04-02-2015, 10:50 AM
(04-01-2015, 02:21 PM)OtterMommy Wrote: The royal houses of Europe were always a "close," but then Queen Victoria went on a breeding spree and, with all her children's marriages, really tied the different realms together.
Someone once called WWI "the nastiest family quarrel ever." Kaiser Bill's mother was Queen Victoria's daughter, so he and King George of England were first cousins.
Another of Victoria's daughters married a Spanish prince, and the current King of Spain is her descendant. And His Current Hispanic Majesty's mother was a Princess of Greece, and thus descended from another daughter of Queen Victoria.
Two things that Royalty and White Trash have in common---marrying their cousins!