Queen Victoria of England and King Christian IX of Denmark were traditionally considered as the grandmother and grandfather of all Europe because the rulers of European monarchy, past and present, were/are descended from their lines through the marriage alliances of their offspring.
QUEEN VICTORIA
Married her first cousin PRINCE ALBERT of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
CHILDREN:
PRINCESS VICKY married EMPEROR FREDERICK III OF GERMANY
Children:
Emperor William II
Princess Charlotte married Prince Bernhard III, the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Prince Henry
Prince Sigismund
Princess Viktoria married Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince Waldemar
Princess Sophia married King Constantine I of Greece
Princess Margaret
KING EDWARD VII married PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK
Children:
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (died before becoming King)
King George V married Princess Mary of Teck
Children:
King Edward VIII (abdicated)
King George VI married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon-parents of Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Mary married the 6th Earl of Harewood
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Princess Louise married Frederick Duff, Duke of Fife
Princess Victoria (single)
Princess Maud married King Haakon VII of Norway
son:
King Olaf V married Princess Martha of Sweden-parents of King Harald V
PRINCESS ALICE married PRINCE LOUIS IV, GRAND DUKE OF HESSE-CASSEL
Children:
Princess Victoria married Prince Louis of Battenberg (Louis Mountbatten)
Children:
Princess Alice married Prince Andrew of Greece-parents of Prince Philip, the
Duke of Edinburgh
David, the second Marquess of Milford-Haven
Louise married the King of Sweden, Gustaf VI
Lord Louis, the Earl of Burma
Prince Irene married Prince Henry of Prussia
Prince Ernest Louis, the Grand Duke of Hesse-Cassel
Princess Alix married Czar Nicolas of Russia
Children:
Grand Duchess Olga
Grand Duchess Maria
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Grand Duchess Anastacia
Tsarevitch Alexei
Princess Marie
PRINCE ALFRED, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Children:
Prince Alfred
Princess Marie married King Ferdinand I of Romania
Princess Alexandra married Prince Ernst II, the Duke of Hohenloe-Langerburg
Princess Beatrice married Prince Alfonso, the Duke of Gallera
Princess Helena Victoria
PRINCE ARTHUR, the Duke of Connaught married PRINCESS HELENA
Children:
Princess Margaret married Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden
Prince Gustav Adolf married Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-parents of King
PRINCE LEOPOLD, the Duke of Albany
Children:
Princess Alice married Prince Alexander of Teck later the Earl of Athlone
married to Princess Victoria Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen one of their children was Princess
PRINCESS BEATRICE married Prince Henry of Battenberg (later Henry Mountbatten)
Children:
Prince Alexander (made a 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke by King George V)
Princess Eugenie married King Alfonso XIII of Spain(grandparents of King Juan Carlos-Spain)
KING CHRISTIAN IX OF DENMARK
married PRINCESS LOUISE OF HESSE-CASSEL
CHILDREN:
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA married KING EDWARD VII OF ENGLAND
Children (refer to the family tree of Queen Victoria
KING FREDERICK VIII married PRINCESS LOVISA OF SWEDEN
Children:
King Christian X married Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg
Children:
King Frederick IX married Princess Ingrid of Sweden
Their Children:
Queen Margrethe II, Princess Benedikte, Princess Ana Marie-wife of King
Constantine II of Greece
Prince Knaud married Princess Caroline Mathilde of Denmark
King Haakon VII of Norway married Princess Maud of England
Prince Harald
Princess Ingeborg
Princess Thyra
Prince Gustav
Princess Dagmar
KING GEORGE I OF GREECE married GRANDDUCHESS OLGA OF RUSSIA
Children:
King Constantine I married Princess Sophia of Germany
Children: please refer to the family tree of Queen Victoria
Prince George
Prince Alexandra
Prince Andrew married Princess Alice of Battenberg
Children:
Princess Theodora
Princess Cecilia
Princess Margarita
Princess Sophia
Prince Philip, the Duke of
Prince Christopher
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