European Royal Families in 1914.

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European Royal Families in 1914.
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WW1 Extra Credit Slide Show

• Directions Go through the following slide show
  then answer the questions on the last two slides.
• Print out the last two pages, answer the
  questions and hand it in to MrD for extra credit.

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Information for this slide show came from the
book King, Kaiser, Tsar by Catrine Clay.
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Introduction

• The royal families of the major European nations
  had very strong connections with each other
  before World War I broke out.
• Of the four main European nations involved in the
  war, only France did not have any royal family.
  Remember the King and Queen of France were killed
  in the French Revolution.

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Queen Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1837 - 1901
England

• She was the daughter of Edward, duke of Kent
  (fourth son of George III) and a niece of George
  IV and William lV.
• She married Albert of Saxe - Coburg Gotha
  (Germany). Ruled during the industrial
  revolution. The British Empire became powerful,
  rich and confident. When Victoria died in 1901,
  after the longest reign in English history, the
  British Empire and British world power had
  reached their highest point. She had 9 children,
  40 grand-children and 37 great-grandchildren,
  scattered all over Europe.

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Victoria continued

• This was Queen Victoria on the anniversary of 50
  years of being the Queen.

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King Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha VII 1901 - 1910
England

• The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince
  Albert. Edward was created Prince of Wales almost
  immediately after his birth.
• He was known as Edward the Peacemaker. He enjoyed
  fine food and horse racing.

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King George Saxe-Coburg-Gotha V 1910 -
1936England

• Second son of Edward VII
• Ruled Britain during First World War 1914 - 1918.
• During his reign women were allowed to vote for
  the first time.
• Sinn Fein Easter Rising in 1916 led to
  independent Parliament in Ireland in 1918.
• Czar Nicolas or Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm of
  Germany were is 1st cousins.

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The House of Windsor
Queen Elizabeth Windsor II of England with the
Crown Jewels. She is the current queen of England.

• George V changed the family name to Windsor
  because of the anti-German feeling at the time.
• It had been Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because Georges
  grandmother, Queen Victoria had married the
  German Prince Albert Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
• The Windsors are the current royal family in
  England

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Czar Nicholas Romanov II (1868-1918) Russia

• Nicolas II was 26 when he became Czar.
• Czar Nicolas and Englands King Georges mothers
  were sisters. This made King Edward his uncle and
  King George his cousin.
• Nicolas was the last Czar. He and his whole
  family were murdered by communists in 1918

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Kaiser Wilhelm Hohenzollern IIGermany 1888-1918

• His mother was Victoria, the oldest daughter of
  Englands Queen Victoria.
• Edward VII (King of England after Queen Victoria
  died) was his Uncle.
• His cousin was George V, who became King of
  England when Edward died.
• Wilhelm went into exile when Germany lost the war
  in 1918.

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Nicky and Georgie

• Russias Czar Nicolas II and Englands King
  George V were cousins but looked like twins.
• Their mothers were the daughters of the King of
  Denmark. Both these princesses hated Germany
  because Germany had taken a great deal of land
  from Denmark

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King, Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm and his wife visiting England and
his Uncle Edward and cousin George
Kaiser Wilhelm and wife Alexandra
Prince George (later King George V) wife Mary
King Edward VII
at the front four children of Prince George
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Victoria and family
Englands future King Edward VII
Russias Czar Nicolas
Alix, Princess of Hess (Germany) future wife of
Czar Nicolas
Germanys Kaiser Wilhelm
Englands Queen Victoria

• A royal wedding in Coburg Germany, 1894

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Print this page and hand in for extra credit
Name___________________

• Who were the leaders of Russia, Germany and
  England in 1914?
• Who was the only one to survive WW1 as a leader
  in their country?
• What was the connection between the leaders of
  Russia, Germany and England in 1914.
• Of all the Kings and Queens in this lesson, who
  reigned the longest?

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Print this page and hand in for extra credit
Alexandra on the right Dagmar on the left

• What did the wife of Englands King Edward VII
  and the wife of Russias Alexander III have in
  common? There is a hint at http//kongehuset.dk/pu
  blish.php?dogtagk_en_his_chrix
• Answer_________________________
• Name__________________________

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For further extra credit

• Read the book King, Kaiser, Tsar by Catrine Clay
  and answer the following.
• Explain the complicated love-hate relationship
  that Kaiser Wilhelm had with England.