Royalties of Europe 1850
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Charles/Karl/Carlos etc. Part 2

Karl Salvatore, Archduke of Austria Tuscany

Born: 30 April 1839, Florence

Son of: Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany & Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies

Married: Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Sicily (1844-1899)

Died: 18 January 1892, Vienna

Karl Throdor (‘Gackl’), Duke in Bavaria

Born: 9 August 1839, Starnberg

Son of: Maximilian in Bavaria and Ludovica of Bavaria

Married: 1) Sophia of Saxony (1845-1867)

Children: Amelie

2) Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857-1943)

Children: Elizabeth, Maria Gabrielle

Died: 29 November 1909, Wildbad

Carol I, Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Roumania

Born: 20 April 1839, Sigmiaringen

Son of: Karl Anton, and Josephine of Baden

Married: Elizabeth of Wied (1843-1916)

Children: Maria

Died: 10 October 1914. Sinaia

“He makes one mistake after another which I suppose he cannot help, cannot keep a single German or reliable person about him – and is said to be very much out of spirits.” (Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia, 1870)

Karl August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar Eisnach

Born: 1844

Son of: Karl Alexander (1818-1901) & Sophia of the Netherlands

Married: Pauline of Saxe-Weimar (1852-1904)

Children: Wilhelm Ernst, Bernhard

Died: 1894

“Cousin Augusta wrote that he was a dwarf and frightful.” (Queen Victoria - 1858)

“He should travel and get in contact with other young men and then, his learnedness would wear off. I think that would be a very good match for one of your sisters - with the position of Grand Duke and his liberal and patriotic views…” (Queen Victoria to her daughter, Victoria, 1861)

Karl, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen

Born: 1845

Married: Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1845-1930)

Died: 1909

Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Pretender to the Spanish throne

Born: 30 April 1848, Laibach

Son of: Juan of Montizon & Maria Beatrix of Modena

Married: 1) Margaret of Parma (1847-1893)

Children: Blanche, Alice, Beatrice, Iago

2) Maria Bertha of Rohan

Died: 25 May 1909, Varese

Carlo Alberto of Savoy, Prince of Sardinia,

Born: 2 June 1851, near Turin

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

Died: 28 June 1854, near Turin

Carl Oscar, Prince of Denmark, Duke of Sodermanland

Born: 1852

Son of: Carl XV (1826-1872) & Louise of the Netherlands (1828-1871)

Died: 1854

Karl Alexander, Prince of Hesse-Philippsthal

Born: 1853

Son of: Karl (1808-1868) & Marie of Wurttemberg (1818-1888)

Died: 1916

Carl, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Vastergotland

Born: 27 February 1861, Stockholm

Son of: King Oscar II & Sophie of Nassau

Married: Ingeborg of Denmark (1878-1958)

Children: Astrid, Margretha, Martha, Carl

Died: 24 October 1951, Stockholm

Carlos I, King of Portugal

Born: 28 September 1863, Lisbon

Son of: Luiz I (1838-1889) & Maria Pia of Savoy (1847-1911)

Married: Amelie of Orleans (1865-1951)

Children: Luiz Felipe, Maria Ana, Manuel

Murdered: 1 February 1908, Lisbon

“Fat and pink just like a prize pig….[he] eats enormously and they say he takes a good deal of exercise but the more he takes the more he eats and I should fear apoplexy at 40 but he is 32 now!....He is so fat that he bounds rather than eats and his greediness is quite appalling. The gentlemen call him the Champion Liar..” (Marie Mallet)

“I like him very much, and so do we all.” (Queen Victoria)

Karl Michael, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: 1863

Son of: George (1824-1876) & Ekaterina of Russia (1827-1894)

Died: 1934

Karl Ludwig, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1863

Married: Maria Teresa of Braganza (1881-1945)

Died: 1942

Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Born: 1868

Son of: Leopold, and Antonia of Portugal

Married: Josephine of Belgium (1872-1958)

Children: Stephanie, Antoinette, Albrecht, Henriette

Died: 1919

Carlos of the Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain

Born: 10 November 1870, Greis

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

Married: 1) Maria de las Mercedes (1880-1904)

Children: Alfonso, Fernando, Isabella

2) Louise of Orleans (1882-1958)

Children: Carlo, Dolores, Maria de las Mercedes, Maria de la Esperanza

In 1901 he renounced his rights to the succession of Bourbon Sicily and became an Infante of Spain

Died: 11 November 1949, Seville

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Charles/Karl/Carlos etc. Part 1

Karl Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Born: 1783

Married: Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786-1859)

Children: Karl, Marie Louise, Augusta, Karl Alexander

Died: 1855

Carlos, Infante of Spain & Portugal, Count of Molina

Born: 29 March 1788, Aranjuez

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

Married: 1) Francesca of Portugal (1800-1834)

Children: Carlos, Fernando, Juan

2) Teresa of Portugal (1793-1874)

Died: 10 March 1855, Trieste

Karl Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden

Born: 28 August 1790, Karlsruhe

Son of: Karl Frederick (1728-1811) & Karoline Geyer (1768-1820)

Married: Sophie of Sweden (1801-1865)

Children: Alexandrine, Ludwig Karl, Ludwig, Frederick, Wilhelm, Karl, Marie, Cecile

Died: 24 April 1852, Karlsruhe

Karl Egon, Prince of Furstenberg

Born: 28 October 1796, Prague

Married: Amelie of Baden (1795-1869)

Died: 22 October 1854, Bad Ischl

Carlo II, Duke of Parma

Born: 22 September 1799, Madrid

Son of: Louis I, King of Etruria & Marie Louise of Lucca

Married: Teresa of Sardinia (1803-1879)

Children: Carlo, Louisa

Abdicated: 1848

Died: 17 April 1883, Nice

Karl, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1801

Son of: King Frederick Wilhelm & Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Children: Louise, Frederick Karl, Anna

Died: 1883

“I do not believe that horrid man has a heart at all - laughing and joking when he heard of his sister’s death, whom he professed to be so fond of.” (Crown Princess Victoria)

“[He] has got…a wicked expression and from what I hear now, and what I heard before, it must be his character also.....He makes one improper joke after the other…What a dreadful man he is, I feel miserable when I sit next to him.” (Crown Princess Victoria)

“A very wicked man…very immoral and besides were there not some mysterious disappearances of people set to his account. Fritz doesn’t conceal his horror of him. You did hint years ago that your children would not be safe with him.” (Queen Victoria)

Karl, Ladgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

Born: 1803

Married: Marie of Wurttmberg (1818-1888)

Children: Ernst Eugen, Karl Alexander

Died: 1868

Karl, Prince of Leiningen

Born: 1804

Son of: Emich Karl (1763-1814) & Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861)

Married: Maria von Kleklesburg (1806-1880)

Children: Ernst, Eduard

Died of a stroke: November 1856

Karl, Prince of Hesse-and-by-Rhine

Born: 1809

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

Married: Elizabeth of Prussia (1815-1885)

Children: Ludwig, Heinrich, Anne, Wilhelm, a stillborn son

Died: 1877

“His was a singularly delicate-minded, pure, true, unselfish nature, so full of consideration for others, so kind.” (Princess Alice)

Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily

Born: 10 November 1811, Palermo

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

Married: Penelope Gryce-Smythe (1814-1882) Morganatic marriage

Children: Francesco, Vittoria

Died: 22 April 1862, Turin

Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Born: 1811

Son of: Karl, and Antoinette Murat

Married: Josephine of Baden (1813-1900)

Children: Karl, Anton, Frederick, Leopold, Maria, Stephanie

Died: 1885

“There are few people I am so fond of as him....What an excellent, good, sensible, clever man he is!...I quite love him, he is so good, so kind, so sensible, clever and straightforward.” (Queen Victoria)

Karl, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 1813

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

Married: Wilhelmine of Denmark (1808-1891)

Died: 1878

Carlos, Infante of Spain, Pretender to the Spanish throne

Born 31 January 1818, Madrid

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

Married: Maria Caroline of the Two Sicilies (1820-1861)

Died: 13 January 1861, Trieste

Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria

Born: 1818

Married: Elizabeth of Austria (1831-1903)

Died: 1874

Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Born: 1818

Son of: Karl Frederick (1783-1853) & Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786-1859)

Married: Sophia of the Netherlands (1824-1897)

Children: Karl August, Marie, Elizabeth

Died: 1901

Carlo III, Duke of Parma

Born: 14 January 1823, Lucca

Son of: Carlo II (1799-1883) & Teresa of Sardinia (1803-1879)

Married: Louise d’Orleans (1819-1864)

Children: Margarita, Roberto, Alexander, Alicia, Enrico

Murdered: 17 April 1854, Parma

Karl, King of Wurttemburg

Born: 6 April 1823, Stuttgart

Son of: Wilhelm I (1789-1864) & Pauline of Wurttemberg (1800-1873)

Married: Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822-1892)

Died: 6 October 1891, Stuttgart

“He was very peculiar and difficult to manage & had the funniest caprices – in fact was not always ‘all there’” (Empress Frederick)

Carl XV, King of Sweden and Norway

Born: 3 May 1826, Stockholm

Son of: Oskar I (1799-1857) & Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807-1876)

Married: Louise of the Netherlands (1828-1871)

Children: Louise, Carl Oskar

Died: 19 September 1872, Malmo

Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Born: 1829

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

Married: Marie Grathwohl (1837-1901)

Children: Karl

He renounced his rights when he married.

Died: 1907

“We find him aged a good deal. He is very stiff and distant to us all and everybody.” (Crown Princess Victoria, 1870)

Karl, Prince of Baden

Born: 1832

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

Died: 1906

Karl Gunther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen

Born: 1830

Son of: Gunther (1801-1889)

Died: 1909

Karl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria

Born: 30 July 1833, Vienna

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

Married: 1) Margarethe of Saxony (1840-1858)

2) Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies (1843-1871)

Children: Franz Ferdinand, Otto, Ferdinand, Margaret

3) Maria Teresa of Portugal

Children: Maria Annunciata, Elizabeth

Died of typhoid on a pilgrimage after drinking water from the River Jordan: 19 May 1896

Karl Frederick, Prince of Baden

Born: 1832

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

Married: Rosalie von Beust (1845-1908)

Died: 1906

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Baudouin, Prince of Flanders/Belgium

Born: 3 June 1869, Brussels

Son of: Philip of Flanders (1837-1905) & Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1863-1912)

Died: 23 January 1891, Brussels

“The hope of the country, the pride of his poor parents and the comfort of poor Leopold who treated him like a son!...the dear boy was clever and charming and just twenty-one.” (Queen Victoria, 1891)

Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Born: 1800

Married: Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1804-1888)

Children: George

Abdicated: 1866

Died: 1882

Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Born: 1 April 1851, Meiningen

Son of: George II (1826-1914) & Charlotte of Prussia (1831-1855)

Married: Charlotte of Prussia (1860-1919)

Children: Feodora

Died: 16 January 1928, Meiningen

Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Born: 1853

Son of: Wilhelm Karl August (1844-1894) & Pauline of Saxe-Weimar

Married: 1) Marie Louise Bruckmuller (1866-1903)

2) Elizabeth von der Schulenberg (1869-1940)

Renounced his rights: 1901

Died: 1907

Bernhard, Prince of Lippe

Born: 26 August 1872, Obercassel

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

Married: Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm (1883-1971)

Children: Bernhard, Aschwin

Died: 19 June 1934, Munich

Bernhard, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 18 December 1902, Ludwigsburg

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

Died: 24 June 1903, Ludwigsburg

Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of the Netherlands

Born: 29 June 1911, Jena

Son of: Bernhard (1872-1934) & Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm (1883-1971)

Married: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909-2004)

Children: Beatrix, Irene, Margriet, Christina

Died: 1 December 2004, Utrecht

Berthold, Margrave of Baden

Born: 1906

Son of: Maximilian (1867-1929) & Marie Louise of Hanover (1879-1948)

Married: Theodora of Greece (1906-1969)

Died: 1963

Bertil, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Halland

Born: 1912

Son of: King Gustav Adolph & Margaret of Connaught

Married: Lilian Davies (b. 1915)

Died: 1977

Boris Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 1877

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

Married: Zenaida Rachevsky (1898-1963)

Died: 1943

“[He] will calmly continue his life of pleasure and idleness. What has he been doing since the war began? Nothing…How comes it that this prince of thirty-seven, strong and healthy, loaded with wealth and privileges, has not claimed his share in the marvellous effort of endurance, heroism and self-sacrifice the Russian nation has made without flinching for two years?” (Maurice Paleologue)

Boris III, King of Bulgaria

Born: 30 January 1894, Sofia

Son of: Ferdinand I (1861-1948) & Marie Louise of Parma (1870-1899)

Married: Giovanna of Italy (1907-2000)

Died: 28 April 1943, Sofia

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Anton, Archduke of Austria, Tuscany

Born: 1901

Father: Leopold Salvator, & Bianca of Spain

Married: Ileana of Roumania (1909-1991)

Children: Stefan, Maria Ileana, Alexandra, Dominic, Maria Megdalena

Died: 22 October 1987

Antonius, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Born: 1901

Son of: Ludwig (1870-1942) & Mathilde of Bavaria (1877-1906)

Married: Louise Mayrhofer (1903-1974)

Died: 1970

Aribert, Prince of Anhalt

Born: 1864, Worrlitz

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

Married: Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1872-1957) Annulled 1900

Died: 1933, Munich

“He is extremely good-looking even for a prince, tall and slim with a sufficiency of chin…” (Marie Mallet)

Arnulf, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1852

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

Married: Theresa of Liechtenstein (1850-1938)

Children: Henry

Died: 1907

Arsen, Prince of Serbia

Born: 1859

Son of: Alexander and Perside (1813-1873)

Married: Aurora of San Donato

Children: Paul

Died: 1938

Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Born: 1 May 1850, Buckingham Palace

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

Married: Louise of Prussia (1860-1917)

Children: Margaret, Arthur, Patricia

Died: 1 January 1942, Bagshot Park

“Such a good steady excellent boy as he is! What a comfort it must be to you, never to have had any cause of uneasiness or annoyance in his conduct! He is so much respected which for one so young is doubly praiseworthy. From St. Petersburg, as from Vienna, we heard the same account of the steady line he holds to, in spite of all chaffing &c. from others, which show character.” (Princess Alice to Queen Victoria 1874)

“Dear boy! he is so good, and innocent, so amiable and affectionate that I tremble to think to what his pure heart and mind might be exposed. There is no blemish in him…” (Queen Victoria)

“There is a bright spot…on which I love to dwell and that is dear Arthur.” (Queen Victoria)

“He is such a gentleman, so courteous and kind, and they are both very simple in their ways and rather enjoy hardships.” (Marie Mallet)

Arthur, Prince of Connaught

Born: 1883

Son of: Arthur (1840-1942) & Louise of Prussia (1860-1917)

Married: Alexandra of Fife (1891-1959)

Children: Alistair

Died: 1938

Aschwin, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Born: 13 June 1914, Jenna

Son of: Bernhard (1872-1934) & Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm (1883-1971)

Married: Simone Arnoux (1915-2001)

Died: 14 May 1988, La Haye

Ataulfo, Prince of Orleans-Bourbon

Born: 1913

Son of: Alfonso (1886-1975) & Beatrice of Edinburgh (1884-1966)

Died: 1974

August, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Born: 1783

Son of: Peter (1755-1829) & Frederike of Wurttemberg (1765-1785)

Married: 1) Adelaide of Anhalt (1800-1820 in childbirth)

Children: Amelie, Frederike

2) Ida of Anhalt (1804-1828)

Children: Peter

3) Cecile of Sweden (1807-1844 in childbirth)

Children: Alexander, August, Elimar

Died: 1853

August, Prince of Wurttemberg

Born: 24 January 1813, Stuttgart

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

Married: Maria of Wardenberg (1830-1869) Morganatic marriage.

Children: Helen Catharina

Died: 12 January 1885, Berlin

“He is 45, a handsome man…Prince H[ohenzollern] says he is not clever but a fine looking man.” (Queen Victoria)

Augustus (‘Gusty’) Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary

Born: 1818

Son of: Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1785-1851) & Antoinette Kohary (1787-1862)

Married: Clementine of Orleans (1817-1907)

Children: Philip, Ludwig Augustus, Amelie, Clementine, Clotilde

Died: 1881

Augustus, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Dalecarlia

Born: 1831

Son of: King Oskar I (1799-1859) & Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807-1876)

Married: Theresa of Saxe-Altenburg (1836-1914)

Died: 1873

Augusto, Infante of Portugal, Duke of Coimbra

Born: 4 November 1847, Lisbon

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

Died: 26 September 1889

August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen

Born: 1854

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

Died: 1884

Augustus Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Born: 1867

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

Married: Caroline of Austria (1869-1945)

Children: Augustus Clemens, Clementine, Caroline, Ranier

Died: 1922

Augusto, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 22 September 1882, Biarritz

Son of: Roberto (1848-1907) & Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies (1849-18882 – a week after giving birth to Augusto)

Died: 22 September 1882, Biarritz

August Wilhelm (‘Auwi’), Prince of Prussia

Born: 1887

Son of: Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) & Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858-1921)

Married: Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1887-1957)

Children: Alexander Ferdinand

Died: 1949

Augustus Clemens, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Born: 1895

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

Died: 1909

Axel, Prince of Denmark

Born: 1888

Son of: Waldemar (1858-1938) & Marie of Orleans (1865-1909)

Married: Margarethe of Sweden (1898-1977)

Died: 1977

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Alexis, Prince of Bentheim & Steinfurt

Born: 1845

Married: Pauline of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1855-1925)

Children: Eberwyn, Victor Adolf

Died: 1919

Alfonso, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta

Born: 28 March 1841, Caserta

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

Married: Antonia of Trapani (Maria Antoinette of the Two Sicilies) (1851-1938)

Children: Ferdinand, Carlos, Ranier, Francisco (1873-1876), Philip (?), Gabriel, Januarius, Francisco, Maria Immaculata, Maria Pia, Maria Giuseppina

Died: 26 May 1934, Cannes

Alfonso, Infante of Spain & Portugal

Born: 1849

Son of: Juan (1788-1855) & Beatrix of Modena (1824-1906)

Married: Maria de las Nevas of Portugal (1852-1941)

Died: 1936

Alfonso XII, King of Spain

Born: 28 November 1857, Madrid

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

Married: 1) Maria de las Mercedes (1860-1878 – married less than a year)

2) Maria Christina of Austria (1858-1929)

Children: Alfonso, Maria de las Mercedes, Maria Teresa

Died of T.B.: 25 November 1885, El Pardo

Alfons, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1862

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

Married: Louise of Orleans (1869-1952)

Died: 1933

Alfonso, Prince of Portugal, Duke of Oporto

Born: 31 July 1865, Lisbon

Son of: King Luiz I (1838-1889) & Maria Pia of Savoy (1847-1911)

Married: Nevada Hayes Stoody (1885-1941) Morganatic marriage

Died: 21 February 1920

“A most frightening driver who insisted on playing practical jokes.” (Frederick Ponsonby) (He pretended to drive at crowds or run other cars into ditches???)

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain

Born: 17 May 1886, Madrid

Son of: King Alfonso XII (1857-1885) & Maria Christina of Austria (1858-1929)

Married: Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969)

Children: Alfonso, Jaime, Beatrice, Maria Cristina, Jua, Gonzalo

Died: 28 April 1941, Rome

“He was perhaps the cleverest [of kings]” (Frederick Ponsonby)

Alfonso, Prince of Bourbon-Orleans, Duke of Galliera

Born: 1886

Son of: Antoin d’Orleans (1866-1930) & Eulalia of Spain (1864-1958)

Married: Beatrice of Edinburgh (1884-1966)

Children: Alvaro, Alonso, Ataulfo

Died: 1975

Alfonso, Prince of Bourbon-Sicily, Duke of Calabria

Born: 30 November 1901, Madrid

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

Married: Alice of Bourbon-Parma (b. 1917)

Children: Teresa, Carlos, Ines

Died: 3 February 1964, Vienna

Alfonso, Prince of the Asturias, Infante of Spain

Born: 10 May 1907, Madrid

Son of: King Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) & Victoria Eugenie of Batteberg (1887-1969)

Married: 1) Edelmira Sampedro y Robarto (1906-1944) Divorced 1937

2) Maria Rocafort y Altuzarra (1913-1993) Divorced 1938, six months after their wedding.

Died in a car crash in Florida: 6 September 1938

Alfred (‘Affie’) Duke of Edinburgh & Coburg

Born: 1844

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

Married: Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920)

Children: Alfred, Marie, Victoria Melita, Alexandra, Beatrice

Died of throat cancer: 1900

“[He] makes me very unhappy; he hardly ever comes near me, is reserved, touchy, vague and wilful and I distrust him completely…He is quite a stranger to me.” (Queen Victoria)

“He is indeed in many things wonderfully like adored Papa – and his figure is a miniature of that angel! Oh! that he were as pure!” (Queen Victoria)

“He is I fear as bad as ever and will not give up beer and wine entirely as the doctor says he ought and never takes any exercise.” (Queen Victoria)

“He was an ornament to our glorious navy and he had already done a deal of good to dear Coburg and has left his mark on the place.” (Empress Frederick)

Alfred, (‘Young Affie’) Prince of Coburg/Edinburgh

Born: 15 October 1874, Buckingham Palace

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

Died: 6 February 1899, Meran

“It is true, that he was always giddy & wild, as many young men are, & that he contracted an illness of which I know next to nothing, as I have never asked or heard anything about it, one dislikes thinking about it and still more speaking or writing about it. This was neglected and the poor boy led a dissipated life, besides, Potsdam! – that was not the place for him.” (Empress Frederick)

Alfred, Prince of Windisch-Graetz

Born: 1890

Son of: Hugo (1854-1920) & Christine von Auersperg (1866-1962)

Married: Isabelle of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1891-1982)

Died: 1972

Alfred, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Born: 1911

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

Died: 1911

Alistair, 2nd Duke of Connaught

Born: 1914

Son of: Prince Arthur of Connaught & Alexandra of Fife

Died: 1943

Aloys, Prince of Liechtenstein

Born: 1869

Married: Elizabeth of Austria (1878-1960)

Died: 1955

Alonso of Orleans-Bourbon, Infante of Spain

Born: 1912

Son of: Alfonso (1886-1975) & Beatrice of Edinburgh (1884-1966)

Killed in action in the Spanish Civil War: 1936

Alvaro of Orleans-Bourbon, Infante of Spain, 6th Duke of Galliera

Born: 1910

Son of: Alfonso (1886-1975) & Beatrice of Edinburgh (1884-1966)

Married: Carla Parodi-Delfino (1909-2000)

Children: Gerarda, Alonso, Beatrice, Alvaro-Jaime

Died: 1997

Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, King of Spain

Born: 1847

Son of: King Victor Emmanuel II

Married: 1) Maria Victoria della Cisterna (1847-1876)

Children: Victor Emmanuel

2) Laetitia of Montcalieri

Children: Louis, Emmanuel Philibert

Died: 1890

Amadeo of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Aosta

Born: 1898

Son of: Emmanuel Philibert (1869-193?) & Helene of Orleans (1871-1951)

Married: Anne of Orleans (1806-1986)

Died: 1942

Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato

Born: 1813

Married: Mathilde Bonaparte (1820-1904)

Died: 1870

Andrei Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 1879

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

Married: Mathilde Kschesseinskaya (1872-1971)

Children: Vladimir

Died: 1956

Andrew/Andrea, Prince of Greece & Denmark

Born: 1882

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

Married: Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969)

Children: Margarita, Theodora, Cecile, Sophie, Philip (the present Duke of Edinburgh)

Died: 1944

Andrei Alexandrovich, Prince of Russia

Born: 24 January 1897, St. Petersburg

Son of: Alexander Mikhailovich & Xenia Alexandrovna

Married: 1) Elisabetha Ruffo (1887-1940)

Children: Xenia, Michael, Andrei

2) Nadine MacDougal (1908-2000)

Died: 8 May 1981, Faversham

“A big healthy boy but still very ugly.” (Tsar Nicholas II 1897)

Antoine of Orleans, Duke of Montpensier, Infante of Spain

Born: 1824

Son of: Louis Philippe (1773-1850) & Amelie of Bourbon (1782-1866)

Married: Fernanda of Spain (1832-1897)

Children: Isabella, Amelie, Christina, Maria de la Regla, Fernando, Maria de las Mercedes, Philip, Antonio, Louise

Died: 1890

Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Born: 1841

Son of: Karl Anton & Josephine of Baden

Died: 1866

Antonio of Orleans, Duke of Galliera, Infante of Spain

Born: 23 February 1866, Seville

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

Married: Eulalia of Spain (1864-1958) Divorced 1900

Children: Alfonso

Died: 24 December 1930, Paris

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Alexander, Prince of Hesse

Born: 15 July 1823

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

Married: Julia Von Hauke (1825-1898) Morganatic marriage.

Children: Louis, Marie, Alexander, Franz Josef, Heinrich

Died of cancer: 15 July 1888, Heiligenberg

“[He} is most clever and amusing.” (Princess Alice)

Alexander, Price of Lippe-Detmold

Born: 1831, Detmold

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

Died: 1905, Detmold

Alexander, Prince of Oldenburg

Born: 1844

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

Married: Eugeni of Leuchtenburg (1845-1925)

Children: Peter

Died: 1932

Alexander III (‘Sasha’), Tsar of Russia

Born: 19 March 1845, St. Petersburg

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

Married: Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928)

Children: Nicholas, Alexander, George, Xenia, Mikhail, Olga

Died of nephritis: 1 November 1894, Livadia

“I like him very much – though I did not when I first saw him. He is awkward, shy and uncouth, from being so very big, but he is simple and unpretending not proud…He makes a good husband…although I think he is rather idle and lazy.” (Crown Princess Victoria 1868)

“[He] is a kind well-meaning and honest man but I should not think intelligent and large minded enough to grasp the situation and rise superior to all the bad advice that is given him; he is indolent by nature and does not like change, and then I suppose he is very obstinate and so angered by all the horrible deeds that have been committed that he will not make anything like a concession even there, where they are harmless and necessary. “ (Crown Princess Victoria 1884)

“He is most kind and attentive to Minnie [his wife], but still I know neither wished to marry the other....” (Queen Victoria 1868)

“He is universally respected on account of his exemplary domestic life.” (Queen Victoria 1884)

Alexander, Prince of Orange

Born: 1851

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

Died: 1884

Alexander, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Born: 1857

Son of: Hermann (1825-1901) & Auguste of Wurttemberg (1826-1890)

Died 1891

Alexander (‘Sando’), Prince of Battenberg, Sovereign Prince of Bulgaria

Born: 5 April 1857

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

Married: Johanna Lossinger (1865-1951) Morganatic

Children: Arsen, Tsvetana

Deposed: October 1886

Died: 1893

“Such a very nice, charming, good, young man, so pleasing and amiable, natural, frank and simple, and full of the best intentions.” (Queen Victoria)

“He is quite charming – so clever, so dispassionate, so amiable and kind – and so handsome. I am quite devoted to him and as proud of him as if he were my own son…” (Queen Victoria)

“He is grown so handsome and seemed so nice and sensible, manly yet modest,” (Crown Princess Victoria)

Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Born: 1863

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

Married: Gisela Stockhorner von Starein (1884-1965)

Abdicated in favour of his younger brother.

Died: 1945

Alexander, Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 13 August 1859, Doberan

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

Died: 13 August 1859, Doberan

Alexander (‘Sandro’) Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 13 April 1866, Tbisi

Son of: Mikhail Nikolaivich (1832-1909) & Cecile of Baden (1839-1881)

Married: Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1870-1960)

Children: Irina, Andrei, Feodor, Nikita, Dmitri, Rotislav, Vasili

Died: 26 February 1933, Roquebrune

“He is often mistaken about people, falls under their influence, then becomes disenchanted with them and seeks other counsellors; he has, it seems to me, a certain mercantile streak and is inclined towards personal gain.” (Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich)

“They say Sandro is very demanding and tactless…The family is very critical of Sandro.” (Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich)

Alexander Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 1869

Son of: Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894) & Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928)

Died: 1870

Alexander of Wales, Prince of Great Britain

Born: 6 April 1871, Sandringham

Son of: Edward VII (1841-1910) & Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)

Died: 7 April 1871, Sandringham

Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schonberg

Born: 1872

Son of: Gustav (1840-1908) & Marie of Battenberg (1852-1923)

Married: Elizabeth of Waldeck Pyrmont (1873-1961)

Children: Irma, George Ludwig

Died: 1944

Alexander, Prince of Wied

Born: 1874

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

Died: 1877

Alexander, Prince of Teck, Earl of Athlone

Born: 1874

Son of: Franz, & Mary of Cambridge

Married: Alice of Albany (1883-1981)

Children: May, Rupert, Maurice

Died: 16 January 1957, Kensington Palace

Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 1875

Son of: Vladimir Alexandrovich (1947-1909) & Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854-1920)

Died: 1877

Alexander, King of Serbia

Born: 14 August 1876, Belgrade

Son of: Milan Obrenovich IV & Natalia Keshko

Married: Draga Lunjevica Masin (murdered with her husband 1903)

Shot, mutilated and disemboweled by a mob: 11 June 1903

Alexander of Leuchtenburg, Prince Romanovsky

Born: 1881

Son of: George (1852-1912) & Theresa of Oldenburg (1852-1883)

Married: Nadine Caralli

Died: 1942

Alexander (‘Drino’), Prince of Battenberg

Born: 1880

Son of: Henry (1858-1896) & Beatrice of Great Britain (1857-1944)

Married: Irene Dennison

Died: 1950

“[He] is full of ability, has great artistic sense, and a very lovely baritone voice.” (Princess Marie Louise)

“Drino and Ena are flourish and very amusing. He is getting more impudent.” (Queen Victoria 1889)

Alexander I, King of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes

Born: 1888

Son of: King Peter I of Serbia (1844-1921) & Zorka of Montenegro (1864-1890)

Married: Marie of Roumania (1900-1946)

Children: Peter, Tomislav, Andrei

Murdered: Shot in Marseilles 9 October 1934

Alexander I, King of the Hellenes

Born: 1893, Athens

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

Married: Aspasia Manos (1896-1972)

Children: Alexandra

Died of septicaemia after being bitten by a pet monkey: 25 October 1920, Athens

Alexander Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 20 January 1901, Wels

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

Died: 26 November 1923

Alexander Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1912

Son of: August Wilhelm (1887-1949) & Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1887-1957)

Married: Irmgard Weygand (b. 1912)

Children: Stephen

Died: 1985

Alexei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 1850

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

Died: 1908

“[He] was admitted to be the best looking man in the imperial family, although I am afraid his tremendous weight would have handicapped him with the modern girls. A man of the world to his finger tips, a Beau Brummell and a bon vivant hopelessly spoiled by women…he travelled a great deal…[He was] not interested in anything that did not pertain to love-making, food and liquor.” (Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich)

Alexei Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia

Born: 28 December 1875, Tblisi

Son of: Mikhail Nikolaivich (1832-1909) & Cecile of Baden (1839-1881)

Died of TB: 1 April 1895, San Remo

“A brilliant boy of absolute sincerity.” (His brother, Grand Duke Alexander)

Alexei, Tsarevich of Russia

Born: 12 August 1904, Peterhof

Son of: Tsar Nicholas II (1867-1918) & Alix of Hesse (1872-1918)

Murdered by Bolsheviks: 17 July 1918, Ekaterinburg

“He was a splendid baby…two delightful dimples appeared in his cheeks as he crowed and stretched out his arms towards his mother. I shall never forget the look on the Empress’ face as she took him from the nurse.” (Baroness Buxhoeveden)

(He suffered from haemophilia) “When he was well the palace was, as it were, transformed. Everyone and everything seemed bathed in sunshine. Endowed with a naturally happy disposition, he would have developed quite regularly and successfully had he not been kept back by his infirmity.” (Pierre Gillard)

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Albrecht, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Born: 1841

Married: Louise of Hohenlohe-Oehringen (1867-1945)

Died: 1897

Albert Edward (‘Bertie’), King Edward VII of Great Britain

Born: 1841

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

Married: Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)

Children: Albert Victor, George, Louise, Victoria, Maud

Died: May 1910, Buckingham Palace

“With King Edward’s passing we lost a loveable, wayward and human monarch. He was one who came to decisions by instinct and not by logic and rarely made a mistake in his judgement of men…The king’s great attraction was that he was a very good listener…All his personal Household loved him and his friends were deeply attached to him…He never posed and never pretended to be any better than he was.” (Frederick Ponsonby)

“…This brilliant young man, who even as a child already showed signs of the charm that later on endeared him to all who had the privilege of knowing him. “ (Princess Marie Louise)

“The systematic idleness, laziness - disregard of everything is enough to break one’s heart, and fills me with indignation.” (Queen Victoria)

Albert, Prince of Saxe-Altenburg

Born: 1843

Son of: Edward (1804-1852) & Louise Reuss of Griez (1822-1875)

Married: Marie of Prussia (1855-1888)

Children: Olga, Marie

Albert, Duke of St. Elena

Born: 1854

Son of: Henry of Seville (1823-1870) & Helen of Castella (1821-1863)

Married: Margaret d’Ast y de Castellviu

Died: 1939

Albrecht, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Born: 1863

Son of: Frederick (1814-1885) & Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821-1897)

Married: 1) Ortrud of Isenberg (1879-1918)

Children: Marie Louise*, Frederick Wilhelm, Johan Georg*, Frederick Ferdinand (*Marie Louise & Johann Georg were adopted by Ernst Gunther)

2) Hertha of Isenberg (1883-1972)

Died: 1848

Albert Victor (‘Eddy’), Duke of Clarence and Avondale

Born: 1864

Son of: King Edward VII & Alexandra of Denmark

Died of influenza: January 1892

“He is very much to be liked, has most excellent manners, thoughtful for others & always anxious to do the right thing. He is however young for his age and requires to be brought out.” (Lord Wolesley)

“His was such a gentle, kind and affectionate nature, that everyone was devoted to him, and it is some consolation to me to know that his memory will be cherished by all his relations and friends. We are all heartbroken and I am sure we shall never quite get over it.” (His sister, Princess Louise)

Albrecht, Prince of Wurttemberg

Born: 1865

Son of: Philipp (183801917) & Marie of Austria (1845-1927)

Married: Margarethe Sophie of Austria (1870-1902)

Children: Philipp Albrecht, Albrecht Eugen, Karl, Marie Amelia, Marie Theresia, Marie Elizabeth, Margarethe

Died: 1939

Albert, Prince of Thurn & Taxis

Born: 1867

Son of: Maximilian (1831-1969) & Helene in Bavaria (1834-1890)

Married: Margaret of Austria (1870-1955)

Children: Franz Josef, Karl August, Ludwig Philipp, Maximilian, Elizabeth, Raphael Ranier, Philipp

Died: 1952

Reputedly very arrogant, very unpopular an very rich.

Albert (‘Abby’), Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Born: 1869

Son of: Christian, and Helena of Great Britain

Children: Valerie (mother unknown)

Died: 1931

Albrecht, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 24 October 1869, Ratiboritz

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

Married: 1) Elsa of Wurttemberg (1876-1936)

Children: Maximilian, Franz Josef, Alexander, Bathildis

2) Maria Herget (1897-1942)

Died: 25 December 1942, Linz

Albert Wilhelm, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Born: 1886

Son of:

Died: Killed in action 1918

Albert, Prince of Saxony

Born: 25 February 1895, Dresden

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

Died: 1900

Albert I, King of the Belgians

Born: 8 April 1875, Brussels

Son of: Philip of Flanders (1837-1905) & Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845-1912)

Married: Elizabeth of Bavaria (1876-1965)

Children: Leopold, Charles, Marie-Jose

Died: Killed in a climbing accident 17 February 1934, Marche-les-Dammes

Albrecht Eugen, Prince of Wurttemberg

Born: 8 January 1895, Stuttgart

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

Married: Nadeja of Bulgaria (1899-1958)

Children: Ferdinand, Margarethe, Eugen, Alexander, Sophie

Died: 24 June 1954

Albert (‘Bertie’), King George VI of Great Britain

Born: 1895

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

Married: Elizabeth Bowes-Lion (1900-2002)

Children: Elizabeth, Margaret

Died: 1952

Albrecht, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 17 October 1900, Ludwigsburg

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

Married: Walburga von Hirschberg (1906-1986)

Died: 20 March 1984, Eugendorf

Albrecht, Prince of Urach

Born: 1903

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

Married: Ute Waldchmidt (1922-1984)

Died: 1969

Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria

Born: 1905

Son of: Crown Prince Rupert (1869-1955) & Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878-1912)

Married: 1) Maria vo Trakostjan (1904-1969)

Children: Marie Gabrielle

2) Eugenie von Buzlin (1921-1983)

Died: 1996

Alexander, Prince of Wurttemberg

Born: 1802

Son of: Alexander (1771-1833) & Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779-1824)

Married: Marie of Orleans (1813-1839)

Children: Philipp

Alexander, Duke of Wurttemberg

Born: 1804

Son of: Ludwig (1756-1817) & Henriette of Nassau (1780-1857)

Married: Claudine, Countess Rhedey (1812-1841)

Children: Amelie, Claudine, Franz

Died: 1885

Alexander Karl, Prince of Anhalt Bernburg

Born: 1805

Married: Frederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1811-1902)

Died: 1863

Alexander, Prince of Serbia

Born: 1806

Married: Persida Nenadovich

Children: Polexia, Cleopatra, Alexander, Svetozec, Peter, Arsen

Died: 1885

Alexander II, Tsar of Russia

Born: 1818

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

Married: 1) Marie of Hesse (1824-1880)

Children: Alexandra, Nicholas, Alexander, Vladimir, Alexei, Serge, Pavel

2) Ekaterina Dolgorukaya (1847-1922) Morganatic marriage

Children: George, Olga, Boris, Catherine

Murdered: March 1881, St. Petersburg

“The mildest and best sovereign Russia had.” (Queen Victoria)

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Aage, Prince of Denmark, Count of Rosenburg

Born: 1887

Son of: Waldemar, and Marie of Orleans

Married: Matilda of Bergolo (1885-1948)

Died: 1940

Adalbert, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1811

Died: 1873

Adalbert, Prince of Bavaria

Born: 1828

Son of: Ludwig I and Theresa of Sax-Hildburghausen

Married: Amelie of Bourbon-Sicily (1834-1908)

Children: Isabel, Alfons, Ludwig Ferdinand, Elivira

Died: 1875

Adalbert, Prince of Prussia

Born: 14 July 1884, Potsdam

Son of: Wilhelm II, & Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Married: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Children: Viktora Marina (1915-1915), Viktoria Marina, Wilhelm Viktor

Died: 22 September 1948

Adalbert, Prince of Bavaria, Infante of Spain

Born: 1886

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

Married: Countess Auguste von Seefried (1899-1978)

Died: 1970

Adalbert, Duke of Bergamo

Born: 1898

Son of: Thomas of Genoa and Isabella of Bavaria

Died: 1982

Adam, Prince Czartoryski

Born: 1872

Son of: Ladislas (1829-1894) & Marguerite of Orleans (1846-1893)

Married: Marie Louise Krasinska (1883-1958)

Children: Isabelle, Elizabeth, Joseph, Yolanda, Ladislas, Theresa, Ludwig

Died: 1937

Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

Born: 1774

Son of: King George III, and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Married: Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1799-1889)

Children: Mary Adelaide, George, Augusta

Died: 1850

Adolph, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Born: 1801

Married: Matilda of Schonburg-Waldenburg

Children: Marie

Died: 1875

Adolf, Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg

Born: 1804

Married: Anna Reuss of Schleiz (1822-1902)

Children: Louise

Died: 1874

Adolph I George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 11 August 1817, Bueckeburg

Son of: George Wilhelm (1784-1860) & Ida of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1796-1869)

Married: Hermine of Waldeck Pyrmont (1827-1910)

Children: Hermine, George

Died: 8 May 1893, Bueckeburg

Adolph of Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Born: 1817

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

Married: 1) Elizaveta Milkhailovna of Russia (1826-1845)

2) Adelaide of Anhalt (1833-1916)

Children: Franz, William, Hilda

(He lost Nassau in the 1866 unification but regained Nassau in 1890 because Salic Law prevented it from going to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands).

Died: 1905

Adolph, Prince of Auersperg

Born: 1821

Married: 1) ???

2) Johanna, Countess Festetics (1830-1884)

Children: Aglae

Died: 1885

Adolph Frederick V (‘Doppus’) Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: 1848

Son of: Frederick, and Augusta of Cambridge

Married: Elizabeth of Anhalt (1857-1933)

Children: Adolph Frederick, Karl, Marie, Jutta

Died: 1914

“They are so nice with Aunt A. [Augusta, his mother]. It isn’t always easy for them & when one lives here, one reads between the lines! Dear Aunt is so agreeable, so amusing but not easy in everyday life for them.” (Queen Mary)

Adolph, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 20 July 1859, Bueckeburg

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

Married: Victoria Moretta of Prussia (1866-1929)

Died: 9 July 1916, Bonn

“An excellent, honest, straightforward creature who bears a high character in his regiment and is much respected….thoroughly trustworthy and good and I am sure he will try to make [Moretta] happy….He has a nice and good expression in his face and very good health….He has seen very little of the world and has not travelled.” (Empress Frederick)

“I hear much praise of [him] in a regiment in Berlin. He is nice and good-looking, but of course it is nothing to position.” (Empress Frederick)

Adolphus (‘Dolly’), 2nd Duke of Teck

Born: 1868

Son of: Franz of Teck and Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

Married: Lady Margaret Grosvenor (d. 1929)

Died of peritonitis: 1927

“A charming sensible boy, so amiable and with such nice manners.” (Queen Victoria)

“Is so beautiful that he quite took our breath away…He has grown very much, & is much thinner & has such a smart figure. His face has become longer and his nose straighter, in fact his profile is lovely…” (Queen Mary)

“I never met a nicer fellow, I think him quite charming…he has got such excellent manners & is so quiet & nice, he really shoots very well.” (King George V)

Adolph Frederick, Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 10 October 1873, Schwerin

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

Married: 1) Victoria Reuss of Schleiz (1889-1918)

Children: Woislawa

2) Elizabeth of Stolberg-Rossla (his sister-in-law) (1885-1969)

Died: 5 August 1969, Eutin

Adolph Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born: 17 June 1882, Neustrelitz

Son of: Adolph Frederick V (1848-1914) & Elizabeth of Anhalt (1857-1933)

Died – killed himself: 23 February 1918, Neustrelitz

Adolph II Bernhard, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born: 23 February 1883, Stadthagen

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

Married: Ellen von Birchoff (1894-1936 – killed in a plane crash)

Died: 26 March 1936 (in the same plane crash in Mexico)

Aimon of Aosta, King (designate) Tonislav II of Croatia

Born: 9 March 1900, Turin

Son of: Emmanuel Philibert (1869-1913) & Helene of Orleans (1871-1951)

Married: Irene of Greece (1904-1974)

Children: Aimon

Died: 1948, Buenos Aires

Albrecht, Prince of Prussia

Born: 1809

Son of: King Frederick William IV (1770-1840) & Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Married: 1) Marianne of the Netherlands (1810-1883) Divorced 1849

Children: Albrecht, Charlotte, Alexandrine

2) Rosalie of Hohenlohe

Died: 1872

Albrecht of Austria, Duke of Teschen

Born: 1817

Married: Hildegard of Bavaria (1825-1964)

Died: 1895

“An excellent, worthy man.” (Queen Victoria

Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort of Great Britain

Born: 24 August 1819

Son of: Ernst I (1784-1844) & Luise of Sax-Gotha-Altenburg (1800-1831)

Married: Victoria of Great Britain (1819-1901)

Children: Victoria, Albert Edward, Alice, Alfredm Helena, Louise, Arthur, Leopold, Beatrice

Died (allegedly of typhoid): 14 December 1861, Windsor Castle

Albrecht, King of Saxony

Born: 23 April 1828, Dresden

Son of: Johann (1801-1973) & Amelie of Bavaria (1801-1877)

Married: Caroline of Sweden (1833-1907)

Died: 19 June 1902

Albrecht (‘Abbat’) Prince of Prussia

Born: 1837

Son of: Albrecht (18-9-1872) & Marie Anne of the Netherlands

Married: Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1854-1898)

Children: Frederick Henry, Joachim, Wilhelm

Died: 1906

“If only he was not what he is! Mother etc. etc.” (Queen Victoria, 1859 – she was referring to his parents’ divorce)

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Princesses who died in childbirth between 1850 and 1918

(Image - Maria II de la Gloria)

Adelaide of Austria Aged 32 1855 Child, Victor Emmanuel, lived 4 months

Alexandra of Greece Aged 21 1891 Child, Dmitri, lived

Alexandrine of Hesse-Kassel Aged 40/41 1871 Child, Ferdinand, lived

Amelie of Bavaria Aged 46/47 1912 Child, Mechtilde, lived

Anna of Hesse Aged 21/22 1865 Child, Anna, lived

Charlotte of Prussia Aged 23/24 1855 Child, a son, died

Elizabeth of Thurn & Taxis Age 20/21 1881 Child, Maria Theresa, lived

Ida Matilde of Schaumburg-Lippe Aged 38/39 1891 Child, Ida, lived

Margarethe Sophie of Austria Aged 31/32 1902 Child, Margarethe, lived

Maria II de la Gloria of Portugal Aged 34 1853 Child, Eugenie died.

Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies Aged 33 1882 Died a week after her stillborn child

Marie Louise of Bourbon Parma Aged 28/29 1899 Child, Nadeja, lived

Marie of Prussia Aged 32/33 1888 Child, Maria, lived

Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Kohary Aged34/35 1857 Child, Blanche, lived

Victoria Reuss of Schleiz Aged 28/29 1918 Child, Woislawa, lived

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Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia Under 1 year 1870

Alexander of Wales Under 1 year 1871

Alexander of Wied Aged 2-3 years 1877

Alexander Vladimirovich of Russia Aged 1-2 years 1877

Alexandrine of Oldenburg Under 1 day 1900 Twin of Frederick who also died

Alfred of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Under 1 year 1911

Augusto of Bourbon Parma Under 1 year 1882

Bernhard of Schaumburg-Lippe Aged 6 months 1903

Carl Oscar of Sweden Aged 1-2 years 1854

Carlo Alberto of Savoy Aged 3 years 1854

Carlo of Bourbon-Parma Aged 7 years 1912 Died 4 days after his 7th birthday

Charles of Orleans Under 1 year 1875

Christina of the Two Sicilies Aged 3 months 1870

Elizabeth of Hesse Aged 8 years 1903 Died of typhoid (Image shows Elizabeth of Hesse)

Elizabeth of Saxe-Coburg Under 1 year 1866

Elizabeth of Saxony Aged 15 months 1863

Elizabeth of Schaumburg-Lippe Aged 3 years 1868

Elizabeth of Wurttemberg Under 1 year 1900

Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe Aged 5 years 1855

Eugenio of Portugal Under 1 day 1853

Fernando of Bourbon-Parma Aged 2 years 1872

Fernando of Spain Aged 2 years 1905

Fernando of the Two Sicilies Aged 2 years 1859

Francisco of Spain Aged 3 weeks 1866

Francisco of the Two Sicilies Aged 2 years 1876

Frederica of Anhalt Under 1 year 1896

Frederick August of Oldenburg Under 1 day 1900 Twin of Alexandrine, who also died.

Frederick Eugen of Solms-Baunfels Aged 9-10 yrs 1913

(Image shows Frederick of Hesse)

Frederick of Hesse Aged 3 years 1873 Died as a result of haemophilia

Frederick of Schleswig Holstein Under 1 year 1858

Gennaro of the Two Sicilies Aged 9-10 yrs 1867 His mother died the same month

George of Saxe-Altenburg Under 1 year 1856

George of Saxe-Meiningen Aged 2-3 years 1855

Gerhard of Schleswig-Holstein Under 1 year 1862

Giuseppe of the Two Sicilies Aged 3 years 1851

Harald of Schleswig-Holstein Under 1 day 1876

Heinrich XI Reuss of Schleiz Under 1 year 1891

Henry of Prussia Aged 4 years 1904 Died as a result of haemophilia

Irmingard of Bavaria Aged 1 year 1903

Jacques of Orleans Aged 1 year 1881

Joseph of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Under 1 day 1888

Josephine of Belgium Aged 2 months 1871

Karl Eugen of Wurttemberg Under 1 year 1875

Leopold of Belgium Aged 9 1869

Leopold of Saxe-Altenburg Aged 1 year 1898

Margaret of Oldenburg Aged 1 year 1881

Margarethe of Schaumburg-Lippe Aged 1 year 1897 Died the day after her 1st birthday

Maria Anastasia of Bourbon Parma Aged 2 weeks 1881

Maria Anna of Portugal Under 1 day 1887

Maria Christina of Spain Aged 3 days 1854

Maria da Gloria of Portugal Under 1 day 1851

Maria de la Conception of Spain Aged 1-2 years 1861

Maria de la Regla of Spain Aged 4 years 1861

Maria Johanna of Saxony Aged 9 months 1861

Maria of Saxony Under 1 day 1898

Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies Aged 1 year

Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Aged 4 years 1887

Maurice of Teck Under 1 year 1910

Maurice of Wurttemberg Aged 6-7 years 1850

May of Hesse Aged 4 years 1878 Died of diphtheria

Milena of Serbia Aged 1 year 1887

Mircea of Roumania Aged 2 years 1916

Nadeja of Russia Under 1 day 1898 Twin of Sofia, who also died.

Natalia Konstantinova of Russia Aged 2 months 1905

Nikolaus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Under 1 day 1854

Notburg of Bavaria Under 1 year 1883

Olga of Greece Under 1 year 1880

Olga of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Aged 6 weeks 1917

Paula of Hohenlohe-Oehringen Aged 10-11 yrs 1874

Peter of Schaumburg-Lippe Aged 4 months 1886

Philip of Spain Aged 1 year 1864

Rudolph of Bavaria Aged 2-3 years 1912

Sigismund of Prussia Aged 21 months 1866 Died of meningitis (Image - Sigismund of Prussia)

Sofia of Russia Under 1 day 1898 Twin of Nadeja, who also died.

Sophie of Austria Aged 1 year 1857

Ulrich of Wurttemberg Aged 5 months 1880

Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia Aged 4 months 1855 brother of the below

Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia Under 1 month 1852

Vincenzo of the Two Sicilies Aged 3 years 1854

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Royalties who died between the ages of 10 and 30

Albert of Saxony Aged 25/26 1900

Albert Victor of Wales Aged 28 1892 Died of influenza (??syphilis)

Alexander of Serbia Aged 26/27 1903 Murdered

Alexandra of Greece Aged 21 1892 Died in childbirth (following a fit)

Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia Aged 19 1895

Alexei of Russia Aged 13 1918 Murdered

Alfonso XII of Spain Aged 26/27 1885 Died of T.B.

Alfred of Edinburgh Aged 25 1899 Possibly died of syphilis

Amelie of Spain Aged 19 1870 Died of TB

Anastasia of Russia Aged 17 1918 Murdered (Image = Anastasia of Russia)

Anna of Hesse Aged 21/22 1865 Died in childbirth

Anna of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Aged 16 1882

Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Aged 24/25 1866

August Clemens of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Aged 13/14 1909

August of Hohenlohe-Oehringen Aged 29/30 1884

Auguste of Saxony Aged 30 1857

Baudouin of Belgium Aged 21 1891

Charlotte of Prussia Aged 23/24 1855 Died in childbirth

Christian of Hanover Aged 15/16 1901

Christina of Spain Aged 26/27 1879

Cleopatra of Serbia Aged 19/20 1855

Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Aged 19/20 1850

Emich of Leiningen Aged 22 1918 Killed in action

Eric of Sweden Aged 28/29 1918

Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen Aged 19 1914 Killed in action

Eugenie of Urach Aged 18/19 1867

Ferdinand of Bourbon-Sicily Aged 21/22 1854

Fernando of Portugal Aged 14 1861 Died of typhoid

Fernando of Spain Aged 13/14 1873

Francisco of Bourbon-Parma Aged 24/25 1862

Francisco of Bourbon-Sicily Aged 16 1914

Francoise of Orleans Aged 17/18 1872

Franz Josef of Schaumburg-Lippe Aged 15 1881

Frederick Karl of Prussia Aged 25/26 1917 Killed in action

Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel Aged 22/23 1916 Killed in action

George of Oldenburg Aged 22/23 1871

George of Russia Aged 28 1899 Died of T.B. (Image shows George of Russia)

George William of Hanover Aged 21/22 1912 In car crash

Gustav of Sweden Aged 24/25 1852

Heinrich XLIII Reuss of Schleiz Aged 18/19 1912

(Image shows Igor of Russia)

Igor Konstantinovich of Russia Aged 24 1918 Murdered

Joao of Portugal Aged 19 1861 Died of typhoid

Karl Borowin of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Aged 19 1908 Died of heart disease

Katherine of Oldenburg Aged 19/20 1866

Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia Aged 27 1918 Murdered

Leopoldina of Brazil Aged 23/24 1871 Died of typhoid

Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies Aged 17 1870

Louis of Orleans - Prince Imperial Aged 23 1879 Killed in action

Louis Philippe of Orleans Aged 20/21 1866

Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden Aged 22/23 1888

Luiz Felipe of Portugal Aged 21 1908 Murdered

M. Annunciata of the Two Sicilies Aged 14/15 1873

M. Immaculata of the Two Sicilies Aged 19 1874 Died 9 months after her

wedding

Margaret of Saxe-Altenburg Aged 14/15 1882

Margarethe of Saxony Aged 18 1858

Maria Antonia of Austria Aged 24/25 1883

Maria de la Mercedes Aged 18 1878 Died 6 months after her wedding

Maria de la Mercedes Aged 24 1904 ?? In childbirth

Maria del Pilar of Spain Aged 18 1879

Maria of Russia Aged 19 1918 Murdered

Maria of Urach Aged 19/20 1864

Maria Victoria della Cisterna Aged 28/29 1876

Marie Amelie of Wurttemberg Aged 12/13 1883

Marie Louise of Bourbon Parma Aged 28/29 1899 Died in childbirth

Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont Aged 24 1882

Marija of Montenegro Aged 16 1885

Mathilde of Bavaria Aged 28/29 1906

Maurice of Battenberg Aged 23 1914 Killed in action

Maurice of the Netherlands Aged 6/7 1850

Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel Aged 19/20 1914 Killed in action

Maximilian of Thurn & Taxis Aged 22/23 1885

Moritz of Nassau Aged 29 1850

Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia Aged 21 1865 Died of meningitis

Oddone of Savoy & Sardinia Aged 19 1866

Oleg Konstantinovich Aged 21 1914 Killed in action

Olga of Russia Aged 22 1918 Murdered

Otto of Wied Aged 11/12 1862

Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Aged 21/22 1904

Pedro V of Portugal Aged 24 1861 Died of typhoid

Robert of Orleans Aged 18/19 1885

Rudolf of Austria Aged 30 1889 Suicide?? Murder??

Ruggiero of the Two Sicilies Aged 13 1914

Serge of Leuchtenburg Aged 27 1877 Killed in action

Sidonia of Saxony Aged 27 1862

Sophie of Saxony Aged 21 1867

Sophie of Waldeck-Pyrmont Aged 15 1868 ?? T.B.

Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Aged 21/22 1859

Tatiana of Russia Aged 20 1918 Murdered

Umberto of Aosta Aged 28/29 1918 Died of Spanish flu, though it was reported he had been killed in action.

Viasechlav Konstantinovich of Russia Aged 16/17 1879

Victoria Reuss of Schleiz Aged 28/29 1918 Died in childbirth

(Image shows Waldemar of Prussia)

Waldemar of Prussia Aged 11 1879 Died of diphtheria

Wolfgang of Bavaria Aged 15/16 1895

Wolrad of Waldeck Pyrmont Aged 22 1914 - Killed in action.

Zorka of Montenegro Aged 25/26 1890

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Royalties Who Were Murdered Between 1850 & 1918

Alexander II, Tsar of Russia

St. Petersburg, 1881

Aged 62

By an anarchist’s bomb

Alexei, Tsarevich of Russia

Ekaterinburg, 1918

Aged 13

By Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

Alix of Hesse, Russian Tsarina

Ekaterinburg, 1918

Aged 46

By Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution

Anastasia, Grand Duchess of Russia

Ekaterinburg, 1918

Aged 17

By Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution

Carlo III, Duke of Parma

Parma, 1853

Aged 31

Murdered in the street by an unknown assailant.

Carlos I, King of Portugal

Lisbon, 1908

Aged 46

By Republicans Alfredo Costa & Manuel Buica

Danilo, Prince of Montenegro

Kotor, 1860

Aged 34

By Todor Kadic

Draga, Queen of Serbia

Belgrade, 1903

Aged 39

During Serbian Uprising

Elizabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria

Genoa, 1898

Aged 51

By an anarchist , Luigi Luccheni

Elizabeth of Hesse, Grand Duchess of Russia

Alapaevsk, 1918

Aged 53

By Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria

Sarajevo, 1914

Aged 51

By Gavril Princip, a Serbian nationalist

George I, King of the Hellenes

Salonika, 1913

Aged 68

Murdered in the street by a deranged man – Alexander Schinas

Igor, Prince of Russia

Alapaevsk, 1918

Aged 24

By Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

Ioann, Prince of Russia

Alapaevsk, 1918

Aged 32

By Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

Konstantin Nicolajevik (Husband of Princess Polexia of Serbia)

Aged 56

Konstantin, Prince of Russia

Alapaevsk, 1918

Aged 26

By Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

Leopold of Saxony

Vienna, 1916

Aged 37

By a ‘lady friend’

Luiz Felipe, Infante of Portugal

Lisbon, 1908

Aged 21

By Republicans Alfredo Costa & Manuel Buica

Maria, Grand Duchess of Russia

Ekaterinburg, 1918

Aged 19

By Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution

Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, Emperor of Mexico

Queretaro, Mexico, 1867

Aged 34

Shot by firing squad by Republicans

Michael, Grand Duke of Russia

Perm, 1918

Aged 39

Secretly, by Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia

Ekaterinburg, 1918

Aged 50

By Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia

Ekaterinburg, 1918

Aged 22

By Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution

Serge, Grand Duke of Russia

Moscow, 1905

Aged 47

By an anarchist, Ivan Kaliayev

Serge, Grand Duke of Russia

Alapaevsk, 1918

Aged 48

By Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution

Tatiana, Grand Duchess of Russia

Ekaterinburg, 1918

Aged 20

By Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution

Umberto I, King of Italy

Monza, 1900

Aged 56

By an anarchist, Gaetano Bresci

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Royalties who were deposed or forced to abdicate.

Adolf II Prince of Schaumburg Lippe Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Exiled to Istria

Adolphe Duke of Nassau Lost Nassau when it was annexed by Prussia, 1866

Became Grand Duke of Luxembourg in 1890, as there was no direct successor of male royalty in the Netherlands.

Bernhard III Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany.

Charles Edward Duke of Saxe-Coburg Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany.

Ernst August Duke of Brunswick Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany

Ernst II Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany.

Ernst Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse-and-by-Rhine Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany.

Ferdinand Grand Duke of Tuscany Deposed when Tuscany was annexed to Sardinia, 1860 Exiled in Austria

Francisco II King of the Two Sicilies Deposed when his kingdom was annexed to the Tyrol, 1861 Exiled in Rome and Paris

Frederick August Grand Duke of Oldenburg Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany

Frederick August III King of Saxony Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany

Frederick Franz IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany.

Frederick II Grand Duke of Baden Abdicated during 1918 German revolution.

Frederick William Elector of Hesse-Kassel Deposed when Hesse was annexed by Prussia, 1866 Originally taken prisoner, then went into exile.

George Crown Prince of Serbia

Mentally unstable, he kicked a servant to death and was forced to abdicate his right to succeed. He remained in Serbia but spent many years confined in an asylum.

Isabella II Queen of Spain Forced to abdicate 1870 Exiled in France

Joachim Ernst Duke of Anhalt His regent and uncle abdicated for him during 1918 German revolution.

Karl Emperor of Austria Deposed 1918 Exiled in Madeira

Leopold IV Sovereign Prince of Lippe Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany.

Louis Philippe King of France Deposed 1846 Fled to England

Ludwig II King of Bavaria Forced to accept a regency because he was mentally unstable, 1886. Confined in an asylum, he died – possibly killed himself – the same evening.

Ludwig III King of Bavaria Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany

Manuel II King of Portugal Deposed in a revolution, 1910 Fled to England.

Maria II de la Gloria Queen of Portugal Deposed by her uncle, Miguel Reinstated as queen by her father the Emperor of Brazil.

Napoleon III French Emperor Deposed in 1871 Fled to England.

Nicholas King of Montenegro Forced into exile when Montenegro became part of the new Yugoslavia, 1918 Exiled in France

Nicholas II Tsar of Russia Forced to abdicate during 1917 revolutionMurdered – with all his family – 1918

Otto of Bavaria King of Greece Deposed 1862 Fled back to Bavaria

Pedro Emperor of Brazil

Deposed during revolution, 1889 Exiled in France

Roberto I Duke of Parma and Piacenza Deposed during Italian Unification 1859 Lived in northern Italy and Austria

Wilhelm Ernst Duke of Saxe-Weimar Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany.

Wilhelm II German Emperor Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Fled to the Netherlands

Wilhelm II King of Wurttemberg Forced to abdicate during 1918 German revolution. Remained living in Germany

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Royalties who contracted morganatic marriages

Alexander, Prince of Hesse Married: Julia von Haulke in 1851 She was created Princess Battenberg

Alexander II, Tsar of Russia Married: Ekaterina Dolgorukaya in 1881 She was created Princess Yurievsky

Alfonso of Braganza, Duke of Oporto (Image shows Nevada Stoody Hayes)

Married: Nevada Stoody Hayes in 1917

Andrei Alexandrovich, Prince of Russia Married: Elisabetta Ruffo-Sasso I 1918

August, Prince of Wurttemberg Married: Maria Bethge of Waldenburg in 1868

Eberwyn, Prince of Bentheim & Steinfurt Married: Pauline Langenfold in 1907 They were later divorced.

Ferdinand, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen Married: Ella von Ondarza

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria Married: Sophie Chotek in 1900 (Image shows Sophie Chotek)

She was eventually created Princess von Hohenberg

Frederick, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen Married: Mathilde von Breuning She was created Baroness von Brauneck

Frederick William, Elector of Hesse-Kassel Married: Gertrude Falkenstein She was created Countess of Schaumburg and Princess von Hanau

George, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Married: Natalia Vanljarskaya in 1890 She was created Countess Carlow

George, Prince of Anhalt Married Therese von Erdmannsdorf in 1831 She was created Countess von Raina

George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Married: Ellen Franz in 1873 She was created Baroness von Holdburg

Hermann, Prince of Saxe-Weimar Married: Paola Lottero, former mistress of King Constantine of the Hellenes They were later divorced

Johann, Archduke of Austria Married: Anna Maria Piochi She was created Countess of Meran

Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Married: Marie Grathwohl

Leopold, Archduke of Austria Married: Wilhelmina Abramovic in 1902 Leopold renounced his title and took the name Leopold Wolfling

Leopold II, King of the Belgians Married: Blanche Delacroix in 1909. (Image: Blanche Delacroix)

His former mistress – 48 years his junior. She became Baroness Vaughan. Leopold died 4 days after their wedding.

Mikhail Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia Married: Natalie Wulfurt in 1912 She (Image shows Natalia Wulfert)

was created Countess Brassova

Mikhail Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia Married: Sophie Merenberg in 1891 She was created Countess de Torby

Nicholas, Prince of Nassau Married: Natalie Pushkina in 1868 She was created Countess Merenberg

Nikolai Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia Married: Nadeja von Dreyer in 1882

Otto, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Married: Anna von Koppen in 1893 She was created Countess Hagenburg

Pauline Mathilde, Duchess of Wurttemberg Married: Melchor Willem She renounced her title in 1880 and became Baroness von Kirbach

Pavel Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia Married: Olga von Pistolkors in 1902She was created Princess Paley

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy Married: Rosa Vercellana in 1869 She was created Countess of Mirafiori & Fontanafredda

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"Shattered Crowns: The Scapegoats"

Introducing my new novel: Shattered Crowns: The Scapegoats – the first in a trilogy, following the royalties of Europe through the First World War. The Scapegoats covers the periods from April 1913 to the outbreak of the First World War, featuring most prominently Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Emperor Franz Josef, Archduke Karl, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II.

More information and excerpts from the book can be found here:

Shattered Crowns

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Shattered Crowns: The Scapegoats - now available in paperback

I am happy to say that'Shattered Crowns: The Scapegoats"is now available in paperback.

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The Sacrifice is the second novel in the Shattered Crowns trilogy, following the royalties of Europe from 1913 to the Treaty of Versailles. The Sacrifice covers the the period from the outbreak of war to the Russian revolution (1914-1917), during which time the Emperors of Austria, Russia and Germany realise that this is not a war for territory or even honour but is rather a means of destroying their autocracies to replace them with secular ideologies and international economic control. As Kaiser Wilhelm, Tsar Nicholas, Emperor Franz Josef, Archduke (later Emperor) Karl and Queen Marie of Roumania face the horrors of war and suffer for their people, they are also confronted by their own personal and family tragedies.

I did not find this book easy to write because the subject matter is so horrific but I trust I have been able to capture these characters as accurately as possible, and have perhaps dispelled some of the myths surrounding their role in the First World War.

The first book in the trilogy: Shattered Crowns: The Scapegoats is already available on Amazon and in various bookshops

This book will be available next month and, to celebrate its launch, I have now reduced the price of my earliest novels (The Counting House and The Fields Laid Waste) on Kindle to a minimum!

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Shattered Crowns: The Sacrifice

Now available on Kindle and paperback...

In the summer of 1914 the capitals of Europe erupt in a patriotic frenzy as peoples on all sides, roused by the press, rejoice at the outbreak of the 'war to end wars'. The rejoicing soon turns to disillusionment as the full horrors of the bloodiest conflict the world has ever seen become apparent. For the Emperors of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia comes the growing awareness that this war, which they sought desperately to avoid, is not being fought for territory or honour, but rather to destroy the old world order and to replace their autocracies with secular ideologies and international economic control. Amid the intrigue and deception, Kaiser Wilhelm, Tsar Nicholas, Emperor Franz Josef, Archduke Karl, and Queen Marie of Roumania not only face the horrific sacrifice of their people, but are also confronted by their own personal and family tragedies.

'The Sacrifice' is the second novel in the Shattered Crowns trilogy, following the royalties of Europe from 1913 to the Treaty of Versailles. 'The Sacrifice' covers the the period from the outbreak of war to the Russian revolution (1914-1917) and is based on actual events.

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