Then Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather King George V was the son of Alexandra of Denmark, and Alexandra’s father was also Christian IX. Prince Philip’s father, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, was the son of King George I of Greece.
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They were also second cousins, once removed, through King Christian IX of Denmark. The distant relationship with Queen Victoria meant that Philip and the Queen were third cousins. Sonderburg-Glücksburg families stretches back four generations to Queen Victoria, on Philip’s mother. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had nine children, all of whom married into different European royal houses. Growing up, Philip spent a lot of time with his maternal grandmother, Victoria Mountbatten, the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven and his uncle George Mountbatten, the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven. He was also a direct descendant of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. Philip was also related to the Russian royal House of Romanov through his parents. Queen Victoria was actually present for the birth of Prince Philip’s mother Alice at Windsor Castle in 1885. Princess Alice went on to marry Prince Andrew in 1903. His mother, Princess Alice, who died in 1969, was the eldest daughter of Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st marquess of Milford Haven, and Princess Victoria of Hesse and the Rhine, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Philip’s father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, a younger son of King George I of the Hellenes (originally Prince William of Denmark). Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in June 2015 (Getty Images) He was joined by Princess Anne in 1950, Prince Andrew in 1960 and then Prince Edward in 1964.Īs of 2021, Prince Philip and the Queen have eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The couple’s first child, Prince Charles, was born in 1948. The couple then went on to have four children. Over the course of the Queen’s long reign, her husband Prince Philip has been by her side. The family tree below shows how the Queen and her beloved husband Prince Philip. His marriage to his distant cousin Princess Elizabeth took place in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have enjoyed 70 years of marriage since their wedding day on November 20 1947.
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On February 28, 1947, Philip became a British subject, renouncing his right to the Greek and Danish thrones and taking his mother’s surname, Mountbatten. When he was an infant, his family was exiled and he ended up in the UK. The wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1947 (NCJ Archive) A photograph of Prince Philip released by the Royal Family after his death (Buckingham Palace) He had four older sisters, Princess Margarita, Princess Theodora, Princess Cecilie and Princess Sophie, who have all passed away.