Descendants
Katharina Dorothea is, as the great-great-grandmother of King Christian IX of Denmark, an ancestress of the monarchs of the United Kingdom, Russian Empire, Denmark, Norway and Greece.
Through her granddaughter, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Katharina Dorothea is a 6x great grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, 7x great grandmother of Charles, Prince of Wales, Margrethe II of Denmark, Constantine II of Greece, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, and Harald V of Norway, and a 7x great grandmother of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
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Famous quotes containing the word descendants:
“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live...”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 30:19.
“Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
“And what if my descendants lose the flower
Through natural declension of the soul,
Through too much business with the passing hour,
Through too much play, or marriage with a fool?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)