Wettin, the same German family that funded Luthers translation of the bible, and that kickstarted the reformation. Smart bunch! In a long-winded way, USA would never exist without their foresight.
An easy and common mistake to make!
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is simply a cadet branch of the House Of Wettin, that ruled the lands of Saxony, Coburg and Gotha.
Elizabeth looks about 10. That would be 1938. Hitler had been pulling Germany together and it isn't weird that the royal family would be friendly to a head of state. Later, everyone pulled together against the Germans except the Duke of Windsor, and Elizabeth at least never liked or forgave him.
The whole patrilineal system obscures the fact that all the royalty and a heck of a lot of people in Europe and thus the rest of the world are related through another remarkable woman in their matrilineal lineage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl4WtajjMks&t=816s
Provence is between France and Germany, sometimes one, sometimes the other. They're Germans all the way down.
Edit Strike that last--I was thinking about Lorraine. Provence is more between France and Spain. (Blush). Anyway, Garsenda had only two children, yet managed to be the matriarch of royalty today.
Did anyone ever figure out the real reason why Hitler let the British evacuate safely from Dunkirk when they could have been decimated?
...many ideas...
...nothing conclusive...
...your thoughts?
They are clearly taking the piss out of the rather ludicrous nazi salute, as any normal child would.
...doggy winks...
...what was Windsor's name before they changed it to "Windsor"....
Wettin, the same German family that funded Luthers translation of the bible, and that kickstarted the reformation. Smart bunch! In a long-winded way, USA would never exist without their foresight.
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wettin-windsor-changing-royal-name/
...why did I think it was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha?
https://www.royal.uk/house-windsor
...I suppose we both are correct...
...but the fact remains they are of German lineage...
An easy and common mistake to make! Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is simply a cadet branch of the House Of Wettin, that ruled the lands of Saxony, Coburg and Gotha.
...the old dog learns a new trick....
No date. 80+ is vague. When was it really? Had the predation been revealed, or was Hitler still getting the trains running?
...valid observation....
Elizabeth looks about 10. That would be 1938. Hitler had been pulling Germany together and it isn't weird that the royal family would be friendly to a head of state. Later, everyone pulled together against the Germans except the Duke of Windsor, and Elizabeth at least never liked or forgave him.
And as to her great-grandparents being German imports, so what? That goes waaay back, you could say the French ones were the interlopers. https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-45555320100120
More recently, this German is the patriarch of all European royalty. https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/johan-willem-friso-prince-of-orange/
The whole patrilineal system obscures the fact that all the royalty and a heck of a lot of people in Europe and thus the rest of the world are related through another remarkable woman in their matrilineal lineage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl4WtajjMks&t=816s
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garsenda,_Countess_of_Forcalquier
Provence is between France and Germany, sometimes one, sometimes the other. They're Germans all the way down.
Edit Strike that last--I was thinking about Lorraine. Provence is more between France and Spain. (Blush). Anyway, Garsenda had only two children, yet managed to be the matriarch of royalty today.
...thank you for the addendum....