And it seems that both parents have direct ties to the House of Wittelsbach, after all. With other Catholic dynasties, the ties would be more indirect. Belgium, for instance, would be through the Coburgs and Orléans, to which the prince is connected through both parents (not to mention the Wittelsbachs). Luxembourg would be through those same houses and the Braganzas, the Habsburgs, and the Protestant houses related to the Nassaus. Spain is obvious; Liechtenstein would be through the Habsburgs, Wittelsbachs, and Braganzas (thanks to Archduchess Elisabeth Amalia of Austria, paternal grandmother of the present-day sovereign prince). As for Monaco ... probably the closest connection would through Grand Duke Karl of Baden, related to almost all the Protestant dynasties of Europe.
Among the non-reigning Catholic dynasties, the prime examples coming to mind would be the royal houses of Saxony and Württemberg. Since King Johann of Saxony married Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (daughter of King Maximilian I and Princess Caroline of Baden), one has an indirect connection. Similarly, the present-day head of the House of Württemberg (Duke Carl) is a direct descendant of King Louis-Philippe of the French through his daughter, Princess Marie of Orléans, who married Duke Alexander. As a result of this interfaith marriage, this branch of the house turned from Protestant to Catholic; and as a result of the morganatic marriages contracted by some genealogically senior branches, this branch acquired dynasty supremacy.
So the prince would likewise have an indirect link, here ...
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