On his father's side, he was descended from Victoria's son Prince Alfred via his daughter, Marie. Like some of his relatives, the last king of Romania, Michael I, claimed relation to Queen Victoria on both sides of his family tree.

Honorable Mention King Phillippe of Belgium Together, the royal couple had three daughters, Margarethe, Benedikte, and Anne-Marie, a fact which might have led Frederick's younger brother to take the throne after his death, if not for a 1953 amendment that allowed female succession and led Margarethe to become heir to the throne. Ingrid, because of her royal blood and her beauty, was considered quite a catch and some even speculated that she might be a match for the future King Edward VIII of England (prior to his abdication) but she ultimately married Frederick XI of Denmark, becoming Queen of Denmark in 1947 when her husband ascended the throne. While Princess MargaretвЂ™s oldest son, Prince Gustaf Adolf, was part of the line to the Swedish throne before his untimely death, it was her only daughter, Ingrid, who would become a queen, albeit in another country. Like Carl, Margarethe traces her family line back to Queen Victoria via Victoria's son Prince Arthur by way of his daughter, Princess Margaret. Queen Margrethe II of DenmarkДЇirst cousin to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Queen Margrethe II became the first female ruler of Denmark in over 500 years when she ascended the throne in 1972. Charles Edward, who became the last reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha before he and his family were stripped of their titles following his support of Germany in WII, had five children, among them, Princess Sibylla. Leopold passed away young as the result of hemophilia, but not before having two children with his wife, Princess Helena-a daughter, Princess Alice, and a son, Charles Edward. Arthur's daughter, Princess Margaret, married the then-prince of Sweden, Gustaf VI Adolf, and with him had five children, including Prince Gustaf Adolf and Queen Ingrid of Denmark.Д¬arl's mother, Princess Sibylla, on the other hand, was descended from Queen Victoria's youngest son, Prince Leopold. Though he never got to know his father, Prince Gustaf Adolf (he died in a plane accident when Carl was only a baby), it is through him that Carl XVI Gustaf claims a connection to Victoria's seventh child, Prince Arthur.

Like Felipe VI, the Swedish king also carries the distinction of being descended from Queen Victoria in multiple ways. Both Wilhelm II and Sophia of Prussia were children of Victoria, Princess Royal, meaning that Sofia is both the great-great-great-granddaughter and the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. On her motherвЂ™s side, Sofia is the great-granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, while on her fatherвЂ™s side, she's the granddaughter of Sophia of Prussia. In fact, Felipe is also related to Queen Victoria through his mother, Queen Sofia of Spain, via Queen VictoriaвЂ™s eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, two times over. But that's not his only familial link to the iconic queen. His paternal grandfather, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona was the son of Princess Victoria Eugenie, herself the daughter of Queen Victoria's youngest child, Princess Beatrice. On one side, Felipe VI can trace his lineage to Victoria back through his father.

('I do not want my son to wither waiting like Prince Charles,' the King reportedly said of his choice to step down.) The youngest of Victoria's reigning descendants, Felipe took over the Spanish throne from his father in 2014 after Juan Carlos I abdicated. When it comes to strong genetic links to Queen Victoria, it's hard to outdo the Spanish king.

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