Like Carl, Margarethe traces her family line back to Queen Victoria via Victoria's son Prince Arthur, by way of his daughter, Princess Margaret. Queen Margrethe II of Denmarkįirst cousin to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Queen Margrethe II became the first female ruler of Denmark in over 500 years when she ascended the throne in 1972. Charles Edward, who became the last reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha before he and his family were stripped of their titles following his support of Germany in WWII, had five children, among them, Princess Sibylla. Leopold passed away young, as the result of hemophilia, but not before having two children with his wife, Princess Helena-a daughter, Princess Alice, and a son, Charles Edward. Arthur's daughter, Princess Margaret, married the then-prince of Sweden, Gustaf VI Adolf, and with him had five children, including Prince Gustaf Adolf and Queen Ingrid of Denmark.Ĭarl's mother, Princess Sibylla, on the other hand, was descended from Queen Victoria's youngest son, Prince Leopold. Though he never got to know his father, Prince Gustaf Adolf (he died in a plane accident when Carl was only a baby), it is through him that Carl XVI Gustaf claims a connection to Victoria's seventh child, Prince Arthur. Like Felipe VI, the Swedish king also carries the distinction of being descended from Queen Victoria in multiple ways. Both Wilhelm II and Sophia of Prussia were children of Victoria, Princess Royal, meaning that Sofia is both the great-great-great-granddaughter and the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. On her mother’s side, Sofia is the great-granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, while on her father’s side, she's the granddaughter of Sophia of Prussia. In fact, Felipe is also related to Queen Victoria through his mother, Queen Sofia of Spain, as well, via Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, two times over. But that's not his only familial link to the iconic queen. On one side, Felipe VI can trace his lineage to Victoria back through his paternal grandfather, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, who was the son of Princess Victoria Eugenie herself the daughter of Queen Victoria's youngest child, Princess Beatrice. ('I do not want my son to wither waiting like Prince Charles,' the King reportedly said of his choice to step down.) The youngest of Victoria's reigning descendants, Felipe took over the Spanish throne from his father in 2014 after Juan Carlos I abdicated. When it comes to strong genetic links to Queen Victoria, it's hard to outdo the Spanish king. George VI, in turn, inherited the title after his own older brother, Edward VIII abdicated to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson.Īs dedicated fans of the British royals may know, the Queen's late husband, Prince Philip, also traced his legacy back to Queen Victoria through her her third child-Princess Alice, who was Philip's great-great-grandmother-meaning that their son and heir to the throne, Prince Charles, carries a double legacy of the famed Queen. In George V's case, he became heir after his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, died of pneumonia before his father became king. Interestingly, both Elizabeth's father, George VI, and grandfather, George V, came to the throne unexpectedly, being the second of their fathers's sons. In 2015, she surpassed Victoria as the longest reigning British monarch in history, and this year, becomes the country's first ever to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. Directly descended from Edward VII, Queen Elizabeth is Victoria's great-great granddaughter. The most obvious of Queen Victoria's descendants is, naturally, the current queen of England.

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