Posted by Frank Johansen (Frank) on 2/5/2008, 10:12:37, in reply to "Re: Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, today's only (current/future) monarch with Finnish blood, ri"
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: It is through comital Schlippenbach
: forefathers of the late Claus van Amsberg,
: Prince-Consort of the Netherlands.
: Otherwise I would have written that Beatrix
: is a monarch having Finnish blood in her
: veins. But she is not, afaik.
I've been exploring this a bit, and according to www.genealogics.org, the line goes through Schlippenbach, to the Swedish-born Countess Ulrika Ebba Bielke (1688-1716), whose grandmother was a Countess Banér, and the Banér-family lived in Finland for several generations, but were they really native Finns?
