Talking about Queen Sofia is quite interesting since, everywhere, she shares some type of relationship with the royal houses of Europe, since in addition to being the daughter of kings she can also presume that, either from the cradle or through her in-laws, , is part of royalty.
That is why today, despite the fact that her state of health has been worrying when she was admitted to the hospital for a urinary tract infection, we have decided to remember her family tree, which shows that she is the daughter, sister, wife and mother of kings. Something that probably no other active royal can boast today.
Queen Sofia’s family
Thus, blue blood runs through Doña Sofía’s blood since she is the daughter of Kings Pablo and Federica of Greece. While her brother, Constantine, was the last king of the Hellenes. Furthermore, we cannot leave aside her inseparable sister, Princess Irene, with whom she has always been very close.
Queen Sofia shares a relationship with the Royal House of Denmark
But her family is not the only one that is part of royalty, since thanks to her ancestors, Queen Sofia shares a relationship with other monarchies. For example, her great-grandfather George I of Greece was the son of King Christian IX of Denmark, so we can say that the latter was Sophia’s great-great-grandfather.
However, the mother of Felipe VI also has family ties with Belgian and Dutch royalty, although to a much more distant degree, since Queen Astrid of Belgium was also the great-granddaughter of the Danish King Christian IX.
In addition, Doña Sofía and King William Alexander of the Netherlands are fifth cousins since their ancestors share family ties with Tsar Paul I, who is their common relative.
Doña Sofía also has a family link with the English monarchy through Felipe of Edinburgh
And if that were not enough, the emeritus of Spain is a first cousin of the Prince Ernest of Hanover — the still husband of Carolina of Monaco — since both are grandsons of Ernest Augustus III, who was a claimant to the throne of the German house of Hanover.
While on the side of the English monarchy it also has a family connection with Philip of Edinburgh, since he was a cousin of Paul I of Greece, who in turn we already said was Sofia’s father. So she and the duke turn out to be uncle and second-degree niece.
On the other hand, when Sofía married Don Juan Carlos in 1962, both still being princes, the royal houses of Spain and the Hellenic country became related. While this wedding made Doña Sofía the only consort who was previously a princess, since the rest of the current queens consorts have commoner origins, from Kate Middleton to her own daughter-in-law Letizia Ortiz.
