are all european monarchs german?
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Most of Europe's monarchies are descended from just a couple of families, notably the German noble families of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
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Queen Elizabeth II is also related to King Henry VII because his daughter Margaret married into the House of Stuart in Scotland. ... Just as the throne passed from the Tudors to the Stuarts, it then passed to the Hanovers. The Hanovers established the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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Seven are kingdoms: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Monaco are principalities, while Luxembourg is a Grand Duchy. The Vatican City is a theocratic state ruled by the Pope.
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Greek royal family (Greek: Ελληνική Βασιλική Οικογένεια) is a branch of the House of Glücksburg that reigned in Greece from 1863 to 1924 and again from 1935 to 1973. Its first monarch was George I, the second son of King Christian IX of Denmark.
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Germans are stoic people who strive for perfectionism and precision in all aspects of their lives. They do not admit faults, even jokingly, and rarely hand out compliments. At first their attitude may seem unfriendly, but there is a keen sense of community and social conscience and a desire to belong.
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Bismarck, Otto von remains one of the most significant political figures of modern Germany. This stature derives from his contribution to the creation and shaping of the modern German state as Prussian minister president and imperial chancellor from 1862 to 1890.
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The British royal family is said to be German because, basically, of the Hanoverian (Georgian) dynasty. ... The current royal family descends directly from these people, and their family name was deliberately changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor during the First World War.
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King George V, a grandson of Queen Victoria, inherited the throne in 1910. Like his father King Edward VII, he was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. ... The royal family's website said the new name was inspired by Windsor Castle — where George V's granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II still resides on weekends.
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German colonies comprised territory that makes up 22 countries today, mostly in Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda. Germany lost control of its colonial empire at the beginning of World War I when its colonies were seized by its enemies in the first weeks of the war.
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The most widely understood language in the EU is English, which is understood by 44% of all adults, while German is the most widely used mother tongue, spoken by 18%.
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Which European country was the first to move away from absolute monarchy? A. France.
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Italy and Germany were both part of the Triple Alliance but they became enemies during World War I. ... Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti was not in favour of the German reunification but today the Italian government and the German one are full and leading members of the European Union.
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The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, and succession to the British throne is hereditary. Wilson demanded a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary control over the German military. ... As a Dominion, the Free State was a constitutional monarchy with the British monarch as its head of state.
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The royal families of Europe are vast and diverse, with each family possessing different titles and powers. ... This means that royals in Britain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain, and Monaco are all distantly related to each other. Here is an interactive family tree of Europe's royal families.
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There remain, as of 2020, twelve sovereign monarchies in Europe. Seven are kingdoms: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Monaco are principalities, while Luxembourg is a Grand Duchy. The Vatican City is a theocratic state ruled by the Pope.
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Germany shares borders with nine European countries, second only to Russia: Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the east, Switzerland (its only non-EU neighbor) and Austria in the south, France in the southwest and Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in the west.
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The Kingdom of Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, in which Queen Margrethe II is the head of state. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, and succession to the British throne is hereditary. Wilson demanded a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary control over the German military.