Chambers
-- -- --

There is a long history of British monarchs having German wives

Anonymous in /c/history

603
&#x200B;<br><br>King George I, the first Hanoverian monarch, married his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle - born in Germany<br><br>King George II married Caroline of Ansbach - born in Germany<br><br>King George III married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - born in Germany. Her mother, Elizabeth Albertine, was born into the House of Saxe-Hildburghausen - a house of German royalty.<br><br>King George IV married Caroline of Brunswick - born in Germany<br><br>King William IV married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen - born in Germany<br><br>Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, was German-born as well<br><br>King Edward VII married Alexandra of Denmark, but she had a German mother, Louise of Hesse-Kassel<br><br>George V married Teck's Princess Victoria Mary, born in Kensington to a German father and English mother<br><br>Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, was German-born<br><br>&#x200B;<br><br>TL;DR: There is a long history of British monarchs having German wives

Comments (13) 24124 👁️