How was Wilhelm II related to George V?

Britain may have been swept up in jingoistic fervour against Germany, with Rudyard Kipling warning that ‘The Hun is at the gate’, but what’s often forgotten is that the British monarch at the time, George V, was the first cousin of Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II, both being grandchildren of Queen Victoria.

What was the relationship between Kaiser Wilhelm and Czar Nicholas?

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II were third cousins (both were great-great-grandsons of Paul I of Russia) as well as being second cousins once removed (both were descended from Frederick William III of Prussia) and Wilhelm was a first cousin of Nicholas’s wife, Alix of Hesse and the eldest grandson of Queen Victoria.

Was Kaiser Wilhelm related to the British royal family?

The links between European royal families is well known. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany was the grandson of the UK’s Queen Victoria (on the throne 1837-1901) and cousin to King George V (1910-36). (In fact, by 1914, the royal family had had German names for two hundred years – since the first Hanover king, George I).

How are King George and Czar Nicholas related?

King George V and Tsar Nicholas II were first cousins who looked so much alike that people often jokingly called them twins. When one cousin’s crown came under threat, the other had a decision to make.

How were King George and Kaiser Wilhelm related?

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany was born on the 27th January 1859 to Frederick III and Victoria, Princess Royal, who was the sister of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (George’s father). This means that he is first cousins with King George V. Wilhelm and Nicholas were not first cousins, but they were third cousins.

What was Kaiser Wilhelm’s relationship to Queen Victoria?

Wilhelm was the eldest son of Frederick III and his wife Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of the British Queen Victoria. He was a grandson of Emperor Wilhelm I through his father’s side and a grandson of the English Queen Victoria through his mother’s side.

How is Kaiser Wilhelm related to Queen Victoria?

What was the king versus the Kaiser?

The King versus the Kaiser: Royal rift that meant George V and Tsar Nicholas lined up against their German cousin in World War I. The First World War saw millions of men separated from their families and sent to the front line but very few were pitted against their relations.

Who were Prince Wilhelm’s cousins Nicholas and George V?

By contrast, Wilhelm’s cousins, the future Tsar Nicholas and George V, were adored by their mothers, Alexandra and Dagmar – a pair of Danish royal sisters who married into two of Europe’s most powerful dynasties. Theirs was a shared childhood with summers spent enjoying family breaks in Denmark at the home of their grandfather, Christian IX.

What was the relationship between WWI and the royal family?

WWI family relationships (family tree image by Marcia Underwood; see essay for image credits) Wilhelm’s mother was the sister of George’s father; George’s mother and Nicholas’ mother were sisters from the Danish royal family. All three men were also fifth cousins, being equal descendants of King George II of England.

What was the relationship between Tsar Nicholas II and George V like?

It’s fairly well documented that they were devastated. George V was a cousin to both Nicholas II (their mothers were sisters) and Tsarina Alexandra (his father and her mother were siblings). He and Nicholas had been very close when they were young.