countess Louise de Merode

Married: Eugenie of Leuchtenburg

Died: 1869

Frederick, Prince of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 1801

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

Died: 1870

Frederick William, Elector of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1802

Married: Gertrude Falkenstein, Countess von Hanau (1803-1882) Morganatic marriage

Children: Alexandra, William

Lost his throne in 1866

Died: 1875


Frederick VII, King of Denmark

Born: 6 October, 1808

Son of: Christian VIII & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Married: 1) Wilhelmine of Denmark. Divorced 1837
2) Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Divorced 1846
3) Louise Rasmussen (1814-1874)

Died: 1863

(His last wife was probably having an affair with a man who was also Frederick’s lover. He allegedly married Louise in order to maintain the happy menage a trois with her and his male lover??)


Frederick, Prince of Wurttemberg

Born: 21 February 1808

Son of: Paul (1785-1852) & Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787-1847)

Married: Catherine of Wurttemberg (1821-1898)

Children: William

Died: 9 May 1870, Stuttgart

Frederick, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen

Born: 1812

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

Married: Mathilde von Breuning (1821-1896)

Renounced his rights: 1842

Died: 1891

Frederick, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 23 October 1814, Schleswig

Son of: William? & Louise Daneskyold of Hesse-Kassel

Married: Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821-1899)

Children: Augusta, Frederick Ferdinand, Louise, Marie, Albrecht

Died: 27 November 1885

Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz


Born: 1819

Son of: George (1779-1860) & Wilhelmina of Hesse

Married: Augusta of Cambridge

Children: Adolphus

Died: 25 May 1904

“He is not an easy patient to manage…he has such odd fancies, he makes poor me answerable for impossible things and if ever I give in for a day, to rest, he is angry and will not understand, that his his health makes me anxious or depresses me; poor man, he never understood me…” (His wife, Grand Duchess Augusta)

“It is unluckily his way not to make any show of affection but his icy abord & reserve are more than trying & must exasperate you..” (Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge)

Frederick William, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1820

Son of: William (1787-1867) & Charlotte of Denmark (1769-1864)

Married: 1) Alexandra of Russia (1825-1844 - died in childbirth – the baby died, too).
Children: William (the baby who died)
2) Anna of Prussia (1836-1918)
Children: Frederick William, Elizabeth, Alexander Frederick, Frederick Karl

Died: 1884

“I am not at all surprised at your finding Prince F. of Hesse very disagreeable; we saw him several times in England, and always thought him so; even the Duchess of Cambridge (whose nephew he is) and certainly Cousin Mary disliked him. And yet some years ago the Duchess told me she thought he would be a good husband for you!!” (Queen Victoria, to her daughter, Vicky 1858)

Frederick Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 28 February 1823, Ludwigslust

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

Married: 1) Augusta Reuss of Kostritz (1822-1862)
Children: Frederick Franz, Paul Frederick, Marie, Nicholas, Johann, Alexander
2) Anna of Hesse (1843-1865)
Children: Anna
3) Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850-1922)
Children: Elizabeth, Frederick William, Adolf, Heinrich

Died: 15 April 1883, Schwerin

He did a lot to improve schools, churches etc.

Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden


Born: 9 September 1824, Karlsruhe

Son of: Karl Leopold (1790-1832) & Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)

Married: Louise of Prussia (1838-1923)

Children: Frederick, Victoria, Ludwig, Wilhelm

Died: 23 September 1907, Hanau

“He is quite charming. Il a un charme indicible, and Louise is fortunate indeed.” (Queen Victoria)


Frederick Karl, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1828

Son ofK Karl of Prussia and Marie of Saxe-Weimar

Married: Marianne of Anhalt

Children: Louise, Frederick Leopold, Elizabeth

Died: 1885

“He despises women, and will not lose that feeling until he finds one that is his match and tells him the truth.” (Crown Princess Victoria)

“The ménage of Fritz Karl is much talked about…neither he not Marianne do anything to prove that they are false remarks.” (Crown Princess Victoria)


Frederick, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (‘Fritz Holstein’)

Born: 1829

Son of: Christian (1798-1869) & Louise of Danneskyold-Samsoe (1796-1867)

Married: Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835-1900)

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

Died: 1880

“He is so sensible and clever and you can talk to him about anything.” (Queen Victoria)

“I had a feeling of admiration and veneration for his virtues, his noble and excellent character, the patience and dignity with which he bore his misfortunes…a man so honest, so conscientious and so patriotic.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia 1880)


Frederick III, German Emperor

Born: 18 October 1831, Potsdam

Son of: William of Prussia and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar

Married: Victoria of Great Britain (1840-1901)

Children: William, Charlotte, Henry, Victoria Moretta, Sigismund, Waldemar, Sophie, Margaret

Died of throat cancer: 15 June 1888, Potsdam

“He is really so excellent, it is a pleasure to look t his dear good face; and he is worked so hard - no health can stand it in the long run.” (Princess Alice, his sister-in-law)

“Darling beloved Fritz, I loved him so dearly. He was so kind to me always…I seem him always before me with those beautiful loving blue eyes.” (Queen Victoria)

Frederick, Friedrich, Fritz etc. Part 2

Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt

Born: 1831, Dessau

Son of: Leopold Frederick (1794-1871) & Frederica of Prussia (1796-1850)

Married: Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838-1908)

Children: Leopold, Frederick, Elizabeth, Edward, Aribert, Alexandra

Died: 1904, Ballenstedt

“[He] was rather frightening, but I soon found he was a dear, kindly, not very intelligent old gentleman.” (Princess Marie Louise)


Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Born: 1843

Son of: Karl Anton & Josephine of Baden

Married: Louise of Thurn & Taxis (1859-1948)

Died: 1904


Frederick VIII (‘Freddy’) King of Denmark

Born: 3 June 1843, Copenhagen

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

Married: Louise of Sweden (1851-1926)

Children: Christian, Carl, Louise, Harald, Ingeborg, Thyra, Gustav, Dagmar

Died of a heart attack in the street in Hamburg: 14 May 1912

“He seemed to be a nonentity having none of the ability of his brother, King George of Greece. He seemed anxious for popularity and to gain this he was quite willing to don the cap of liberty and promise anything to the people.” (Frederick Ponsonby)



Frederick Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 19 March 1851, Ludwigslust

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

Married: Anastasia Milkhailovna of Russia (1860-1922)

Children: Alexandrine, Frederick Franz, Cecile

Died (suicide??): 10 April 1897, Cannes

“[On his wedding day, he looked} like someone risen from the dead or someone they had forgotten to bury.” (Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia) (He suffered from an unpleasant skin complaint).


Frederick, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Born: 1852, Mechernich

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

Married: Maria of Lowenstein-Wertheim (1861-1941)

Children: Adelheid, Olga, Marie

Died: 1892, Obercassel

Frederick August, Duke of Oldenburg

Born: 16 November 1852, Oldenburg

Son of: Peter II (1827-1900) & Elizabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826-1896)

Married: 1) Elizabeth of Prussia (1857-1895)
Children: Sophie Charlotte, Margarete
2) Elizabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1869-1955)
Children: Nicholas, Alexandrine, Frederick August, Ingeborg, Altburg

Died: 24 February 1931, Rastede

Frederick William, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1854

Son of: Frederick William (1820-1884) & Anna of Prussia (1836-1918)

Died at sea on the way to Singapore: 1888

Frederick Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen

Born: 1855

Son of: William (1816-1897) & Pauline of Furstenberg (1829-1900)

Married: Marie, Countess von Hatzfelt (1871-1932)

Frederick Ferdinand, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 1855

Son of: Frederick, and Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821-1899)

Married: Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860=1932)

Children: Victoria, Alexandra, Helen, Adelaide, Frederick

Died: 1934


Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt

Born: 1856, Dessau

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

Married: Sophie-Marie of Baden (1865-1939)

Died: 1918, Ballenstedt




Frederick, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Born: 1857

Son of: Frederick (1829-1880) & Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835-1900)

Died: 1858

Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden


Born: 1857

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

Married: Hilda of Nassau (1864-1952)

"The little boy must be very intelligent, though not pretty and I fear delicate…" (Queen Victoria, 1859)

Died: 1928

Frederick William, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Born: 16 July 1858, Neudorff

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

Married: Countess Gisela of Isenburg & Budingden (1871-1964)

Children: Calixta, Barbara, Simon

Killed in action in Liege (the oldest and first prince to be killed in WW1): 6 August 1914

Frederick, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

Born: 1861

Son of: George II (1826-1914) & Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1839-1872)

Married: Countess (later Princess) Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1870-1948)

Children: Feodora, Adelaide, George

Killed in action: 1914

Frederick Leopold, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1865

Son of: Frederick Karl and Marianne of Anhalt

Married: Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Children: Victoria Margaret, Frederick Sigismund, Frederick Leopold

Died: 1931

“A heavy lump of unintelligence with pretty features, lovely hair, a big head – and an inanimate expression.” (Empress Frederick)

Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxony


Born: 26 May 1865, Dresden

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

Married: Louise Antoinette of Austria (1870-1947) Divorced 1903

Children: George, Frederick Christian, Ernst Heinrich, Maria, Margaret, Alix, Anna

Died: 18 February 1932

“Poor young man! It is a pity he is so ugly – and ungainly and awkward for the future King of Saxony and speaks such broad Saxon that it is impossible to keep serious.” (Empress Frederick)



Frederick, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Born: 20 January 1865, Arolsen

Son of: George Viktor, & Helene of Nassau (1831-1888)

Married: Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873-1962)

Children: Helene

Died: 26 May 1946, Arolsen

Frederick Karl (‘Fischy’), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1868

Son of: Frederick William (1820-1884) & Anna of Prussia (1836-1918)

Married: Margaret of Prussia (1872-1854)

Children: Frederick William, Maximilian, Philipp

Died: 1940

Frederick, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 30 January 1868, Ratiboritz

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

Married: 1) Louise of Denmark (1875-1906 – drowned herself??)
Children: Marie Louise, Christian, Stephanie
2) Antoinette of Anhalt (1885-1963)
Children: Leopold Frederick, Wilhelm

Died: 12 December 1945, Kudowa

Frederick (‘Frittie’), Prince of Hesse-and-by-Rhine

Born: 1870

Son of: Louis (1837-1892) & Alice of Great Britain (1843-1878)

Died following a fall from a window (he suffered from haemophilia): May 1873

Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 5 April 1871, Schwerin

Son of: Frederick Franz II (1823-1883) & Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850-1922)

Drowned when his torpedo boat capsized during manoeuvres near Cuxhave: 22 September 1897

Frederick of Schonburg-Waldenburg

Born: 1872

Married: Alice of Spain. Divorced 1903

Died: 1910

Frederick (Friedrich, Fritz etc) Part 3

Frederick, Prince of Wied

Born: 27 June 1872, Nuwied

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

Married: Pauline of Wurttemberg (1877-1965)

Children: Hermann

Died: 18 June 1945, Nuwied

Frederick Heinrich, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1874

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

Died: 1940

Frederick William, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1880

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

Married: Agatha of Corvey

Died: 1925


Frederick Franz IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 9 April 1882, Palermo

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

Married: Alexandra of Hanover (1882-1963)

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

Died: 17 November 1945, Flensburg

Frederick, Prince of Solms-Baruth

Born: 1886

Son of: Frederick (1853-1920) & Louise of Furstenstein (1863-1935)

Married: Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Died: 1951

Frederick, Prince of Lippe-Biesterferld

Born: 27 November 1890

Son of: Adolf (1856-1931) & Louise of Ardeck (1868-1959)

Married: Godela von Oven (1906-1989)

Children: Rudolf

Died: 24 October 1938, Berlin

Frederick Sigismund, Prince of Prussia

Born: 17 December 1891

Son of: Frederick Leopold (1865-1931) & Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866-1952)

Married: Marie Louise of Schaumburg Lippe (1897-1938)

Children: Louise Victoria, Frederick Karl

Died in a riding accident in Lucerne: 6 July 1927

Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern

Born: 30 August 1891, Heiligendamm

Son of: Wilhelm (1864-1927) & Maria Theresa of Bourbon-Sicily

Married: Margarita of Saxony (1900-1962)

Died: 6 February 1965, Krauchenweiss

Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 1891

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

Married: Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1899-1967)

Children: Hans, Wilhelm, Peter, Maria Alexandra

Died: 1965

Frederick Karl, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1892

Son of: Frederick Leopold (1865-1931) & Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866-1952)

Killed in action near Rouen: 6 April 1917

Frederick Leopold, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1892

Son of: Frederick Leopold (1865-1931) & Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866-1952)

Died: 1959

Frederick Eugen, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

Born: 1893

Son of: Hermann (1845-1900) & Elizabeth Reuss of Schleiz (1859-1931)

Died: 1903

Frederick William, Prince of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1893

Son of: Frederick Wilhelm and Margaret of Prussia

Killed in action in Roumania: 1916


Frederick Christian, Prince of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen

Born: 31 December 1893

Son of: Frederick Augustus III (1865-1932) & Louise Antoinette of Austria (1870-1947)

Married: Elizabeth of Thurn & Taxis (1903-1976)

Children: Emmanuel, Maria Josepha, Maria Anna

Died: 9 August 1968



Frederick Karl, Prince of Leiningen

Born: 1898

Son of: Emich (1866-1939) & Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1866-1932)

Married: Maria Kyrilovna of Russia (1907-1951)

Died, as Prisoner of War in Russia: 1946

Frederick IX, King of Denmark


Born: 11 March 1899, Copenhagen

Son of: King Christian X (1870-1947) & Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879-1952)

Married: Ingrid of Sweden (1910-2000)

Children: Margarethe, Benedict, Anne Marie

Died: 14 January 1972, Copenhagen

Frederick August, Prince of Oldenburg

Born: 1900

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

Died: 1900

Frederick Gunther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Born: 1901

Son of: Sizzo of Leuchtenburg & Alexandra of Anhalt

Married: Sophie Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1911-1988) Divorced the same year as they married.

Died: 1971

Frederick, Prince of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 1905

Son of: Ernst II (1871-1955) & Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1875-1971)

Died: 1985

Frederick Christian, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 5 January 1906, Bueckeburg

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

Married: 1) Alexandra, Countess of Castell-Rudenhausen (1904-1961)
Children: Marie, Albrecht, Christine
2) Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1908-1969)
3) Helen Mayer von Bartoff (1913- )

Died: 20 September 1983

Frederick William, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 1909

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

Killed in action in Trier: 1940

Frederick Franz V, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 1910

Son of: Frederick Franz IV (1882-1945) & Alexandra of Hanover (1882-1963)

Married: Karin von Schaper (b. 1920) Divorced
Remarried in 1977

Died: 2001

Frederick Ferdinand, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

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

Married: Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1922-1979)

Children: Elizabeth, Irene, Margaretha, Sibylla

Died: 1989

Male G (Part 1)

Gabriel, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

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)