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They were first cousins through their respective mothers:

George V's mother, Queen Alexandra was born Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark.

Her sister, Maria Feodorovna, born Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar of Denmark, married Emperor Alexander III of Russia and was Nicholas II's mother.

2006-10-08 05:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by Homebody123 2 · 1 0

George's cousin was the Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, a first cousin of George through his mother, Queen Alexandra. Nicholas II's mother was Queen Alexandra's sister. The two men were almost identical in appearance. When the revolution of 1917 toppled the Russian monarchy, George asked his ministers to ensure that the Tsar and his family be saved and brought to Britain for their safety. Worsening conditions for the British people, and fears that revolution might come to the British Isles, led George to develop an atmosphere of austerity around him, and he reversed himself, thinking that the presence of the Romanovs might seem inappropriate under the circumstances. Despite the later claims of Lord Mountbatten of Burma that Lloyd George, the great Liberal, was opposed to the rescue of the Romanovs, records of the King's private secretary, Stamfordham, suggest that he did this against the advice of Lloyd George, who is often wrongly blamed for the loss of the Romanovs. And thus the Tsar and his immediate family remained in Russia and were murdered by Bolshevik revolutionaries in Yekaterinburg.

2006-10-08 06:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by ~Charmed Flor~ 4 · 0 0

Cousins.

2006-10-08 10:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I think they were second cousins. I think that Queen Victoria was their grandmother.

2006-10-08 05:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

cousins

2006-10-08 18:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0 0

cousins

2006-10-08 05:23:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Who the h** is that?

2006-10-08 05:23:13 · answer #7 · answered by ike mie 3 · 0 1

they were cousins

2006-10-08 05:23:36 · answer #8 · answered by peeve 3 · 0 0

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