32 - Wilhelm, Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1785-1831
33 - Luise, Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel 1789-1867
34 - Wilhelm X, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1787-1867
35 - Charlotte von Oldenburg, prinsesse af Danmark 1789-1864
36 - Nikolaï Ier Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp, empereur de Russie 1796-1855
37 - Charlotte von Hohenzollern, Prinzessin von Preußen 1798-1860
38 - Joseph, Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg 1789-1868
39 - Amalie, Herzogin von Württemberg 1799-1848
40 - Ludwig II von Hessen und bei Rhein, Großherzog von Hessen 1777-1848
41 - Wilhelmine, Prinzessin von Baden 1788-1836
42 - Moritz, Graf Hauke 1775-1830
43 - Sophie Lafontaine 1790-1831
44 - Karl von Hessen und bei Rhein, Prinz von Hessen-Darmstadt 1809-1877
45 - Elisabeth von Hohenzollern, Prinzessin von Preußen 1815-1885
46 - Albert, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 1819-1861
47 - Victoria von Hannover, Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901
48 - Albert, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 1819-1861
49 - Victoria von Hannover, Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901
50 - Christian IX von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, konge af Danmark 1818-1906
51 - Luise von Hessen-Kassel, Prinzessin von Hessen 1817-1898
52 - Alexander von Württemberg, Herzog von Teck 1804-1885
53 - Claudine Rhédey, Gräfin von Hohenstein 1812-1841
54 - Adolphus von Hannover, Duke of Cambridge 1774-1850
55 - Augusta, Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel 1797-1889
56 - Thomas George Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis 1801-1834
57 - Charlotte Grimstead 1797-1881
58 - Oswald Smith 1794-1863
59 - Henrietta Hodgson 1805-1891
60 - Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 1780-1826
61 - Anne Wellesley 1788-1875
62 - Edwin Burnaby 1799-1867
63 - Anne-Caroline Salisbury ca 1806-1881
From his 32 ancestors, or 28 considering that V&A appeare twice and Christian IX and Luise v. H-Kassel also appear in the next generation, very very few are british, and I am not counting the Hannovers and the scottish ancestors.
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In terms of his DNA make-up:
25% paternal grandfather: mostly German, a little bit Danish and miniscule amounts of French, English, etc.
25% Paternal grandmother: mostly German, some Russian, miniscule other European strands
25% Maternal grandfather: Mostly German, miniscule other European strands
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We've had a discussion here about Prince Philip and others in the royal family and their Germanic backgrounds. When Charles assumes the throne, what will be the makeup of his background? Will there be enough Scots in him to say that he is Scottish for instance? German? British?
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