Yes, Leopold I was a very ambitious German. First he married the Princess of Wales, but when she died without leaving him with issue, he had to look elsewhere to become the one in power. The newly-founded Belgium was a nice place to start.
How about the British? Doesn't the current line go back to the Hannovers, who are German? And the "very first", William the Conquerer, who was Norman-French?
Bulgaria
firstly Prince Alexander of Battenberg [Hesse-Darmstadt] who became Prince of Bulgaria in 1879;
secondly Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha who became Prince of Bulgaria in 1887 and King (Tsar) of the Bulgarians in 1908
Romania
Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen who became Prince of Romania in 1866 and King in 1881
Albania
Prince Wilhelm of Wied who became Prince of Albania in 1914 (short-lived)
Brazil
Prince Pedro, Prince of Beira [Portugal] who became Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil 1822
Greece
firstly Prince Otto of Bavaria who was King of Greece from 1832 to 1862;
secondly Prince Wilhelm of Denmark who became King of the Hellenes in 1863
Leopold did NOT marry the Princess of Wales. That title was held by hsi mother-in-law.
He married Princess Charlotte of Wales, who died in childbirth.
Leopold was also the brother of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, father of Prince Albert the Prince Consort and Princess Victoire, Duchess of Kent mother of Queen Victoria thus making Leopold the uncle of both Victoria and Albert.
Hello!! Do you know where are from the Kings of Albania, Romania and Bulgaria? Germany?
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Hohenzollern, Wied and Saxe Coburg were principoalities or Duchies in Germany yes.
Edward Bruce (brother of Robert I King of Scotland) King of Ireland. died 1318, can be added to this list.Since Amedeo of Spain was included I thought it might be permissable to list a few more who were made kings of foreign countries but did not last long enough to actually found dynasties:
Duke Adolf Friedrich von Meckenberg-Schwerin was chosen as Grand Duke of the United Baltic Duchy (basically Latvia and Estonia)
Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse was chosen as King Vaino I of Finland
Prince Wilhelm von Urach was chosen as King Mindaugas II of Lithuania
General Pavlo Skoropadsky was chosen as Hetman of the Ukraine
Prince Faisal I was chosen as King of Greater Syria and later King of Iraq (he was originally from what is now Saudi Arabia)
Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta was chosen as King Tomislav II of Croatia
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders was Emperor Baldwin I of the Latin Byzantine Empire -not sure if that one counts in this context though as there was obviously another contender for the eastern throne.
There were also the Hapsburgs and Bourbons in Tuscany and Sicily. They actually did establish dynasties that lasted for a while. If I recall the first in the long line of Sicilian kings was a Norman.
If the royal involved isn't likely to become King or Queen, why would it be an issue if they accepted an invitation from another country to be their monarch. I would be curious if anyone has an answer to this.
Accepting similar invitations can be very very risky if one doesn't know exactly the real situation of the country; and the fact that a group of Estonians asked Edward to become King of Estonia doesn't mean at all that Estonian people wanted a monarchy with Edward as King. And would he have the necessary preparation for being King of a foreign country surely very different from the UK (where however he was taught to be a Prince, but I don't think his education was aimed to make him a King)? I don't think.
1. There are still Monarchists in Estonia.I read in a book that Prince Edward was asked to be King of Estonia by a group of royalists in Estonia. According to the book the spokeman said (and I quote here), "a charming but unlikely idea." Could he have if he wanted to accept their invitation? I know that he's in line to the British throne but it's extremely unlikely that he would ever be King of England.
What about another royal in another household. Or would their be issues regarding this? If the royal involved isn't likely to become King or Queen, why would it be an issue if they accepted an invitation from another country to be their monarch. I would be curious if anyone has an answer to this. I've been thinking about this all day.
When William III became the King of England in 1689, should not the royal house have been the House of Orange? After all, William III was from The Netherlands?
Anne and Victoria's husbands weren't King. William III was, and he ruled alone following Mary's death, so yes, the House of Orange reigned in Britain from 1689-1702.It changes with a child, not a marriage traditionally. William and Mary if they had a child, their child would have started the House of Orange.
If Anne and George's children had lived and one saw the throne, we would have had the house of Oldenberg.
George I changed the family name as he wasn't born into the house of Stuart (in the male line) or married into it. He was of the house of Hannover.
Victoria and Albert were the House of Hannover. The name didn't change until their eldest son came to the throne.
After the demise of his brother-in-law Louis II, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria ruled as King of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526 to 1564.