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Queen Victoria: The Grandmother of Europe and Her Royal Legacy
TLDR Queen Victoria's descendants went on to populate royal houses all over Europe, with five current hereditary monarchies and monarchs from five disbanded monarchies being direct descendants of her. Her close royal relatives include Queen Elizabeth, the king of Norway, the queen of Denmark, and the king of Sweden. Queen Victoria's legacy extends to eleven monarchs from existing royal houses and even to the royal family of Yugoslavia.
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Queen Victoria is known as the grandmother of Europe because almost every royal house in Europe can trace their ancestry back to her.
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Queen Victoria's nine children and grandchildren went on to populate royal houses all over Europe, with five of the current hereditary monarchies in Europe being direct descendants of Queen Victoria, and monarchs from another five disbanded monarchies also being descended from her.
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Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip are third cousins, with other close royal relatives including the king of Norway, the queen of Denmark, and the king of Sweden.
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Queen Victoria is related to eleven monarchs from existing royal houses, including five British, two Norwegian, two Spanish, one Swedish, one Danish, as well as several royal houses whose countries got rid of their monarchies, such as Germany, Greece, and Romania.
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Yugoslavia's royal family was also descended from Queen Victoria, with the last Yugoslav monarch being King Peter II, who was first cousins with Michael I of Romania, another descendant of Victoria.
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Queen Victoria will still be the grandmother of Europe, as King George II of England is the ancestor of multiple royal houses across Europe.
