How British Are The Windsors?
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- In todays video we are answering the question on how British the royal family of the United Kingdom really is. We are starting off with the first King of the House of Hanover: George I and are ending the video with Prince George of Wales.
Note that this video is just for entertainment purposes and is based on what ancestral information you can find about the royals on the internet.
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most British are not British as they descend from Anglo-Saxon blood plus add the French Norman to it.
In reality, King Charles iii is of the House of Glücksburg.
Battenberg/Mountbatten is from Prince Philip's maternal side
Technically yes. But I read that Charles III will continue the House of Windsor
yeah
agnatically but still Windsor by royal decreee
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
@@dineyashworth8578 Question ???? Isn't that the current name of the Danish Royal Family ???? Please correct me if I'm wrong .
Very, very interesting, particularly the projection out to the future holders of the crown. The British Royal Family is therefore progressively shedding its German DNA roots. The Stuart line via Elizabeth Stuart is also often forgotten. For many centuries, the British monarch was more Scottish than English.
Thank you!
Actually the Stuart house lasted from 1603 to 1714, that's 111 years, hardly 'many centuries'.
Expat Expat : That's very true. The current British Royal Family has far more British blood than German blood than it did at the beginning of the 20th century pre-World War I when their family blood was I believe almost 100% German.
@@OdeInWessex Don't forget the brief interrupt in the Stuart family rule because of Cromwell from 1649 to 1660 .
@@OdeInWessex That's technically true, but of course the blood line continues to this day and was flowing through the veins of those who followed.
Princess Diana’s Spencer’s family more English than charkes
And more royal
No, she’s not more royal. This is a real common misconception. She may be more ENGLISH, but she is not more royal. Sorry
@@TartanArmy85 how can she be more royal then her former husband who was literally the son of the QUEEN
Illegitimate issue does not count in the line of succession, so Diana's supposed "royal" blood does not count.
What is British? Every Monarch since
George III was born in ENGLAND.
That was 300 years & 10 Monarchs
ago.
Of course the Windsors are British.
This whole 'not British' business
is beyond ridiculous.
Hear! Hear!
Actually, it's REALLY the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg-Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Hmmmm....sounds PRETTY German to me.
Technically, Mary of Teck did have British blood as she was also descended from George III through her mother Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. Who's dad was the son of George III.
Not much. According to the video George had only 0.8 % Scottish and 0.4% English blood. Mary's father was German and her grandmother on her mother side was German.
Yep very little but still some.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, European royalty married only royalty. In some countries, if a royal married a non-royal, the royal lost his/her place in the line of succession. Often religion played an important part in the decision as to the husband or the wife. The Catholic monarchies (France, Spain, Austria-Hungary, Italy) married Catholics while the Protestant monarchies (Great Britain, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark) married Protestants. Germany was not a unified country until 1871 but a loose confederation of kingdoms, grand duchies, and principalities - both Catholic and Protestant. Lots of princes and princesses - and many of those married European royalties. Queen Victoria (UK) and King Christian IX (Denmark) provided princes and princesses to all the houses of Europe. That's why the royal families are all German, French, Danish, Spanish, Russian, etc - and are all related to each other eg
The King of Spain. The Crown Prince of Denmark, and The Crown Prince of Greece are all first cousins, King George V (UK), Kaiser William II (Germany), and Czar Nicholas II (Russia) were all cousins as well.
Your criteria for assigning ethnicity is a bit arbitrary, based on some of the points you make. For instance you keep implying that the Scandinavian and Russian royals are basically just German in the time period you cover, which is rather simplistic. Who qualifies as German? If you look at any given ‘German’ princely family you’ll find that almost all of them will have married a Portuguese princess here, a Polish Princess there, an Italian banking family in another generation. Scandinavian royals are just German eh? What about Carl XIV Johan who became heir apparent to the Swedish throne in 1810, and King of Sweden in 1818? Born Jean Bernadotte in Pau, southern France. A fully French general of Napoleon. He ruled until 1844, and he and his French wife, Queen Desiree, whom he married while still in France had a son Oscar, also born in France. Who went on to marry Josephine de Leuchtenberg. A German Princess?, sort of, but actually French and German. Her father was French, the stepson of Napoleon, and son of His first wife Josephine, after whom Oscar’s wife was named. Oscar ruled from 1844 till 1859. His sons were three quarters French. Two became kings. The first Carl XV married Louise of the Netherlands, but his son did not survive to succeed him, and his daughter Louise (3/8s French) went on to marry the King of Denmark. So now the Danish royal family received a good bit of French blood, as the Swedish family approached the 20th century, with younger brother Oscar II three quarter’s French, ruling from 1872 till 1905. It is not till Oscar II’s son Gustaf V whose mother Sophia of Nassau was mostly German by blood brought the blood quotient of the Bernadottes to about 5/8ths or mostly German blood. Over the 19th century they remained mostly French.
And in the British House of Hanover Sophia didn’t just inherit French blood from her maternal Stuart Great Grandmother half French Mary Queen of Scots. She also received 1/8 French blood from her father Frederick’s paternal grandfather William the Silent’s French wife who was a French Huguenot. Her daughter in law Sophia Dorothea of Celle, who you refer to as German, was half French Huguenot as well, because her mother was one of the many refugees from France after Louis XIV’s revocation of the Edict de Nantes granting religious toleration to French Protestants. Making her Grandson George II 5/16ths French.
It’s not until the 20th century that you begin to see young royals’ marriages across Europe coming about for the same reasons as ordinary couples.
I am german. Ins wunschte wir wurden uns verstehen.....the n azis. Where into blood.....why oh why is rhus,ALL discussed...hoch lebe mein liebes heimat land....let us be. German
Realistically, Britain, Scandinavia, Northwest France and even Northern Italy in Lombardy and of course Germany, are all descended from Germanic Tribes. I found this video yesterday with a latter day Pagan/Viking who knows his stuff and explains it clearly. ruclips.net/video/FYJZqDsY2mY/видео.html
As a Geneticist recently pointed out, the differences between the Germans, British and French are negligible. We are all relatives who used to argue with each other to deadly effect. Thank goodness those days seem to be unthinkable now.
Really enjoyed this video. Now off to watch the Russian one.
Thanks!
This is spoiled by voice over artist. Cannot even pronounce some words correctly
There can't be many British families that don't have some foreign blood in their veins, especially if you go back 300 years. This is a pointless exercise.
Apparently it didn't make much difference. It was more important to being royal rather than English.
Also the Prince of Wales + Prince George of Wales has Scottish descent from illegitimately descending from Charles II
Yes William and Harry are both descended from Charles II through their mother Diana who is descended from Charles II through his son the Duke of Richmond. Lots of posh Brits are. He had many many illegitimate children. For instance, Charles III's second wife, Queen Camilla, is also descended from Charles II, because one of her ancestors Arnold Van Keppel the Earl of Albemarle married Lady Anne Lennox a grand daughter of the Duke of Richmond. William and Harry are also descended from Charles II’s younger brother James II through the child he fathered with Lady Sarah Churchill.
Then there are Princesses Beatrice snd Eugenie who are descended from Charles II from their mother Sarah Duchess of York.
Charles III’s first cousin once removed, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is descended from his late mother Princess Alice, from the Dukes of Buccleugh. The first duke was Charles II’s first born, but also illegitimate son, James Scott Duke of Monmouth.
Please, get your facts right!!!!! Mary Teck's father was half Hungarian, the son of Klaudia Rhédey and some German Count. Romania didn't even exist at that time! Transylvania's was part of Hungary until the end of 2nd world war. this ancestry makes Mary Teck 1/4 Hungarian, her sons, David, Albert, Henry etc 12%...and Bertie's daughter, Elisabeth II 6% Hungarian.
Maria von Teck. German from her father's and partially mother's side.
@@ninascheicher5500 Queen Mary, at birth christened as Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes' father was the son of the Hungarian Claudine Rhedey and some German aristocrat. Work the rest out for yourself, plenty of information on google.
@@katalinrobin6222 That 'some German aristocrat' was Queen Mary's father, himself a son of the Württemberg line of earls, originating from the line of the Zähringers, a Swabian (German) dynasty. The place Teck still exists today, including a castle, you drive past it on the Autobahn, it is most certainly in Germany. Queen Mary's mother, Princess Adelaide of Cambridge was herself descended from the Mecklenburg-Strelitz dynasty. Queen Mary spend many happy months travelling and visiting German relatives during her childhood in Hessen and Mecklenburg.
Did you know: Henry the 4 of Castile wanted Isabella to marry Edward IV of England ?
WERE they fat least friends with benefits..and when i say benefits..i do mean holidays to madrid!
Is it not very 19th century /early 20th century to think of people - even a dynasty - to in pseudo-biological terms of 'blood'. Oswald Mosley and the right-wing Britisih aristocracy of the interwar years would rejoice at such discourse.
George V had what, for him, was a progressive and a canny political idea: change the name and you change the image of the Royal family. Social influences create identity probably more than 'percentages' of blood.
British royal family are of German heritage.
The German Hamovers are of Scottish Stuarts. You forgot?
That was possibly the most fascinating video I have seen. I have always been a huge supporter of monarchies and thought that royals marrying royals was best (as most would think) to keep the ruling blood lines pure. It is very eye opening to realize that several generations of “pure royals” were technologically British rulers who were less than 1% British. It is only through two generations of royals marrying “commoners” that eventually the British King will be mainly British blood……. It will be fascinating to see who Prince George eventually marries.
Thank you so much for your kind words!
wouldnt mary of teck have had the same amount of british ancestry as edward vii?
Thats a lot of germans
too many germans
prince charles..some..through his grandma.. his mom-like half or something... prince william more...coz of his mom..prince george..LOTS
THESE VIDEOS R GREAT!
Thanks!
Ur welcome!! 😊😊
Very grand! I also know someone who had something similar.
Why not do a video on How Scottish Were the Stuarts?
Found this very interesting once again
Thank you :)!
True ,more blue blood than Wi ndsors
Useful Charts did a general DNA going back ten generation. His understanding is 42 percent German, British, Scottish and others but can't remember the break down.
Since the queen and her family left Germany 🇩🇪 during the war time and went to England and they changed their name to Windsor and then she ended up being queen who are really the ones who deserve to run a monarchy because I’m from Berlin Germany 🇩🇪 and I know lots about my German ancestors
Not very! 😮
Edward 7th's wife Alexandra was a descendant of George 2nd in several ways, so as far as George 2nd had some British blood, Alexandra also had. Also, Mary of Teck was a descendant of George 3rd, prince Philip was a descendant of queen Victoria etc., bringing in at least some Brithsh blood.
..and prince Philip's paternal grandfather king George 1st of Greece was the brother of queen Alexandra and therefore also a descendant of George 2nd in several ways.
@@larsmunch4536 they were all of German roots body, all of them even George I(:
Omg so entertaining! You should do the actual king of Spain who is related to king Charles for some blood lines and her daughter the heir is the first person in the entire house of Borbón with some fresh Spanish blood since the 15th century, because I think the current king is more German and french
This information was very interesting, thank you for the hard work and effort you put into it and sharing!
Technically they should be house Mountbatten.
Actually, it should be the House of Glücksburg
no, Glucksburg since Phillip was born a member of he House of Glucksburg. Mountbatten was his mom's dynasty
@@andypham1636 Mountbatten post 1917. Pre 1917 it was Battenburg .
@@herondelatorre4023 IK that. By the time Phillip became a British subjects it was Mountbatten
@@BimRen246 Technology It Should Be the House Of Oldenburg;Prince Philip's House Of His Father From The Greek Royal Family. The Sonderburg Glucksburg Branch.
A delightful video-once again. I always look forward to your uploads!
A Queen Mary book that I ordered (thanks to your video) arrived last week-it shall be my upcoming vacation reading.
Keep the book mentions coming-i'll happily buy what is recommended! ❤😊😊
Awesome, I hope you enjoy it! Will do so in future videos 😇 Thanks for your support!
None of them are.
They are some type of
Saxon German
all the way back to .........
For some reason tzars wives are also Saxon German.
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Did you ever find out where those German Hanovers descended from? They are descendants of the Tudors, Stuarts, etc. So don't say the British royals are German, when their German ancestors had British ancestors to begin with.
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Isaac Isaacson Saxons
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Ireland to Russia.
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