#viktoria adelheid

[postcard-from-the-past]

Leopold Charles Edward George Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Crown Prince Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden Princess Sibylle Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Västerbotten Prince Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund, Duke of Västerbotten Crown Princess Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten, later Queen consort of Sweden Princess Viktoria Adelheid Helene Luise Marie Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein, Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Swedish vintage postcard

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October 22 1858: The Birth of Kaiserin Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein was the eldest daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Lagenburg. Tragedy struck only a week after her birth when her elder brother died from illness. In 1860, her younger sister, Caroline Mathilda, was born. Who was regarded as prettier and a brighter personality than the chubby, serious, submissive Augusta Victoria. Soon Augusta’s mother would give birth to another boy, Gerhard, who died in infancy. Their next male heir and fifth child, Ernst Gunther, was a perfectly healthy baby boy. Augusta would have two other sisters, Louise Sophie in April 1866 and Feodora Adelaide in July 1874.

In her family, she was known affectionately as “Dona.” Augusta’s obedient nature was noted on early in her youth, even by her future mother-in-law Crown Princess Frederick. ‘It is strange how good some children are – and how little trouble they give,’ she wrote to her mother, Queen Victoria, when Augusta Victoria was nine years old.  ‘Ada’s children are patterns of obedience, gentleness – the best of dispositions’. (1)

The thought of a match between Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia was contemplated ever since they were children, as noted by the prince (future Kaiser, ex-Kaiser) later in the future. But was never taken seriously until after the prince was rejected by Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine. Perhaps, Wilhelm was seeking for a rebound in Dona and it was a success. As the couple married on the 27th of February 1881. The marriage has been regarded to be happy but not without struggle. As Wilhelm quickly grew bored at his new wife’s longing for a simple domestic lifestyle, having multiple affairs throughout the years. And in the beginning only saw Dona as a broodmare. It was only after an ear infection gone bad, where Augusta stayed by Wilhelm’s side throughout the duration of it did he start to see her in an adjusted light, but continued to be unfaithful to her.

She bore him seven children:

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia (1882-1951)

Prince Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942)

Prince Adalbert (1884-1948)

Prince August Wilhelm (1887-1949)

Prince Oskar (1888-1958)

Prince Joachim (1890-1920)

Princess Viktoria Louise of Prussia (1892-1980)

Her days as Empress, she was regarded by the court as a prudish, a stickler for rules who punished anyone for the simplest gesture she deemed to be “immoral.” She was deemed by many as unremarkable and plain with a gaudy and tacky sense of fashion. With Nicholas II remarking to his mother, the Dowager Empress. That she ‘did her best to be pleasant but looked awful in sumptuous gowns completely lacking in taste; in particular the hats she wore in the evening were frightful.’

Though as overbearing and a nuisance as she was in public life and a part of her private life, by some family members, such as Empress Frederick (with whom she had a very heated feud with and who Augusta enjoyed snubbing frequently) who wrote to her daughter, Sophie, she was characterized as: ‘very grand and stiff and cold and condescending at first, but became much nicer afterwards.  Perhaps it was also partly shyness.’ and by her younger sister, Louise Sophie that when she was ‘not bowing to the will of her autocratic husband she was easy and indulgent’. “Her cousin Alice of Albany, who was sometimes mildly critical of her older relations, found her ‘most affable and kind’.”(1)

She was her husband’s biggest supporter throughout everything (for better and for worse) and was crushed when she was stripped of her titles as German Empress and Queen of Prussia after the war. Her health, which was already declining ever since the 1890s (causing her to miscarry twice) went down a rapid decline in the 1920s. And it had worsened when she had heard of the news of the death of her youngest son, Prince Joachim. She passed away on the 11th April 1921, in spite of her personal flaws, she was a beloved Empress by the German people and her popularity outshined her husband’s. Thousands lined up to see her off, where she would be buried at the Temple of Antiquities in the gardens near the New Palais in Postdam. Her husband, the ex Kaiser Wilhelm II was forbidden to cross into Germany to see his wife off for the final time.

Her room in Huis Doorn was soon turned into a shrine dedicated to the late Empress. With Wilhelm ordering for the room to regularly be cleaned with flowers and a cross draped over the bed. “Once a week, for the rest of his twenty years, he would retire there on his own, to go and mourn her memory.“ (1)

Wilhelm adhered to his late wife’s wishes for him to marry someone else when she was gone. When only a year later he would marry Princess Hermine of Reuss. He passed away in June of 1941, at age 82, 20 years after her passing.

Source : The Last German Empress

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Royal Deaths, 3rd October

1283 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales of Gwynnedd (North-Wales). Executed. 

1369 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol.

1568 - Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain, daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici and 3rd wife of Philip II of Spain, dies in childbirth at 23.

1611 - Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, Queen of Portugal, wife of Philip Ill, King of Spain.

1970 - Viktoria Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, wife of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

[theroyalfanzine]

Queen Victoria's Currently living Eldest Decendants and Eldest Ever Descendants

This list is as of 19 April 2024

CURRENTLY LIVING

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (95 years, 0 months, 0 days)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (12 February 1932) (92 years, 2 months, 7 days)

Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (12 July 1932) (91 years, 9 months, 7 days)

Mrs. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (28 July 1932) (91 years,8 months, 22 days)

Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (5 April 1933) (91 years, 0 months, 14 days)

Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (24 July 1934) (89 years, 8 months, 26 days)

Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (Sweden, 31 October 1934) ( 89 years, 5months, 13 days)

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley (26 Februrary 1935)(89 years, 1 months, 24 days)

Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, The Duke of Kent (9 October 1935) (88 years, 6 months, 10 days)

Miss Elizabeth Alice Abel Smith (5 September 1936) (87 years, 7 months, 14 days)

Eldest LIVED Descendants:

On 12 June 2025, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner will join this list if she is still living.

Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921-9 April 2021) ( 99 years, 10 months, 11 days)

Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (25/02/1883-03/01/1981) (97 years, 10 months, 10 days)

Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom (21 April 1926-8 September 2022) ( 96 years, 4 months, 18 days)

King Mihai I of Romania (25/10/1921-05/12/2017) ( 96 years, 1 month, 11 days)

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (Sweden) (31/10/1916-05/05/2012) (95 years, 6 months, 5 days )

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (95 years, 0 months, 0 days)

Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg (of Sweden) (07/06/1907-04/02/2002) (94 years, 7 months, 28 days )

Lady Katherine Brandram (Princess of Greece and Denmark) (04/05/1913 02/10/2007) ( 94 years, 4 months, 27 days )

Infanta Dona Beatriz   Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugénie Cristina Maria Teresia Bienvenida Ladislàa   of Spain, The Princess of Civitella-Cesi   (22/06/1909-22/11/2002) (93 years, 5 months, 1 day)

Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten- Knatchbull  , The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (14/02/1924-13/06/2017) ( 93 years, 4 months)

FACTS:

The Duke of Edinburgh is the husband  and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, first cousin of Lady Katherine Brandram,  The Countess Mountbatten of Burma & Lady Pamela (Mountbatten) Hicks & uncle to Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse.  He is also a 1st cousin 1x removed of  Queen Sofia of Spain, King Constantine II of the Helenes and Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark and The Duke of Kent (The Duke of Kent’s mother Marina was The Duke of Edinburgh’s first cousin).

Queen Elizabeth II is a 3rd cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Lady Pamela Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh. She is the wife of The Duke of Edinburgh. Through her marriage, she is an aunt to  Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse. She is a first cousin of The Duke of Kent.

Lady Pamela Hicks is a 3rd cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, a first cousin of  The Duke of Edinburgh, her big sister was The Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is a third cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II & Lady Pamela Hicks.

The Countess of Althorne was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. By her marriage,  The Countess of Althorne was also a great aunt of Queen Elizabeth II-she married QEII’s grandmother’s brother

King Mihai I of Romania was the last monarch of Romania, he was also a great grandchild of Queen Victoria twice-once through his mother (via Victoria, Princess Royal) and once through his father (via Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

Sweden’s Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg & Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg were brothers as well as uncles to King Carl XVI Gustaf, Princess Margareta, Mrs. Ambler, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern,  Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld,  Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley  was a great granddaughter of Prince Leopold, The Duke of Albany, thus a great great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is also the younger sister of  Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.

[ladysophy]

Kaiserin Augusta Viktoria of Prussia with her son Prince Adalbert of Prussia and his wife Princess Adelheid (née Princess of Saxe-Meiningen). Mid-1910s.

Source: eBay via Wikimedia Commons.

[princessvictoriamelita]

Silver Wedding Celebration of Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line and Princess Elise, née Hohenlohe-Langenburg. 1909.

Middle row: Princess Charlotte Reuss of Köstritz, Princess Feodora Reuss Younger Line, Prince Ernst II of Hohenlohe-Langenburg...

Front row: Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Elise Reuss Younger Line, Prince Heinrich XXVII Reuss Younger Line, Princess Elisabeth of Solms-Braunfels, Hereditary Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Front row (seated): Princess Luise Reuss Younger Line, Prince Heinrich XLV Reuss Younger Line, Princess Viktoria Feodora Reuss Younger Line and Hereditary Prince Heinrich XLIII Reuss Younger Line.

I have yet to identify the rest of the members..

[royaltyandpomp]

THE TIARA

H.R.H. Duchess Viktoria Adelheid of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, née Princess of Schleswig-Holstein  (1885-1970)  

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Carl Eduard von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha end Viktoria Adelheid

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hi! im not sure if name reqs are open but can you do german/germanic names of any letter? thank you have a great dayヾ( ˃ᴗ˂ )

Adalbert

Meaning: noble and bright

Origin: Germanic

Alternate spelling: Adelbert

Related names: Ada, Adele, Adelheid, Albert

Bianka

Meaning: white, fair

Origin: French

Alternate spelling: Bianca

Carl

Meaning: man

Origin: Germanic

Alternate spelling: Karl

Related names: Carla, Carolin, Charlotte, Karla

Dieter

Meaning: warrior of the people

Origin: Germanic

Eike

Meaning: edge

Origin: Germanic

Falk

Meaning: falcon

Origin: German

Gisela

Meaning: hostage, pledge

Origin: Germanic

Related names: Gisa

Hans

Meaning: god is gracious

Origin: Hebrew

Irma

Meaning: whole, universal

Origin: Germanic

Kurt

Meaning: brave counsel

Origin: Germanic

Lotte

Meaning: man

Origin: Germanic

Related names: Karl

Max

Meaning: greatest

Origin: Latin

Nora

Meaning: ?

Origin: ?

Related names: Eleanor

Otto

Meaning: wealth, fortune

Origin: Germanic

Peter

Meaning: stone

Origin: Greek

Quirin

Meaning: spear

Origin: Sabine

Rosalie

Meaning: rose

Origin: Latin

Siegfried

Meaning: peaceful victory

Origin: Germanic

Thea

Meaning: gift of God

Origin: Greek

Ulrich

Meaning: prosperity and power

Origin: Germanic

Viktoria

Meaning: victory

Origin: Latin

Walter

Meaning: ruler of the army

Origin: Germanic

Yvonne

Meaning: yew

Origin: Germanic

Zoe

Meaning: life

Origin: Greek

[wgabry]

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg married Friedrich Ferdinand, the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe. Karoline Mathilde's elder sister, Augusta Viktoria was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Princess Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte of Prussia

German vintage postcard

[simcourts]

Monarchy of Neunschwil

House of Eichberg

Current Monarch: Kaiser Wilfried

Heir Apparent: Prince Antonio

Sim World: Newcrest

Country of Inspiration: Germany-Austria

Fashion based on: Edwardian era

Government: Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy

Succession: Agnatic-Cognatic Primogeniture

Capital: Altenwald

Kaiser Wilfried Friedrich August Viktor Eichberg and Kaiserin Beatrix Viktoria Charlotte Eichberg

Princess Corina Augusta Adelheid Eichberg

Prince Antonio Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Eichberg and Max

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Master Post - Members who married into a royal or noble house

Disclaimer: If a person married someone from the same house as they were born into, I have not listed them in this list. Please look at the list sorted by birth for them. Houses that rule(d)/reside(d) in other countries but originally came from German and/or Austrian territories and/or are generally regarded as belonging to this cultural room are listed among the German & Austrian Houses.

German & Austrian Houses

House of Babenberg

Princess Eudokia Laskarina of Nicaea, The Hereditary Duchess of Austria

Princess Theodora Angelina of Byzantium, The Duchess of Austria & Styria

Princess Theodora Komnene of Byzantium, The Duchess of Bavaria & Austria

House of Castell

Baroness Ottilie of Faber, Countess of Faber-Castell

House of Coburg (Cadet branch of the House of Wettin)

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1st marriage)

Princess Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, The Empress of India

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (wife of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

House of Faber

Ottilie Richter, Baroness of Faber

House of Habsburg (incl. Habsburg-Lorraine)

Anna Plochl, Countess of Meran

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, The Empress of Mexico, Archduchess of Austria

Infanta Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, The Archduchess of Austria

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth in Bavaria, The Empress of Austria

Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress

Queen Joanna of Castile, León and Aragon (Consort of Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria and The Duke of Burgundy)

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Archduchess of Inner Austria-Styria

Maria Beatrice d’Este, The Duchess of Massa & Carrara, Archduchess of Austria

Mary, The Duchess of Burgundy

Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria

Countess Sophie Chotek of Chotkowa and Wognin, The Duchess of Hohenberg

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, The Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia

House of Hanover (Cadet branch of the House of Welf)

Princess Adelaide (Adelheid) of Saxe-Meiningen, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Caroline of Ansbach, The Queen of Great Britain

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover

Frederica (Friederike) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Hanover, The Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale (3rd marriage)

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Duchess of Kent (2nd marriage)

House of Hesse

Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Christina of Saxony, The Landgravine of Hesse

House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Feodora of Leininigen, The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

House of Hohenstaufen

Irene of Byzantium, The Queen of the Germans, The Duchess of Swabia

House of Hohenzollern

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, The German Empress

Princess Augusta Victoria (Auguste Viktoria) of Schleswig-Holstein, The German Empress

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen of Prussia

Princess Elisabeth of Wied, The Queen & Princess of Romania

Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, The Queen of Prussia

Frederica (Friederike) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess Louis Charles of Prussia (1st marriage)

Princess Hermine Reuß, “German Empress”

Jadwiga Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Prussia

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, The Queen in Prussia

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, The German Empress

House of La Marck

Jeanne d’Albret, The Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

House of Limburg-Luxemburg

Elizabeth of Pomerania, Holy Roman Empress

House of Nassau

Princess Sophie of Württemberg, The Queen of the Netherlands

House of Oldenburg

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Juliane of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen of Denmark and Norway

House of Supplinburg

Richenza of Northeim, Holy Roman Empress

House of Thurn and Taxis

Helene in Bavaria, The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis

House of Welf (without the British Hanover branch)

Princess Elisabeth of Brandenburg, The Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

House of Wettin (without the Coburg branch)

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Sibylle of Cleves, The Electress of Saxony

House of Wittelsbach

Elizabeth Stuart, The Queen of Bohemia & Electress Palatine

Kunigunde of Austria, The Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

Princess Louise d’Orléans, Princess of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, The Electress of Bavaria

Princess Marie of Prussia, The Queen of Bavaria

The House of Württemberg

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, The Duchess of Württemberg

The Ottonians

Adelaide of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Italy

Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress

Foreign Houses

House of Bourbon

Jeanne d’Albret, The Queen of Navarre and The Duchess of Vendôme

Archduchess Maria Antonia “Marie Antoinette” of Austria, The Queen of France

House of Braganza

Archduchess Maria Leopoldina, The Empress of Brazil, The Queen of Portugal and the Algarves 

Byzantine Imperial Family

Konstanze “Anna” of Hohenstaufen, The Empress of Nicaea

House of Ivrea

Elisabeth “Beatrix” of Swabia, The Queen of Castile, León & Galicia

House of Lorraine

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess of Lorraine and Bar

The Archduchess Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia) of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (marriage formed new House of Habsburg-Lorraine)

House of Medici

Archduchess Johanna of Austria, The Grand Duchess of Tuscany

House of Radziwiłł

Princess Luise of Prussia, Princess Radziwiłł

House of Romanov (incl. Romanov-Holstein-Gottrop)

Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine aka Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, The Empress Regnant of Russia aka Catherine the Great

House of Tudor

Anne of Cleves, The Queen of England

House of Valois

Elisabeth (Isabeau) of Bavaria, The Queen of France

House of Vasa

Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, The Queen of Sweden

Minor Nobles

Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, The Imperial Countess of Cosel

Helene Baltazzi, The Baroness of Vetsera

Maria Anna Mozart, The Imperial Countess Berchthold

Marie Karoline of Mollard, The Imperial Countess of Fuchs to Bimbach

Sophia Botta, The Dark Countess of Hildburghausen

Sophie of Pannwitz, Countess of Voß

[theroyalfanzine]

Queen Victoria's Currently living Eldest Decendants and Eldest Ever Descendants

This list is as of October 9,  2023

CURRENTLY LIVING

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (94 years, 5 months,20 days)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (12 February 1932) (91 years, 7 months, 27 days)

Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (12 July 1932) (91 years, 2 months, 28 days)

Mrs. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (28 July 1932) (91 years,2 months, 12 days)

Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (5 April 1933) (90 years, 6 months, 5 days)

Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (24 July 1934) (89 years, 2 months, 16 days)

Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (Sweden, 31 October 1934) ( 88 years, 11 months, 10 days)

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley (26 Februrary 1935)(88 years, 7 months, 14 days)

Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, The Duke of Kent (9 October 1935) (88 years, 0 months, 0 days)

Miss Elizabeth Alice Abel Smith (5 September 1936) (87 years, 1 months, 5 days)

Eldest LIVED Descendants:

On 12 June 2025, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner will join this list if she is still living.

Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921-9 April 2021) ( 99 years, 10 months, 11 days)

Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (25/02/1883-03/01/1981) (97 years, 10 months, 10 days)

Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom (21 April 1926-8 September 2022) ( 96 years, 4 months, 18 days)

King Mihai I of Romania (25/10/1921-05/12/2017) ( 96 years, 1 month, 11 days)

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (Sweden) (31/10/1916-05/05/2012) (95 years, 6 months, 5 days )

Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg (of Sweden) (07/06/1907-04/02/2002) (94 years, 7 months, 28 days )

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (94 years, 5 months,20 days)

Lady Katherine Brandram (Princess of Greece and Denmark) (04/05/1913 02/10/2007) ( 94 years, 4 months, 27 days )

Infanta Dona Beatriz   Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugénie Cristina Maria Teresia Bienvenida Ladislàa   of Spain, The Princess of Civitella-Cesi   (22/06/1909-22/11/2002) (93 years, 5 months, 1 day)

Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten- Knatchbull  , The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (14/02/1924-13/06/2017) ( 93 years, 4 months)

FACTS:

The Duke of Edinburgh is the husband  and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, first cousin of Lady Katherine Brandram,  The Countess Mountbatten of Burma & Lady Pamela (Mountbatten) Hicks & uncle to Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse.  He is also a 1st cousin 1x removed of  Queen Sofia of Spain, King Constantine II of the Helenes and Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark and The Duke of Kent (The Duke of Kent’s mother Marina was The Duke of Edinburgh’s first cousin).

Queen Elizabeth II is a 3rd cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Lady Pamela Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh. She is the wife of The Duke of Edinburgh. Through her marriage, she is an aunt to  Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse. She is a first cousin of The Duke of Kent.

Lady Pamela Hicks is a 3rd cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, a first cousin of  The Duke of Edinburgh, her big sister was The Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is a third cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II & Lady Pamela Hicks.

The Countess of Althorne was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. By her marriage,  The Countess of Althorne was also a great aunt of Queen Elizabeth II-she married QEII’s grandmother’s brother

King Mihai I of Romania was the last monarch of Romania, he was also a great grandchild of Queen Victoria twice-once through his mother (via Victoria, Princess Royal) and once through his father (via Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

Sweden’s Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg & Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg were brothers as well as uncles to King Carl XVI Gustaf, Princess Margareta, Mrs. Ambler, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern,  Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld,  Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley  was a great granddaughter of Prince Leopold, The Duke of Albany, thus a great great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is also the younger sister of  Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.

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Hetalia Names

These are the names that I use.  In no particular order.  It’s alright if you don’t use the same names, but if you need a quick name recommendation, I’m so glad to help!  Lol.  Also, what is the whole thing around these characters and the name Louise?  Please give some recommendations to me so I can change them because where are so many Louise/Luise/Luvise’s that I literally can’t even

America: 1P, Alfred F. Jones 2P, Allen F. Jones NYO, Amelia E. Jones NYO 2P, Emily F. Jones

Canada: 1P, Matthew Williams 2P, James Williams NYO, Marguerite Williams NYO 2P, Maddeline ‘Maddie’ Williams

England: 1P, Arthur Kirkland 2P, Oliver Kirkland NYO, Alice Kirkland NYO 2P, Olivia Elizabeth Kirkland

France: 1P, Francis Bonnefoy 2P, François Bonnefoy NYO, Catherine Bonnefoy NYO 2P, Francine Bonnefoy

Spain: 1P, Antonio Fernandez Carriedo 2P, Andres Fernandez Carriedo NYO, Isabel Fernandez Carriedo NYO 2P, Araceli Carriedo

Italy: 1P, Feliciano Vargas 2P, Luciano Vargas NYO, Margherita Vargas NYO 2P, Mariella Vargas

Romano: 1P, Lovino Vargas 2P, Flavio Vargas NYO, Lucilla Vargas NYO 2P, Angelica Vargas

Germany: 1P, Ludwig Beilschmidt 2P, Lutz Beilschmidt NYO, Monika Beilschmidt NYO 2P, Louise Beilschmidt

Prussia: 1P, Gilbert Beilschmidt 2P, Gilen Beilschmidt NYO, Julchen Maria Beilschmidt NYO 2P, Viktoria Beilschmidt

Hungary: 1P, Elizabeta Hedervary 2P, Erzsebet Hedervary NYO, Daniel Hedervary NYO 2P, Darryl Hedervary

Austria: 1P, Roderich Edelstein 2P, Roland Edelstein NYO, Anneliese Edelstein NYO 2P, Therese Edelstein

Switzerland: 1P, Vash Zwingli 2P, Voss Zwingli NYO, Adelheid ‘Heidi’ Zwingli NYO 2P, Adelaid Zwingli

Liechtenstein: 1P, Lillia ‘Lilli’ Vogel 2P, Luise Vogel NYO, Noah Vogel NYO 2P, Nico Vogel

Romania: 1P, Vladimir Popescu 2P, Vasska Popescu NYO, Viorica Popescu NYO 2P, Alina Popescu

Greece: 1P, Heracles Karpusi 2P, Hermes Karpusi NYO, Helice Karpusi NYO 2P, Hestia Karpusi

Belgium: 1P, Bella Maes 2P, Beatrice Maes NYO, Beau Maes NYO 2P, Anouk de Vris

Netherlands: 1P, Abel Maes 2P, Henry Maes NYO, Karina Maes NYO 2P, Klara de Vris

Poland: 1P, Feliks Łukasiewicz 2P, Franciszek Łukasiewicz NYO, Florentyna Łukasiewicz NYO 2P, Anka Łukasiewicz

Lithuania: 1P, Toris Laurinaitis 2P, Tomas Lorinaitis NYO, Tatjana Lorinaityte NYO 2P, Morta Lorinaitis

Latvia: 1P, Raivis Galante 2P, Ruslan Galante NYO, Rebeka Galanta NYO 2P, Rota Galante

Estonia: 1P, Eduard von Bock 2P, Egor von Bock NYO, Edith von Bock NYO 2P, Loviise von Bock

Finland: 1P, Tino Väinämöinen 2P, Thurston Väinämöinen NYO, Tiina Väinämöinen NYO 2P, Lora Väinämöinen

Sweden: 1P, Berwald Oxenstierna 2P, Bernard Oxenstierna NYO, Belinda Oxenstierna NYO 2P, Freja Oxenstierna

Norway: 1P, Lukas Bondevik 2P, Lokki Bondevik NYO, Lovise Bondevik NYO 2P, Lucia Bondevik

Denmark: 1P, Matthias Køhler 2P, Markell Køhler NYO, Mette Køhler NYO 2P, Milena Køhler

Iceland: 1P, Emil Steillson 2P, Egil Steillson NYO, Emi Steillson NYO 2P, Elsa Steillson

Russia: 1P, Ivan Braginski 2P, Viktor Braginski NYO, Anya Braginskaya NYO 2P, Roksana Braginski

Ukraine: 1P, Yekaterina ‘Katyusha’ Braginskaya 2P, Katya Braginskaya NYO, Dmitri Braginski NYO 2P, Mykola Chernenko

Belarus: 1P, Natalia Arlovskaya 2P, Natasha Arlovskaya NYO, Nikolai Arlovski NYO 2P, Cyril Arlovsky

Japan: 1P, Kiku Honda 2P, Kuro Honda NYO, Sakura Honda NYO 2P, Hana Honda

China: 1P, Yao Wang 2P, Xiao Wang NYO, Chun-Yan Wang NYO 2P, Chen-Lien Wang

Australia: 1P, Jett Kirkland 2P, Jared Kirkland NYO, Jillian ‘Jilli’ Kirkland NYO 2P, Danielle Kirkland

Scotland: 1P, Allistor Kirkland 2P, Gavin Kirkland NYO, Annabel Kirkland NYO 2P, Eileen Kirkland

Ireland: 1P, Alroy Kirkland 2P, Alaric Kirkland NYO, Alonna Kirkland NYO 2P, Aimee Kirkland

Wales: 1P, Reuben Kirkland 2P, William Kirkland NYO, Rowena Kirkland NYO 2P, Ceri Kirkland

Rome: 1P, Romulus Vargas 2P, Lucius Vargas NYO, Rosetta Vargas NYO 2P, Cinzia Vargas

Germania: 1P, Gauthier Weillschmidt 2P, Sigmund Beilschmidt NYO, Gitte Weillschmidt NYO 2P, Hildegarde Weillschmidt

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If we still translated names of royals today...

Inspired by a question @ofprincessesandqueens received, I wonder now how all the different modern royals would be called if we still translated their names in our native languages.

In German, the British Royal Family would be called the following:

Her Majesty & the Prince Consort

Königin Elisabeth Alexandra Maria/Marie

Prinz Philip(p), Herzog von Edinburgh

The Prince of Wales & The Duchess of Cornwall

Prinz Karl Philip(p) Art(h)ur Georg, Fürst von Wales

Camilla* Rosemarie, Herzogin von Cornwall

The Cambridges

Prinz Wilhelm Art(h)ur Philip(p) Ludwig, Herzog von Cambridge

Katharina Elisabeth Middleton, Herzogin von Cambridge

Prinz Georg Alexander Ludwig von Cambridge

Prinzessin Charlotte Elisabeth Diana von Cambridge

Prinz Ludwig Artur/Arthur Karl von Cambridge

The Sussexes

Prinz Heinrich “Heini” Karl Albert David, Herzog von Sussex

Rachel Megan Markle, Herzogin von Sussex*

Erchie Heinisohn Battenberg-Windsor****

The Yorks

Prinz Andreas Albert Christian Eduard, Herzog von York

Sarah Margarethe Ferguso, Herzogin von York

Prinzessin Beatrice/Beatrix Elisabeth Marie, Frau Mapelli Mozi

Eduard Alexander Mapelli Mozzi

Prinzessin Eugenie Viktoria Helena, Frau Brooksbank

The Wessexes

Prinz Eduard Anton Richard Ludwig, Graf von Wessex

Sophie Helene Rhys-Jones, Gräfin von Wessex

Dame Luise Adelheid Elisabeth Marie Battenberg-Windsor***

Jakob Alexander Philip(p) Theo, Vizegraf Severn

Princess Anne

Prinzessin Anne Elisabeth Adelheid Luise, Königliche Prinzessin**

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* There are no real equivalents for Camilla and Meghan. Camilla might be spelled with a K instead and the h in Meghan could be dropped.

** There is no official translation of Princess Royal I could find, so I used the literal translation

*** Dame is not used to adress someone in German but it means the same a Lady.

**** I derived Erchie from Erchanbald which was a German example of Archibald on wikipedia. But I think we would still rather translate it to Archibald if we were still to translate names. I also liberally translated Harrison to Heinisohn since I remember hearing the rumor they chose Harrison because it meant Harry’s son.

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The names are not too different most of the time, it is mostly the pronounciation which is kinda hard to show on tumblr. Just trust me that many of the born royals have names you would expect from your grandparents’ generation.