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Is there any connection between the Capet royals and the current royals of Europe?
The most recent common ancestors for all of European royalty (save for Montenegro) are Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Princess Sophia Jagiellon of Poland (see here: https://members3.boardhost.com/Francoiberian/msg/1567782991.html ).
Margrave Frederick descended from Louis VIII of France (a Capetian, of course). I believe that was the most recent French king in his ancestry.
This, of course, means all of the aforementioned European royalty descend from early French kings. A great many, of course, have much nearer French royal ancestry (especially the Catholic ones, like Austria, Bavaria, Italy, etc).
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