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: Some time ago, I saw a website that detailed
: the nearest relationship between any two
: given reigning monarchs of Europe today
: (e.g. as of 2001, that between Belgium and
: Luxembourg was uncle and nephew).
: Unfortunately, not only is it out-of-date
: but also, it seems that the said website is
: down.
:
: So could anybody simply provide that
: information here, if he happens to have an
: expert knowledge of genealogy? The main
: reasons for my asking are the principalities
: of Monaco and Liechtenstein. Otherwise, I'm
: pretty confident about the relationships
: between the various kings, queens, and grand
: duke.
:
: Case in point: Queen Elizabeth II of Great
: Britain is a second cousin to King Harald V
: of Norway, third cousin to Queen Margrethe
: II of Denmark, third cousin to King Carl XVI
: Gustaf of Sweden, and third cousin once
: removed to King Felipe VI of Spain
:
: She is a more distant cousin to King Willem
: IV of the Netherlands, but I believe their
: closest connection would be through mutual
: descent from King George II.
They are fifth cousins once removed, both descending from Duke Friedrich II Eugen of Wurttemberg.
: Although King
: Philippe of the Belgians is also a
: descendant of his, I believe he and the
: current British sovereign are more closely
: connected through the House of
: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
They are third cousins once removed, both descending from King Christian IX of Denmark.
: The same could be said
: of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.
The same as above.
: It's get
: tricky to count the numbers of generations
: ("great-great-great ..."); but can
: anybody provide the information on the
: Benelux sovereigns? Also (of course) the
: sovereign princes?
Queen Elizabeth II of the UK is seventh cousins once removed to Prince Hans Adam of Liechtenstein, and seventh cousins twice removed of Prince Albert of Monaco, through shared descend from Prince Johan Willem Friso of Orange (1687-1711).
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_descendants_of_John_William_Friso
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