Peter II of Yugoslavia

Here are the seize quartiers of Peter II, the last reigning king of Yugoslavia:

1. Petar II, King of Yugoslavia 1923-70

2. Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia 1888-1934

3. Maria of Romania 1900-61

4. Petar I, King of Serbia 1844-1921

5. Zorka of Montenegro 1864-1890

6. Ferdinand I, King of Romania 1865-1927

7. Maria of Edinburgh 1875-1938

8. Alexander Karagorgevic, Prince of Servia 1806-85

9. Persida Nenadovic 1813-73

10. Nikola I, King of Montenegro 1841-1921

11. Milena Vukotic 1848-1923

12. Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1835-1905

13. Antonia of Portugal 1845-1913

14. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha 1844-1900

15. Maria of Russia 1853-1920

16. Karagorge Petrovic of Serbia 1768-1817 (50)

17. Jelena Jovanovic (no dates)

18. Jevrem Nendovic 1793-1867 (73)

19. Jovanka Milovanovic 1792-1880 (88)

20. Mirko Petrovic-Njegos 1820-67 (46)

21. Stana Martinovic 1824-94 (70)

22. Petar Vukotic 1826-1907 (81)

23. Jelena Vojvodic (no dates)

24. Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1811-85 (73)

25. Josephine of Baden 1813-1900 (86)

26. Fernando II, King of Portugal 1816-85 (69)

27. Maria II, Queen of Portugal 1819-53 (34)

28. Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819-61 (42)

29. Victoria, Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901 (81)

30. Aleksandr I, Emperor of Russia 1818-81 (62)

31. Marie of Hesse and the Rhine 1824-80 (55)

26, 28, and 29 are first cousins.  Of the sixteen great-great-grandparents, four a Serbian, four are Montegrin, 5 are German, one is Portuguese, one is British, and one is Russian.  The average age (where dates are known) is 65.  This is a decent mix of Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox ancestry.  25 is the maternal granddaughter of Josephine, famed wife of Napoleon I, who has Creole ancestry.

Simeon II of Bulgaria

1.  Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria 1937-

2.  Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria 1894-1943

3.  Giovanna of Italy 1907-2000

4.  Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria 1861-1948

5.  Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma 1870-99

6.  Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy 1869-1947

7.  Elena of Montenegro 1873-1952

8.  August of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1818-81

9.  Clementine of Orleans 1817-1907

10.  Roberto I, Duke of Bourbon-Parma 1848-1907

11.  Maria Pia of Bourbon Two Sicilies 1849-82

12.  Umberto I, King of Italy 1844-1900

13.  Margherita of Savoy 1851-1926

14.  Nikola I, King of Montenegro 1841-1921

15.  Milena Vukotic 1847-1923

16.  Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1785-1851

17.  Antonia Kohary de Csabrag 1797-1862

18.  Louis Philippe I, King of the French 1773-1850

19.  Maria Amalia of Bourbon Two Sicilies 1782-1866

20.  Carlo III, Duke of Bourbon-Parma 1823-54

21.  Louise Marie Therese of France 1819-64

22.  Ferdinando II, King of the Two Sicilies 1810-59

23.  Maria Theresa of Austria 1816-67

24.  Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy 1820-78

25.  Adelheid of Austria 1822-55

26.  Fernando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa 1822-55

27.  Elisabeth of Saxony 1830-1912

28.  Mirko Petrovics-Njegos 1820-67

29.  Anastasia Martinovic 1824-95

30.  Peter Vukotic 1826-1904

31.  Jelena Voivodich ?-?

Of the fifth generation, 2 are German, 1 is Hungarian, 2 are French, 5 are Italian, 2 are Austria,  and four are Montenegrin.  16 is the uncle of Queen Victoria.  19 is the aunt of 22.  24 and 26 are brothers.  23 and 25 are first cousins.  The average age at death is 57, rather low.

Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria is unique, in that, having been a hereditary monarch, he was also elected and served as Prime Minister of his country, 50 years after his abdication.  Together with Mihail of Roumania, he is one of only two WW2 heads of state still alive today.  He is popular in Bulgaria, where he is known as Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.  He is of the same lineage as Queen Elizabeth II, the King of the Belgians, and the last kings of Portugal.  In his ancestry, we see for the first time Louis Philippe I of France, from whom most Catholic monarchs are descended.

Michael, King of Romania

Here are the seize quartiers for the former King of Romania:

1.  Mihael I, King of Romania 1921-

2.  Carol II, King of Romania 1893-1953

3.  Helene of Greece and Denmark 1896-1982

4.  Ferdinand I, King of Romania 1865-1927

5.  Marie of Great-Britain 1875-1938

6.  Konstantinos I, King of Greece 1868-1923

7.  Sophie of Prussia 1870-1932

8.  Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1835-1905

9.  Antonia of Portugal 1845-1913

10.  Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1844-1900

11.  Maria Aleksandrovna of Russia 1853-1920

12.  Georgios I, King of Greece 1845-1913

13.  Olga of Russia 1851-1926

14.  Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany 1831-88

15.  Victoria of Great Britain 1840-1901

16.  Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1811-85

17.  Josephine of Baden 1813-1900

18.  Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary 1816-85

19.  Maria II da Gloria, Queen of Portugal 1819-53

20.  Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819-61

21.  Victoria, Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901

22.  Aleksandr II, Tsar of Russia 1818-81

23.  Marie of Hesse 1824-80

24.  Christian IX, King of Denmark 1818-1906

25.  Louise of Hesse-Cassel 1817-98

26.   Konstantin Nikolaievich of Russia 1827-92

27.  Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg 1830-1911

28.  Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany 1797-1888

29.  Augusta of Saxe-Weimar 1811-90

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

31.  Victoria, Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901

20/21 and 30/31 are the same.  18 is the first cousin of 20/21/30/31.  Of the fifth generation, 10 are German, 1 is Portuguese, 2 are Russian, 2 are British, and 2 are Danish.  Mihail has no Romanian blood without going back to the thirteenth century.  The average age is 69.

Mihail I is the last inter-belline head of state alive, and, together with Simeon II of Bulgaria, is the last head of state from World War II.  After the descendants of Edward VII, he is next in line for the British throne, and is one of the oldest remaining descendants of Queen Victoria.  

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.

Albert II, Prince of Monaco

1.  Albert II, Prince of Monaco 1958-

2.  Rainier III, Prince of Monaco 1923-2005

3.  Grace Kelly 1929-82

4.  Pierre de Polignac 1895-1964

5.  Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois 1898-1977

6.  John Kelly 1889-60

7.  Margaret Maier 1899-1990

8.  Maxence de Polignac 1857-1936

9.  Suzanne de La Torre y Mier 1858-1913

10.  Louis II, Prince of Monaco 1870-1949

11.  Marie Louvet 1867-1930

12.  John Kelly 1847-97

13.  Mary Costello 1852-1926

14.  Karl Maier 1863-1922

15.  Margaretha Berg 1870-1949

16.  Charles Marie, Comte de Polignac 1824-81

17.  Josephine Lenormand de Morando 1828-83

18.  Isidro de La Torre y Carsi 1816-?

19.  Luisa de Mier y Celis 1830-?

20.  Albert I, Prince of Monaco 1848-1922

21.  Mary Douglas-Hamilton 1850-1922

22.  Jacques Louvet 1830-1910

23.  Josephine Piedefer 1828-71

24.  Brian Kelly 1804-89

25.  Honora McLaughlin 1821-84

26.  Walter Costello 1832-1910

27.  Anne Burke 1833-82

28.  Johann Maier 1837-85

29.  Luise Adam 1837-1904

30.  Georg Berg 1841-1908

31.  Elisabetha Rohrig 1843-86

Albert II, the richest monarch in Europe after Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, has the most varied ancestry, and is the one monarch in Europe not at all closely related to the others.  His mother, Grace Kelly, was a Hollywood actress with Irish and German forebears.  His father, Prince Rainier, was the son of the legitimised princess Charlotte of Monaco, whose mother was the impoverished wife of an artist.  The Monegasque royal family, although the oldest continual house in Europe, is a remarkably barren one, and they generally married higher nobles rather than other royals.  Only through No 21, Mary Douglas-Hamilton, whose mother was a princess of Baden-Baden, can links to other royal families in Europe be found.  Of the fifth generation, three are French, three are Spanish, one is Monegasque, five are British, and four are German.  Only Queen Elizabeth II of England has as much British ancestry.  The average of the fifth generation (where known, for the death dates of two are unknown) is 62, lower than other ones we have seen, perhaps reflecting the lower social status of the Prince’s ancestors.

Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden

1. Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden 1946-

2. Gustav Adolf of Sweden 1906-47

3. Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1908-72

4. Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden 1882-1973

5. Margaret of Connaught 1882-1920

6. Karl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1884-1954

7. Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg 1885-1970

8. Gustav V, King of Sweden 1858-1950

9. VIctoria of Baden 1862-1930

10. Arthur, Duke of Connaught 1850-1942

11. Louise Margaret of Prussia 1860-1917

12. Leopold, Duke of Albany 1853-84

13. Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont 1861-1922

14. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg 1855-1934

15. Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1860-1932

16. Oscar II, King of Sweden 1829-1907

17. Sophia of Nassau 1836-1913

18. Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden 1826-1907

19. Louise of Prussia 1838-1923

20. Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819-61

21. Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom 1819-1901

22. Friedrich Karl of Prussia 1828-85

23. Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau 1837-1906

24. Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819-61

25. Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom 1819-1901

26. Georg Victor, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont 1831-93

27. Helena of Nassau 1831-88

28. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg 1814-85

29. Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe 1821-99

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

31. Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1835-1900

20/21 and 24/25 are the same. 31 is the daughter of the half-sister of Queen Victoria. 28 is the brother of Christian IX of Denmark.

Of the fifth generation, 1 is Swedish, 13 are German, and 2 are British. The average age is 67. Many of the Swedish royals have reached ninety (the king’s father died in a ‘plane crash) so the present king can be expected to live a good while longer. The king of Sweden is the only monarch in Europe descended twice from Queen Victoria. His wife, Queen Sylvia, is the longest serving Queen Consort of Sweden.

Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein

1.  Hans Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1945-

2.  Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1906-89

3.  Georgina von Wilczek 1921-89

4.  Aloys of Liechtenstein 1869-1955

5.  Elisabeth Amalie of Austria 1878-1960

6.  Ferdinand Maria, Count of Wilczek 1893-1977

7.  Norbertine Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau 1888-1923

8.  Alfred of Liechtenstein 1842-1907

9.  Henriette of Liechtenstein 1843-1931

10.  Karl Ludwig of Austria 1833-96

11.  Maria Teresa of Portugal 1855-1944

12.  Johann Nepomuk, Count of Wilczek 1861-1929

13.  Elisabeth Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau 1865-1941

14.  Oktavian Zdenko, Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau 1844-1932

15.  Georgina, Countess Festetics de Tolna 1856-1934

16.  Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein 1802-87

17.  Julia Eudoxia Potocka-Pilawa 1818-95

18.  Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1796-1858

19.  Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau 1813-81

20.  Franz Karl of Austria 1802-78

21.  Sophie of Bavaria 1805-72

22.  Miguel I, King of Portugal 1802-66

23.  Adelheid of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1831-1909

24.  Johannes Nepomuk, Count of Wilzcek 1837-1922

25.  Emma Emo Capodilista 1833-1924

26.  Ferdinand, Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau 1834-1904

27.  Maria Josepha of Liechtenstein 1835-1905

28.  Johann, Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau 1815-68

29.  Iphigenie Dadanyi de Gyulvesz 1821-82

30.  Gyorgy Laszlo, Count Festetics de Tolna 1815-83

31.  Eugenia, Countess Erdody de Monyorokerek et Monoszlo 1826-94

The Prince of Liechtenstein, which is the last state in Europe which still practices the Salic Law (whereby females may not inherit), is descended mainly from central European nobility.  He is the richest monarch in Europe. Of the fifth generation, three are from Liechtenstein, one from Poland, five are from Austria, two are from Germany, one from Italy, one from Portugal, and three from Hungary.  The average age is 66.  Once again we see a long-lived daughter of Miguel, King of Portugal, and, once again, we also see that her descendants also lived long lives.