The Royals Really Are All Related

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    All 10 of the European hereditary monarchs alive today can trace their ancestry back to a single royal couple, Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange and Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Let's meet this prolific pair and 76 of their descendent who went on to sit on the thrones of The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg, Spain, The UK, Belgium, Monaco and Liechtenstein. And we’ll take a fascinating journey through the last 300 years of European history.
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  • @LindsayHoliday
    @LindsayHoliday  2 ปีที่แล้ว +232

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    • @xianxiannn
      @xianxiannn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hiii, i love your channel 😍and

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      @MarshalltonUMC792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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    • @tayedmm6493
      @tayedmm6493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday hi Lindsay! Been a subscriber for years now! Could you please do a video on the Dollar Princesses/ Husband Hunters? There is only one detailed video about them on TH-cam that I could find. While it was very interesting, it was extremely hard to understand what the narrator was saying. It’s in English, it’s just that the narrator is putting on some kind of voice, I believe. Very low and breathy. I would be absolutely ecstatic if you would make your own Dollar Princesses video! I so much want to learn about them. You teach me so much and entertain me at the same time. You would make a great Dollar Princesses video, OF COURSE! 😆 hope you will consider this! Thank you!

    • @danielbend8938
      @danielbend8938 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually, King George II of Great Britain is the most recent royal ancestor of all the monarchs that ever existed even now, since George II was a king and Johan Friso wasn't

    • @imperfectlyperfectmaggie4990
      @imperfectlyperfectmaggie4990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @stbart-uc6mo
    @stbart-uc6mo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5104

    This takes "I love my family" to a whole 'nother level.

    • @xianxiannn
      @xianxiannn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      Not for you though, king henry did you dirty

    • @stbart-uc6mo
      @stbart-uc6mo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@xianxiannn ayy yesh😪

    • @xianxiannn
      @xianxiannn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@stbart-uc6mo poor queen, i liked you the most out of Henrys wives

    • @jamesfrancisedwardstuartal298
      @jamesfrancisedwardstuartal298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@xianxiannn Hi!

    • @stbart-uc6mo
      @stbart-uc6mo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@xianxiannn Aww thankyou :)

  • @cinna_sultan
    @cinna_sultan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3595

    "The royals really are all related"
    This says EVERYTHING.

    • @cathylanders2479
      @cathylanders2479 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      how so

    • @chykim1
      @chykim1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Explains a lot!!

    • @chykim1
      @chykim1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @Women's rights was a mistake yeah, you go ahead, good luck with that....

    • @xianxiannn
      @xianxiannn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Madd

    • @jamiedimond9419
      @jamiedimond9419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@cathylanders2479 shape shifting

  • @irondragonmaiden
    @irondragonmaiden 2 ปีที่แล้ว +916

    It's kind of impressive that John Willem and Marie Louise's legacy is so extensive when they only had two children

    • @MarauderPeter21
      @MarauderPeter21 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      This remind me Kaguya, only have Hagoromo and Hamura, then from Hagoromo we get Ashura and Indra, and also from Hamura another bransh and you get most of the clans in Naruto. Or the Peverell and Black family tree, but in this case is more like Naruto's one xDD

    • @Tootisepop
      @Tootisepop ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MarauderPeter21 right

    • @veronicalogotheti1162
      @veronicalogotheti1162 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Inventions

    • @jesuschristiskingofkingslo2023
      @jesuschristiskingofkingslo2023 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yea no kidding that's what I was thinking

  • @heddadybvadskog-nebb5603
    @heddadybvadskog-nebb5603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +485

    As a Norwegian I find it super cute that we picked someone to be our king and he was like "wait are you sure" and refused to take the throne until we got to vote on it. As a country that had not be independent for well over 500 years I think that it was very important for us to choose and I respect Haakon VII for letting us do that. Him and Maud really did their best to fit in, including going skiing in 1906, which was photographed and instantly made them feel like our own. Add to that his fierce resistance during WW2 and it is easy to see why he is so beloved.

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yeah. We have all these cute stories about them too. Like the little picture book depicting their first winter here. And have you heard the one about the laundress who discovered that she was secretly actually ironing the royal families clothes? It’s silly but sweet.

    • @karenhanania9014
      @karenhanania9014 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That was an interesting response!

    • @SexyThug-vx5yz
      @SexyThug-vx5yz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for admitting that your "royal" family Really isn't ROYAL!. BLACKS RULED THERE ALSO!.

    • @nincumpoop9747
      @nincumpoop9747 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It’s a little less benevolent when u consider the times of imperial revolts and revolutions. Pretty sure he wanted to know the levels of the “off with his head” crowd rather than encouraging democracy lol.

    • @noorbohamad5796
      @noorbohamad5796 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nincumpoop9747
      it’s A LOT less malevolent than you’re making it out to be

  • @cyrilmarasigan7108
    @cyrilmarasigan7108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3021

    Victoria: I am the grandmother of europe
    Cristian ix: well, i am the father in law of europe
    John and marie: hold our teas!

    • @xianxiannn
      @xianxiannn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Teass ☕☕🫖

    • @johnoneill4483
      @johnoneill4483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Victoria, I was illegitimate as my father was a raging homosexual!
      This is how haemophilia was introduced to the british royal family

    • @xianxiannn
      @xianxiannn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @20180047 MARASIGAN CYRIL ANN PUERTOLLANO 🫖🫖🫖☕☕☕☕

    • @williethomas5116
      @williethomas5116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@johnoneill4483 I don't know the resemblance between Victoria and her father Edward Duke of Kent is second only to King Ralph and the Duke of Windsor.
      Hemophilia is caused by mutation when a man is over 50 when he fathers a child. The Duke was 52 when he fathered Victoria.

    • @mayuri4184
      @mayuri4184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Charlemagne: *laughs most heartily*

  • @SomePerson_Online
    @SomePerson_Online 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2275

    “Did you know that I’m related to Johan Willem Friso and his wife Marie Louise?”
    “No way! Me too! :D”

  • @katherine-nj7mb
    @katherine-nj7mb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    The amount of times I’ve heard “they married their first cousin” in the last half hour scares me.

    • @jvgreendarmok
      @jvgreendarmok 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Not as bad as the double-first cousin and even uncle-niece marriages in the Hapsburg family.

    • @dietlindvonhohenwald448
      @dietlindvonhohenwald448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Same with the Egyptians.

    • @joannathesinger770
      @joannathesinger770 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My great-grandmother's parents were 1st cousins...her father's father and mother's mother were siblings. Hallelujah there were completely separate, unrelated lines they had married.

    • @andypham1636
      @andypham1636 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maud of Wales/Haakon VIII , William III/Mary II, Victoria/Albert be like:

    • @xGMOx
      @xGMOx ปีที่แล้ว

      This explains all the waring. It's the rage of the inbred.

  • @justineharper3346
    @justineharper3346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    The Queen of Denmark seems pretty cool. I’m a huge nerd, so I love that she illustrated Lord of the Rings. I actually named my daughter Eowyn from those books, so they have a special place in my heart

    • @mariecolette9066
      @mariecolette9066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Agree I find her fascinating. Politics are a given but I love her hand in Aesthetics n fashion!

    • @holdermeddk
      @holdermeddk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      She is a very cool Lady. When having press conferences she is never given the questions in advance and the journalists can ask her what ever they want. And her answers are often funny but always intelligent.

    • @ThaTrulyLo1
      @ThaTrulyLo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💜

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What an inspiring woman. Literally iconic. I'm American and I can't help but admire how damn talented she is.

    • @SilvieFicova
      @SilvieFicova 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThePhantomSafetyPin hardly a woman ...

  • @kate_cooper
    @kate_cooper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +967

    If you’re ever trying to decide between two love interests, “Pick the most comfortable of two chairs” is probably pretty good advice.

    • @kathleenscheidt7339
      @kathleenscheidt7339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Depends upon how you are going to sit on that chair

    • @playgirl7305
      @playgirl7305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@kathleenscheidt7339 you could sit on both before deciding which one is more comfortable!

    • @annmartin5347
      @annmartin5347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      During a Religious Education class, my teacher said chosing a marriage partner is like finding a coat to wear for the rest of your life, fit for all weathers and fashions.

    • @ragantate3995
      @ragantate3995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’d never take love advice from anyone okay with incest.

    • @mahfoudseraf5995
      @mahfoudseraf5995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kathleenscheidt7339 does Biden's lap count as a chair?

  • @Kerriangel
    @Kerriangel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +991

    Drinking game:
    For every Williem/William - drink
    For every mention of cousin - take a sip -
    For every cousin marriage - 2 sips
    For every mention of revolution - drink
    For every mention of WW1 or WW2 - drink
    For every Karl or Christian- drink
    For every Louise/Louisa - drink

    • @poetryprose9810
      @poetryprose9810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      you want people to DIE of alcohol poisoning?! /j

    • @frankchan4272
      @frankchan4272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      @@poetryprose9810 your not drinking, your being marinated.

    • @Queenofthatank
      @Queenofthatank 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Ima do this with b0ng rips lmao

    • @katyp.2495
      @katyp.2495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Drink, sip, drink, sip another drink or two....floor!

    • @inferiorinferno8859
      @inferiorinferno8859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Minor correction, it's Willem, not Williem

  • @BrandonAMyer
    @BrandonAMyer ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I love your videos! During my undergrad years, I hastily registered for a European history course without reading the full course description. I had a severe case of senioritis and was confident that I registered for the right courses without my advisors assistance. Wrong. Since I arrived early on the first day of class, I found a comfortable seat and spent some time catching up on whatever series I was watching at the time. Once everyone else had arrived (i.e., remaining students and the professor), I suddenly realized that I was THE ONLY male in the room. I definitely thought it was odd, but did not give it much thought. A short while later, the professor starts to review the syllabus with us and she read out the full course description - "Topics in European History: Premodern Women". Inadvertently registering for a history course focused on medieval women turned out to be an excellent choice! If you haven't heard of medieval Brewsters, I would highly recommend researching their contributions to medieval Europe. I'll give you a hint - they were women!😄

    • @sarielle85
      @sarielle85 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I guess you had quite a few dates at that time ;-)

    • @marytrafford8214
      @marytrafford8214 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cute story with knowlege learned well done lad

  • @beth7935
    @beth7935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    There were FAR TOO MANY tiny German principalities to keep track of, AND they were endlessly re-combining- honestly, following English royalty through the Wars of the Roses is a piece of cake in comparison!

    • @kawaiipotato7775
      @kawaiipotato7775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I know right, Brandenburg, Strelitz, Mecklenburg, Pomerania, Bavaria, Baden, Westphalia, Wurttemberg, Ansbach, Holstein, Schleswig, Sondenburg, Augustenborg, and like a 100 more not counting the combined ones.

    • @beth7935
      @beth7935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@kawaiipotato7775 The combined ones are BONKERS, & I'm not devoting my life to sorting them out, cos it wouldn't tell me much. I just go "they married some German royal-ish cousin, whatevs" :D

    • @kawaiipotato7775
      @kawaiipotato7775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@beth7935 Lol

    • @AndreUtrecht
      @AndreUtrecht 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Windsors a r e German. Until the end of WWI they used their German name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. But changed it to Windsor because of growing anti German sentiments in the Britain. The same reason Battenberg (berg meaning mountain in German) changed to Mountbatten.

    • @menchualcarazmoreno1743
      @menchualcarazmoreno1743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only 33.

  • @beachboysswiftie
    @beachboysswiftie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    forget alabama, THIS is where all the cousins are marrying each other

    • @mortyjansen399
      @mortyjansen399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But they stopped doing so… did Georgia?

    • @rodentswithlove7686
      @rodentswithlove7686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Even my grandparents are 3rd cousins seems like a norm before

    • @mortyjansen399
      @mortyjansen399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rodentswithlove7686 i don't even think we measure family this far here. (Scandinavia) could you det it up for me? How far back is the same parents in this?

    • @conserztasfia0078
      @conserztasfia0078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You guys are clowning alabama and royal fams
      Where in desi countries (india pakistan bangladesh)
      Its widely accepted and really common
      And which is why 90% of my aunts uncles are cousins which makes the family tree really confusing

    • @Or_Am_I_Alpharius
      @Or_Am_I_Alpharius 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nah, it’s only siblings up for grabs in AL.

  • @benedictewrstad8379
    @benedictewrstad8379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    When William, prince of Orange died, the throne of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland went to his wife’s sister queen Anne, before she created the basis for the succession laws used today, and then her cousin George 1st was chosen as the next monarch, as he was the most senior Protestant in the family.

    • @kate_cooper
      @kate_cooper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Well, Queen Anne didn’t create the succession laws, Parliament did. But, other than that, you’re right.

    • @sophiarose7610
      @sophiarose7610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is the other side of their line. This is Prince Albert’s line. The side you speak of is Queen Victoria’s line.

    • @benedictewrstad8379
      @benedictewrstad8379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kate_cooper true, good clarification.

    • @benedictewrstad8379
      @benedictewrstad8379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@sophiarose7610 Queen Victoria is a descendant of George 1st of Great Britain. My point was that in the beginning of the video, it seems like the throne went right from William 3rd to George 1st, but Queen Anne did some important things inbetween.

    • @sophiarose7610
      @sophiarose7610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@benedictewrstad8379 WE KNOW! But if you paid attention, these is following Prince Albert’s family tree!!!! That’s why she skipped Queen Anne. It’s not about the BRITISH Royal Family until Albert and Victoria marry. Maybe wait for part 2?

  • @KateLJ1799
    @KateLJ1799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    A lot of people are distantly ascended from royalty. If you're family is originally from a European country and you trace it back you'll probably at some point reach a member of a royal family. I traced mine back through my dad's family going all the way back through the male line (because that's the easiest) and found that Edward III was something like my 21 times great grandad and we're just a random working class family from north east England. I know others who also have traced their family lines back to some part of the royal family one way or another.

    • @emakelley6807
      @emakelley6807 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It shows you how few people actually populated the planet back then compared to today I think. My genealogy says I’m related to Ragnar Lothbrook and Rollo and I only found that out by tracing my unique 1st name. Then I came to the conclusion that there must be tens of thousands of descendants. Curious of the math on that, maybe it’s even more.

    • @faysmith7248
      @faysmith7248 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes my Great grandfather x21 Robert the Bruce

    • @Mattis06
      @Mattis06 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am Estonian so i doubt that i am related to royalty

  • @KellieMcRaeHurricaneInHeels
    @KellieMcRaeHurricaneInHeels 2 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    I always find it interesting that people who were so adamant about keeping things in the family and knowing their history are the very same people who made sure so many other countries and cultures were stripped of this same ability.

    • @ambilaevus7607
      @ambilaevus7607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've thought the same thing too.
      My parents were like that and I try to not pass that mentality on except for hygiene matters.

    • @AnnaMarianne
      @AnnaMarianne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's just the universal human nature. We all tend to have huge blind spots in our values when it's convenient to our self-interest.

    • @toolguyslayer1
      @toolguyslayer1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They didn't really love their families it was all about money if they really love their families they would make the world a better place for them to be in it is really a manipulative thing telling the children to stay close so that they could be manipulated because they're too young to know any better

    • @toolguyslayer1
      @toolguyslayer1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AnnaMarianne The cold cruel reality I am not condoning it not even a little bit but it is what it is what it is let us hope that they do not hold on with two ferment grip and crush opportunity

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The ultimate example of "do as I say but not as I do."

  • @IoIita
    @IoIita 2 ปีที่แล้ว +784

    i feel like (most?) european people can trace their ancestry back to a royal somehow like charlemagne or some british king that had bastards or whatever 😭

    • @dorderre
      @dorderre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Usefulcharts made a really good video on this topic :)

    • @singuensful
      @singuensful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Not at all. This get to show royalty was a selective club

    • @Undefinedde
      @Undefinedde 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Noi one's royal😂

    • @janetsides1796
      @janetsides1796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I'm American. My grandfather was descended from one of HenryVII bastard sons. Means nothing.😁

    • @BonnieDragonKat
      @BonnieDragonKat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mine goes back to the Lennox and Stewart's.

  • @royaltyfandomx
    @royaltyfandomx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    "Thanks to a History of Intermarriage most of the European Monarchs are related"
    Me: INBREDS

  • @praline01
    @praline01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    The transition to the ad is so smooth and it just feels like it's part of the story she's telling. I love it

  • @Lapantouflemagic0
    @Lapantouflemagic0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    20:10 : "you must marry a princess, my son"
    -"i'll marry this woman, or i'll end your bloodline"
    well _that_ escalated quickly.

    • @Ettibridget
      @Ettibridget 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You must remember that the norwegian monarchy was very vulnerable. Harald's two sisters, Ragnhild and Astrid had already married and for many many years, the monarchy was only king Olav and his son prince Harald. And was Harald not allowed to marry Sonja, the monarchy would die out. And history repeats itself. King Harald faced a similar dilemma when his son Haakon Magnus wished to marry, no only a commoner, but a single mother.
      Perhaps it has gone just a bit too far. Anyway, I will leave it to the norwegians to decide whether they want a monarchy or not.

    • @clairefordzetterstrom9973
      @clairefordzetterstrom9973 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol true

    • @shiningeditedmoon
      @shiningeditedmoon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Might be a bluff. Still worked though

  • @jencookie2920
    @jencookie2920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    “Hey, my favorite cousin George! Welcome to the afterlife!”
    “Second, third, fourth, or fifth once removed?”

  • @annefrankgacha1942
    @annefrankgacha1942 2 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    I love how strange the Norwegian King was when it came to marry Sonia. He even threatened to end the Norwegian crown!! He must really love her.

    • @kim7990
      @kim7990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's like disney 😍

    • @ThaTrulyLo1
      @ThaTrulyLo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Right

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Get you a man who loves you so much, he would literally rather end his lineage than not be yours.

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I mean his own grand parents had a famously odd marriage. The theory is that old King Olav was the royal doctors son and not King Haakon’s. Couple that with being a kid during WWII and being forced to flee the country and therefor growing up patly in America, and the fact that King Haakon was selected by the people’s representatives to be King in the first place (and that Haakon nevr forgot this fact), defenetly would have made him more close to the people than most and also valuing real family. It makes just totall logical sense why he chose to mary the woman he loved and who he felt he could have a real family with.
      SIde note King Haakon didn’t refuse to abdicate during WWII. That’s entierly wrong What he refused was to agree to the terms of the German. He was the king, not the government and so felt that he simply could not make that desicion for the people. His solution was actually to announce that because he was morally opposed to the Nazis he would be forced to abdicate if the government made piece with the invading force, but that it was all their own democratic decision as to what to actually do. This was followed by the government declariring that they would in fact not surrender, and all of them going to Britain to govern from there. I felt tlike this part is very important to understanding the character of the Norwegian royal family. It’s kinda a familly tradition to threated to end the royal line at this point.

    • @emakelley6807
      @emakelley6807 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can’t help but notice how many royals simply left their countries when bullied by Germany…. Left the common people to deal with them. And why was everyone so afraid of Germany when they had the numbers against them??

  • @lolwatisdis3312
    @lolwatisdis3312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So much effort went into this video! Loved it❤️

  • @Nanananaheyhey1
    @Nanananaheyhey1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your ads are so good. No way in hell I’m downloading June’s Journey, but did I think about it? Yes.
    Also, love the content. I’m a huge history buff. Your videos are very peaceful and extremely educational. Thank you.

  • @ladyjanegrey1671
    @ladyjanegrey1671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    The most comfortable of two chairs? Sounds like every YA love triangle I've ever read.

    • @lollipop96537
      @lollipop96537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Idk what that is but yea 🤣

    • @cameronglendinning9098
      @cameronglendinning9098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah. Except the protagonist in those stories takes forever to decide. He just picked one

    • @danielbend8938
      @danielbend8938 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/vPpVDeZKigE/w-d-xo.html

    • @imperfectwaffles5688
      @imperfectwaffles5688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *war flashbacks* …we don’t talk about the YA love triangles

    • @lightoftheworld7398
      @lightoftheworld7398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      WW1 was a family feud!

  • @jencookie2920
    @jencookie2920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    “She gave him two choices”
    So romantic!

    • @aliciachristopher6506
      @aliciachristopher6506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      At least she gave him two choices instead of saying you are marrying the one I want you to marry.

    • @deannasisson2500
      @deannasisson2500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aliciachristopher6506 True. Not too many royals got a choice.

  • @VeracityLH
    @VeracityLH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video. As someone who has traced out a lot of these intersecting royal lines, I could listen to this all day. Cheers.

  • @ivstev70th
    @ivstev70th 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    GREAT TOPIC!
    But I suggest that you make a continuation of these 2 videos, which is the descendants of the Johan Willem Friso & Marie Louise in former/abolished European monarchies, such as the monarchs of Russia, Romania, etc. so it'll be the THIRD PART of this 'The Royals Really Are Related' video series
    I hope you can fullfil my request and thanks in advance!

  • @gonefishing167
    @gonefishing167 2 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    When the nazis demanded that the danish jews west the Star of David , the king rode out on his daily routine he was wearing a Star of David. He said ‘ all Danes are danish people’ ( or words to that effect.). Brave and patriotic man 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

    • @Undefinedde
      @Undefinedde 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If they thought royalty was dumb then I love that

    • @feynman6625
      @feynman6625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The french did the opposite, they hunted the jews for the nazis. The nazis would give them a list and very obediently they loaded trains with jews. They behaved in a despicable manner. No compassion , no honor. At the end of the war they were one of the victorious powers.

    • @Mikaarj1233
      @Mikaarj1233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@feynman6625 oh didn’t know that

    • @bee4590
      @bee4590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@feynman6625 and France is still both antisemitic and pretty islamophobic :/ makes me ashamed to be French

    • @glen7318
      @glen7318 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont think that that is true. he didn't like the persecurtion of the Jews but he didn't wear a Star of David

  • @JudithOpdebeeck
    @JudithOpdebeeck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    once upon a time, when i was still a history student, i decided to, instead of making a bunch of different geneological trees for all of the royal families we'd learned about, i wanted to incorporate as much of them as possible, into one. so if someone married someone whos related to another royal family, id incorporate that entire tree into it as well. to my surprise, i didnt end up with just a single tree, because apparently back in the early modern era they werent all connected yet, but i was able to incorporate most of them into one.

    • @maishi
      @maishi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      go through the mothers and you can end up on a single woman

    • @deannasisson2500
      @deannasisson2500 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very cool!

    • @toolguyslayer1
      @toolguyslayer1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's easy when you considering everybody was doing their relatives

    • @user-wr4eh7gh4b
      @user-wr4eh7gh4b 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can we see? Do you have a link

    • @JudithOpdebeeck
      @JudithOpdebeeck 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-wr4eh7gh4b i dont have it anymore, but i might make a video at some point, doing it properly. we'll see if i can make it interesting enough (and without doing what a dozen better youtubers have done before me)

  • @treeannie8831
    @treeannie8831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fascinating! Thank you for all your hard work and research!

  • @michellebruce5092
    @michellebruce5092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome history lesson. I enjoyed it very much. Can't wait to see more soon 😀

  • @shelby2117
    @shelby2117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    The universe clearly favors Queens to rule the Netherlands!

    • @inferiorinferno8859
      @inferiorinferno8859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yup. Counting Emma's Regency we have an equal number of Kings and Queens, with the next in line being another future Queen (Princess Amalia).

    • @micheldekam3491
      @micheldekam3491 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really? My country had male "kings" before them for ages...

    • @noorbohamad5796
      @noorbohamad5796 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@micheldekam3491almost as if most presidents or monarchs or whatever haven’t been males oh wait……

    • @noorbohamad5796
      @noorbohamad5796 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@micheldekam3491really? MISOGYNY/SEXISM existed since ages we already know

  • @sassmonster3422
    @sassmonster3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    I’m really hoping Estelle wasn’t born in 1912…otherwise we’re about to get a child vampire queen! Hahaha

    • @CallieMasters5000
      @CallieMasters5000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      She looks really good for being 108 years old!

    • @indiya1212
      @indiya1212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I rewinded that part sooo many times lol

    • @Quzinqa1122
      @Quzinqa1122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Also, Estelle's grandfather, Carl XVI Gustaf, became king in 1973, not in the year mentioned at 24:24

    • @Quzinqa1122
      @Quzinqa1122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      24:52
      Estelle was, of course, born in 2012.

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why would you want such?

  • @diegosaint-auret9838
    @diegosaint-auret9838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job, Lindsay, strive on. All the best.

  • @atalmeowlaurent1847
    @atalmeowlaurent1847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love your videos, I have been learning soooo much history!!!! Thank you!

  • @jencookie2920
    @jencookie2920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    “He never met the other candidate”
    Basically being zoned out of oblivion...

  • @duchessnoor
    @duchessnoor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    I didn’t know Maria or Anastasia could have become Danish Queens! You learn something new everyday. RIP. 🥀

    • @IoIita
      @IoIita 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      every time i think about the russian princesses, i get so sad about their fate. it’s such a tragedy :(

    • @duchessnoor
      @duchessnoor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@IoIita It is, the poor children…

    • @theroyals1153
      @theroyals1153 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/jNWULbk6NPQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @lightyagami3492
      @lightyagami3492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@IoIita It really is sad. Thier only "crime" was being thier father's daughters. Even so they still couldn't inherit the throne so like why even kill them? SMH

    • @duchessnoor
      @duchessnoor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@lightyagami3492 And Alexei was just 13 turning 14…
      Speaking of Alexei, happy 117th birthday! 🎉

  • @Ronnie3vil
    @Ronnie3vil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    great video as always. Of lot of these kingdoms and dutchies no longer exist and as a North American with poor knowledge, and familiarity of European geography I really appreciate it when you use maps next to/at the royal you are talking about.

  • @jessthomas2927
    @jessthomas2927 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are some amazing and inspiring women in this family tree that I've never heard of! Thank you for sharing :D

  • @melz6625
    @melz6625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    The Russian Orthodox church built in memory of the Russian wife who died in childbirth is in Wiesbaden. When I saw it I immediately thought it must be the one. It’s my hometown and while we don’t really know the Princess’s name we all grow up with the story of how it was built as a symbol of the ruler’s love for his Russian wife. The place is really lovely, nestled on the city’s small mountain amongst a forest.

    • @markuhler2664
      @markuhler2664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was a very cool tribute to her.

    • @notnscmpls7123
      @notnscmpls7123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thats sweet😁

    • @ringo1029384756
      @ringo1029384756 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My home is right nearby there.

  • @jencookie2920
    @jencookie2920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Yes, all the royals can trace their lineage to a line of fruit.

    • @noorgonzalez1076
      @noorgonzalez1076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🧐🤔😳😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ruthf6035
      @ruthf6035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Gosh! Orange you funny!!!

    • @Undefinedde
      @Undefinedde 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noi one's royal

    • @princessjime
      @princessjime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's all orange juice 😆😆🍊

  • @josefinekarella1145
    @josefinekarella1145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    18:42 my grandmothers friend and my distant relative had this photo at her school. I have been there and seen it. You can also see the spectacular resemblance the actor who played king Haakon in the Norwegian movie “Kongens nei” had to the actual king😊

  • @aprilbrown8790
    @aprilbrown8790 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love, love, love this vid and part 2! So interesting

  • @summeroflove394
    @summeroflove394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    A minute into this video and I am already so excited. Genealogy is of great interest to me and I love tracing all the royal roots. And this is a 2-part series!! Oh Lindsay, how you have made my evening! 💃🏽💃🏽

    • @Undefinedde
      @Undefinedde 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's noi such thing as royal roots

  • @jencookie2920
    @jencookie2920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Royal intermarrying has caused a “juicy” line of Oranges.

  • @Richardsonprincess00
    @Richardsonprincess00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    1:14- Orange beginning
    4:57- 🇳🇱 👑
    12:17- intermission
    13:21- 🇩🇰 👑
    17:51- 🇳🇴 👑
    20:44- 🇸🇪 👑
    26:08- 🇱🇺 👑
    to be continued...

    • @jab376
      @jab376 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks

    • @revinhatol
      @revinhatol ปีที่แล้ว

      SPLENDID!

  • @julieletford5695
    @julieletford5695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't wait for part 2

  • @nicholasiiemperorofallruss6754
    @nicholasiiemperorofallruss6754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    “A somewhat shallow gene pool”
    You got that right

  • @niyatis0207
    @niyatis0207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Oh my gosh, my mind has yet to wrap up all the information I just heard. This takes family cousins to a while new level. I guess if they ever had family reunions, it would be hella awkward 😂

    • @subhashinidayakar7630
      @subhashinidayakar7630 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @niyatis0207
      @niyatis0207 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@subhashinidayakar7630 😂😂

    • @deannasisson2500
      @deannasisson2500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's what WWI could be termed.😂

    • @niyatis0207
      @niyatis0207 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deannasisson2500 😂😂

    • @rosiehawtrey
      @rosiehawtrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or a huge gangbang - I'm reminded of the History of the World pt 1 Chess scene..
      The Art and Music scenes are still the best though..

  • @rasputinputin8103
    @rasputinputin8103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A most excellent video. Thank you.

  • @susenjarvis8281
    @susenjarvis8281 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed this video, so interesting. Thank you so much.

  • @charliemagnebautista2902
    @charliemagnebautista2902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Please do a video about the last empress consort of Iran Farah Pahlavi cause she's interesting

    • @IoIita
      @IoIita 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      yes! was just about to say this! lindsay, please do a video about the last royal family of iran.

  • @ponkajkumarsaikia8158
    @ponkajkumarsaikia8158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I'm glad I found this channel, this is really amazing. Thank you for this wonderful content, Lindsay!

  • @ste5anii
    @ste5anii ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this vid. I have been looking for something like this😊

  • @erobins8352
    @erobins8352 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely splendid the way this video was put together 👋👋👋

  • @cashew3099
    @cashew3099 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Hi Miss Holiday! Would you please do a video on the history of skincare? I’d love to know more on how people kept their skin nice in the past!

  • @jamesrobson4894
    @jamesrobson4894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One mistake worth pointing out, after William III’s death in 1702 England passed to his wife Mary II’s sister Anne, who became Anne I. This is important because she oversaw the act of union in 1707 when Scotland and England united to become Great Britain, it was on her death in 1714 that the throne passed to George I.

    • @glen7318
      @glen7318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She was just queen Anne, as there was no other monarch called Anne

    • @jamesrobson4894
      @jamesrobson4894 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@glen7318 You are correct, I only learned about the whole ‘Monarchs only gain a regnal number after at least one subsequent monarch has shared their name’ thing embarrassingly recently 😅

  • @collidingforces9589
    @collidingforces9589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They all REALLY are related. So interesting! Thanks for posting.

  • @jamellfoster6029
    @jamellfoster6029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm so excited about these videos. You always do a splendid presentation. Thank you for keeping history interesting...

  • @Laramaria2
    @Laramaria2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That was intense 🤣 But Lindsay makes it easier to understand! 😍
    Great work ❤

  • @crystalfabulous
    @crystalfabulous 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing

  • @katherinewren9906
    @katherinewren9906 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm gonna comment what I said aloud upon finding the only video I want to listen to while showering rn. "I'm so glad Lindsay Holiday exists."

  • @ry.hoshiko5482
    @ry.hoshiko5482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    You should do another part of how the abolished royal families are related too

  • @jaejaw258
    @jaejaw258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I really love watching your video. My love for history is well fed by your amazing videos plus you make history more interesting! I hope you'll make videos about Spanish Royalties too

  • @laurenthompson8866
    @laurenthompson8866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This takes a whole new meaning to building a family tree!

  • @anavrin5245
    @anavrin5245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m so fascinated by these family trees . I am only able to go as far as my great grandma born 1926 🥴🥴

  • @Knutwolf
    @Knutwolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Phew! What an undertaking! Many people to keep track of. Can’t wait for part 2

  • @farah-1199
    @farah-1199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    "Estelle, born in 1912" I knew there was a demon vampire hiding somewhere in these European royal families😅😂

    • @Tweetyfreaky
      @Tweetyfreaky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Quite amazing that she was born 65 years before her own mother 😄 Victoria was born 1977 July 14th.. same day but a year before.me :-)

    • @jenkinscourtney11gmailcom
      @jenkinscourtney11gmailcom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Tweetyfreaky 2012

    • @rukminikrishna1938
      @rukminikrishna1938 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s 2012.

  • @user-hn1sw4cf7x
    @user-hn1sw4cf7x 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great summary

  • @Naomi1011
    @Naomi1011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The video is great ! I absolutely love your videos.
    But I caught a funny little mistake at 24:52, you said Princess Estelle was born in 1912, instead of 2012 😂.

  • @jencookie2920
    @jencookie2920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You should really start a podcast for this, this is awesome!

  • @pattiheath6024
    @pattiheath6024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really do enjoy your videos on the family trees. It really helps me to learn more.

  • @5thgenerationtexan581
    @5thgenerationtexan581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like how the Norwegians tend to retire & let their children take power. It helps to keep the country stable after their royals die, since the children have already been in power for years by then. Very smart move. I think it also helps by keeping the royals in their prime ages vs having very old aged royals who may be out of touch with current times. Like Queen Elizabeth is very old (95yo) so her oldest son is also very old (73yo) & her grandson (39yo) is already a father & balding. By the time her great grand son (8yo) is finally crowned king he will most likely be quite old after having had to wait for all the others to have died first. My opinion is that Prince William is the one of prime age to be a ruler now & when Prince George is in his Prime age of 30 or 40ish he should pass the crown & so on. 🤔

  • @Kallynthehuntress
    @Kallynthehuntress 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No one else going to mention how absolutely gorgeous the royal family of Luxembourg is?

  • @Cali_Flowers
    @Cali_Flowers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    WOW! This was so fun to watch. I had no idea so many monarchs have abdicated or “retired.” Queen Elizabeth seems the exception to the trend and just keeps going strong!

    • @HereIAm247
      @HereIAm247 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually, with modern extended lifespans, we will likely see kings and queens being crowned much later in life than earlier - some may even die before that happens. It will be interesting to see how they deal with this.

    • @GalacticalHistorian
      @GalacticalHistorian ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This aged well

    • @Cali_Flowers
      @Cali_Flowers ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@GalacticalHistorian Yes! (As the lady worked ‘til her dying day) 👑

    • @gordondean2165
      @gordondean2165 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even she had some social conscience and tried to put off the inevitable succession as long as possible. What a sickening collection they all are.

    • @share_accidental
      @share_accidental 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      her father (king george vi) was suddenly forced to rule back then when his elder brother abdicated, so she did not want to put her descendants through that 😊

  • @eglebruzinskaite6341
    @eglebruzinskaite6341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Estelle of Sweden was born in 2012, not 1912

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She mixed her up with Charles of Wales.

    • @piratesswoop725
      @piratesswoop725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dutchman7623 Charles was born in 1948 lol

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@piratesswoop725 I know, was more intended as a joke. Sorry.

    • @SassyGirl822006
      @SassyGirl822006 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Estelle of Sweden and my oldest son where born in the same year.

    • @ayeeioweyou7503
      @ayeeioweyou7503 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I went looking for this comment 🤣

  • @island_girl_shan
    @island_girl_shan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That transition into the ad was smooth

  • @sophiaimafidon6469
    @sophiaimafidon6469 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel

  • @Leelz247
    @Leelz247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Well being ruled by women for generations seems to have done the Netherlands some good. Other nations take note!

    • @inferiorinferno8859
      @inferiorinferno8859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      IK, counting Emma's Regency we have an equal number of male and female rulers, with the next in line being a girl again, Princess Amalia.

    • @HereIAm247
      @HereIAm247 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe Denmark actually changed their law, so now the firstborn always inherit the throne, regardless of gender.

    • @HereIAm247
      @HereIAm247 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But there are both good and bad male and female rulers over the course of history. It is not so much the gender, but the times and the personality of the ruler.

    • @truth-uncensored2426
      @truth-uncensored2426 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A King or Queen doesn't rule a country alone at all, even in Monarchies there's a power structure and many levels of administration from the top to the local government, so much so that in some cases a Monarch can be ousted, and I bet that almost all this power structure in european countries was controlled in the majority by men, including the military and religions institutions. So calm down your feminist fantasies. For every good woman leader that was Queen there's probably 2 or 3 other male Kings who were just as relevant, but maybe are not remembered as much because their era was not as interesting as others.

    • @noorbohamad5796
      @noorbohamad5796 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HereIAm247translation being male doesn’t make anyone good at anything and NOT being male doesn’t make anyone “bad” at anything

  • @PGJ0908
    @PGJ0908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I'm fairly certain that all European monarchies are also descendants of George II (who was born only four years before Friso) and Caroline of Ansbach, so you could also do a video with them :)

    • @kawaiipotato7775
      @kawaiipotato7775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, if I'm not wrong, Albert II of Monaco is not a descendant of George II and Caroline of Ansbach

    • @PGJ0908
      @PGJ0908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kawaiipotato7775 I think you might be right. However, he is a descendant of one of Caroline's sisters :)

    • @kawaiipotato7775
      @kawaiipotato7775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PGJ0908 Yeah, so George I is an ancestor of all European Monarchs? Well he lived a lot of time before the couple in question which makes it less impressive but still cool

    • @kintongreen3625
      @kintongreen3625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kawaiipotato7775 George I is George II's father, so this still wouldn't hold true, although it might for Caroline's father.

    • @kawaiipotato7775
      @kawaiipotato7775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kintongreen3625 Oh right, I mis-read it XD So Caroline's father is the ancestor of all European monarchs, got it

  • @emmaphilo4049
    @emmaphilo4049 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is such a good topic👍👍👍👍👍

  • @ceicli
    @ceicli ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A nice (and slightly uncomplete) work (although the names often got pronounced... wrong 🥴).
    In Sweden, for 200 years, the royals are from the house of Bernadotte.
    In 1810 the French officer Jean Baptiste Bernadotte accepted to be adopted by King Karl XIII who had no heir.
    In 1818 he got crowned Karl XIV Johan of Sweden and Norway.
    The modern European royals are mostly relatives through Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

  • @joannedenney5608
    @joannedenney5608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    All I can think of is the Hapsburg jaw 🤣🤦

  • @tammieveentjes7281
    @tammieveentjes7281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love how she says Friesland and Groningen😊❤❤ it sounded very dutch. Johan Friso was also the name of Willem Alexanders brother. But he died a few years ago by an avalanche😢😢

    • @graphiteandglitter
      @graphiteandglitter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was an avalanche

    • @tammieveentjes7281
      @tammieveentjes7281 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@graphiteandglitter thats what I say

    • @graphiteandglitter
      @graphiteandglitter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tammieveentjes7281 yes but you used the Dutch word in a comment written in English😀

    • @tammieveentjes7281
      @tammieveentjes7281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@graphiteandglitter ooh now I see it. Thank you🤣🤣 that was a little mistake🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @graphiteandglitter
      @graphiteandglitter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tammieveentjes7281 😁😁👍🏾👍🏾

  • @lanacain
    @lanacain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is Damm hard to follow but very absorbing. Lana ❤️

  • @nancyvalentine7180
    @nancyvalentine7180 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much!

  • @matheanotmafia9811
    @matheanotmafia9811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    One of the kings/queens: damn I hate my family, especially my distant cousins
    The rest of them: hold up what cousin now?

  • @thaisgregorio2734
    @thaisgregorio2734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video as usual Lindsay! May I ask a video about Celtic royalty? I've always been curious about it

  • @ophelian4646
    @ophelian4646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I knew our king Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden had a complicated history line, but this was really surprising!
    After the Romanoffs sons were borne with hemophilia, the European royal families started marrying outside of their blod lines - which is very good I think.

  • @bushra5956
    @bushra5956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So much info!!....Seems like I'm trying to complete the whole syllabus in the night before the exam.

  • @PinkLilyGarden
    @PinkLilyGarden 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This is why Ottoman leaders like Sultan Suleiman married from the harem. The Ottoman Empire was based on religion, not territory. If the Sultan married someone like the generals daughter or an ally, that would become a political marriage. The purpose of their marriages were to secure heirs.

    • @marcusanark2541
      @marcusanark2541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think the Ottoman method, is better and more safe.

    • @dorderre
      @dorderre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@marcusanark2541 well they had this unhealthy habit of fraticide, meaning when a Sultan died, all the "surviving" sons fought and killed each other and the sole survivor became the new Sultan.
      That just wouldn't work with political marriages.
      Just imagine Queen Victoria's grandsons fighting each other ... oh wait, they did

    • @deannasisson2500
      @deannasisson2500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting!

  • @MrAtsyhere
    @MrAtsyhere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At the Ten minute mark, this documentary says that the Royal Family fled to the UK during the war. This was only partially true. They left for Canada where Beatrix attended public school at the nearby Lake of Bays Ontario. Living Mostly at Stornaway in Ottawa her younger sister Margriet was born. When the Royals finally visited Canada late in the 1980's I had the fine privilege of being a photographer within the tour. We flew on the very first Airbus in Canada with Max Ward the owner of MaxAir. I made the innocent mistake of photographing this early plane on the tarmac of Gagetown, a military base. Unknown to me behind me were a fleet of recently purchased F-18 fighters. I was quickly surrounded and escorted back on the plane by the RCMP. Queen Beatrix is a kind person and a gracious woman.

    • @MrAtsyhere
      @MrAtsyhere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A shout out to my Uncle Albert who in the last days of WW2 marching into Amsterdam with the Black Watch Regiment of Canadians.

  • @CabinC82
    @CabinC82 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was really fascinating, thank you. Your voice is good to listen too.

  • @cherylkinkaid6801
    @cherylkinkaid6801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had never heard of this couple. Maria Louisa was such a great woman!

  • @angeladams536
    @angeladams536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’m 12th cousin to princess Diana and Queen Victoria. We descended from Prussian royals the family of Brandenburg and Hohenzollern. Also related to Bonaparte and Marie Antoinette as well as Elvis lol

  • @lolleeness296
    @lolleeness296 ปีที่แล้ว

    24:53 I know it was a slip up but I had to go back and listen again
    1912 wow she has a good skincare routine

  • @MagdaleneDivine
    @MagdaleneDivine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo....most interesting episode

  • @jencookie2920
    @jencookie2920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Basically every sentence: Marriage