Prince Philip of Greece - Ancestry

Ancestry

Philip is currently the oldest living great-great grandchild of Queen Victoria, as well as her oldest living descendant following the death of Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg on May 5, 2012. Through his descent from the British royal family, he is in the line of succession to the thrones of the 16 Commonwealth realms.

In July 1993, through mitochondrial DNA analysis of a sample of Prince Philip's blood, British scientists were able to confirm the identity of the remains of several members of Empress Alexandra of Russia's family, several decades after their 1918 massacre by the Bolsheviks. Prince Philip was then one of two living great-grandchildren in the female line of Alexandra's mother Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, the other being his sister Sophie, who died in 2001.

Ancestors of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
16. Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
8. Christian IX of Denmark
17. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
4. George I of Greece
18. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
9. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
19. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
2. Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
20. Nicholas I of Russia
10. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
21. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
5. Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia
22. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
11. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
23. Duchess Amelia of Württemberg
1. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
24. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
12. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
25. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
6. Prince Louis of Battenberg
26. Count John Maurice Hauke
13. Countess Julia Hauke
27. Sophie de la Fontaine
3. Princess Alice of Battenberg
28. Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine
14. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
29. Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
7. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
30. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
15. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
31. Victoria of the United Kingdom

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