Royal families in Germany
The first King of Belgium was Leopold I. He came from the family
'Saxe-Coburg and Gotha'. Many European Royal Families are linked to this House.
So, I started to interest me in the history of German Royal - and noble families.
If you have suggestions, tips or comments feel free to post them!
Der erste König von Belgien war Leopold I. Er stammte aus der Familie
'Sachsen Coburg und Gotha'.Viele Europaïsche Königshäuser sind zu dieser
Dynastie verbunden. So fing ich an, mich in der Geschichte der
Deutschen Königlichen- und Adelsfamilien zu interessieren.
Wenn Sie Anregungen oder Tipps haben, zögern Sie nicht, mich zu kontaktieren.
Kingdoms
Source picture: Wikipedia
The capital of Bavaria is Munich with a lot of amazing castles like
1806 -1825 : Maximilian I
Born: 1756
Died: 1825
1st. Marriage: Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse Darmstadt
Children:
* Ludwig I, who married Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
* Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia - who married
Eugène de Bauharnais - on this link
* Amalie Marie Auguste, who died in infancy
* Caroline Auguste, who married William, Crown Prince of Württemberg
and secondly Francis I of Austria - on this link
* Karl Theodor Maximilian Auguste
2nd Marriage: Friederike Karoline Wilhelmine of Baden
Children:
* Stilborn son
* Maximilian Joseph Karl Friedrich
* Elisabeth Ludovika and queen consort of Prussia - on this link
* Amalie Auguste, queen consort of Saxony - on this link
* Sophie, Archduchess of Austria - on this link
* Marie Anne Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine, who married
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
* Ludovika - mother of Sisi - on this Link 1
* Maximiliana Josepha Caroline , who died in infancy
I made a Weekend Special about him & a Today in History.
Check these links too:
on this Link 2
1825-1848: Ludwig I
Born 1786
Died: 1868 in Nice
Married: Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
1848-1864 : Maximilian II
Born: 1811
Died: 1864
Married: Marie of Prussia
1864-1886: Ludwig II
Born: 1845
Died: 1886
Is sometimes called 'Mad King Ludwig' or 'Swan King'
He was eccentric and interested in architecture and art.
He gave the order to build many castles. The most famous is Neuschwanstein.
I made a Weekend Special about this King. Check these links too:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
A Weekend Picture blog post about Herrenchiemsee Palace
You can read more on this link.
1886-1913: Otto
Born: 1848
Died: 1916
On this link, you can read more about him.
1913-1918: Ludwig III
Born: 1845
Died: 1921 (in Hungary)
Married: Maria Theresia of Austria- Este
On this link you can read more about her.
Other 'Today in History' blog posts about interesting members
of this Royal House:
Princess Isabella of Bavaria link
Sabina of Bavaria link
Princess Aldegunde of Bavaria link
Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria link
Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria (mother in law of Sisi) link
Royal Families
Royal Families: House of Wittelsbach: between crazyness and excellence
more on this link
Source picture - Wikipedia
The capital of Prussia was Berlin (now capital of Germany).
Prussia achieved his greatest importance during the 18th and 19th century.
1701 - 1713: Frederick I
Born: 1657
Died: 1713
He married 3 times:
Elizabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1713-1740: Frederick William I of Prussia
Born: 1688
Died: 1740
He married Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
I made a Today in History of one of his daughters, check this link.
1740-1786: Frederick II
Is called Frederick the great
Born: 1712
Died:1786
Married: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern
1786 - 1797 : Frederick William II
Born: 1744
Died: 1797
Married:
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick -Lüneburg
Frederika Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
On this link you can see a blog post I made about him.
1797 - 1840: Frederick William III
Born: 1770
Died: 1840
He married
Luise of Mecklenburg-Streliz
Augusta von Harrach
1840-1861 : Frederick William IV
Born: 1795
Died: 1861
Married: Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (aunt of Sisi)
On this link you can read a 'Today in History' blog post of him.
1861 - 1888: William I
Born: 1797
Died: 1888
married Auguste of Saxe-Weimar
Born: 1831
Died: 1888
Married:
Victoria, princess Royal of United Kingdom (daughter of Queen Victoria)
see also descendents of Queen Victoria
I made a Today in History about him, check this link.
1888-1918: Wilhelm II
Born: 1859
Died: 1941
Married:
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
Hermine Reuss of Greiz
I made a book review about Wilhelm II, last Emperor of Germany
written by Christopher Clark on this link
Current Head of the Prussian Branch of the House of Hohenzollern:
Source picture - Wikipedia
Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia
in German: Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen
Recently he came in the news (2019) with a reclaim for their
lost artworks and palace from the German state. More on this
link.
Other posts about members of this Royal House:
Prince Henri of Prussia, on this link
Prince Augustus William of Prussia, on this link
Prince Frederick of Prussia, on this link
Electors of Brandenburg
In early modern times Brandenburg was one of the seven electoral states
in the Holy Roman Empire. From 1415 it was governed by members of the
House of Hohenzolleren. However in 1618 the Margraviate of Brandenburg
and the Duchy of Prussia were combined as Brandenburg-Prussia.
From 1701 the state was elevated in the Kingdom of Prussia.
Albrecht Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
John George, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Family du Sayn- Wittgenstein- Berleburg
A blogpost about this noble house, check this link
Saxony: House of Wettin
Source picture: Wikipedia
in German: Sachsen
Saxony is near Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria,
Poland and the Czech Republic.
The capital of Saxony was Dresden.
1806- 1827: Frederick Augustus I
Born: 1750
Died: 1827
Married:
Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfield
1827-1836: Anthony
Born: 1755
Died: 1836
Married:
Maria Carolina of Savoy
Maria Theresia of Austria
1836-1854: Frederick Augustus II
Born: 1797
Died: 1854
He married twice:
Marie Caroline of Austria
Maria Anna of Bavaria
1854-1873: John
Born: 1801
Died: 1873
Married:
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
1873-1902: Albert
Born: 1828
Died: 1902
Married:
Carola of Vasa
1902 -1904: George
Born: 1832
Died: 1904
Married:
Maria Anna of Portugal
1904-1918: Frederick Augustus III
Born: 1865
Died: 1932
Married:
Archduchess Luise of Austria
Some 'Today in History' blog posts I made about members of this
noble family ...
Princess Amalie of Saxony on this link
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony on this link
Ernest, Elector of Saxony on this link
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony on this link
George 'the Bearded', Duke of Saxony on this link.
Elisabeth of Hesse, Hereditary Princess of Saxony on this link.
Maurice, Count of Saxony on this link
Source picture: Wikipedia
Württemberg was bordered by Baden and Bavaria in the east.
The capital of Württemberg was Stuttgart.
The House of Württemberg, one of the ruling Houses of Germany
was famous in Europe from the 13th. century.
I made a blog post about this royal family, check this link.
1806-1816: Frederick I
Born: 1754
Died: 1816
He married twice:
Augusta of Brunswick -Wolfenbüttel
Charlotte, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
1816-1864: William I
Born: 1781
Died: 1864
Married:
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (divorced in 1814)-
their marriage was arranged by Napoleon
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
Pauline Therese of Würtemberg
1864-1891: Charles I
Born: 1823
Died: 1891
Married:
Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
1891 - 1918 : William II
Born: 1848
Died: 1921
Married:
Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe
I made a 'Today of History' blog post about his, check this link
Other notable members
* Frederick William Charles, King of Württemberg link
* William Louis, Duke of Württemberg link
* Duchess Amalie of Württemberg link
* Duchess Frederica of Württemberg link
* Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg,
who became Maria Feodorovna of Russia link
* Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg link
* Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg Montbéliard link
* Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg link
Source picture: wikipedia
The capital of the Duchy of Baden was Karlsruhe.
1806- 1811: Charles Frederick
Born: 1728
Died: 1811
Married
Caroline of Hesse- Darmstadt
Luise Caroline
1811-1818: Charles
Born: 1786
Died: 1818
Married:
Stéphanie de Bauharnais
1818-1830: Louis I
Born: 1763
Died: 1830
1830-1852: Leopold
Born: 1790
Died: 1852
Married:
Princess Sophie of Sweden
1858-1907 Frederick I
Born: 1826
Died: 1907
Married:
Princess Louise of Prussia
1907-1918 Frederick II
Born: 1857
Died: 1928
Married:
Princess Hilda of Nassau
Other History posts I made of Baden:
Amalie Christiane of Baden, which you can see on
this link.
capital: Darmstadt
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine is situated on the banks of
the Rhine. The territory of this grand duchy is much smaller than its
neighbors. These were Bavaria and Württemberg.
Because of its mild climate and its medicinal springs Hesse was
attractive to the Russian elite.
1806-1830: Louis I
Born: 1753
Died: 1830
Married:
Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
1830-1848: Louis II
Born: 1777
Died: 1848
Married:
Wilhelmine of Baden
1848-1877: Louis III
Born: 1806
Died: 1877
Married:
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
1877-1892: Louis IV
Born: 1837
Died: 1892
Married:
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (daughter of Queen Victoria)
Parents of inter alia Alexandra Feodorovna &
Elisabeth Feodorovna.
Tragedy was constant in this Grand Ducal Family.
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, the second son died after falling
from an open window in 1873.
In 1878 tragedy came again in the family. The children
caught diphtheria and Alice personally nursed her family.
The youngest daughter Marie didn't survive the epedemic.
Three weeks later Alice died, she was 35 years old.
1892-1918: Ernest Louis
Born: 1868
Died: 1918
Married:
Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (divorced)
Eleonore of Solms - Hohensolmslich
'Saxe-Coburg and Gotha'. Many European Royal Families are linked to this House.
So, I started to interest me in the history of German Royal - and noble families.
If you have suggestions, tips or comments feel free to post them!
Der erste König von Belgien war Leopold I. Er stammte aus der Familie
'Sachsen Coburg und Gotha'.Viele Europaïsche Königshäuser sind zu dieser
Dynastie verbunden. So fing ich an, mich in der Geschichte der
Deutschen Königlichen- und Adelsfamilien zu interessieren.
Wenn Sie Anregungen oder Tipps haben, zögern Sie nicht, mich zu kontaktieren.
Kingdoms
Bavaria (in German: Bayern)
House of Wittelsbach
Source picture: Wikipedia
The capital of Bavaria is Munich with a lot of amazing castles like
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| Munich Residenz |
The Residenz - a pleasant surprise after those walls
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| Nymphenburg Castle in Munich |
1806 -1825 : Maximilian I
Born: 1756
Died: 1825
1st. Marriage: Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse Darmstadt
Children:
* Ludwig I, who married Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
* Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia - who married
Eugène de Bauharnais - on this link
* Amalie Marie Auguste, who died in infancy
* Caroline Auguste, who married William, Crown Prince of Württemberg
and secondly Francis I of Austria - on this link
* Karl Theodor Maximilian Auguste
2nd Marriage: Friederike Karoline Wilhelmine of Baden
Children:
* Stilborn son
* Maximilian Joseph Karl Friedrich
* Elisabeth Ludovika and queen consort of Prussia - on this link
* Amalie Auguste, queen consort of Saxony - on this link
* Sophie, Archduchess of Austria - on this link
* Marie Anne Leopoldine Elisabeth Wilhelmine, who married
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
* Ludovika - mother of Sisi - on this Link 1
* Maximiliana Josepha Caroline , who died in infancy
I made a Weekend Special about him & a Today in History.
Check these links too:
on this Link 2
1825-1848: Ludwig I
Born 1786
Died: 1868 in Nice
Married: Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
1848-1864 : Maximilian II
Born: 1811
Died: 1864
Married: Marie of Prussia
1864-1886: Ludwig II
Born: 1845
Died: 1886
Is sometimes called 'Mad King Ludwig' or 'Swan King'
He was eccentric and interested in architecture and art.
He gave the order to build many castles. The most famous is Neuschwanstein.
I made a Weekend Special about this King. Check these links too:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
A Weekend Picture blog post about Herrenchiemsee Palace
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| Herrenchiemsee Palace Germany |
You can read more on this link.
1886-1913: Otto
Born: 1848
Died: 1916
On this link, you can read more about him.
1913-1918: Ludwig III
Born: 1845
Died: 1921 (in Hungary)
Married: Maria Theresia of Austria- Este
On this link you can read more about her.
Other 'Today in History' blog posts about interesting members
of this Royal House:
Princess Isabella of Bavaria link
Sabina of Bavaria link
Princess Aldegunde of Bavaria link
Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria link
Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria (mother in law of Sisi) link
Royal Families
Royal Families: House of Wittelsbach: between crazyness and excellence
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| Neues Palais in Potsdam Berlin Germany |
Prussia:
House of Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
Source picture - Wikipedia
The capital of Prussia was Berlin (now capital of Germany).
Prussia achieved his greatest importance during the 18th and 19th century.
1701 - 1713: Frederick I
Born: 1657
Died: 1713
He married 3 times:
Elizabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1713-1740: Frederick William I of Prussia
Born: 1688
Died: 1740
He married Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
I made a Today in History of one of his daughters, check this link.
1740-1786: Frederick II
Is called Frederick the great
Born: 1712
Died:1786
Married: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern
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| Frederick the Great |
Own picture - taken in 2013 in Sanssouci
I made a Today in History about him, check this link.
1786 - 1797 : Frederick William II
Born: 1744
Died: 1797
Married:
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick -Lüneburg
Frederika Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
On this link you can see a blog post I made about him.
1797 - 1840: Frederick William III
Born: 1770
Died: 1840
He married
Luise of Mecklenburg-Streliz
Augusta von Harrach
1840-1861 : Frederick William IV
Born: 1795
Died: 1861
Married: Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (aunt of Sisi)
On this link you can read a 'Today in History' blog post of him.
1861 - 1888: William I
Born: 1797
Died: 1888
married Auguste of Saxe-Weimar
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| Deutsches Eck in Koblenz Germany |
Own picture of the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz with the statue
William (in German: Wilhelm) I
I made an OTD about him, check this link.
1888: Frederick III
Born: 1831
Died: 1888
Married:
Victoria, princess Royal of United Kingdom (daughter of Queen Victoria)
see also descendents of Queen Victoria
I made a Today in History about him, check this link.
1888-1918: Wilhelm II
Born: 1859
Died: 1941
Married:
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
Hermine Reuss of Greiz
I made a book review about Wilhelm II, last Emperor of Germany
written by Christopher Clark on this link
Current Head of the Prussian Branch of the House of Hohenzollern:
Source picture - Wikipedia
Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia
in German: Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen
Recently he came in the news (2019) with a reclaim for their
lost artworks and palace from the German state. More on this
link.
Other posts about members of this Royal House:
Prince Henri of Prussia, on this link
Prince Augustus William of Prussia, on this link
Prince Frederick of Prussia, on this link
Electors of Brandenburg
In early modern times Brandenburg was one of the seven electoral states
in the Holy Roman Empire. From 1415 it was governed by members of the
House of Hohenzolleren. However in 1618 the Margraviate of Brandenburg
and the Duchy of Prussia were combined as Brandenburg-Prussia.
From 1701 the state was elevated in the Kingdom of Prussia.
Albrecht Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
John George, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, on this link
Family du Sayn- Wittgenstein- Berleburg
A blogpost about this noble house, check this link
Saxony: House of Wettin
Source picture: Wikipedia
in German: Sachsen
Saxony is near Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria,
Poland and the Czech Republic.
The capital of Saxony was Dresden.
1806- 1827: Frederick Augustus I
Born: 1750
Died: 1827
Married:
Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfield
1827-1836: Anthony
Born: 1755
Died: 1836
Married:
Maria Carolina of Savoy
Maria Theresia of Austria
1836-1854: Frederick Augustus II
Born: 1797
Died: 1854
He married twice:
Marie Caroline of Austria
Maria Anna of Bavaria
1854-1873: John
Born: 1801
Died: 1873
Married:
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
1873-1902: Albert
Born: 1828
Died: 1902
Married:
Carola of Vasa
1902 -1904: George
Born: 1832
Died: 1904
Married:
Maria Anna of Portugal
1904-1918: Frederick Augustus III
Born: 1865
Died: 1932
Married:
Archduchess Luise of Austria
Some 'Today in History' blog posts I made about members of this
noble family ...
Princess Amalie of Saxony on this link
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony on this link
Ernest, Elector of Saxony on this link
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony on this link
George 'the Bearded', Duke of Saxony on this link.
Elisabeth of Hesse, Hereditary Princess of Saxony on this link.
Maurice, Count of Saxony on this link
Württemberg
Source picture: Wikipedia
Württemberg was bordered by Baden and Bavaria in the east.
The capital of Württemberg was Stuttgart.
The House of Württemberg, one of the ruling Houses of Germany
was famous in Europe from the 13th. century.
I made a blog post about this royal family, check this link.
1806-1816: Frederick I
Born: 1754
Died: 1816
He married twice:
Augusta of Brunswick -Wolfenbüttel
Charlotte, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
1816-1864: William I
Born: 1781
Died: 1864
Married:
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (divorced in 1814)-
their marriage was arranged by Napoleon
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
Pauline Therese of Würtemberg
1864-1891: Charles I
Born: 1823
Died: 1891
Married:
Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
1891 - 1918 : William II
Born: 1848
Died: 1921
Married:
Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe
I made a 'Today of History' blog post about his, check this link
Other notable members
* Frederick William Charles, King of Württemberg link
* William Louis, Duke of Württemberg link
* Duchess Amalie of Württemberg link
* Duchess Frederica of Württemberg link
* Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg,
who became Maria Feodorovna of Russia link
* Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg link
* Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg Montbéliard link
* Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg link
Duke principalities:
Baden (1806 -1918)
Source picture: wikipedia
The capital of the Duchy of Baden was Karlsruhe.
1806- 1811: Charles Frederick
Born: 1728
Died: 1811
Married
Caroline of Hesse- Darmstadt
Luise Caroline
1811-1818: Charles
Born: 1786
Died: 1818
Married:
Stéphanie de Bauharnais
1818-1830: Louis I
Born: 1763
Died: 1830
1830-1852: Leopold
Born: 1790
Died: 1852
Married:
Princess Sophie of Sweden
1858-1907 Frederick I
Born: 1826
Died: 1907
Married:
Princess Louise of Prussia
1907-1918 Frederick II
Born: 1857
Died: 1928
Married:
Princess Hilda of Nassau
Other History posts I made of Baden:
Amalie Christiane of Baden, which you can see on
this link.
Grand Duchy Hesse &
by Rhine
by Rhine
(1806 - 1918)
capital: Darmstadt
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine is situated on the banks of
the Rhine. The territory of this grand duchy is much smaller than its
neighbors. These were Bavaria and Württemberg.
Because of its mild climate and its medicinal springs Hesse was
attractive to the Russian elite.
1806-1830: Louis I
Born: 1753
Died: 1830
Married:
Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
1830-1848: Louis II
Born: 1777
Died: 1848
Married:
Wilhelmine of Baden
1848-1877: Louis III
Born: 1806
Died: 1877
Married:
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
1877-1892: Louis IV
Born: 1837
Died: 1892
Married:
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (daughter of Queen Victoria)
Parents of inter alia Alexandra Feodorovna &
Elisabeth Feodorovna.
Tragedy was constant in this Grand Ducal Family.
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, the second son died after falling
from an open window in 1873.
In 1878 tragedy came again in the family. The children
caught diphtheria and Alice personally nursed her family.
The youngest daughter Marie didn't survive the epedemic.
Three weeks later Alice died, she was 35 years old.
1892-1918: Ernest Louis
Born: 1868
Died: 1918
Married:
Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (divorced)
Eleonore of Solms - Hohensolmslich
The Battenberg family was formerly a monarganic branch of the
House of Hesse-Darmstadt, rulers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in Germany.
The first member was Julia Hauke, whose brother-in-law Grand
Duke Louis III of Hesse created her in 1851 Countess of Battenberg.
House of Hesse-Darmstadt, rulers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in Germany.
The first member was Julia Hauke, whose brother-in-law Grand
Duke Louis III of Hesse created her in 1851 Countess of Battenberg.
One of the members of this family was Princess Alice of Battenberg.
She married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. They were the
parents of inter alia Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
She married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. They were the
parents of inter alia Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Princess Louise of Battenberg renounced her title in 1917 and she
became Lady Louise Mountbatten. She married the future Gustaf VI
Adolf of Sweden.
The region of Mecklenburg was located in Northern Germany
along the Baltic Sea. It was comprised of two Grand Duchies:
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg Strelitz
Source picture - Wikipedia
capital: Schwerin
became Lady Louise Mountbatten. She married the future Gustaf VI
Adolf of Sweden.
Mecklenburg - Schwerin
The region of Mecklenburg was located in Northern Germany
along the Baltic Sea. It was comprised of two Grand Duchies:
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg Strelitz
Source picture - Wikipedia
capital: Schwerin
I made a blogpost about the history of the House of Mecklenburg on this link.
1758-1815: Frederik Frans I
Born: 1756
Died: 1837
Married:
Princess Louisa of Saxe - Gotha - Altenburg
1837 - 1842 Paul Frederik
Born: 1800
Died: 1842
Married:
Alexandrine of Prussia
1842-1883: Frederik Frans II
Born: 1823
Died: 1883
Married:
Princess Augusta of Reuss - Köstritz
Princess Anne of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Marie of Schwartzburg - Rudolstadt
(mother of Heinrich spouse of Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands)
1883-1897: Frederik Frans III
Born: 1851
Died: 1897
Married:
Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
1897- 1918 Frederik Frans IV
Born: 1882
Died: 1945
Married
Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland
I made a 'Today in History - On This Day' from members of this noble
family:
Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg Schwerin on this link.
capital: Neustrelitz
1815-1816 : Karel II
Born: 1741
Died: 1816
Married:
Princess Frederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
1816-1860: George
Born: 1779
Died: 1860
Married:
Princess Marie of Hesse-Cassel
1860-1904: Frederik Willem
Born: 1819
Died: 1904
Married:
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
1904-1914: Adolf Frederik V
Born: 1848
Died: 1914
Married:
Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
1914-1918 Adolf Frederik VI
Born: 1882
Died: 1918
Source picture - Wikipedia
capital: Oldenburg
I wrote more about the noble House of Oldenburg - See this link
1829-1853: Paul Frederick Augustus I
Born: 1783
Died: 1853
Married:
Princess Adelheid of Anhalt - Bernburg - Schaumburg - Hoym
Princess Ida of Anhalt - Bernburg - Schaumburg - Hoym (younger sister of his first wife)
Princess Cecilia of Sweden
1853-1900: Nicholas Frederick Peter II
Born: 1827
Died: 1900
Married:
Elisabeth of Saxe - Altenburg
1900-1918: Frederick Augustus II
Born: 1852
Died: 1931
Married:
Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia
Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg - Schwerin
Source picture -wikipedia
capital: Weimar
1809-1828: Charles (Karl) Augustus
Born: 1757
Died: 1828
Married:
Louisa of Hesse - Darmstadt
1828-1853: Charles Frederick
Born: 1783
Died: 1853
Married:
Maria Pavlovna of Russia
1853-1901: Charles Alexander
Born: 1818
Died: 1901
Married:
Sophie of The Netherlands
(she was his first cousin. The mother of Sophie was Anna Pavlovna
a sister of his mother Maria)
1901-1818: William Ernest
Born: 1876
Died: 1923
Married:
Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz
Princess Feodora of Saxe - Meiningen
Duchies:
capital: Dessau
1863-1871: Leopold IV
Born: 1794
Died: 1871
Married:
Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia
I made a Today in History about him, check this link.
1871-1904 : Frederick I
Born: 1831
Died: 1904
Married:
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
1904-1918: Frederick II
Born: 1856
Died: 1918
Married:
Princess Marie of Baden
1918: Eduard
Born: 1861
Died: 1918
Maried:
Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe - Altenburg
1918: Joachim Ernst
Born: 1901
Died: 1947
Married:
Elisabeth Strickrodt
Editha Marwitz von Stephani
Other posts I made:
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt - Dessau on this link.
Other Today in History blogpost I made about members of this
Ducal Family:
Gisele Agnes of Anhalt Köthen, on this link
Frederick Ferdinand of Anhalt Köthen, on this link
Friederike Auguste of Anhalt - Bernburg, on this link
Princes Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, on this link
Leopold I prince of Anhalt - Dessau, on this link
Leopold II Maximilian, Prince of Anhalt- Dessau, on this link
Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, on this link
Dorothea of Anhalt, on this link
Christian August, Prince of Anhalt Zerbst, on this link
Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt Zerbst, on this link
Source picture: wikipedia
In German : Braunschweig (= also capital)
1815-1830:Charles II
Born: 1804
Died: 1873
1830-1884: William
Born: 1806
Died: 1884
1885-1906: Albert
He was the son of Princess Marianne of The Netherlands and
Prince Albert of Prussia
Born: 1837
Died: 1906
Married:
Princess Marie of Saxe - Altenburg
1907-1913: Johann Albrecht (regent)
Born: 1876
Died: 1939
Married:
Marie von Blich Sulzer
Karoline Kornelia Stockhammer
1913-1918: Ernest Augustus
Born: 1887
Died: 1953
Married:
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
Other blogposts I made about this noble house:
Today in History - October 30th. 1563 - Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
On this link
Source picture - Wikipedia
capital Altenburg
1826-1834: Frederick
Born: 1763
Died: 1834
Married:
Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg Strelitz
1834-1848: Joseph
Born: 1789
Died: 1868
Married:
Amalia of Württemberg
1848-1853: Georg
Born: 1796
Died: 1853
Married:
Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg - Schwerin
1853-1908: Ernst I
Born: 1826
Died: 1908
Married:
Agnes of Anhalt - Dessau
1908-1918: Ernst II
Born: 1871
Died: 1955
Married:
Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg - Lippe
Maria Triebel (morganic)
Source picture - Wikipedia
capital: Coburg & Gotha
1826-1844: Ernst I
Brother of Leopold I, the first king of Belgium.
See page: Belgium 1830-1934
Born: 1784
Died: 1844
Married:
Louise of Saxe - Gotha - Altenburg
(mother of Prince Consort Albert husband of
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom)
Duchess Marie of Württemberg
I made a Today in History about him. Check this link.
1844-1893: Ernst II
Born: 1818
Died: 1893
Married:
Princess Alexandrine of Baden
1893-1900: Alfred
Born: 1844
Died: 1900
Married:
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
1900-1918: Karel Eduard
Born: 1884
Died: 1954
Married:
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig - Holstein
One of their daughters was Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha. - I made a today in history about her - check this link
capital: Meiningen
1803- 1866: Bernhard II
Born: 1800
Died: 1882
Married:
Marie Fredericka of Hesse - Kassel
1866-1914: Georg II
Born: 1826
Died: 1914
Married:
Princess Charlotte Frederica of Prussia
Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe - Langenburg
Ellen Franz
1914-1918 : Bernhard III
Born: 1851
Died: 1928
Married:
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
Principalities:
Source picture - Wikipedia
captial: Detmold
1802 - 1851: Leopold II
Born: 1796
Died: 1851
Married:
Emilie of Schwarzburg - Sonderhausen
1851 - 1875: Leopold III
Born: 1821
Died: 1875
Married:
Elisabeth of Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt
1875 - 1895: Woldemar
Born: 1824
Died: 1895
Married:
Sophie of Baden
1895 - 1905: Alexander
Born: 1831
Died: 1905
1905 - 1918: Leopold IV
Born: 1871
Died: 1949
Married:
Princess Bertha of Hesse - Philippsthal - Barchfeld
Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Source picture - Wikipedia
Capital: Gera
1854 - 1867: Heinrich LXVII
Born: 1789
Died: 1867
Married:
Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf
1867 - 1913: Heinrich XIV
Born: 1832
Died: 1913
Married:
Duchess Agnes of Württemberg
Friedrike Graetz (morganic)
1913 - 1918: Heinrich XXVII
Born: 1858
Died: 1928
Married:
Princess Elise of Hohenlohe - Langenburg
Capital: Greiz
1800 - 1817: Heinrich XIII
Born: 1747
Died: 1817
Married:
Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau Weilburg
1817 - 1836: Heinrich XIX
Born: 1790
Died: 1836
Married:
Princess Gasparine of Rohan-Rochefort
1836 - 1859: Heinrich XX
Born: 1794
Died: 1859
Married:
Princess Sophie of Löwenstein - Wertheim - Rosenberg
Princess Caroline of Hesse - Homburg
1859 - 1902: Heinrich XXII
Born: 1846
Died: 1902
Married:
Princess Ida of Schaumburg - Lippe
1902 - 1918: Heinrich XXIV
Born: 1878
Died: 1927
Source picture - Wikipedia
Capital: Bückeburg
1807 -1860: George William
Born: 1784
Died: 1860
Married:
Princess Ida of Waldeck - Pyrmont
1860 - 1893: Adolf I
Born: 1817
Died: 1893
Married:
Princess Hermine of Waldeck - Pyrmont
1893 - 1911: George
Born: 1846
Died: 1911
Married:
Princess Marie Anne of Saxe - Altenburg
1911 - 1918: Adolf II
Born: 1883
Died: 1936
Married:
Ellen Bischoff - Korthaus
Source picture- Wikipedia
Capital: Sondershausen
1794-1835: Günther Friedrich Karl I
Born: 1760
Died: 1837
Married:
Caroline von Schwarzburg Rudolstadt
1835 - 1880: Günther Friedrich Karl II
Born: 1801
Died: 1889
Married:
Caroline Irene Marie Schwarzburg Rudolstadt
Mathilde Hohenlohe Öhringen
1880 - 1909: Karl Günther
Born: 1830
Died: 1909
1909 - 1918: Prince Gunther
Born: 1852
Died: 1925
Married:
Anna - Louise von Schönburg - Waldenburg
1807 - 1814: Regent Caroline Louise of Hesse Homburg
Born: 1771
Died: 1854
Married:
Louis Frederick II of Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt
1814 - 1867: Prince Frederick Günther
Born: 1793
Died: 1867
Married:
Princess Auguste of Anhalt - Dessau
Countess Helene of Reina (morganic)
Marie Schultze (morganic)
1867 - 1869: Prince Albert
Born: 1798
Died: 1869
Married:
Princess Augusta of Solms - Braunfels
1869 - 1890: Georg Albert
Born: 1838
Died: 1890
1890 -1918: Günther Victor
Born: 1852
Died: 1925
Married:
Princess Anna - Louise of Schönburg - Waldenburg
Capital: Arolsen
1763 - 1812: Friedrich Karl August
Born: 1743
Died: 1812
1812 - 1813: Georg I
Born: 1747
Died: 1813
Married:
Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg Sonderhausen
1813 - 1845: Georg II
Born: 1789
Died: 1845
Married:
Princess Emma of Anhalt Bernburg - Schaumburg - Hoym
1845 - 1893: Georg - Victor
Born: 1831
Died: 1893
Married:
Princess Helene of Nassau
Princess Louise of Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderburg - Glücksburg
1893 - 1918: Friedrich
Born: 1865
Died: 1946
Married
Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg - Lippe
Brother of :
- Queen consort Emma of the Netherlands (mother of Queen Wilhelmina) see page:
The Netherlands - A Royal History.
- Helena married with Prince Leopold, duke of Albany -
(son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom )
see page: Descendants of Queen Victoria
Royal Places of interest
Aachen
Aachen was the favorite residence of Charlemagne. There are a lot of Historical
traces like this amazing Rathaus. Check my Happy History Weekend Picture on
this link.
The Aachen Cathedral - Check my blogpost about Royal Places on this
link.
The Elisenbrunnen in Aachen - Check my blogpost about it on this link
Source pictures: Wikipedia (except the palaces and the
landscapes)
1758-1815: Frederik Frans I
Born: 1756
Died: 1837
Married:
Princess Louisa of Saxe - Gotha - Altenburg
1837 - 1842 Paul Frederik
Born: 1800
Died: 1842
Married:
Alexandrine of Prussia
1842-1883: Frederik Frans II
Born: 1823
Died: 1883
Married:
Princess Augusta of Reuss - Köstritz
Princess Anne of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Marie of Schwartzburg - Rudolstadt
(mother of Heinrich spouse of Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands)
1883-1897: Frederik Frans III
Born: 1851
Died: 1897
Married:
Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
1897- 1918 Frederik Frans IV
Born: 1882
Died: 1945
Married
Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland
I made a 'Today in History - On This Day' from members of this noble
family:
Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg Schwerin on this link.
Mecklenburg
Streliz
Streliz
capital: Neustrelitz
1815-1816 : Karel II
Born: 1741
Died: 1816
Married:
Princess Frederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
1816-1860: George
Born: 1779
Died: 1860
Married:
Princess Marie of Hesse-Cassel
1860-1904: Frederik Willem
Born: 1819
Died: 1904
Married:
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
1904-1914: Adolf Frederik V
Born: 1848
Died: 1914
Married:
Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
1914-1918 Adolf Frederik VI
Born: 1882
Died: 1918
Oldenburg
Source picture - Wikipedia
capital: Oldenburg
I wrote more about the noble House of Oldenburg - See this link
1829-1853: Paul Frederick Augustus I
Born: 1783
Died: 1853
Married:
Princess Adelheid of Anhalt - Bernburg - Schaumburg - Hoym
Princess Ida of Anhalt - Bernburg - Schaumburg - Hoym (younger sister of his first wife)
Princess Cecilia of Sweden
1853-1900: Nicholas Frederick Peter II
Born: 1827
Died: 1900
Married:
Elisabeth of Saxe - Altenburg
1900-1918: Frederick Augustus II
Born: 1852
Died: 1931
Married:
Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia
Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg - Schwerin
Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach
Source picture -wikipedia
capital: Weimar
1809-1828: Charles (Karl) Augustus
Born: 1757
Died: 1828
Married:
Louisa of Hesse - Darmstadt
1828-1853: Charles Frederick
Born: 1783
Died: 1853
Married:
Maria Pavlovna of Russia
1853-1901: Charles Alexander
Born: 1818
Died: 1901
Married:
Sophie of The Netherlands
(she was his first cousin. The mother of Sophie was Anna Pavlovna
a sister of his mother Maria)
1901-1818: William Ernest
Born: 1876
Died: 1923
Married:
Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz
Princess Feodora of Saxe - Meiningen
Duchies:
Anhalt
capital: Dessau
1863-1871: Leopold IV
Born: 1794
Died: 1871
Married:
Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia
I made a Today in History about him, check this link.
1871-1904 : Frederick I
Born: 1831
Died: 1904
Married:
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
1904-1918: Frederick II
Born: 1856
Died: 1918
Married:
Princess Marie of Baden
1918: Eduard
Born: 1861
Died: 1918
Maried:
Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe - Altenburg
1918: Joachim Ernst
Born: 1901
Died: 1947
Married:
Elisabeth Strickrodt
Editha Marwitz von Stephani
Other posts I made:
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt - Dessau on this link.
Other Today in History blogpost I made about members of this
Ducal Family:
Gisele Agnes of Anhalt Köthen, on this link
Frederick Ferdinand of Anhalt Köthen, on this link
Friederike Auguste of Anhalt - Bernburg, on this link
Princes Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, on this link
Leopold I prince of Anhalt - Dessau, on this link
Leopold II Maximilian, Prince of Anhalt- Dessau, on this link
Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, on this link
Dorothea of Anhalt, on this link
Christian August, Prince of Anhalt Zerbst, on this link
Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt Zerbst, on this link
Brunswick
Source picture: wikipedia
In German : Braunschweig (= also capital)
1815-1830:Charles II
Born: 1804
Died: 1873
1830-1884: William
Born: 1806
Died: 1884
1885-1906: Albert
He was the son of Princess Marianne of The Netherlands and
Prince Albert of Prussia
Born: 1837
Died: 1906
Married:
Princess Marie of Saxe - Altenburg
1907-1913: Johann Albrecht (regent)
Born: 1876
Died: 1939
Married:
Marie von Blich Sulzer
Karoline Kornelia Stockhammer
1913-1918: Ernest Augustus
Born: 1887
Died: 1953
Married:
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
Other blogposts I made about this noble house:
Today in History - October 30th. 1563 - Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
On this link
Saxe-Altenburg
Source picture - Wikipedia
capital Altenburg
1826-1834: Frederick
Born: 1763
Died: 1834
Married:
Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg Strelitz
1834-1848: Joseph
Born: 1789
Died: 1868
Married:
Amalia of Württemberg
1848-1853: Georg
Born: 1796
Died: 1853
Married:
Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg - Schwerin
1853-1908: Ernst I
Born: 1826
Died: 1908
Married:
Agnes of Anhalt - Dessau
1908-1918: Ernst II
Born: 1871
Died: 1955
Married:
Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg - Lippe
Maria Triebel (morganic)
Saksen-Coburg and Gotha
Source picture - Wikipedia
capital: Coburg & Gotha
1826-1844: Ernst I
Brother of Leopold I, the first king of Belgium.
See page: Belgium 1830-1934
Born: 1784
Died: 1844
Married:
Louise of Saxe - Gotha - Altenburg
(mother of Prince Consort Albert husband of
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom)
Duchess Marie of Württemberg
I made a Today in History about him. Check this link.
1844-1893: Ernst II
Born: 1818
Died: 1893
Married:
Princess Alexandrine of Baden
1893-1900: Alfred
Born: 1844
Died: 1900
Married:
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
1900-1918: Karel Eduard
Born: 1884
Died: 1954
Married:
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig - Holstein
One of their daughters was Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha. - I made a today in history about her - check this link
Saksen-Meiningen
capital: Meiningen
1803- 1866: Bernhard II
Born: 1800
Died: 1882
Married:
Marie Fredericka of Hesse - Kassel
1866-1914: Georg II
Born: 1826
Died: 1914
Married:
Princess Charlotte Frederica of Prussia
Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe - Langenburg
Ellen Franz
1914-1918 : Bernhard III
Born: 1851
Died: 1928
Married:
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
Principalities:
Lippe
Source picture - Wikipedia
captial: Detmold
1802 - 1851: Leopold II
Born: 1796
Died: 1851
Married:
Emilie of Schwarzburg - Sonderhausen
1851 - 1875: Leopold III
Born: 1821
Died: 1875
Married:
Elisabeth of Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt
1875 - 1895: Woldemar
Born: 1824
Died: 1895
Married:
Sophie of Baden
1895 - 1905: Alexander
Born: 1831
Died: 1905
1905 - 1918: Leopold IV
Born: 1871
Died: 1949
Married:
Princess Bertha of Hesse - Philippsthal - Barchfeld
Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Reuss (the younger line)
Source picture - Wikipedia
Capital: Gera
1854 - 1867: Heinrich LXVII
Born: 1789
Died: 1867
Married:
Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf
1867 - 1913: Heinrich XIV
Born: 1832
Died: 1913
Married:
Duchess Agnes of Württemberg
Friedrike Graetz (morganic)
1913 - 1918: Heinrich XXVII
Born: 1858
Died: 1928
Married:
Princess Elise of Hohenlohe - Langenburg
Reuss (the older line)
Capital: Greiz
1800 - 1817: Heinrich XIII
Born: 1747
Died: 1817
Married:
Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau Weilburg
1817 - 1836: Heinrich XIX
Born: 1790
Died: 1836
Married:
Princess Gasparine of Rohan-Rochefort
1836 - 1859: Heinrich XX
Born: 1794
Died: 1859
Married:
Princess Sophie of Löwenstein - Wertheim - Rosenberg
Princess Caroline of Hesse - Homburg
1859 - 1902: Heinrich XXII
Born: 1846
Died: 1902
Married:
Princess Ida of Schaumburg - Lippe
1902 - 1918: Heinrich XXIV
Born: 1878
Died: 1927
Schaumburg-Lippe
Source picture - Wikipedia
Capital: Bückeburg
1807 -1860: George William
Born: 1784
Died: 1860
Married:
Princess Ida of Waldeck - Pyrmont
1860 - 1893: Adolf I
Born: 1817
Died: 1893
Married:
Princess Hermine of Waldeck - Pyrmont
1893 - 1911: George
Born: 1846
Died: 1911
Married:
Princess Marie Anne of Saxe - Altenburg
1911 - 1918: Adolf II
Born: 1883
Died: 1936
Married:
Ellen Bischoff - Korthaus
Schwarzburg- Sondershausen
Source picture- Wikipedia
Capital: Sondershausen
1794-1835: Günther Friedrich Karl I
Born: 1760
Died: 1837
Married:
Caroline von Schwarzburg Rudolstadt
1835 - 1880: Günther Friedrich Karl II
Born: 1801
Died: 1889
Married:
Caroline Irene Marie Schwarzburg Rudolstadt
Mathilde Hohenlohe Öhringen
1880 - 1909: Karl Günther
Born: 1830
Died: 1909
1909 - 1918: Prince Gunther
Born: 1852
Died: 1925
Married:
Anna - Louise von Schönburg - Waldenburg
Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt
1807 - 1814: Regent Caroline Louise of Hesse Homburg
Born: 1771
Died: 1854
Married:
Louis Frederick II of Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt
1814 - 1867: Prince Frederick Günther
Born: 1793
Died: 1867
Married:
Princess Auguste of Anhalt - Dessau
Countess Helene of Reina (morganic)
Marie Schultze (morganic)
1867 - 1869: Prince Albert
Born: 1798
Died: 1869
Married:
Princess Augusta of Solms - Braunfels
1869 - 1890: Georg Albert
Born: 1838
Died: 1890
1890 -1918: Günther Victor
Born: 1852
Died: 1925
Married:
Princess Anna - Louise of Schönburg - Waldenburg
Waldeck-Pyrmont
Capital: Arolsen
1763 - 1812: Friedrich Karl August
Born: 1743
Died: 1812
1812 - 1813: Georg I
Born: 1747
Died: 1813
Married:
Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg Sonderhausen
1813 - 1845: Georg II
Born: 1789
Died: 1845
Married:
Princess Emma of Anhalt Bernburg - Schaumburg - Hoym
1845 - 1893: Georg - Victor
Born: 1831
Died: 1893
Married:
Princess Helene of Nassau
Princess Louise of Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderburg - Glücksburg
1893 - 1918: Friedrich
Born: 1865
Died: 1946
Married
Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg - Lippe
Brother of :
- Queen consort Emma of the Netherlands (mother of Queen Wilhelmina) see page:
The Netherlands - A Royal History.
- Helena married with Prince Leopold, duke of Albany -
(son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom )
see page: Descendants of Queen Victoria
Royal Places of interest
Aachen
 |
| Aachen Rathaus Germany |
Aachen was the favorite residence of Charlemagne. There are a lot of Historical
traces like this amazing Rathaus. Check my Happy History Weekend Picture on
this link.
 |
| Aachen Cathedral Dom Germany |
The Aachen Cathedral - Check my blogpost about Royal Places on this
link.
 |
| Elisenbrunnen |
The Elisenbrunnen in Aachen - Check my blogpost about it on this link
Source pictures: Wikipedia (except the palaces and the
landscapes)
