Schleswig Holstein Connections

Following is a genealogical chart from the late 1700s showing the interconnections between the Schleswig Holstein family of Denmark and the royal families, and wars, of Sweden, Norway, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Romania and Great Britain.

(William's mother was the sister of the childless King of Denmark, so the crown passed to her husband's Schleswig Holstein family line)

William of Schleswig Holstein 1790-1850

Christian IX of Denmark 1818-1906

Frederick VIII 1843-1912

Christian X 1870-1947

Frederick IX d. 1972

Margarethe II of Denmark 1940

Frederick 1968

Christian 2005

m. Louise of Hesse 1795

m. Louise of Hesse 1817-1898

m. Louise of Sweden 1851-1926

m. Alexandrine of Mecklenburg 1877

m. Ingrid of Sweden 1902-2000 (Gustav Adolf's sister)

m. Henri, Count of Laborde de Monzepat

m. Mary Donaldson

Isabella 2007

Joachim 1969 m.

Nikolai 1999

Alexandra Manly 1964

Felix 2002

Anne-Marie of Denmark 1946

see Constantine II of Greece (William of Denmark's g. grandson)

Benedikte of Denmark 1944

m. Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Ingebord of Denmark d. 1972 (Christian X's sister)

Astrid of Sweden 1905-1935

m. Carl of Sweden 1883 (Gustav VI Adolf's brother)

m. (abdicated 1951) Leopold III of the Belgians 1876-1965 (monarchy was created in 1831 for Leopold of Saxe Coburg Saalfield 1790-1865)

Charles of Denmark 1872-1957 (created Haakon VII of Norway)

Olav V of Norway 1903-1991

Harald V of Norway 1937

Haakon of Norway 1973

Ingrid Alexandra of Norway 2004 Sverre Magnus of Norway 2005

m.

m.

m.

m.

Maud 1869-1938 (Haakon's first cousin)

Martha of Sweden 1901-1954 (Gustav Adolf's sister)

Sonja Haraldsen 1937

Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby 1973

Princess Louise m. 1st Duke of Fife 1849-1912

Martha Louise of Norway 1971

Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen 1930 Astrid, Mrs. Ferner 1932

Alexandra 1844-1925 m.

George V 1865-1936 m.

George VI 1895-1952 m

Elizabeth II 1926 m.

Charles 1948 m.

William 1982

Edward VII 1841-1910

Mary of Teck 1867-1953

Elizabeth Bowes Lyon 1900-2002

Prince Philip of Greece

Diana Spencer

Harry 1984

Andrew 1960 m.

Beatrice 1988

Dagmar of Denmark 1847-1928 m.

George Duke of Kent 1902-1942 m.

Sarah Ferguson

Eugenie 1990

Alexander III of Russia 1845-1894

Marina of Greece 1906-1968 (Constantine's niece via Nicholas)

Edward 1964 m

James 2007

Sophie Rhys-Jones

Louise  2003

Thyra of Denmark 1853-1933 Frederick VIII's sister)

Ernst of Hanover 1881-1953

George William, Prince of Hanover 1915

Anne 1950 m.

Peter  1977

m. Ernst of Hanover 1845-1923 (grandson of Duke of Cumberland, Geo III's brother)

m. Viktoria of Prussia 1892-1980

m. Sophie of Greece (Prince Philip's widowed sister 1914-2001)

Mark Phillips

Zara  1981

Sophia of Greece 1938

m. Juan Carlos I of Spain 1938 (became king after Franco died 1975)

William of Denmark 1845-1913 (created George I of Greece

Constantine of Greece 1868-1923

Paul of Greece 1901-1964

Constantine II of Greece 1940

Pavlos of Greece 1963

Princess Maria-Olympia 1996 Prince Constantine Alexios 1998 Prince Achileas-Andreas 2000

m. Olga of Russia 1851-1926

m. Sophie of Prussia 1870-1932 (Wilhelm II's sister)

m. Frederica of Hanover 1917

m. Anne-Marie of Denmark 1946 (Margarethe's sister)

m. Marie Chantal Miller 1968

Prince Odysseas-Kimon 2004 Prince 2008

George of Greece 1889-1947

Princess Alexia 1965

m. Elizabeth of Romania

Prince Nikolaos 1969

Helen of Greece 1896-1996

Prince Philippos 1986

m. Carol II of Romania

Princess Theodora 1983

Alexander of Greece 1893-1920 (killed by a monkey bite)

Alexandra of Greece 1921

m. Aspasia Manos

m. Peter II of Yugoslavia

Nicholas of Greece 1872-1938

Olga of Greece 1903-1981

m. Helen of Russia

m. Paul of Yugoslavia

Elizabeth of Greece 1904-1955

m. Charles of Toerring

Marina of Greece 1906-1968

see above

m. Duke of Kent

Alexandra of Greece 1870-1891

m. Paul of Russia 1860-1919

Maria of Greece 1871-1890

m. George of Russia

Andrew of Greece 1882-1944

Cecilie of Greece 1911-1937

m. George Donatus 1906-1937

Parents, paternal grandmother and 3 of 4 children killed in plane crash.

m.

Theodora of Greece 1906-1939

m. Berthold of Baden

Edward VII 1841-1910

see above

Sophie of Greece 1914

Alexandra 1844-1925 (d. of Christian IX of Denmark)

m. Christopher of Hesse  1901-1944 m2 George William of Hanover 1915

Louis IV of Hesse 1837-1892

Victoria of Hesse 1863-1950

Alice of Battenberg

Prince Philip of Greece m.

m. Alice 1843-1878 (d. of Q .Victoria)

m. Louis of Battenberg 1854-1921

Queen Elizabeth II

see above

Alfred Duke of Edinburgh 1844-1900 Q. Victoria's son

Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh

Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Prince Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1953

Prince Julian 1997 Princess Helena 1995

m. Marie of Russia 1853-1920

m. Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

m.

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Christoph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1949

Prince Friedrich 1985 Prince Constantin 1986 Prince Leopold 1991 Princess Sophie 1983

Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig Holstein 1885-1970

Sibylla 1908-1972

Baroness Marita von Plotho 1948

m.

Leopold 1853-1884 (Q. Victoria's son)

Charles Edward 1884-1954 (became a Nazi and was stripped of his British titles by Geo V)

Princess Ingeborg 1956

m. Helena of Waldeck Pyrmont 1861-1922

m. Gustavo V Adolf 1858-1950