Posted by Eleonore on 15/1/2011, 13:36:21, in reply to "Re: German royal twins"
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that Archduke Otto of Austria also has twin-daughters.
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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.
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: 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.
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: The Hereditary prince of Hessen, Heinrich
: Donatus, grandson of one of the older twins
: Prince Philipp, also has twins; a boy and a
: girl.
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: Oldenburg
: The father of Archduchess Eilika, n�e
: Duchess of Oldenburg, Duke Johann, is also
: part of a twin.
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: 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?
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: 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 ...
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: 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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