Harald V of Norway's grandmother was Maud of Wales, another granddaughter of Victoria. Margrethe II of Denmark and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden share as their grandmother Princess Margaret of Connaught, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, herself granddaughter to George III. George III's mother was Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, a great-granddaughter of Elisabeth Sophie. Queen Consort Camilla is also in this group by descent from Anne Lennox, Countess Consort of Albemarle.Ĭharles III of the United Kingdom as well as every monarch of Britain since George III are descendants. Princess Diana was and her sons and grandchildren are among this group by virtue of descent from Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Henrietta FitzJames. Although her legitimate descendants in Britain were banished during the Glorious Revolution, many remain descending from the bastard children of Charles II and James VII. Some British lines descend from Henrietta Maria of France, granddaughter of Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Considered the foremost example of an absolute monarch. Louis XIV "the Sun King" of France (1638–1715), a great-great-great-great-grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella. Ruler over both the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire. The most common line passes through Maria's great-great-granddaughter Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg.Ĭharles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558), a grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella. Although the Protestant Reformation divided Europe in half in terms of royal intermarriage, through the children of Maria of Austria, Duchess Consort of Jülich-Cleves-Berg the bloodline also entered the Protestant noble houses and can therefore be traced to Britain, the Scandinavia and the Netherlands. One such path goes through Leopold III of Belgium, Miguel I of Portugal and Charles IV of Spain back to Philip V again. Philippe of Belgium is also a descent multiple time over. Many other paths are possible to find due to interbreeding. Felipe VI of Spain and Henri of Luxembourg are both descended in the male line from Philip V of Spain, whose grandmother Maria Theresa of Spain was a male-line descendant of Ferdinand and Isabella's daughter Joanna the Mad. Within only six generations of the Catholic Monarchs their offspring ruled in the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Portugal ( before, during and after the Iberian Union), the Archduchy of Austria with the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Hungary in personal union, the Kingdom of Poland with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in personal union, Electorate of Brandenburg with the Duchy of Prussia in personal union, the Electorate of Saxony, the Duchy of Mantua, the Duchy of Montferrat, the Duchy of Parma, the Duchy of Lorraine and others.Īmong the living descendants of Isabella I and Ferdinand II are all of the current European monarchs from hereditary monarchies (i.e. ![]() Although several bloodlines were cut short and the rest initially intermarried to form a close-knit group centered around the House of Habsburg, this group became the most powerful family in Europe. They arranged strategic political marriages for all of these children to powerful monarchs and well-connected women. ![]() This family tree shows some of Ferdinand and Isabella's descendants (mainly the Spanish Habsburgs, some Austrian Habsburg and Louis XIII and XIV of France are also present).įerdinand II of Aragon's marriage to Isabella I of Castile produced seven children, five of whom survived birth and lived to adulthood. The saints are Thomas Aquinas and Saint Dominic. ![]() The model for Baby Jesus was their grandson Miguel de Paz, who was briefly Crown Prince to Castile, Aragon and Portugal at the same time. The painting Madonna of the Catholic Monarchs (La Virgen de los Reyes Católicos) by Pedro Berruguete includes the portraits of Ferdinand, Isabella and their children. ![]()
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