Are the British royals related to any of these noble/royal houses?

Question

Here are 60 of the oldest royal/noble families in Europe.. not a complete list though as i'm very much sure there are still who are older..
House of Bagrationi (545)
Houe of Welf (800)
House of Wettin (900)
House of La Tour d'Auvergne (950)
House of La Rochefoucauld (952)
House of Zähringen (962)
House of Isenburg (963)
House of Salm (963)
House of Habsburg (985)
House of Capet (987)
House of Oettingen (987)
House of Bethune (1000)
House of Savoy (1003)
House of Beaufort-Spontin (1005)
House of Reuss (1010)
House of Ascania (1036)
House of Dadiani (1046)
House of Ortenburg (1048)
House of La Tremoille (1050)
House of Sayn (1052)
House of Fürstenberg (1070)
House of Clermont-Tonnerre (1080)
House of Leiningen (1080)
House of Württemberg (1081)
House of Rohan (1084)
House of Percy (1096)
House of Colonna (1099)
House of Hohenzollern (1100)
House of Orsini (1110)
House of Doria-Pamphilj (1110)
House of Lippe (1123)
House of Mecklenburg (1131)
House of Colleredo-Mannsfeld (1031)
House of Hatzfeld (1138)
House of Montmorency (1138)
House of Dohna (1143)
House of Eltz (1157)
House of Grimaldi (1160)
House of Schwarzberg (1160)
House of Caraman-Chimay (1178)
House of Wittelsbach (1180)
House of Thun and Hohenstein (1187)
House of Putbus (1193)
House of Harrach (1195)
House of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1230)
House of Kinsky (1237)
House of Tagle (1237)
House of Windisch-Graetz (1242)
House of Hamilton (1245)
House of Campbell (1260)
House of Hesse (1264)
House of Borghese (1266)
House of Ruspoli (1266)
House of Mérode (1278)
House of Borommeo (1300)
House of Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1320)
House of Lannoy (1329)
House of Czartoryski (1330)
House of Medinaceli (1331)


Are the BR's descended from or related to any of these houses?

Answer 1

I think I can assure you that there are relationships between all of them and the British royal family However, we can't do the work for you here. Why not pick one -- not one that would require more linguistic and historical knowledge than you are likely to have -- and tease out the relationships. You might even find that someone has done the work if you know how to engage in intelligent and creative googling.



The easiest place to start would be with the French royals - Capet. The British and French royals intermarried often



And the Wettins? Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, was a Wettin.



Note that many of the Italian houses were not actually "royal". In some countries, highest-ranking nobles were given princely titles but were not royals. They were really just the equivalents of noble, non-royal dukes, or sovereign princes (in various city-states) who did not hold royal styles.



But you can probably find sites online that deal specifically with each of these houses and royal interrelationships. Obviously we can't possibly trace all of these relationships for you.

Answer 2

Yes.



The house of Hesse certainly - via Prince Louis Battenberg, and the Marchioness of Milford Haven.



The Percy's are related to the House of Lancaster but not the present Saxe Coburg Gothas although the Wettins are.



The Hapsburgs were related via George I. Some houses eg Grimaldi may not have direct connections but share common ancestries usually via marriage.



You might look at whom the 9 children of Queen Victoria married, as well as previous Queen Consorts. There was a concerted effort to unite with as many Houses as possible and so there are extremely convoluted ties both with Britain and the Graeco-Danish house from which Prince Philip is descended. It really is a complicated question and in the case of houses like the Romanovs did not end well.



Btw some on your list are obviously catholic families - there is a general presumption against marriage to Catholics in the immediate Royal Family following the break with Rome in the 16th century.

Answer 3

Prince Albert husband of Queen Victoria was definitely a descendant of the House of Wettin

Answer 4

House of Mecklenburg- (queen charlotte)

House of Württemberg

Answer 5

If you are prepared to go far enough back, then they are probably all linked. European nobility used to marry only other nobles and of necessity, that meant that royal and noble families soon became very closely interlinked. It is only in recent years that this trend has changed and royal or noble families are willing to marry non nobles.