Twins in Royal Families
- Alexander Helios (b. 40 BC) and Cleopatra Selene II (40 BC–6)
- James II of Scotland (1430–1460) and Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (1430–1430)
- Princess Louise Élisabeth of France (1727–1759) and Princess Henriette of France (1727–1752)
- Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896–1980) and Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896–1989)
- Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901–1943) and Richard Wilhelm Leopold (1901–1969)
- Archduchess Michaela and Archduchess Monika of Austria (1954–)
- Princess Aisha and Princess Sara bint Al Faisal (1997–)
- Prince Alexander and Prince Philip of Yugoslavia (1982–)
- Prince Aymeric and Prince Nicolas of Belgium (2005–)
- Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958–)
- Princess Helene and Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia (1963–)
- Jacques, duc d'Orléans and Michel, comte d'Evreux (1941–)
- Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi and Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma (1972–)
- Prince Jean and Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg (1957–)
- Lucilla (148–182), daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius; twin brother Gemellus Lucillae died young
- Princess Maria Gabriella and Princess Maria Teresa of Orleans-Bragança (1959–)
- Princess Sofia and Prince Umberto of Bulgaria (1999–), twin children of Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin.
- Princess Paulina and Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007–), twin children of Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Hesse.
- Prince Louis of Bourbon and Prince Alphonse (2010–), twin sons of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou.
- Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark (born 2011)
- Mohammadreza Shah Pahlavi and Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran (born 1919, the Shah died in 1980)
- Sempad of Armenia (b. 12 January 1276/11 January 1277 – d. 1310 or 1311) and Isabella of Armenia (b. 12 January 1276/11 January 1277 – murdered May 1323)
- Oshin of Armenia (b. 10 January 1283/9 January 1284 – murdered 20 July 1320) and Alinakh of Armenia (b. 10 January 1283/9 January 1284 – d. 28 August 1310), Lord of Lampron and Tarsus.
- Victoire de Valois (24 June 1556 – August 1556) and Jeanne de Valois (died as an infant), twin daughters of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici
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Famous quotes containing the words twins in, twins, royal and/or families:
“What if there are not only two nostrils, two eyes, two lobes, and so forth, but two psyches as well, and they are separately equipped? They go through life like Siamese twins inside one person.... They can be just a little different, like identical twins, or they can be vastly different, like good and evil.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“If twins are believed to be less intelligent as a class than single-born children, it is not surprising that many times they are also seen as ripe for social and academic problems in school. No one knows the extent to which these kind of attitudes affect the behavior of multiples in school, and virtually nothing is known from a research point of view about social behavior of twins over the age of six or seven, because this hasn’t been studied either.”
—Pamela Patrick Novotny (20th century)
“But while meditating
What we can’t or can
Let’s keep starring man
In the royal role.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention. Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other; the resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other; the personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister, and it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land, the sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.”
—Adele Faber (20th century)