The Royals Really Are All Related

[Music] the royals really are all related [Music] thank you to june's journey for sponsoring this video royals have long been obsessed with keeping their wealth power and titles in the family so for centuries they almost exclusively married their own cousins and extended relatives leading to a somewhat shallow gene pool this practice is clearly illustrated by the fact that all 10 european hereditary monarchs alive today can trace their ancestry back to a single royal couple johann willem friso prince of orange and marie luisa longe gravine of jesse castle in this two-part series we'll meet this prolific pair and 76 of their descendants who went on to sit on the thrones of the netherlands denmark norway sweden luxembourg spain the united kingdom belgium monaco and liechtenstein and will take a fascinating journey through the last 300 years of european history johann willem friso was born in 1687 to henry casimir ii prince of nassau deeds and henrietta amalia of onhalt dessau in 1689 his cousin prince willem iii of orange became king william iii of england and was co-monarch with his wife queen mary ii william remained prince of orange in france and stockholder of five provinces in the low countries but in 1702 he died childless england went to his wife's cousin prince george of hanover while the title of prince of orange went to his cousin fifteen-year-old johann villam friso the five dutch provinces should have been johanns as well but king frederick the first of prussia pursued his own claim on the territories johann was already start holder of friesland and groningen which he had inherited from his father at the age of nine at 20 he joined the army and fought in the war of spanish succession when he was almost killed by cannon fire his mother decided that it was time for him to marry and father an heir she gave him a choice of two german princesses and told him to consider the match as though he was choosing the most comfortable of two chairs john went to hesse castle to meet the landgrave's daughter marie luiza he became engaged to her at once and never met the other candidate possibly because he was struck with love for her but more likely because her father's power would help him secure his disputed dutch territories marie luiza gave birth to a daughter amalia a few months later john was on his way to meet king frederick of prussia about the succession dispute the ferry boat he was traveling aboard overturned in a storm and prince john drowned at the age of 23. his son willem was born six weeks later marie louisa was one of 17 children of charles the first land grave of jesse castle and maria amalia of courland her elder brother became king frederick the first of sweden she was not considered beautiful but she was charming and kind to people of all ranks her son became a prince of orange at birth and she was appointed his regent though she had no political experience her intelligence and thoughtfulness made her an outstanding leader she had to deal with the crisis of shipworms parasites which arrived from the far east aboard ships and devoured the wooden dykes that kept much of the low country out of the north sea with her people facing disaster and starvation marie luiza pled before the state general for tax revenue to repair the dykes her speech was so compelling that she was not only given the funds but also soldiers to do the repair work marie louisa was fondly called aunt mary by the dutch she was also beloved by her two children when her son reached his majority she gracefully handed power to him and precedence to his wife and retired following the deaths of her son and daughter-in-law she came out of retirement to serve as regent for her grandson willem v she died at the age of 77. the dutch line willem iv inherited the title prince of orange at birth during his lifetime the provinces his father had claimed all accepted film as their stodholder he married anne princess royal eldest daughter of king george ii of great britain and they had five children in 1747 the french army invaded the dutch republic and the people decided they needed a strong central leader they united seven provinces and named villam general stottholder he was also a director general of the dutch east india company villam died of a stroke at 40 leaving the throne to his three-year-old son willem v after losing a war with great britain his people forced him out of the country his wife princess vilamina entreated her brother king frederick william ii of prussia to invade the dutch republic the revolutionaries got the french involved and they took over the dutch republic willem escaped to great britain with whom he was once again friendly and out of spite he handed over all the dutch colonies to the british he tried to invade holland with the support of great britain and russia but cholera decimated his troops villaim gave a speech demanding that he be reinstated as staldholder but the people declined he died in brunswick at the age of 58. his son willem the first made a deal with napoleon and was granted the principality of nassau orange fluta but when his prussian cousins went to war with france he sided with them and was stripped of his principality he partnered with russia to invade the dutch republic and kick the french out the once wealthy dutch economy had been ruined under the french they welcomed villain back naming him king of the netherlands and grand duke of luxembourg he ruled for 25 years during which he instated a constitution which still allowed him absolute power great britain gave back most of the colonies willem v had given them except south africa and ceylon the southern territories of the netherlands revolted and formed a new country belgium villaim had six children with his wife philemina of prussia yes his wife and mother did have the same name following her death he abdicated in order to marry a catholic henrietta dutramon and pass the throne to his son willem ii he was wounded at the battle of waterloo he was briefly engaged to princess charlotte of wales but she didn't want to move to the netherlands and instead married prince leopold of soxy colberg saulfeld willem married grand duchess anna pavlovna of russia and they had five children in 1830 when revolt broke out in the southern territories willem marched his army south but failed to squash the rebellion his former matrimonial rival prince leopold was named king of the belgians in 1848 revolutions against monarchy broke out all over europe villaim decided to reform his government voluntarily rather than wait for revolution to break out in his own country he may also have been blackmailed to do so by a government official who knew of his homosexual affair villam died at 56 passing the throne to his son willem iii he married his cousin sophie of wurttemberg and they had a miserable marriage he was a violent womanizer and possibly insane when sophie died the 62 year old king wed 21 year old emma of valdec and permanent she had a calming effect on the tyrannical king and gave birth to one child vilamina villam had three sons from his first marriage all of whom pre-deceased him so when he died at the age of 73 the throne went to his ten-year-old daughter vilhamina because she was a female she could not inherit the grand duchy of luxembourg so that went to her cousin adolf the queen married duke henry of mecklenburg schwerin but her first two pregnancies ended in stillbirth after eight years of marriage princess yuliana was born to much rejoicing before world war one she visited kaiser wilhelm who tried to intimidate her but she held firm and kept the netherlands neutral during the war queen wilhelmina had a keen interest in business and built her nation back into an economic power becoming the first female billionaire along the way during world war ii the nazis invaded and the royal family fled to the uk the queen sent radio messages home and became a popular symbol of resistance in 1948 she abdicated in favor of her only child and retired she died in 1962 aged 82. juliana studied international law at university she married prince bernhard of lip bisterfeld whom she met at the 1936 winter olympics in bavaria they had four daughters in 1953 the netherlands was hit by the most destructive storm in 500 years eighteen hundred people drowned and tens of thousands were left homeless queen yuliana waded through the mud and provided food clothing and comfort to her people forever endearing herself to them she passed the throne to her daughter in 1980 before beginning to decline from alzheimer's disease she died in 2004 aged 94. beatrix earned a law degree from leiden university in 1966 she became engaged to german diplomat klaus von amsberg the dutch were outraged as klaus had been a member of the nazi youth and the german army the couple married amid rioting but the birth of their three children quieted the fervor in 2013 beatrix abdicated though she still makes public appearances in support of her son willem alexander who is king of the netherlands today he studied history at university and served in the navy he has participated in long-distance ice skating tours run the new york city marathon and served as a member of the international olympic committee he married argentinian maxima zoregyeta ceruti the eldest of their three daughters katarina amalia is heir to the throne and princess of orange we all know that relatives can sometimes be a bit difficult but it's not every day that they come to you to solve a murder but that's exactly what happens to june parker in the exciting free mobile game june's journey travel back in time to the 1920s and help june solve the murder of her sister and uncover her family's many dark secrets hidden in their elegant estate it's easy to relax while exploring the glamorous mansion and get lost while finding hidden objects and uncovering new clues in the elegantly illustrated scenes and there are many intriguing twists and turns to keep you coming back for more so if you want to take a tranquil and stylish trip back in time and support my channel then download june's journey for free by clicking on the link in the description [Music] and now back to history the danish line begins with the second son of king willem the first of the netherlands prince frederick was a commander under wellington in the napoleonic wars he was an adviser to his nephew villain iii and mediated his unhappy marriage preventing a scandalous divorce he married his first cousin louisa daughter of frederick william iii of prussia they had four children the eldest of which was louisa at 22 she read carl son of king oscar the first of sweden and norway he was disappointed with her looks but went ahead with a marriage as he expected the ancient house of orange nassau to provide an impressive dowry but in fact her dowry was disappointingly small the couple were unhappy luisa was introverted and carl loved to party and conduct love affairs louisa had a difficult delivery with her second child carl and was unable to have any more children carl died at two of pneumonia and salick lot prevented her daughter from becoming heir louisa offered charles a divorce so he could remarry and father an heir but he declined in 1859 he became king carl xv of sweden and fourth of norway louisa had no interest in politics and focused on philanthropy she died of pneumonia at 42. when her husband died a year later he was succeeded by his brother oscar ii louisa's daughter louisa married crown prince frederick of denmark she was deeply religious and popular with the people but strict bordering on abusive with her children in 1906 her husband became king frederick viii of denmark and she queen consort she was widowed six years later and died in 1926 age 74. her son was christian the 10th he married alexandrian of mecklenburg schwerin and they had two sons christian nearly caused a revolution by insisting that the government take all of the german territory of schlieswig when only the northern half wanted to join denmark he was forced to back down or lose his crown in 1940 denmark surrendered to nazi occupation christian refused to leave and rode his horse through copenhagen daily becoming a symbol of resistance he personally funded the evacuation of danish jews to neutral sweden he lived to see the nazi defeat and died in 1947 age 76 leaving the throne to his son frederick ix he served in the navy and had the tattoos to prove it he loved to play piano he was considering an engagement to maria or anastasia romanov daughters of tsar nikolai ii of russia but those plans were dashed when their father was deposed and they were executed he instead read princess ingrid of sweden also a descendant of johann and marie as queen she modernized the royal family and did away with many outdated court customs they had three daughters so frederick changed the succession so his eldest child margreta could succeed him his 25-year reign saw the evolution of denmark from an agrarian state to a booming modern economy he died of heart failure in 1972 age 72. his daughter margreta ii is the modern queen of denmark she studied archaeology at cambridge university and attended the sorbonne and the london school of economics at 27 she married french diplomat count henry de la borda de montpassant and they had two sons she is a painter and illustrated the danish edition of the lord of the rings series she has also designed costumes for the royal danish ballet and her own clothes her heirs are her son frederick and his son christian the norwegian line hakon the seventh king of norway was the second son of frederick viii of denmark and queen louisa at birth he was named carl he married mod of wales a granddaughter of queen victoria at buckingham palace the pair had a love match and one son carl's maternal grandfather had been king of sweden and norway so in 1905 when norway dissolved their union with sweden carl was offered the norwegian crown he insisted on a vote to determine if the people wanted a king and he was elected by a 79 majority he took the ancient norse name of hakon and was well loved by his new people when the nazis invaded hakon refused to abdicate so the germans bombed him and his family the royals hid in the snowy woods eventually reaching the border of sweden where they were evacuated to the uk hakone broadcasted messages of hope and defiance back to norway via the bbc norwegians wore coins emblazoned with his monogram h7 as a symbol of resistance following the german defeat hakon returned home to much acclaim he died in 1957 at 85. his son olaf v was down to earth and popular he married his first cousin princess marta of sweden also a descendant of johann and marie they had a happy marriage and three children she was a beloved crown princess but died of cancer at 53 three years before her husband's ascension so she never got to be queen olaf reigned for 34 years and died in 1991 age 87 passing the throne to his only son harold v the current king of norway when he was three he fled the nazis and moved to washington dc with his mother and sisters they were frequent guests of the roosevelt at the white house he attended the norwegian military academy and oxford university where he rode crew harold represented norway in sailing in the olympic games of 1964 68 and 72. he fell in love with commoner sonja haraldson his father wanted him to marry a foreign princess but harold said he would marry sonja or never marry and bring an end to the dynasty the couple wed in 1968 and had two children king harald and queen sonya have modernized and further popularized the norwegian royal family and opened their palaces to the public harald's heir is his son hakon in 1990 norway moved to absolute primogeniture so hakon will be followed by his eldest child princess ingri alexandra the swedish line begins with the granddaughter of johann and marie carolina princess of orange nassau during the minority of her younger brother willem v carolina served as his regent she married charles christian prince of nassau welberg and had 15 children only seven of whom survived to adulthood her son frederick villam inherited his father's title of prince of nassau welberg at 36 he married 16 year old bergraven louisa isabelle of kirschberg and they had four children the eldest was phillum who became duke of nassau following the death of a cousin he married princess luiza of sax altenberg and had eight children with her when she died he married princess pauline of wurttemberg and had four more children with her three of film's offspring are ancestors to modern monarchs sophia married crown prince oscar of sweden she was calm practical and popular and was one of the first european royals to breastfeed her four children the queen joined the new evangelical movement and became deeply religious she shied away from public life but worked to improve medical care under the guidance of florence nightingale and founded the first nursing school in sweden her son carl duke of vastergotland married ingeborg of the danish royal family their daughter marta was the mother of harold the current king of norway and their daughter astrid married king leopold iii of belgium and was the grandmother of philippe the current king of the belgians sophia's eldest son was gustav v he married victoria of baden and had three sons he became king in 1907 age 51 after he dismissed a prime minister parliament stripped the monarchy of all political power and made him a figurehead during world war ii he made the still controversial decision to comply with nazi requests for logistical support possibly preventing an invasion and allowing sweden to remain neutral gustav vehemently opposed the persecution of jews many of whom escaped to safety in sweden the king was an avid hunter sportsman and played tennis competitively into his 80s he died in 1950 age 92 and was followed by his son gustav vi adolf who married princess margaret of connaught a granddaughter of queen victoria they had a happy union and five children while pregnant with her sixth child margaret died suddenly of sepsis at the age of 38. she was deeply mourned by her family and sweden gustav married his first wife's cousin lady louise mountbatten but the couple had only one stillborn daughter he was a lifelong amateur archaeologist and book lover with an impressive library he was a popular king and died in 1973 age 90. his son gustav adolf married princess sibila of saucy colberg and gotha also a johann and marie descendant and they had four daughters and a son the prince was killed in a plane crash at the age of 40. so when his father died 26 years later the crown passed to his only son carl the 16th gustav who is king of sweden today in 1975 he became king at the age of 27. he married german brazilian sylvia sommerloff whom he met while attending the 1972 olympic games in munich they have three children their second child carl was the heir at birth but in 1980 sweden became the first european monarchy to move to absolute primogeniture and eldest child victoria became the heir her eldest child estelle born in 1912 is expected to follow her mother as queen willem duke of nassau's third daughter helena is also an ancestor of king carl xvi gustav her daughter helena married queen victoria of the uk's youngest son leopold they had two children before he died of hemophilia at age 30. their son charles edward was taken under wing by his cousin kaiser wilhelm of germany who secured him the dukedom of saxe koberg and gotha when he was 16. during world war one charles edward sided with his cousin wilhelm and was stripped of his title of prince of the uk during the german revolution in 1918 his duchy was abolished he joined the nazi party in the hopes that they would restore his throne following the nazi defeat he was put on trial for war crimes and bankrupted by heavy fines his daughter princess sibila married prince gustav adolf of sweden in 1932 she was well liked for her sense of humor she died the year before her son became king carl the 16th gustav of sweden the luxembourg line begins with adolf son of villain duke of nassau his first wife grand duchess elizabeth mikhailovna of russia died in childbirth adolf built a russian orthodox church to bury her in he married princess adelhide marie of anhalt desu and had five children since luxembourg became an independent nation in 1815 the king of the netherlands had also been grand duke of luxembourg king villain iii's only surviving child villamina inherited the throne of the netherlands but was barred from inheriting luxembourg because she was a woman so it went to her cousin 73 year old adolf he knew very little about the country he now ruled and left governing up to politicians he died at 88 passing the throne to his son william iv because he was a protestant set to rule a catholic country he married princess marie anne of portugal who raised their six daughters catholic he changed the law to allow women to inherit the duchy and his daughter marie adelaide followed him as the first grand duchess regnant of luxembourg her german sympathies made her unpopular in world war one and she was forced to abdicate the people voted to keep the monarchy and hand the throne to maria adelaide's younger sister charlotte she had six children with her husband prince felix of bourbon parma during world war ii the nazis occupied luxembourg and offered to keep charlotte as grand duchess but she refused to collaborate and fled to the uk with her family she sent encouraging radio broadcasts home in 1964 charlotte abdicated in favor of her son and retired she died in 1985 age 89. jean attended university in canada and the royal military academy at sandhurst in the uk he joined the irish guard and was part of the allied liberation of luxembourg he married princess josephine charlotte of belgium also a descendant of johann and marie and they had five children josephine was renowned for her taste refinement and dedication to charity work she oversaw the restoration of the grand ducal palace jean's 36-year reign brought stability to his war-torn nation which grew into a financial center and the wealthiest nation per capita in europe he abdicated in 2000 and died in 2019 age 98. his son henry is the modern duke of luxembourg he attended the royal military academy at sandhurst and studied political science at the university of geneva there he dated a fellow student cuban-born maria teresa mestre batista they have five children henri is a member of the international olympic committee and the world health organization his heir is his eldest child guillaume followed by his son charles born in 2020 in the next video we'll meet the descendants of johann willem freso and marie louise who are also ancestors of the modern monarchs of spain the united kingdom belgium monaco and liechtenstein a 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Length: 29min 55sec (1795 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 10 2021