Posted by Stefan on 15/1/2011, 12:38:02, in reply to "German royal twins"
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Also the present Fürst of Waldeck and Pyrmont has
twin sons, Josias and Johannes born in 1993
An unique set of twin where Duke Albrecht of Württemberg (grandfather of Duke Carl) and huis sister Duchess Marie Amelie,. He was born on 23.12.1865 and she on 24.12.1865.
Also twin where Princess Maria Adelgunde and Benedikta of Hohenhzollern, daughter of Fürst Friedrich and his wife Margarethe, née princess of Saxony.
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: In several of the former reigning houses in
: Germany (royal, grandducal and ducal) there
: were and are twins.
:
: Hessen:
: Prince Friederich Karl von Hessen and his
: wife Princess Margarethe of Prussia
: (daughter of Princess Vicky) had two sets of
: twins (Philipp & Wolfgang and Christoph
: & Richard). One half of the younger sets
: of twins was Prince Christoph who was a
: brother-in-law of the Duke of Edinburgh.
:
: The Hereditary prince of Hessen, Heinrich
: Donatus, grandson of one of the older twins
: Prince Philipp, also has twins; a boy and a
: girl.
:
: Oldenburg
: The father of Archduchess Eilika, n�e
: Duchess of Oldenburg, Duke Johann, is also
: part of a twin.
:
: Just a few I came up with, from the top of
: my head (although I did check the online
: Gotha just te be sure ).
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: The recent birth of twins to the Danish
: crown
: princely couple leads me to ask: when was
: the last time twins were born to the kingdom
: of Denmark?
:
: Elsewhere in Europe, I'd be interested ...
: certainly never in Norway, since the 1905
: separation of crowns with Sweden. What
: about Sweden? I don't believe any in the
: House of Bernadotte ... previous dynasties?
:
: I also have never heard of royal twins in
: the UK; I believe one would have to stretch
: the annals of history back to pre-Hanoverian
: times. For the purpose of convenience,
: perhaps we could separate the English and
: Scottis royal histories ...
:
: In Belgium, I believe there was a Prince
: Philip (the Count of Flanders) who had a
: pair of twin daughters. And, of course, the
: Luxembourg twins (Jean and Margaretha) are
: well-known as recent historical examples.
: Princess Irene of the Netherlands is the
: mother of twin children; however, they are
: members of the royal house of Bourbon-Parma
: (not Orange).
:
: Any in Spain, Liechtenstein, or Monaco? As
: for the non-reigning families, there
: probably are too many examples to count
: (well, there are too many deposed houses to
: cover). The only one coming immediately to
: mind are the Bavarian twins (sisters of the
: current Duke Franz).
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