But as is common knowledge, a dynasty is oftentimes comprised of not just the currently reigning monarch or head of the house but also, relatives with different ancestral backgrounds -- although some present-day reigning royal houses have focused on downsizing (e.g. Norway and the Netherlands).
Consider the principality of Liechtenstein, which has more princes and princesses than square miles: in such a case, it's important to qualify descent from Jan Willem Friso thus: "all the members of the house descended from Prince Aloys (1869-1955), through his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalia of Austria." The reason is that there are princes of Liechtenstein not descended from this prince of Orange.
Membership in the British royal house, by contrast, is limited (with titles regulated by the Letters Patent of 1917). That being said, whether or not one is a prince(ss) of the United Kingdom, any person descended from King George V can claim descent from Jan Willem Friso, by virtue of descent from his consort, Queen Mary (born Princess May of Teck).
It would be interesting to see genealogical charts with such qualifiers -- expanding or restricting the numbers of dynastic members or descendants claiming Jan Willem Friso as an ancestor.
The article stated, for instance, that although Ludwig III, the last king of Bavaria, was not a descendant, his consort (Queen Maria Theresia, born an archduchess of Austria-Este) was. So this would mean that all Bavarian royals descended from the last king claim this prince of Orange as an ancestor. However, the House of Wittelsbach today has members not descended from the last king: although Ludwig III represents the only surviving dynastic line (passing only through males) of his father, Prince Regent Luitpold, there is an additional surviving dynastic line of descent from his namesake paternal grandfather.
His uncle Adalbert, the youngest son of King Ludwig I, was the prince who established the so-called "Spanish branch" of the royal family by marrying Infanta Amelia Filippina of Spain. Their male-line descent survives through their elder son, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand, who married Infanta Maria de la Paz of Spain. So this leads to questions as to whether members of this branch of the Bavarian royal family claim descent from Jan Willem Friso ...
Interestingly enough, I noticed that Portugal results in a dead end, since the last king (Manoel II) had a childless marriage with Princess Augusta Viktoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The article states that she, but not her husband, was descended from the prince of Orange. So while this answers my question as to whether the present-day members of this Germany princely house are descended from him, I question whether the present-day Miguelist pretender to the throne (styled the Duke of Braganza) is ...
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