Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Hohenzollern

Hohenzollern

The House of Hohenzollern is a German dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania.



Through her great-grandmother Queen Alexandra she is descended from the Danish royal house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a line of the North German house of Oldenburg, one of the oldest in Europe. Other members are the Duke of Edinburgh, Margrethe II of Denmark, Harald V of Norway, Queen Sofia of Spain, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Constantine II of Greece, who are also all descended from Queen Victoria. She is also a cousin of Albert II of Belgium. She is related to all ruling monarchs of Europe.

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