Family trees

The royal houses of Europe are in practice one large family. Here you can see how today’s monarchs are connected.

• The Grandmother of Europe, Queen Victoria
  Five of Europe's reigning monarchs descend from the same couple: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The chart traces…
• The Father-in-Law of Europe, King Christian IX of Denmark
  Christian IX was called 'the Father-in-Law of Europe' because his children married into thrones across the continent.…