As I understand it (please correct me as necessary) the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg is a cadet branch of the German House of Oldenburg. IIRC the Greek Republic insisted on calling King Constantine of the Hellenes “Constantine Glücksburg.” Since Prince Philip descended from the Glücksburg cadet branch of Oldenburg, would that impact this discussion in any way?
I know it’s probably just academic, but it would be a point of fun trivia (if not too pendantic) to say that the House of Windsor used to be an agnate cadet branch of Coburg (headed by the Duke of Coburg), but now the House of Windsor is a cadet branch of the House of Glücksburg (headed by the Duke of Glücksburg) which is itself a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg (headed by the Duke of Oldenburg).
Alas, the last Kaiser’s refrain The Merry Wives of Saxe Coburg Gotha has run its course.
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