Wilhelm II's Descendants

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  • čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
  • It was February 27th 1881 when the then Prince Wilhelm of Prussia married Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. They would go on to become the last Imperial couple Germany has ever known. At the end of the first World War in november 1918, Wilhelm II, who had been on the German and Prussian throne for the last 30 years was forced to abdicate. Wilhelm and Augusta lived out the remainder of their lives in Exile in the Netherlands. Augusta dying in 1921 and Wilhelm 20 years later.
    The last Imperial couple had a total of seven children. While I already covered all of their children in three separate videos, this video today will be a continuation on that topic as we look into the lives of Wilhelm and Augusta’s grandchildren and perhaps even great grandchildren.
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Komentáře • 90

  • @syria0110
    @syria0110 Před rokem +68

    Felipe VI of Spain is the only European monarch who is a direct descendant of Kaiser Wilhelm II

    • @shinjineesen400
      @shinjineesen400 Před rokem +17

      So was Constantine II, last king of the Hellenes.

    • @malcolml309
      @malcolml309 Před rokem +6

      ​@@shinjineesen400I think that he means currently sitting on the throne.

    • @railwaychristina3192
      @railwaychristina3192 Před rokem +10

      Yes, Sophie was the grand daughter of Viktoria Louise. Her father Paul was a son of The Kaiser's sister Sophie. Louis Ferdinand married Kira a granddaughter of Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria

    • @anacasanova7350
      @anacasanova7350 Před rokem +7

      En rey Felipe VI de España es biznieto del káiser Guillermo. Su madre la reina Sofía era nieta.

    • @mediocremaiden8883
      @mediocremaiden8883 Před 2 měsíci

      "Well! Pin a Rose on Your Nose"

  • @williamegler8771
    @williamegler8771 Před rokem +59

    My mother's family is descended from the Royal family of Saxony.
    They are descended through a female line that were first cousins to the king.
    They lost their privileges after WW1 and what little was left of their property after WW2.
    My great-grandmother, the last one to be born before their title and privileges were lost, worked as a nurse alongside my grandfather who was a physician.
    Doesn't mean much today but it is an interesting part of family history.
    People often ask what it is like being royalty but I correct them by saying I am "DESCENDED" from royalty but not royal.
    Titles could not be passed down through the female line and the throne or kingdom of Saxony no longer exists.

    • @jitaamesuluma9730
      @jitaamesuluma9730 Před rokem +2

      I do too

    • @EAlyahya
      @EAlyahya Před rokem +4

      Is the royal family of Saxony related to the British royal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha?

    • @paperroses7615
      @paperroses7615 Před rokem +3

      You might find interesting a you tube channel called "useful charts" and also listen to the one that explains Female DNA only all royal families called Garsenda and trace all the female Garsenda lines that are Saxony It's interesting 🤔 and fun to learn about it revelations about family members 😮

    • @iriscollins7583
      @iriscollins7583 Před rokem +3

      ​@@EAlyahya Yes. It used to be the name of the British Royal Family. It was the name of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.King George V, changed the Family name to Windsor.

    • @nazaninnadi7456
      @nazaninnadi7456 Před rokem +2

      @@EAlyahya actually the British royal family is coming from the house of Hanover.

  • @Ronald-ks2iy
    @Ronald-ks2iy Před 9 měsíci +4

    Queen Sophie of Spain was named after her paternal grandmother, Princess Sophie of Prussia (1870 - 1932) concert of King Constantine I of Greece. She was one of the Kaiser’s younger sisters & one of Queen Victoria’s twenty one granddaughters.

  • @wardarcade7452
    @wardarcade7452 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Well, the Spanish Queen Emerita Sofia's mother was a granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II so that makes her, her son King Felipe VI and his own daughters descendend from the Kaiser!

  • @TheMoonwalker101
    @TheMoonwalker101 Před rokem +8

    The current Duchess of Wellington is Princess Antonia of Prussia

  • @indiramichaelahealey5156
    @indiramichaelahealey5156 Před rokem +39

    If the monarchy were not abolished in Germany, Georg Friedrich Ferdinand of Prussia, born 10 June 1976 would be Kaiser now. His father was Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1944-1977), his grandfather was crownprince Wilhelm of Prussia (1882-1951) and his great grandfather was Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941).

    • @savagedarksider2147
      @savagedarksider2147 Před rokem +7

      For me, he is already Kaiser.

    • @paulweldon6068
      @paulweldon6068 Před rokem

      Christian Albrecht was Frederick III

    • @renatewest6366
      @renatewest6366 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Crown Prince Georg Frederich and his spouse Princess Sophie have a beautiful family .Be nice to bring back as a Constitutional Monachy .Long live the Kaiser.

    • @thekingsdaughter4233
      @thekingsdaughter4233 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I think you missed a generation there. His grandfather was also called Louis Ferdinand; and died in 1994 according to Wikipedia. Prince Georg Friedrich's father died young, so he took over from his grandfather as the formal head of the House of Hohenzollern at a very young age. It's a bit confusing, father and grandfather of the same name; and the younger dying before the older. 😞 The _great-grandfather_ was that crown prince Wilhelm von Preußen.

    • @palastofhistory4026
      @palastofhistory4026 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@renatewest6366I agree

  • @virginiawilliams9998
    @virginiawilliams9998 Před rokem +19

    A fascinating look at the Kaiser's grandchildren and what became of them between the wars and after. Thank you for doing all the research and digging up those evocative photos!

  • @honestlyyours1069
    @honestlyyours1069 Před rokem +5

    Kaiser William ll was a first cousin of the Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, as both were grandchildren of Queen Victoria. This Queen of Spain was King Felipe VI of Spain's great grandmother.

    • @bbell1549
      @bbell1549 Před rokem +6

      Not quite sure if you know that Felipe‘s mother (Queen Sofia) is descendant of Kaiser Wilhelm. Queen Sofia is the Great-granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm. Her mother (Queen Frederica of Greece) was the granddaughter of the Kaiser.

    • @cordeliaadams4898
      @cordeliaadams4898 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Felipe is descendant from the Kaiser on both sides, maternal and paternal. 😣

    • @elenak5232
      @elenak5232 Před měsícem

      There are antiamerican anthellenic anti British anti this anti that. Why should I be persecuted and even prosecuted for anti Jewish protests?

  • @mediocremaiden8883
    @mediocremaiden8883 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I always called Down Syndrome "The Pretty Disease" because of the big wide set eyes, the smoothness of their skin and as they age they are not prone to wrinkles, they have wider set tongues so they are smiling all the time. They look very beautiful to me. Both males and females afflicted with the disease. A lot of them at first glance you can't tell. I guess it's just me idk

  • @valeriechesne3514
    @valeriechesne3514 Před 16 dny

    I found a photo of Victoria Marina - Mrs.Kirby Patterson! She couldn’t find a job after Ww2- interesting story because she met her husband Mr. Patterson. Victoria measured at 6’4 and a very attractive lady. There was an extensive write up about her in an Ozark newspaper.

  • @victoriagrapsidou3474
    @victoriagrapsidou3474 Před rokem +7

    Thank you for your work and effort to bring to us such historical facts. Greetings from Greece!

  • @sherirobinson6867
    @sherirobinson6867 Před rokem +3

    Really enjoyed this

  • @here_we_go_again2571
    @here_we_go_again2571 Před rokem +9

    A few days ago King Charles iii was meeting with the descendants of some of these people.
    (@ 2:28, the fellow on the viewer's left, wearing the striped tie, is a ringer for one of the Windsors.)

  • @anabelvargas6987
    @anabelvargas6987 Před rokem

    Muchas Gracias por compartir tan completa informacion de los descendientes de Guillermo II.

  • @yentakvetch
    @yentakvetch Před 9 měsíci +1

    Kirby Patterson was an attorney employed by the US Department of Justice in the Criminal Division. When I also worked there in the 1970s, I knew him. What stories he told! Patterson was an ordinary guy from Missouri who wore string ties. Who would have thought? His wife, was trained as a nurse. He did not talk much about his German royal relatives beyond tales of staying at castles when he visited Germany. Totally nice guy.

    • @BackToHistoryYT
      @BackToHistoryYT  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Wow, that is so interesting! Thanks for commenting!

  • @daya820
    @daya820 Před rokem

    Excellent! Thanks

  • @bethtyree6346
    @bethtyree6346 Před rokem +2

    I learn so much from watching your viedos

  • @jacquelinefickis1734
    @jacquelinefickis1734 Před 3 měsíci

    I love German royalty a lot and I want more of royal videos please ❤😊

  • @sirwelch9991
    @sirwelch9991 Před rokem +4

    Glad you left no one out.

  • @tillylovesholland1161
    @tillylovesholland1161 Před 2 měsíci

    The crownprince son of the last emperor had a lot of children out of wedlock. Ge cheated badly in his wife. He luved solo for a whole in exile o the eiland called Wieringen. There is a documentary called De kroonprins van Wieringen - The crownprince of Wieringen. A very interesting docu.

  • @johnrade4201
    @johnrade4201 Před rokem +11

    fun fact, theoretically all of em are on the line of succession to the british throne

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 Před rokem +3

      Provided they aren't Roman Catholic

    • @gidzmobug2323
      @gidzmobug2323 Před rokem +6

      ​@@pedanticradiator1491 Plus the UK does not have morganatic marriages. The German Imperial Family required equal marriages (both parties of royal birth). As I remember, one of Wilhelm's children married a non-royal.

    • @ERH1453
      @ERH1453 Před rokem +2

      And none of them are the Chauffeur's son nor are they married to a black.

  • @gerardharrison262
    @gerardharrison262 Před rokem +2

    The picture of Friedrich is that of Henry 'Chips' Channon rather than Friedrich. Chips Channon was a friend of his and Friedrich married Channon's sister-in-law.

    • @Sky_Dancer
      @Sky_Dancer Před rokem

      Ydcmu

    • @keithdavis773
      @keithdavis773 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Good spot; I was going to make the same point!

    • @deanedge5988
      @deanedge5988 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Indeed he was very probably closer to Chips than just friendship.

  • @thomaskeil1437
    @thomaskeil1437 Před rokem +2

    The pageantry

  • @keldaogg2157
    @keldaogg2157 Před rokem +1

    I thought that was John Stewart.

  • @richardsimms251
    @richardsimms251 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Very very good

  • @savagedarksider2147
    @savagedarksider2147 Před rokem +16

    Great job with the video beautiful. I support the Resurrection of the monarchy.

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 Před rokem +7

      Fur Den Kaiser!!! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

    • @savagedarksider2147
      @savagedarksider2147 Před rokem +3

      ​@@crusader2112 Hello, brother. Long time-Now see.

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 Před rokem +3

      @@savagedarksider2147 Hello 👋🏻 Good to see you.

    • @savagedarksider2147
      @savagedarksider2147 Před rokem +3

      ​@@crusader2112 I wish we would have had more interacts between Queen Elizabeth II and Otto Von Habsburg.

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 Před rokem +3

      @@savagedarksider2147 Indeed and I wish the European Union was an organization worthy of Europe and of the Habsburg name.

  • @railwaychristina3192
    @railwaychristina3192 Před rokem +1

    Adalbert married a Saxe Meiningen cousin who suffered from Porphyria
    Victoria Marina suffered too.

  • @Chevvvvv
    @Chevvvvv Před rokem +2

    So if Princess Louise married Prince Paul does that mean current King Charles is related through that line also?

  • @misslizziep8439
    @misslizziep8439 Před rokem +1

    Are you sure that photo is of Friedrich? It looks very like Henry “Chips “ Channon to me. Chips had been married and divorced from Brigid Guinness’ sister.

  • @ginkat1318
    @ginkat1318 Před rokem +2

    Was George related to his wife?

  • @Iceland874
    @Iceland874 Před rokem +3

    His he the cousin of King George and Czar Nicholas?

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 Před rokem +1

      Nicholas II's wife Alexandra and George V were amongst his many first cousins. Nicholas himself was more of a distant cousin of Wilhelm.

  • @janislamb5432
    @janislamb5432 Před rokem +1

    Let's hear about Carl Christian Mathey, Kaiser Wilhelm II's bastard son he had with Princess Radziwill (which was also the Kaiser's cousin).

  • @lucianasalles7272
    @lucianasalles7272 Před 2 měsíci

    Casa de Concreto Minimalista

  • @railwaychristina3192
    @railwaychristina3192 Před rokem +3

    Frederick who married Bridget Guinness was the father of Antonia mother of Arthur Wellesley, who married Gemma Kidd.

  • @railwaychristina3192
    @railwaychristina3192 Před rokem +3

    Didn't Queen Frederika look like our Queen!

  • @honestlyyours1069
    @honestlyyours1069 Před rokem +1

    This video was not very well done, as it is quite confusing.

    • @johnpickford4222
      @johnpickford4222 Před 10 měsíci

      @honestlyyours1069: What’s confusing? It’s laid out well but it may be too confusing for someone with limited capacity.

  • @sujitwarkari7108
    @sujitwarkari7108 Před 3 měsíci

    ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

  • @lisaeaker9064
    @lisaeaker9064 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Friedrich Wilhelm is my 4 x great grandfather

  • @lucianasalles7272
    @lucianasalles7272 Před 2 měsíci

    👒🤚

  • @ur1cat
    @ur1cat Před 10 měsíci

    I can see resemblance between King Charles III and some of the descendants of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Interesting.

  • @jamellfoster6029
    @jamellfoster6029 Před 7 měsíci

    Wilhelm and Augusta were 2nd parents as their grandmothers were sisters and their Moms were 1st cousins.

  • @JuneJarka
    @JuneJarka Před 9 měsíci +1

    See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern#Members_of_the_family_after_abdication. That should give a fairly comprehensive list.

  • @jitaamesuluma9730
    @jitaamesuluma9730 Před rokem

    It's said vilhelm

  • @bethtyree6346
    @bethtyree6346 Před rokem

    He had a pretty family

  • @bethtyree6346
    @bethtyree6346 Před rokem

    His kids been better off if they had went to collage