Dukes of Wellington Family Tree (Featuring Napoleon, Queen Elizabeth, and Kaiser Wilhelm)
A great grandson of the late German Keizer is going to become the 10th Duke of Wellington at some point ? And yet that kid is closer to the British crown through his German mother side than through his father’s historic English line.
That's why it's good to collect princesses in family trees? 🤔😉
Yep. That just about sums up the British royal family.
Wait, the future Duke of wellington will be in line for the German throne? How close?
Not likely - they followed male-line only inheritance, so they'd legally be excluded from German succession.
If the German throne was reestablished, and if they retroactively implemented male-preference or absolute primogeniture, he’d still be a ways from the throne. His grandfather was the fourth born son of the Crown Prince, so it’s unlikely the crown would ever get to him.
That's what I meant to ask, how many lines away is he? So, 3 are ahead? Not sure if they all continued.