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Prince of Saxe-Meiningen. Bernhard was born in Köln the third son of Prince Frederick Johann of Saxe-Meiningen and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld. His father was the second son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his mother a daughter of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld . After the death of his older brother Prince Georg in 1946 ...

Prince Friedrich was born in Meiningen the second son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his second wife Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a descendant of Diego Velázquez. Prince Friedrich attended the University of Bonn where unusually for a royal prince he refused to accept an adjutant or maintain a horse and carriage.

The royal pedigree of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark includes monarchs of Denmark, the German Empire, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom along with rulers of German grand duchies and duchies. He is a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

The House of Oldenburg was briefly poised to claim the British thrones through the marriage of Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark and Norway; however, due to the early deaths of all their children, the crown passed to the House of Hanover . Main line Counts (1101–1773), Dukes (1773–1810) and Grand Dukes (1815–1918) of Oldenburg

The Belgian prince who refused the crowns. Belgium’s Prince Philippe, the second son of King Leopold I, was one of the most indolent aristocrats in 19th century Europe. He refused numerous foreign crowns, found politics boring and shunned the limelight. On a cold November day in 1905, European royalty gathered in Brussels to attend the ...