#carl johan bernadotte

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Maybe I need to learn Swedish and immerse myself in all things SRF. Are they generally messy or boring?

Depends on how you define things. I would say they're boring 95% of the time, but then when there's a scandal, it's a scandal

Here are a few highlights:

In 1914, Gustaf V gave a speech to the people in which he opposed the government's politics & called for stronger Armed Forces (side note but it's a well-known fact that Gustaf was very worried about the growing tensions "on the continent" & I mean, the dude was right to be concerned). This led to a political crisis & the last political influence the monarch had was stripped. It's unclear who actually wrote the speech; some speculate it was Victoria since it was very well known that she was unhappy about the fact that she, as Queen, didn't have any real power.

In 1936, a woman named Anna wanted to file for divorce from her husband, Kurt. The reason? Her motivation was that her husband had cheated on her with King Gustaf V. This was during a time when homosexuality was illegal & divorce papers were open to the public, so even the hint that the monarch himself might engage in "homosexual acts"? Unthinkable! Long story short, the Court tried to come to an agreement with Anna & Kurt, but the couple continued to blackmail the Court for more & more money. In 1947, Kurt published a book about the "injustices" he had faced, but the majority of the copies of the book were bought by police. In 1951, after Gustaf V had died, Kurt wrote to the Chancellor of Justice to complain, upon which the Chancellor started an investigation. The investigation found that Kurt's "accusations were largely unfounded, but it was also clear that the Royal Court paid out large sums and took other measures with the apparent aim of silencing him." One year later, the Prosecutor-General charged Kurt & he was sentenced to 8 years in prison for extortion of the Royal Court. The whole thing is now nicknamed The Haijby Affair (after Kurt & Anna's last name) & has even been made into a movie.

In 1945, Prince Carl Johan asked for permission to marry the divorced journalist Kerstin Wijkman. They had met in 1939 & the prince fell head-over-heels for Kerstin, who couldn't give a sh*t about him at first. Gustaf V denied his grandson's request & the Royal Court tried to prevent the wedding from taking place by revoking Wijkmark's passport. When that didn't work, they started pressuring the US embassy, which meant that Carl Johan's cousin Folke Bernadotte was dragged into the whole thing. In the end, the two got married in 1946 & that meant that the Prince from then on was known as Carl Johan Bernadotte.

In the late 1950s, Princess Birgitta did something as controversial (for Swedish royal standards) as continuing her education with upper secondary studies. She studied at the School of Sport and Health Sciences for two years, where she met hockey & football player Sven Tumba. They denied it then, but rumours of a romance between the two swirled. However, decades later, they both wrote about the romance (which lasted for about a year) in their memoirs & Princess Birgitta was interviewed in a documentary about Tumba. Among other things, she reminisced about one time when the tabloids rang the doorbell & she had to hide in the wardrobe for about 10 minutes before Tumba had managed to chase them away.

We have Carl Gustaf's younger years... That man loved & still loves to party. This caused concern during his time as Crown Prince & then at the beginning of his time as monarch. He was seen by many as an immature womanizer of a party prince who, therefore, was unfit to rule. The Social Democrat-led government famously threatened with "We're one penstroke away from a Republic!" (which, if you ask me, was more PR than an actual threat, but then again, this was like 10-20 years before I was born, so...)

Speaking of Carl Gustaf, in 1989, he made the Norwegians angry by criticising their PM & the fact that they allowed seal hunting. He commented: "If Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland cannot take care of the seal problem, how will she be able to take care of the Norwegian people?"

Then there was the praising of Sultan Hassanal Bolikiah in 2004 during a state visit to Brunei (which to be fair, he just did his job & repeated what the Foreign Office told him to say).

In 2008, he caused a national outcry because not only did Prince Carl Philip shoot an elk during the annual royal hunt, but the monarch also decided to voice his opinion on the very sensitive topic of wolf hunting (no, seriously, it's an incredibly sensitive topic & not one to bring up during family dinners). Apart from getting in trouble with the public, Carl Gustaf also got in trouble with his patronage, WWF.

Do I even need to bring up 2010 & "Have you ever visited a strip or sex club?" which caused him to hit a record low in popularity. At least it gave us this iconic meme.

Honourary mention goes to when Prince Daniel (then only Daniel Westling) needed kidney surgery, so Crown Princess Victoria called her "brothers", Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Prince Frederik & was like "Hey, can you guys help me with a thing? Oh yeah, nothing big, just tricking all of the Nordic press so my fiancée can get surgery in peace." So, to cause a distraction, the three went on a trip to the Arctic while Daniel was admitted to the hospital. However... he was spotted by someone; a journalist called up the Court & was like, "I know, I will publish this; just give me a comment." Their ruse was up, so instead of pretending everything was fine & distracting the press so they couldn't publish about what was happening in Stockholm, Victoria spoke about how difficult it was & that she (obviously) was worried but that Haakon & Frederik were very supportive of her & a big help during that trip.

In 2013, just like in 2023, he got into trouble for "not wanting Victoria as heir". During an interview, the reporter asked if he was still upset about the constitutional change, to which he answered: "Of course. I think it's simple. A constitutional law that works retrospectively, that's weird."

In 2014, Princess Madeleine's apartment was renovated. What was supposed to cost 2.5 million SEK ended up costing 6.8 million SEK. Then, in 2018-2019 renovation works started again, which ended up costing around 5 million SEK. A wall between Madeleine's apartment & the apartment next door was going to be taken down & the family wanted a walk-in closet, a new bedroom, a bathroom & a wardrobe (different one from the named walk-in closet, so two wardrobes were on the wishlist). This ended up creating an argument between the National Property Board & the Royal Court, where the former thought Madeleine had "too high standards". The Royal Family didn't end up paying from their own pockets & this story has now become known as the time the Swedish taxpayers paid for Madeleine's walk-in closet.

If you're still reading, thank you & I hope you enjoyed all of this tea!

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Royal Tiaras Highlights: Swedish Six Button Tiara

The buttons used in this tiara were initially attached to the crown worn by King Carl XIV Johan, who was born Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, at his coronation in 1818. He was the first king of the Bernadotte house. The buttons might have been in the family for 200 years, the tiara was created around the time Princess Lilian married Prince Bertil, apparently for her use. The piece was frequently worn by Lilian and nowadays it can be usually seen on Crown Princess Victoria or Princes Christina.

ps: if you look closely you’ll notice the two buttons at the ends are different than the 4 central ones.

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guys, this “august being added to the line of succession” thing is not that weird. both karl x gustav and jean baptiste bernadotte (karl xiv johan) were added to the line of succession because the previous line naturally ended. karl x gustav was the cousin of queen kristina, who abdicated, and jean baptiste bernadotte, who was this random french guy that was “adopted” by karl xiii. there was also a period of time in the mid-1900s where all princes left the line of succession to marry their non-noble girlfriends. from my understanding there were only two people in the line of succession during that time; carl xvi gustaf (the current king) and prince bertil, who gave up on marrying his non-noble girlfriend in order to be the spare prince. before the current royal siblings had children of their own, there were only three people in the line of succession; the crown princess and her two siblings. i think a logical assumption here is that wille is the only person in the line of succession right now and that’s adding to the pressure he’s under from the royal court. from a historical point of view it’s not that strange that they would add august to the line of succession. 

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Queen Victoria's Currently living Eldest Decendants and Eldest Ever Descendants

This list is as of 19 April 2024

CURRENTLY LIVING

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (95 years, 0 months, 0 days)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (12 February 1932) (92 years, 2 months, 7 days)

Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (12 July 1932) (91 years, 9 months, 7 days)

Mrs. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (28 July 1932) (91 years,8 months, 22 days)

Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (5 April 1933) (91 years, 0 months, 14 days)

Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (24 July 1934) (89 years, 8 months, 26 days)

Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (Sweden, 31 October 1934) ( 89 years, 5months, 13 days)

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley (26 Februrary 1935)(89 years, 1 months, 24 days)

Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, The Duke of Kent (9 October 1935) (88 years, 6 months, 10 days)

Miss Elizabeth Alice Abel Smith (5 September 1936) (87 years, 7 months, 14 days)

Eldest LIVED Descendants:

On 12 June 2025, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner will join this list if she is still living.

Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921-9 April 2021) ( 99 years, 10 months, 11 days)

Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (25/02/1883-03/01/1981) (97 years, 10 months, 10 days)

Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom (21 April 1926-8 September 2022) ( 96 years, 4 months, 18 days)

King Mihai I of Romania (25/10/1921-05/12/2017) ( 96 years, 1 month, 11 days)

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (Sweden) (31/10/1916-05/05/2012) (95 years, 6 months, 5 days )

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (95 years, 0 months, 0 days)

Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg (of Sweden) (07/06/1907-04/02/2002) (94 years, 7 months, 28 days )

Lady Katherine Brandram (Princess of Greece and Denmark) (04/05/1913 02/10/2007) ( 94 years, 4 months, 27 days )

Infanta Dona Beatriz   Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugénie Cristina Maria Teresia Bienvenida Ladislàa   of Spain, The Princess of Civitella-Cesi   (22/06/1909-22/11/2002) (93 years, 5 months, 1 day)

Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten- Knatchbull  , The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (14/02/1924-13/06/2017) ( 93 years, 4 months)

FACTS:

The Duke of Edinburgh is the husband  and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, first cousin of Lady Katherine Brandram,  The Countess Mountbatten of Burma & Lady Pamela (Mountbatten) Hicks & uncle to Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse.  He is also a 1st cousin 1x removed of  Queen Sofia of Spain, King Constantine II of the Helenes and Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark and The Duke of Kent (The Duke of Kent’s mother Marina was The Duke of Edinburgh’s first cousin).

Queen Elizabeth II is a 3rd cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Lady Pamela Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh. She is the wife of The Duke of Edinburgh. Through her marriage, she is an aunt to  Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse. She is a first cousin of The Duke of Kent.

Lady Pamela Hicks is a 3rd cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, a first cousin of  The Duke of Edinburgh, her big sister was The Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is a third cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II & Lady Pamela Hicks.

The Countess of Althorne was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. By her marriage,  The Countess of Althorne was also a great aunt of Queen Elizabeth II-she married QEII’s grandmother’s brother

King Mihai I of Romania was the last monarch of Romania, he was also a great grandchild of Queen Victoria twice-once through his mother (via Victoria, Princess Royal) and once through his father (via Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

Sweden’s Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg & Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg were brothers as well as uncles to King Carl XVI Gustaf, Princess Margareta, Mrs. Ambler, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern,  Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld,  Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley  was a great granddaughter of Prince Leopold, The Duke of Albany, thus a great great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is also the younger sister of  Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.

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14 May 2012 | Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik of Denmark attend the funeral of Count Carl Johan Bernadotte at Bastad Church in Bastad, Sweden. (c) Ragnar Singsaas/Getty Images

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Carl XIV Johan Diamond Earrings ♕ Swedish Royal Jewel Foundation

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, I’m back on my Magnus Brahe bullshit. 

The unforeseen circumstances in this case being that I finally finally was able to track down a copy of the top book - Magnus Brahe & Carl XIV Johan - from a small second-hand bookstore that you could order from online. 

I’ve been looking for this book forever. It’s out of print, it’s not in any libraries (or they have to order it from storage which is a whole process), it’s not online. It’s essentially the only biography that exists on the man - which in itself is interesting, and something I’ve often asked myself - and apparently the author of this book as well. Why did this man who, by the opposition was painted as so very integral to essentially every political decision that was made for over 20 years (spoilers: he was not), leave no mark of himself as a person in history? Why is he not well-known? Because he’s not. He’s almost surprisingly unknown. 

Having looked through this book, which paints a picture of Brahe not just using the liberal vs the conservative press at the time - which is what you’ll usually find if you go looking - but instead using the man’s own letters, as well as the letters of contemporaries, I believe it manages to answer that question quite well. Along with a lot of other stuff - after all, this man was present during almost the entire Napoleonic Wars and the time that followed, and while not in power, was quite close to it, let’s say. There’s not only very early letters about his views on Bernadotte during the ‘13-’14 campaign, but also a lot of other comments and stories about other famous people at the time - Napoleon, the Bourbons, Alexander I. And I very much look forward to talking about it on here and sharing some quotes with you all. Again.

Other than that I also procured a book about Skokloster Castle - Eko av historien: Omgestaltningen av Skokloster slott under Magnus Brahes tid (Echo of History: The remodeling of Skokloster Caslte during the time of Magnus Brahe). Which yes, does include details about the shrine room he built for Bernadotte which is always fun. 

And, perhaps some of the most exiting - a booklet printing from 1844 with the speech given at Brahe’s funeral, along with some poems that were read and other such tribute things. Which is really cool and well worth it. 

I just a little big feel like I time-travelled back to 2014-15, but hey, hopefully I’m revisiting this with a more experienced perspective. 

Still really excited about it though. 

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THE MILITARY

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later King of Sweden (1763-1844)

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The fact a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria lived until 2002 is insane to me.

She actually had multiple great grandchildren lived into the 90s and 2000s and one of her great grandsons lived until 2012 (Carl Johan Bernadotte)!

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King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden’s grandchildren (bottom) recreating Fredric Westin’s 1837 portrait (top) of the Bernadotte family for his 70th birthday in 1952.

Top (L-R): Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland (later King Oscar II of Sweden); Queen Désirée of Sweden and Norway (née Désirée Clary); Crown Princess Joséphine (née Princess Joséphine de Beauharnais); Prince August, Duke of Dalarna; Princess Eugénie; Crown Prince Oscar, Duke of Södermanland (later King Oscar I); Prince Carl, Duke of Skåne (later King Carl XV); King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden and Norway; and Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland.

Bottom (L-R): Count Michael Bernadotte of Wisborg (son of Sigvard); Princess Margrethe of Denmark (later Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, daughter of Ingrid); Princess Désiree of Sweden (daughter of Gustaf Adolf); Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, Duke of Jämtland (later King Carl XVI Gustaf, son of Gustaf Adolf); Princess Anne Marie of Denmark (later Queen Anne Marie of Greece, daughter of Ingrid); Princess Birgitta of Sweden (daughter of Gustaf Adolf); Princess Christina of Sweden (daughter of Gustaf Adolf); Princess Margaretha of Sweden (daughter of Gustaf Adolf); and Princess Benedikte of Denmark (daughter of Ingrid).

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Danish Ruby Tiara

Made in 1804 for Désirée Clary to wear to Napoléon’s coronation. In 1910, her husband, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, and he eventually became King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden. She passed it down to her daughter-in-law, who became Queen Josefina of Sweden, who then gave it to her granddaughter, Princess Lovisa, when she married Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark. Since then, it has remained in the Danish royal family.

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Family portraits of the House of Bernadotte

1837: King Karl XIV Johan, Queen Desideria, Crown Prince Oskar, Crown Princess Josefina, Hereditary Prince Karl, Prince Gustaf, Prince Oscar, Princess Eugenia & Prince August together with a bust of King Karl XIII (who chose Karl XIV Johan as heir)

1857: Prince August, Princess Sofia, Prince Oscar, Crown Prince Carl, Princess Eugenia, Queen Josefina, King Oskar I, Princess Louisa & Crown Princess Lovisa. Dowager Queen Desideria is missing from the photo.

1864: Princess Eugenia, Queen Lovisa, Prince August, King Karl XV, Princess Teresia, Prince Oskar (heir apparent), Princess Sofia, Princess Louisa, Dowager Queen Josefina, Prince Gustaf, Prince Oscar, Prince Carl.

mid-1890s: Crown Prince Gustaf & Crown Princess Victoria with their three children, Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prince Wilhelm & Prince Erik.

1905: Prince Eugen, Prince Oscar, Princess Bernadotte (Ebba Munck), Princess Teresia, Prince Wilhelm, Queen Sofia, Princess Margareta, King Oscar, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Erik, Crown Prince Gustaf, Princess Ingeborg with daughters Märtha & Margaretha, Prince Carl.

1912: Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf & Crown Princess Margareta with Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prince Sigvard, Princess Ingrid & the newly born Prince Bertil.

1946: Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf & Princess Sibylla with daughters Princesses Margaretha, Birgitta, Désirée & Christina & the newly born Prince Carl Gustaf.

1985: Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine, Prince Carl Philip & King Carl XVI Gustaf.

2023: Prince Oscar, Princess Estelle, Princess Sofia, Prince Carl Philip holding Prince Julian, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Madeleine, Sir Christopher O'Neill, Prince Nicolas, Prince Gabriel, Prince Alexander, Queen Silvia, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Princess Leonore & Princess Adrienne.

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14 years since the death of HRH Princess Ekaterini of Greece and Denmark Lady Katherine Brandram

in 02–10–2007

Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark 4 May 1913 – 2 October 2007 styled in the UK as Lady Katherine Brandram from 25 August 1947, when King George VI granted her the rank and title of a duke's daughter .till her death. She was the third daughter and youngest child of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophia of Prussia.

After the death of Infanta Beatriz of Spain in 2002, Katherine was the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, as well the last surviving grandchild of Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal. She lived for almost 87 years after the death of her brother, King Alexander, and her death left her second cousin Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Sweden (31 October 1916 – 5 May 2012) as Queen Victoria's last living great-grandchild.

From the time of the death of her eldest sister Queen Helen, Queen Mother of Romania in 1982, to the time of her own death, she was Queen Victoria's most senior female line descendant. Her death marked the end of all female-line direct descendants of Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal.

She died in London in the 2nd of october 2007 and she is buried in the Greek royal cemetery at Tatoi Royal Estate near Athens .

14 χρόνια από τον θάνατο της ΑΒΥ Πριγκίπισσας Αικατερίνης της Ελλάδας και Δανίας Λαίδη Καθριν Μπραντραμ στις 02–10–2007.

Η πριγκίπισσα Αικατερίνη της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας 4 Μαΐου 1913 - 2 Οκτωβρίου 2007 αποκαλούνταν στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο ως Lady Katherine Brandram από τις 25 Αυγούστου 1947, όταν ο βασιλιάς Γεώργιος Στ’ της παραχώρησε τον βαθμό και τον τίτλο της κόρης του δούκα μέχρι το θάνατό της.

Ήταν η τρίτη κόρη και το μικρότερο παιδί του βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνου Α’ της Ελλάδας και της Σοφίας της Πρωσίας.

Μετά το θάνατο της Infanta Beatriz της Ισπανίας το 2002, η Πριγκίπισσα Αικατερίνη ήταν η τελευταία εγγονή της βασίλισσας Βικτοριας εν ζωή καθώς και το τελευταίο εγγόνι του Φρειδερικου Γ’ του Γερμανου αυτοκράτορα και της Πριγκίπισσας Βικτοριας .

Έζησε σχεδόν 87 χρόνια μετά τον θάνατο του αδελφού της, Βασιλιά Αλέξανδρου Α’ και ο θάνατός της άφησε τον δεύτερο ξάδερφό της κόμη Carl Johan Bernadotte της Σουηδίας (31 Οκτωβρίου 1916-5 Μαΐου 2012) ως το τελευταίο ζωντανό δισέγγονο της βασίλισσας Βικτώριας.

Από τη στιγμή του θανάτου της μεγαλύτερης αδερφής της βασίλισσας Ελένης, βασίλισσας της Ρουμανίας το 1982, μέχρι τον χρόνο του δικού της θανάτου, ήταν ο πιο μεγάλος απόγονος της βασίλισσας Βικτώριας. Ο θάνατός της σηματοδότησε το τέλος όλων των άμεσων απογόνων των γυναικών του Φρειδερίκου Γ’ , του Γερμανού Αυτοκράτορα και της Πριγκιπισσας Βικτοριας,

Πέθανε στο Λονδίνο στις 2 Οκτωβρίου 2007 .

Η σορος της βρίσκεται στο ελληνικό βασιλικό νεκροταφείο στο Βασιλικό Κτήμα Τατοΐου κοντά στην Αθήνα.

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King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia at Slottsbacken, outside the Royal Palace of Stockholm  to attend the dedication of an equestrian statue of King Karl XIV Johan on the occasion of the 200th jubilee of the Bernadotte dynasty. || December 16th, 2018   

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Queen Victoria's Currently living Eldest Decendants and Eldest Ever Descendants

This list is as of October 9,  2023

CURRENTLY LIVING

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (94 years, 5 months,20 days)

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (12 February 1932) (91 years, 7 months, 27 days)

Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (12 July 1932) (91 years, 2 months, 28 days)

Mrs. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (28 July 1932) (91 years,2 months, 12 days)

Princess Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (5 April 1933) (90 years, 6 months, 5 days)

Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (24 July 1934) (89 years, 2 months, 16 days)

Princess Margaretha Désirée Victoria, Mrs. Ambler (Sweden, 31 October 1934) ( 88 years, 11 months, 10 days)

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley (26 Februrary 1935)(88 years, 7 months, 14 days)

Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, The Duke of Kent (9 October 1935) (88 years, 0 months, 0 days)

Miss Elizabeth Alice Abel Smith (5 September 1936) (87 years, 1 months, 5 days)

Eldest LIVED Descendants:

On 12 June 2025, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner will join this list if she is still living.

Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921-9 April 2021) ( 99 years, 10 months, 11 days)

Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (25/02/1883-03/01/1981) (97 years, 10 months, 10 days)

Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom (21 April 1926-8 September 2022) ( 96 years, 4 months, 18 days)

King Mihai I of Romania (25/10/1921-05/12/2017) ( 96 years, 1 month, 11 days)

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (Sweden) (31/10/1916-05/05/2012) (95 years, 6 months, 5 days )

Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg (of Sweden) (07/06/1907-04/02/2002) (94 years, 7 months, 28 days )

The Lady Pamela Hicks (19 April 1929) (94 years, 5 months,20 days)

Lady Katherine Brandram (Princess of Greece and Denmark) (04/05/1913 02/10/2007) ( 94 years, 4 months, 27 days )

Infanta Dona Beatriz   Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugénie Cristina Maria Teresia Bienvenida Ladislàa   of Spain, The Princess of Civitella-Cesi   (22/06/1909-22/11/2002) (93 years, 5 months, 1 day)

Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten- Knatchbull  , The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (14/02/1924-13/06/2017) ( 93 years, 4 months)

FACTS:

The Duke of Edinburgh is the husband  and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, first cousin of Lady Katherine Brandram,  The Countess Mountbatten of Burma & Lady Pamela (Mountbatten) Hicks & uncle to Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse.  He is also a 1st cousin 1x removed of  Queen Sofia of Spain, King Constantine II of the Helenes and Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark and The Duke of Kent (The Duke of Kent’s mother Marina was The Duke of Edinburgh’s first cousin).

Queen Elizabeth II is a 3rd cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Lady Pamela Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh. She is the wife of The Duke of Edinburgh. Through her marriage, she is an aunt to  Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse. She is a first cousin of The Duke of Kent.

Lady Pamela Hicks is a 3rd cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, a first cousin of  The Duke of Edinburgh, her big sister was The Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is a third cousin of The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II & Lady Pamela Hicks.

The Countess of Althorne was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. By her marriage,  The Countess of Althorne was also a great aunt of Queen Elizabeth II-she married QEII’s grandmother’s brother

King Mihai I of Romania was the last monarch of Romania, he was also a great grandchild of Queen Victoria twice-once through his mother (via Victoria, Princess Royal) and once through his father (via Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

Sweden’s Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg & Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg were brothers as well as uncles to King Carl XVI Gustaf, Princess Margareta, Mrs. Ambler, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern,  Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld,  Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.

Countess Viktoria Adelheid Clementine Louise von Castell-Rüdenhausen-Von Huntington-Whiteley  was a great granddaughter of Prince Leopold, The Duke of Albany, thus a great great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is also the younger sister of  Count Bertram Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen.

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14 May 2012 | Queen Silvia of Sweden attends the funeral of Count Carl Johan Bernadotte at Bastad Church in Bastad, Sweden. (c) Ragnar Singsaas/Getty Images