. Michael of Romania (Orthodox) and Anne of Bourbon-Parma (Catholic);
. Carol II of Romania and Helen of Greece (both Orthodox);
. René of Bourbon-Parma and Margrethe of Denmark (both Catholic);
. Ferdinand of Romania (Catholic) and Marie of Edinburgh (Anglican);
. Constantine I of the Hellenes (Orthodox) and Sophie of Prussia (Protestant);
. Robert I of Parma and Maria Antónia of Portugal (both Catholic);´
. Valdemar of Denmark (Lutheran) and Marie of Orleans (Catholic);
. Leopold of Hohenzollern and Antónia of Portugal (both Catholic);
. Alfred of Edinburgh (Anglican) and Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (Orthodox);
. George I of the Hellenes (Lutheran) and Olga Constantinovna of Russia (Orthodox);
. Frederick III of Germany (Protestant) and Victoria of the United Kingdom (Anglican);
. Charles III of Parma and Louise Marie of France (both Catholic);
. Michael of Portugal and Adelheid of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (both Catholic);
. Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (Lutheran/Protestant);
. Robert of France and Françoise of Orleans (both Catholic).
I've heard rumors that he was not the biological father of Prince Michael. What is the basis for such a claim? The reason for my asking is that the latter is among those European royals who could claim relationship to the entire ALMANACH DE GOTHA, thanks to the interfaith marriage of his parents, mother being Princess Françoise of Orléans (1902–1953). But the claim would be questionable, if his paternity is. Since his own marriage is to a commoner (Marina Karella), his daughters obviously didn't acquire any extra royal connections through their mother.
Now Françoise's cousin Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (son of her maternal aunt, Princess Hélène of Orléans), married Christopher's niece, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. Certainly nobody questions the maternal identity of the present day Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta.
The further down one goes down in genealogy, provided that the interfaith marriages are equal, the greater are ties to the said ALMANACH. Françoise's aunt, Princess Marie of Orléans (1865–1909), married Prince Valdemark of Denmark, youngest son of King Christian IX. Although related to all the Protestant royals of Europe, he didn't have close or direct ties to the Romanov imperial dynasty of Russia, like his nephew (Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark).
But Marie's own daughter, Princess Margarethe of Denmark, married Prince René of Bourbon-Parma; and their daughter Anne married King Michael of Romania. So the five Romanian princesses could claim to be as well-connected as the Duke of Aosta.
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