Constantine II, King of Greece

Now we have looked at all the current monarchs of Europe, we will take a look at the former monarchs, in each case taking the last person to reign de facto.  Some of these are still living - Constantine of Greece, Michael of Roumania, and Boris of Bulgaria.  Others died many years ago, and their claims continue among their descendants.  Increasingly, as we see in extant monarchies, marriages between royal houses become rarer, and royals tend to marry those from their own nations (of course, usually from the upper echelons of society).  I suspect that, in 100 years, the seize quartiers of most monarchs will only have one royal person in the top generation.

The seize quartiers for the former king of Greece are as follows:

1.  Konstantinos II, King of Greece 1940-

2.  Pavlos, King of Greece 1901-64

3.  Friederike of Hanover 1917-

4.  Konstantinos I, King of Greece 1868-1923

5.  Sophie of Prussia 1870-1932

6.  Ernst August III, Duke of Brunswick 1887-1953

7.  Viktoria Luise of Prussia 1892-1980

8.  Georgios I, King of Greece 1845-1913

9.  Olga of Russia 1851-1926

10.  Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany 1831-88

11.  Victoria of Great Britain 1840-1901

12.  Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland 1845-1923

13.  Thyra of Denmark 1853-1933

14.  Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany 1859-1941

15.  Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein 1858-1921

16.  Christian IX, King of Denmark 1818-1906

17.  Louise of Hesse-Cassel 1817-98

18.  Konstantin Nikolaievich of Russia 1827-92

19.  Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg 1830-1911

20.  Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany 1797-1888

21.  Augusta of Saxe-Weimar 1811-90

22.  Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819-1961

23.  Victoria, Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901

24.  Georg V, King of Hanover 1819-78

25.  Marie of Saxe-Altenburg 1818-1907

26.  Christian IX, King of Denmark 1818-1906

27.  Louise of Hesse-Cassel 1817-98

28.  Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany 1831-88

29.  Victoria of Great Britain 1840-1901

30.  Friedrich VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1829-80

31.  Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1835-1900

16/17 and 26/27 are the same.  28 is the son of 20/21.  29 is the daughter of 22/23.  24 is the first cousin of 23.  31 is the niece of 23.  19 lived to see her great-great-grandchild.  Of the fifth generation, 2 are Danish, 10 are German, 3 are British, and 1 is Russian.  The average age is 73, rather a high average.  The former King of Greece, sometimes regarded as the former monarch most likely to return to his country as king, lives in London and is immensely rich.  He is very closely related to most other monarchs, being descended twice from Queen Victoria, and twice from Christian IX of Denmark.  His sister is the Queen of Spain, and he married the sister of the Queen of Denmark.  Prince Philip, the King of Roumania,and the last Queen of Yugoslavia are all his first cousins (once removed for Prince Philip).  He does not have any Greek blood unless one goes back to the fourteenth century.