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William II … German EmperorAge: 821859–1941

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William II … German Emperor
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William II
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German Emperor
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Birth 27 January 1859 27 18
 Berlin, Germany

MarriageAugusta … Of Schleswig Holstein - View family
 

Australian History 1859
 

Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded
Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E.
Birth of a sister 1860 (Age 11 months)
 

younger sister - Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen
Australian History 1860 (Age 11 months)
 

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Death of a maternal grandfather 14 December 1861 (Age 2)
 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

maternal grandfather - Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel …
Australian History 1861 (Age 23 months)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Birth of a brother 1862 (Age 2)
 

younger brother - Prince Henry … Of Prussia
Australian History 1862 (Age 2)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 3)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a brother 1864 (Age 4)
 

younger brother - Sigismund …
Birth of a sister 12 April 1866 (Age 7)
 

younger sister - Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe
Death of a brother 1866 (Age 6)
 

younger brother - Sigismund …
Australian History 1867 (Age 7)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a brother 1868 (Age 8)
 

younger brother - Waldemar …
Australian History 1868 (Age 8)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 9)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a sister 14 June 1870 (Age 11)
 Potsdam, Germany

younger sister - Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Birth of a sister 1872 (Age 12)
 

younger sister - Princess Margarete … Of Hesse
Australian History 1872 (Age 12)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 13)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 15)
 

Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Australian History 1878 (Age 18)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Death of a brother 1879 (Age 19)
 

younger brother - Waldemar …
Australian History 1879 (Age 19)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 20)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Birth of a son
#1		 1882 (Age 22)
 

son - Crown Prince William …
Australian History 1882 (Age 22)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a son
#2		 1883 (Age 23)
 

son - Eitel Frederick …
Australian History 1883 (Age 23)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Birth of a son
#3		 1884 (Age 24)
 

son - Adalbert …
Birth of a son
#4		 1887 (Age 27)
 

son - Augustus William …
Australian History 1887 (Age 27)
 

Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Birth of a son
#5		 1888 (Age 28)
 

son - Oscar …
Marriage of a brotherPrince Henry … Of Prussia - View family
1888 (Age 28)
 

younger brother - Prince Henry … Of Prussia
sister-in-law - Princess Irene … Of Hesse
Death of a paternal grandfather 9 March 1888 (Age 29)
 Berlin, Germany

paternal grandfather - Emperor William I … Of Germany
Death of a father 15 June 1888 (Age 29)
 Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany

father - Frederick III … German Emperor
Marriage of a sisterQueen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia - View family
27 October 1889 (Age 30)
 Athens, Greece

brother-in-law - Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
younger sister - Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Australian History 1889 (Age 29)
 

Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Birth of a son
#6		 1890 (Age 30)
 

son - Joachim …
Death of a paternal grandmother 1890 (Age 30)
 

paternal grandmother - Augusta … Of Saxe-Weimar
Australian History 1890 (Age 30)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 31)
 

Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.
Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted.
Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status
Note: A severe depression hits Australia
Birth of a daughter
#7		 1892 (Age 32)
 

daughter - Victoria, Australia Louise … Of Prussia
Australian History 1892 (Age 32)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 33)
 

Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
Australian History 1894 (Age 34)
 

Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.
Australian History 1895 (Age 35)
 

Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.
Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland
Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River
Australian History 1896 (Age 36)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 37)
 

Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year.
Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia.
Australian History 1898 (Age 38)
 

Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.
Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.
Australian History 1899 (Age 39)
 

Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.
Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world.
Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War.
Australian History 1900 (Age 40)
 

Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.
Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent
Death of a maternal grandmother 22 January 1901 (Age 41)
 Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England

maternal grandmother - Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
Death of a mother 5 August 1901 (Age 42)
 Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany

mother - Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Australian History 1901 (Age 41)
 

Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne
Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy
Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time
Australian History 1902 (Age 42)
 

Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.
Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag.
Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
Australian History 1903 (Age 43)
 

Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.
Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army
Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
Australian History 1904 (Age 44)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Birth of a grandson
#1		 1906 (Age 46)
 

grandson - William …
Australian History 1906 (Age 46)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Birth of a grandson
#2		 1907 (Age 47)
 

grandson - Prince Louis Ferdinand … Of Prussia
Australian History 1908 (Age 48)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Birth of a grandson
#3		 1909 (Age 49)
 

grandson - Hubertus …
Australian History 1909 (Age 49)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 50)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Birth of a grandson
#4		 1911 (Age 51)
 

grandson - Frederick …
Australian History 1911 (Age 51)
 

Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia
Note: The first national census is conducted.
Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History 1912 (Age 52)
 

Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Marriage of a daughterVictoria, Australia Louise … Of Prussia - View family
1913 (Age 53)
 

son-in-law - Duke Ernest Augustus Hanover Of BruNew South Walesick
daughter - Victoria, Australia Louise … Of Prussia
Australian History 1913 (Age 53)
 

Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History 1913 (Age 53)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Birth of a grandson
#5		 1914 (Age 54)
 

grandson - Prince Ernest Augustus Hanover Of Hanover
Australian History 1914 (Age 54)
 

Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Birth of a granddaughter
#6		 1915 (Age 55)
 

granddaughter - Alexandrine …
Birth of a grandson
#7		 1915 (Age 55)
 

grandson - George William Hanover
Australian History 1915 (Age 55)
 

Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory.
Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia
Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History 1916 (Age 56)
 

Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme.
Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded
Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Birth of a granddaughter
#8		 1917 (Age 57)
 

granddaughter - Cecilie …
Birth of a granddaughter
#9		 18 April 1917 (Age 58)
 Blankenburg, Harz, Germany

granddaughter - Princess Frederica Hanover Of Hanover
Australian History 1917 (Age 57)
 

Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History 1918 (Age 58)
 

Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'.
Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V
Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead.
Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Birth of a grandson
#10		 1919 (Age 59)
 

grandson - Christian Hanover
Death of a sister 1919 (Age 59)
 

younger sister - Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen
Australian History 1919 (Age 59)
 

Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Death of a son 1920 (Age 60)
 

son - Joachim …
Australian History 1920 (Age 60)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Death of a wife 11 April 1921 (Age 62)
 Haus Doorn, Netherlands

wife - Augusta … Of Schleswig Holstein
Australian History 1921 (Age 61)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
MarriagePrincess Hermine … Of Reuss - View family
5 November 1922 (Age 63)
 HAustralia Doorn, Netherlands

Australian History 1922 (Age 62)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Birth of a grandson
#11		 1923 (Age 63)
 

grandson - Guelph Henry Hanover
Australian History 1923 (Age 63)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History 1926 (Age 66)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History 1927 (Age 67)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History 1928 (Age 68)
 

Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Birth of a granddaughter
#12		 1929 (Age 69)
 

granddaughter - Monika Hanover Of Solms-Laubach
Death of a brother 1929 (Age 69)
 

younger brother - Prince Henry … Of Prussia
Death of a sister 1929 (Age 69)
 

younger sister - Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe
Australian History 1929 (Age 69)
 

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History 1930 (Age 70)
 

Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Australian History 1931 (Age 71)
 

Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Death of a sister 13 January 1932 (Age 72)
 Frankfurt, Germany

younger sister - Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Australian History 1932 (Age 72)
 

Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History 1933 (Age 73)
 

Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Burial of a sister November 1936 (Age 77)
 Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece

younger sister - Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Australian History 1936 (Age 76)
 

Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History 1937 (Age 77)
 

Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History 1938 (Age 78)
 

Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History 1939 (Age 79)
 

Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government
Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised.
Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway
Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
Death of a grandson 1940 (Age 80)
 

grandson - William …
Australian History 1940 (Age 80)
 

Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin
Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Australian History 1941 (Age 81)
 

Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.
Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk.
Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.
Death 4 June 1941 (Age 82)
 Haus Doorn, Netherlands

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father
Frederick III … German Emperor

Birth 18 October 1831 34 20  Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany

Death 15 June 1888 (Age 56)  Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany

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9 years
mother
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Birth 21 November 1840 21 21  Buckingham, Palace, London, England

Death 5 August 1901 (Age 60)  Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany

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Marriage: 25 January 1858 — London, England
1 year
#1 himself
William II … German Emperor

Birth 27 January 1859 27 18  Berlin, Germany

Death 4 June 1941 (Age 82)  Haus Doorn, Netherlands

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11 months
#2 younger sister
Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen

Birth 1860 28 19  

Death 1919 (Age 59)  

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2 years
#3 younger brother
Prince Henry … Of Prussia

Birth 1862 30 21  

Death 1929 (Age 67)  

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2 years
#4 younger brother
Sigismund …

Birth 1864 32 23  

Death 1866 (Age 2)  

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2 years
#5 younger sister
Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe

Birth 12 April 1866 34 25  

Death 1929 (Age 62)  

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21 months
#6 younger brother
Waldemar …

Birth 1868 36 27  

Death 1879 (Age 11)  

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2 years
#7 younger sister
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia

Birth 14 June 1870 38 29  Potsdam, Germany

Death 13 January 1932 (Age 61)  Frankfurt, Germany

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19 months
#8 younger sister
Princess Margarete … Of Hesse

Birth 1872 40 31  

Death 1954 (Age 82)  

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Family with Augusta … Of Schleswig Holstein - View family
himself
William II … German Emperor

Birth 27 January 1859 27 18  Berlin, Germany

Death 4 June 1941 (Age 82)  Haus Doorn, Netherlands

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-3 months
wife
Augusta … Of Schleswig Holstein

Birth 22 October 1858  Dölzig, Sachsen, Germany

Death 11 April 1921 (Age 62)  Haus Doorn, Netherlands

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Marriage: yes
#1 son
Crown Prince William …

Birth 1882 22 23  

Death 1951 (Age 69)  

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1 year
#2 son
Eitel Frederick …

Birth 1883 23 24  

Death 1942 (Age 59)  

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1 year
#3 son
Adalbert …

Birth 1884 24 25  

Death 1948 (Age 64)  

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3 years
#4 son
Augustus William …

Birth 1887 27 28  

Death 1949 (Age 62)  

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1 year
#5 son
Oscar …

Birth 1888 28 29  

Death 1958 (Age 70)  

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2 years
#6 son
Joachim …

Birth 1890 30 31  

Death 1920 (Age 30)  

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2 years
#7 daughter
Victoria, Australia Louise … Of Prussia

Birth 1892 32 33  

Death 1980 (Age 88)  

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Family with Princess Hermine … Of Reuss - View family
himself
William II … German Emperor

Birth 27 January 1859 27 18  Berlin, Germany

Death 4 June 1941 (Age 82)  Haus Doorn, Netherlands

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29 years
wife
Princess Hermine … Of Reuss

Birth 17 December 1887  Greiz, Thuringia, Germany

Death 7 August 1947 (Age 59)  Frankfurt, Germany

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Marriage: 5 November 1922 — HAustralia Doorn, Netherlands

William II … German Emperor has 32 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (32)

Parents Edward VII Wettin King Of England + Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
1 Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1864–1892
2 George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor 1865–1936
3 Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor 1867–1931
4 Victoria Alexandra Olga … 1868–1935
5 Princess Maude Charlotte Mary … 1869–1938
6 John Alexander … 1871–1871
Parents Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse + Princess Alice Maud Mary …
1 Princess Victoria, Australia Alberta … Of Hesse 1863–1950
2 Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess 1864–1918
3 Princess Irene … Of Hesse 1866–1953
4 Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse 1868–1937
5 Frederick … 1870–1873
6 Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina 1872–1918
7 Mary "May" … 1874–1878
Parents Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince + Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
1 Alfred … Prince 1874–1899
2 Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha 1875–1938
3 Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1876–1936
4 Princess Alexandra … 1878–1942
5 Beatrice … Princess 1884–1966
Parents (Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince + Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
1 Christian Victor … 1867–1900
2 Albert … Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein 1869–1931
3 Helena Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1870–1948
4 Princess Marie Louise … 1872–1956
5 Frederick Harold … 1876–1876
Parents Prince Arthur William Patrick … + Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia
1 Crown Princess Margaret … Of Sweden 1882–1920
2 Duke Arthur … Of Connaught 1883–1938
3 Patricia … Lady Ramsay 1886–1974
Parents Prince Leopold George Duncan … + Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck
1 Princess Alice … Of Athlone 1883–1981
2 Duke Charles Edward … 1884–1954
Parents Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg + Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
1 Marquess Alexander … Of Carisbrooke 1886–1960
2 Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Battenberg 1887–1969
3 Leopold … 1889–1922
4 Maurice … Prince 1891–1914

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