I ask because they look like they could be brothers.
2006-09-07 14:56:12 · 19 answers · asked by Darkwraith 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Yes. They were first cousins. They not only looked enough alike to be brothers, but they looked enough alike to be identical twins. In pictures when both were in civilian clothes, it is difficult to tell who was who.
Sadly George V did not go to his cousin's rescue with the overthrow of the Russian monarchy in 1917. As a result, Nicholas ll and his family were executed.
2006-09-10 11:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were first cousins. Nicholas II's mother was Princess Alix of Hesse, the daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The two royals were George V's father , Edward VII.
George V was the first Windsor. He changed the name because of the German connection to Hesse and the war, WWI.
Both Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip of England are cousins related through this Hesse connection. FYI
2006-09-08 17:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by keith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people have questioned the legality of Nicholas's abdicating not only for himself but also his son. Ultimately, however, it didn't matter, since Nicholas, Alexei, and Michael were all assassinated (Alexei wasn't the victim of an assassination "attempt," he was actually killed), and Alexei, of course, had no descendants. Michael had a son, indcidentally, but he'd been born of Michael's morganatic marriage and had no claims to the throne. Moreover, whether Bolshevism and the new Soviet government were legal or illegal was a moot point in the end. The Bolsheviks successfully seized the country and established their own government. They didn't care whether their government and related legislation were "invalid," and no one who thought they were had any power to overthrow them. As the original de facto government they became, in effect, the de jure government, like it or not. Edit: Grand Duke George died of tuberculosis long before the Revolution. You meant Michael.
2016-03-27 02:12:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nicholas II of Russia's wife Alexandria was cousins with George V of the UK and that is the extent of it I believe
2006-09-07 17:27:14 · answer #4 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
all royalty in europe is somehow related. they are cousins. george V is the grandson of victoria. nicholas II was married to his cousin alexandra. so they are at related by marriage. george is also related to nicholas by his danish mother, and they are first cousins.
2006-09-08 05:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by moonshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But even to day HRH Prince Michael of Kent is so like the Tsar Nicholas of Russia. Look at this site www.princemichael.org.uk
2006-09-07 16:23:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe so, all the European Royalty was related, Queen Victoria of England had cousins, nieces and nephews all over Europe. Remember before genetics was as advanced as it has been in the last 100 years, royalty would keep marriage "in the family" so cousins would keep genetic anomalies in the same group and all kinds of genetic problems accumulated in the same groups. I believe in Cleopatra's day, brothers and sisters married each other. Isn't it ironic that someone as educated as Cleopatra made mistakes similar to uneducated, unwashed hillbillies of the 20th century.
2006-09-07 15:08:24 · answer #7 · answered by magpie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. They were cousins but didn't like each other very much.
After the Russian Revolution Nicholas hoped to take his family to Britain for safety but George prevented it.
2006-09-07 18:30:27 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
At one time, the royal families of Russia,England,Germany and Poland were related by blood. Not only was GeorgeV and NicholasII related,they looked alike.
2006-09-08 16:45:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All European Royal Houses were related. Certainly the Russian as well
2006-09-10 05:40:42 · answer #10 · answered by pooterilgatto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋