Fact: Following the loss of Denmark, Christian IX went behind the backs of the Danish government to contact the Prussians, offering that the whole of Denmark could join the German confederation, if Denmark could stay united with Schleswig and Holstein. This proposal was rejected by Bismarck, who feared that the ethnic strife in Schleswig between Danes and Germans would then stay unresolved. So we could have had a German greenland at one point lol Great video HoH as usual, keep it up! 👍
Slesvig-Holsten was Danish but then Germans immigrated there and the Germans basically stole it. I won’t forgive them before they Give us our land back
Check out Dugu Xin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugu_Xin). His had 3 daughters which became Empresses for 3 separate dynasties. His eldest daughters was the Empress for one of the Emperors of the Northern Chou Dynasty. His seventh daughter was the Empress of the founding Emperor of the Sui Dynasty which followed the Northern Chou Dynasty. His third daughter was the mother of the founder of the Tang Dynasty and was posthumously granted the title of Empress of the Tang Dynasty.
I like the way that you present, well done, keep it up. If you want a topic the nobody has done look at the Special Intelligence Group, German Speaking Czechoslovak, French Foreign Legionaries, and Jewish Solders that fought for the British during WW2 pretending to be German Afrika Korps, sort of a British Brandenburgers
As an older American (69 YO) I was taught European history in school (back when our schools actually taught history) but it never went into this kind of detail. Thank you for the work you put into researching and presenting such informative and enlightening videos. I may be old, but I still love to learn! As an aside, I find it strange, if that is the right word, that so many European wars broke out when the royal families were so interconnected. As an example, Czar Nicholas and Kaiser Wilhelm were cousins who had a close relationship. (In personal letters they referred to each other as 'Willy' and Nicky'.) Also, they were both grandsons (if I remember correctly) of Queen Victoria. You would think that with such a family relationship they could have worked together to avoid the slaughter of World War One, which indirectly led to the slaughter of World War Two. I imagine that is a question to which we will never have an acceptable answer.
@@MarshalltonUMC792You are correct that Nicky and Willy were not grandsons of Queen Victoria. That's what happens when you type before getting all your thoughts together. However, there was a family connection to Queen Vic. Royal families at that time were so intermingled through marriage, it is sometimes difficult to tell the players without a scorecard, so to speak. From what I've learned (and I am no expert) King George V, grandson of Queen Victoria, reigned as King from 1910 to 1936. Tsar Nicholas, Tsarina Alexandria and Emperor Wilhelm II were all first cousins of George V providing all three with family connections to Queen Victoria. Also, Nicholas' aunt (his mother's sister) was Queen Alexandra, consort to King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria and King from 1901-1910. That means Nicholas' aunt was the daughter-in-law of Queen Victoria and the mother of King George V. Nicky and Willy were also second cousins through their connections with the Danish royal family (Confused yet? It gets better.) Nicholas' uncles (his mother's brothers) were King Frederick VIII of Denmark and King George I of Greece. He was also first cousin to King Haakon of Norway. In addition to Nicky and Willy being second cousins through the English connection, they were also third cousins due to their connection through King Frederick William III of Prussia. (And I thought MY family was strange!) Anyway, it still seems strange that with all those close connections they couldn't have found some way to avoid the slaughter of World War One. From what I've read, George, Nicky and Willy had met on numerous occasions for both formal state and informal family gatherings and had close relationships. Why they could not have come together and found a better way is something I will NEVER understand.
Tom Justis have you seen the Scandinavian Royalty channel? Episode 1 of the series starts talking about the births of Victoria, Christian IX and Alexander II. There are interviews with many of Christian IX descendants. Pretty interesting.
@@MarshalltonUMC792 "Nicky is not a blood relation of Queen Victoria but his wife Alexandra was her granddaughter." Excactly - which is where the hemophelia gene came from: Victoria - to her daughter and then granddaughter, Alexandra - to her son and nobody know how many of the daughters. .
Estrid Melissa After a while it all gets confusing. But I have learned a lot about European royalty and political history. Something they didn’t teach us in American schools.
Love your content, I’m particularly interested in the descendants of King Christian IX and Queen Victoria. When you are speaking of Thyra - the first photo shown as Princess Thyra was a granddaughter of King Christian IX - she was a daughter of his heir, King Frederick VIII and his consort, Queen Louise, formerly Princess Lovisa of Sweden. They named one of their daughters after Thyra. The younger Princess Thyra of Denmark never married or had children.
I watched the series you mentiones and it was well done for a danish tv series, I hope you keep mentioning if there's an adaptation related to the historical events you cover :)
Hey Andrew, sorry to get to your comment this late. I have finished the series in writing but want to grow my channel a bit more before I upload the final few episodes. Next month I'll be uploading a video about the complete history of the Iron Cross, though!
I’m sorry but I just got done watching the whole Prussian history series he does and now I’m here and I’ve come to the conclusion this guy could probably talk the pants off a nun. I mean seriously his appearance is as if it was like ‘hey bro you need to finish up...wait is that my girlfriend?’ Then he knocks out said person and films the show himself I mean he’s obviously ripped-wears all his shirts buttoned down to low v status yet fills out every shirt and the few t shirts look like they’re gonna rip. Just saying
Interesting how you cover monarchs as well. Keep it up House of History!
Thanks, will do!
Excellent video, love how every monarch pretty much goes back to King Christian IX and /or Queen Victoria,WW1 was one biq family row(!) :/
Fact: Following the loss of Denmark, Christian IX went behind the backs of the Danish government to contact the Prussians, offering that the whole of Denmark could join the German confederation, if Denmark could stay united with Schleswig and Holstein. This proposal was rejected by Bismarck, who feared that the ethnic strife in Schleswig between Danes and Germans would then stay unresolved.
So we could have had a German greenland at one point lol
Great video HoH as usual, keep it up! 👍
I sure am glad the Preussians didn't take him on.......
That’s a decision our king made that I’ll never be proud of, it was horrible ruling by him.
Slesvig-Holsten was Danish but then Germans immigrated there and the Germans basically stole it. I won’t forgive them before they Give us our land back
Sofia of Greece, Consort Queen of Spain. is also descendant of Him.
Good stuff, Sir. You never disappoint. Much respect from Texas Gulf Coast.
Check out Dugu Xin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugu_Xin). His had 3 daughters which became Empresses for 3 separate dynasties. His eldest daughters was the Empress for one of the Emperors of the Northern Chou Dynasty. His seventh daughter was the Empress of the founding Emperor of the Sui Dynasty which followed the Northern Chou Dynasty. His third daughter was the mother of the founder of the Tang Dynasty and was posthumously granted the title of Empress of the Tang Dynasty.
So the ww1 where i basicly a big family feud... Hehe
Always has been
One child marries a Bonaparte and another a Bourbon...good thing there's no such thing as Thanksgiving dinner in Denmark!
A small correction: A child marries a Bourbon, and a grandchild marries a Bonaparte.
I like the way that you present, well done, keep it up. If you want a topic the nobody has done look at the Special Intelligence Group, German Speaking Czechoslovak, French Foreign Legionaries, and Jewish Solders that fought for the British during WW2 pretending to be German Afrika Korps, sort of a British Brandenburgers
As an older American (69 YO) I was taught European history in school (back when our schools actually taught history) but it never went into this kind of detail. Thank you for the work you put into researching and presenting such informative and enlightening videos. I may be old, but I still love to learn!
As an aside, I find it strange, if that is the right word, that so many European wars broke out when the royal families were so interconnected. As an example, Czar Nicholas and Kaiser Wilhelm were cousins who had a close relationship. (In personal letters they referred to each other as 'Willy' and Nicky'.) Also, they were both grandsons (if I remember correctly) of Queen Victoria. You would think that with such a family relationship they could have worked together to avoid the slaughter of World War One, which indirectly led to the slaughter of World War Two. I imagine that is a question to which we will never have an acceptable answer.
Tom Justis - I believe Nicky is not a blood relation of Queen Victoria but his wife Alexandra was her granddaughter.
@@MarshalltonUMC792You are correct that Nicky and Willy were not grandsons of Queen Victoria. That's what happens when you type before getting all your thoughts together. However, there was a family connection to Queen Vic. Royal families at that time were so intermingled through marriage, it is sometimes difficult to tell the players without a scorecard, so to speak. From what I've learned (and I am no expert) King George V, grandson of Queen Victoria, reigned as King from 1910 to 1936. Tsar Nicholas, Tsarina Alexandria and Emperor Wilhelm II were all first cousins of George V providing all three with family connections to Queen Victoria. Also, Nicholas' aunt (his mother's sister) was Queen Alexandra, consort to King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria and King from 1901-1910. That means Nicholas' aunt was the daughter-in-law of Queen Victoria and the mother of King George V. Nicky and Willy were also second cousins through their connections with the Danish royal family (Confused yet? It gets better.) Nicholas' uncles (his mother's brothers) were King Frederick VIII of Denmark and King George I of Greece. He was also first cousin to King Haakon of Norway. In addition to Nicky and Willy being second cousins through the English connection, they were also third cousins due to their connection through King Frederick William III of Prussia. (And I thought MY family was strange!) Anyway, it still seems strange that with all those close connections they couldn't have found some way to avoid the slaughter of World War One. From what I've read, George, Nicky and Willy had met on numerous occasions for both formal state and informal family gatherings and had close relationships. Why they could not have come together and found a better way is something I will NEVER understand.
Tom Justis have you seen the Scandinavian Royalty channel? Episode 1 of the series starts talking about the births of Victoria, Christian IX and Alexander II. There are interviews with many of Christian IX descendants. Pretty interesting.
@@MarshalltonUMC792 "Nicky is not a blood relation of Queen Victoria but his wife Alexandra was her granddaughter."
Excactly - which is where the hemophelia gene came from: Victoria - to her daughter and then granddaughter, Alexandra - to her son and nobody know how many of the daughters. .
Estrid Melissa After a while it all gets confusing. But I have learned a lot about European royalty and political history. Something they didn’t teach us in American schools.
Love your content, I’m particularly interested in the descendants of King Christian IX and Queen Victoria.
When you are speaking of Thyra - the first photo shown as Princess Thyra was a granddaughter of King Christian IX - she was a daughter of his heir, King Frederick VIII and his consort, Queen Louise, formerly Princess Lovisa of Sweden. They named one of their daughters after Thyra. The younger Princess Thyra of Denmark never married or had children.
Good for him AND Denmark that Victoria turned him down - that way we didn't get hemophilia in the royal bloodline in Denmark
That was a great story. You must be a Professor of History. Yes ?
Why didn't
prince Andrew of Greece
family take in, claim Philip ?
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8:40 This is not Thyra, Christian 9th's daughter. Maybe it is Thyra, Christian 9th's granddaughter, Frederik 8th's daugther.
Family royal of europe 8:28 ❤❤❤❤
many thanks for posting yet another very enlightening video.
ps what is the name of the presenter?
I watched the series you mentiones and it was well done for a danish tv series, I hope you keep mentioning if there's an adaptation related to the historical events you cover :)
Are you going to continue covering the history of Prussia?
Hey Andrew, sorry to get to your comment this late. I have finished the series in writing but want to grow my channel a bit more before I upload the final few episodes. Next month I'll be uploading a video about the complete history of the Iron Cross, though!
@@HoH Gotcha, lookin forward to that history of the Iron Cross video!
@@andrewternet8370 It won't be up for another two weeks... but: ruclips.net/video/c3ps3uJ3Q8o/видео.html
he spread his seed throughout europe. also, the amount of cousin marriages sounds quite unhealthy lol
I’m sorry but I just got done watching the whole Prussian history series he does and now I’m here and I’ve come to the conclusion this guy could probably talk the pants off a nun. I mean seriously his appearance is as if it was like ‘hey bro you need to finish up...wait is that my girlfriend?’ Then he knocks out said person and films the show himself I mean he’s obviously ripped-wears all his shirts buttoned down to low v status yet fills out every shirt and the few t shirts look like they’re gonna rip. Just saying
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If Christian the father law of Europe then queen Victoria is the mother law of Europe
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Amazing video I am a fellow small history channel you should check mine out.
So his descendants aren't really that "royal" and George I's descendants aren't either due to Glorious Revolution.