How did it happen that Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain is related to Nicholas II, and Prince William is closer to Nicholas I?

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The relationship between the English and Russian imperial dynasties was not interrupted due to the tragic death of the family of the last Russian emperor. Moreover, the pretenders to the British throne: Prince of Wales Charles, his sons Princes William and Harry, and grandson George are direct descendants of Nicholas I. the family of Rurikovich.

"Russian" genealogy of the future king of Great Britain in the male line

The spouse of the British Queen is Prince Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh is the great-great-grandson of Nicholas I. His grandfather was the ruler of Greece, George I, and his grandmother was Princess Olga from the Romanov family (this is the daughter of Constantine, one of the sons of Nicholas I and Alexandra Iosifovna, born Princess of Saxe-Altenburg).

The fate of the royal family was tragic. In 1913, George I and his wife, the Queen of Hellenes, were assassinated, with the result that the throne was given to their eldest son. The youngest son Andrei legalized an alliance with Princess Alice (the Hessian clan of the Battenbergs). Their family had five children: four daughters and a son, Philip, who is currently the husband of Her Majesty the British Queen.

The marriage between Elizabeth of York and Philip Mountbatten was concluded on November 20, 1947. Exactly 12 months after the luxurious wedding, the princess gave birth to her first child - her son Charles. At the age of three, after the death of his grandfather, the outstanding monarch George VI, the boy received the title of prince. This happened only when his mother, Elizabeth of York, ascended the throne.

In July 1981, Prince Charles married a representative of the largest aristocratic family, Diana Spencer. In this marriage, two boys were born - 11 months after the wedding - Prince William, and two years later - Prince Harry.

Prince William chose his bride daughter of former pilot Michael and flight attendant Carol - Kate Middleton. Their wedding ceremony took place in 2010. On this happy day, the spouses were awarded the title of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. And again in July the good news was heard in London. In the family of Cambridge - replenishment. The world saw the great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth II - George Alexander Louis. In line at the throne of his grandmother, he takes the third place of honor, second only to his grandfather and father. Therefore, Prince George is not only a representative of the House of Windsor, but also has blood ties with the Romanov dynasty.

Elizabeth II - grand-niece of the Russian emperor Nicholas II

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is the queen of modern Great Britain. Her father (a descendant of the Windsor dynasty), the Duke of York, after the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII, in 1936 occupies the British throne (George VI). Even before the coronation, he entered into an official marriage with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. His wife gave him two adorable daughters - Elizabeth Alexandra and Margaret Rose.

Grandfather and grandmother of Elizabeth II on her father's side - King George V and his wife - Maria Tekskaya. George V approves the House of Windsor in July 1917 in order to avoid mentioning the German name of the dynasty (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) in wartime conditions (World War I - 1914-1918). George V was a cousin of Nicholas II (their portrait resemblance is striking).

The mother of Nicholas II, Maria Feodorovna, was one of the daughters of the Prince of Glucksburg (later Christian IX, King of Denmark). Her own sister, Alexandra, became the wife of the British King Edward VII, and their son, George V. Accordingly, the English Queen Elizabeth is brought to Nicholas II by his grand-niece.

Maria Feodorovna, the mother of the last Russian tsar, was saved in those terrible years when her son and all his family were killed, thanks to her sister Alexandra. She sent a ship from Britain for a relative.

Diana, Princess of Wales, a descendant of Rurik of Novgorod

Everyone remembers Princess Diana as a warm and cordial person who easily responds to someone else's suffering. Perhaps it was in her, more than in someone from the royal house, that the kinship with the Russian royal persons was reflected, it was she who passed on the code of the mysterious Russian soul, so well reflected in her kind radiant gaze. But with its genealogical roots, it goes back not to the Romanovs, but to the Rurikovichs.

Lady Diana was associated with the Rurikovich house through the Kiev princess Maria-Dobronega, the daughter of Vladimir the Great, who married the Polish prince Kazimir the Restorer. The latter is the progenitor of Princess Anne of Saxony, wife of the state of the Netherlands, William I of Orange, and her son Maurice, Prince of Orange. These are the ancestors of Princess Diana Spencer.

The kinship of the imperial capitals (London and St. Petersburg) is a fact that cannot be disputed in any way

So, the now living Queen of Great Britain, Elizabeth II, is the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the great-niece of Nicholas II, and her husband Philip is the great-great-grandson of Nicholas I and Queen Victoria. All members of the Windsor Dynasty are male descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Alexandrina Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (who ruled Britain for more than 63 years) - named after the Russian monarch Alexander I, who defeated the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. When she was born, she was the fifth in the hierarchy of successors to the throne. But it so happened that by the time she came of age, Alexandrina Victoria remained the only contender for the royal throne. She was crowned at the age of 18 in 1838.

In the spring of 1839, a delegation from the Russian Empire arrived at Buckingham Palace, headed by the eldest son of the Russian emperor, Alexander Nikolaevich. The twenty-year-old Tsarevich and nineteen-year-old Queen Victoria immediately felt mutual sympathy for each other. But their relationship was not destined to develop. The consort of the Queen of England, whoever he was, could not become king. Alexander was the direct heir to the throne of the Russian Empire. Of course, Nicholas I could not be satisfied with the prospect that his son would turn from the heir to the throne simply into the wife of Queen Victoria.

In 1840, the 20-year-old Saxon Prince Albert, a representative of the Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha dynasty (her cousin), became the husband of the Queen of England. The royal family gave Britain 9 children, who entered into successful marriages with representatives of the royal dynasties of European states. Therefore, it is not for nothing that Queen Victoria was called “the grandmother of Europe”.

Out of 34 grandchildren, her kinship with Russia was strengthened by her two granddaughters - Elizabeth and Alice, whom her grandmother Victoria affectionately called "the sun". The first became the wife of Grand Duke Sergei (son of Alexander II), the second - the wife of Nicholas II. After her baptism, Alice was called Alexandra Fedorovna. Both of these marriages are two stories of pure love and high family relationships. As if each of the dynasties prepared their best children for these two unions. The fate of both married couples ended tragically, which does not detract from their merits and spiritual achievements, but only obliges to look with special attention at the example of real service to each other.

The intertwining of the destinies of the two dynasties (British and Russian) and their consanguinity is an obvious and indisputable fact.

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