Nicholas gave two each year as presents, one for his mother and one for his wife. Not sure what the surname of the royal family is? : Wilhelms response was dismissive. TRIPLE ALLIANCE Germany- Kaiser Wilhelm II, Austria-Hungary- Kaiser Franz Joseph, Italy- Victor Emmanuel III Nature of WW1 Important battles Verdun (1916): Longest and bloodiest battles in WW1 Almost a year long Germany wanted to inflict as . Were here to find out! Hollander playing all three roles of George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II (the head of the slaughtered Romanov family) is a joke made at the expense of the noble class in more ways than one. Left to right: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Queen Victoria, King George V of England, and Tzar Nicholas II of Russia. British historian Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore joins Dan to chat about this Russian royal family. She converted to the Greek Orthodox Church. Wilhelm's abdication was understandable, but what happened to Nicholas was despicable. When the remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his family were found in 1998, Philip agreed to provide DNA for a positive identification. At the outbreak of war, the German Kaiser sarcastically quipped, , if our grandmother [Queen Victoria] were alive, she never would have allowed it, Queen Victoria with her son and heir Edward (right), distant cousin and grandson-in-law Tzar Nicholas II of Russia (left) and granddaughter Tzarina Alix (seated) with baby Olga, Nicholas II of Russia (r. 1894-1917) was the most distantly related to Queen Victoria. 15 Exquisite Royal Portraits You Should Check Out. The Greeks were driven out of Asia Minor. The two families were intertwined twice by blood: Nicholass Danish mother, Marie, was the sister of Edwards wife, Queen Alexandra, while Czarina Alexandra's mother was the favorite granddaughter of Queen Victoria, King Edward's mother. The King's Man / Trivia - TV Tropes Prince Philip of Greece at the public school of Gordonstoun, Elgin in Scotland December 1st, 1939. World War I broke out. All-Star Cast: This one is pretty star-studded . As long as the negotiations with Austria on Serbias account are taking place my troops shall not make any provocative action. (The remains of what is believed to be the Grand Duchess Maria and Tsesarevich Alexei, were discovered in 2007, also identified by Prince Philips DNA). You dare to risk your son's life? World War I was not necessarily a war led by 3 cousins as King George V of the United Kingdom did not declare war on anyone as this was a power that the Prime Minister held. Otto reign lasted 33 years before being disposed by the Greek National Assembly. BBC - History - British History in depth: Cousins at War Equipped with the same worldview, Christian and Victoria made the optimal matchmaking pair. He had a withered arm as the result of trauma from his birth. You dare to question the vessel of the Lord? She was a poor relation until, in something of a Cinderella story, she became engaged to the oldest son of Edward VI, the Duke of Clarence, and, after he died suddenly of pneumonia, married the second son, George. Czar Nicholas II of Russia with his cousin, Prince George, Duke of York. In 1913, a party led by George V killed 3,937 birds in a single day.