Which member of royalty are you most closely connected to?

Question

We're celebrating King Charles III's recent coronation ceremony by looking at royalty in the Connection Finder this week.

Here are members of royalty from around the world to check your connection to:

• Alfonso I, King of Portugal
• Princess Louise Argyll, namesake of Alberta, Canada
• Empress Dowager Eishō of Japan
• Farouk I, King of Egypt and Sudan
• Liliʻuokalani, Queen of Hawaii
• Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
• Queen Afzan of Malaysia
• Stanisław Poniatowski, King of Poland
• Te Arikinui, Queen Te Atairangikaahu (Maori)
• Valdemar I, King of Denmark

Which one is most closely connected to you? If you're one of the 29.5 million of us who are connected to each other on our big tree, you can check with the Connection Finder.

In addition to the above and our many Featured Connections, you can check your connections to any category on WikiTree, such as Royalty of the United Kingdom and Featured Royalty. Click the green MyConnections button in the upper right hand corner of the category page.

Let us know how you're related below. If you want to share your connection on social media with cousins and friends, click the "get shareable image" below the results, e.g. Carrie Fisher and King Charles III. Then just upload it along with the URL of your direct connection. (Please refrain from sharing your connection on the featured profiles themselves, though. It clutters conversations on research and collaboration. Thanks!)

Help us find and improve the profiles for next week's DNA feature.

Comments

King Charles lll 11th cousin once removed.

Ian Mcarthur 19th cousin 3 times removed.

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My closest degree of kinship to King Charles III of which I am aware is due to a common descent from William, 1st Lord Ruthven. Charles is descended from Lord Ruthven's son William, Master of Ruthven, while I have a descent from William's sister Elizabeth, wife of William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll. King Charles line goes from the Ruthvens through the Drummonds and the Lyonses and Bowes-Lyonses, while mine goes through the Campbells and the Stewarts of Glenbuckie and the Stewarts of Gartnafuaran, then through the Andersons, Linns, and Shaws (my mother's family). This common descent makes me a 15th cousin once removed of King Charles.

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My closest Royal relation was her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II who was my 8th cousin. We share 7th great grandparents. Currently, His Majesty King Charles III is my closest living Royal relation, being my 8th cousin once removed.

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FYI this function is still not working correctly: My Connections: Featured Royalty

For example, when I click on the connection finder buttons to see the exact relationships they are often extremely different from the ones which come up as a list. [Plantagenet-70] for example comes up on the list as someone with a 27 generation gap, and no direct connection. Clicking connection finder shows him to be a direct ancestor, only 21 generations back.

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Andrew, you're almost right, and there is a discrepancy. See Andrew Lancaster's Connections: Featured Royalty which says 27 generations versus Direct Relationship Found: 21st great grandson which says 23 (not 21) generations. It would be a good idea to start a new G2G question about this, and include the tag  bugs  .

Answer 1

King Charles lll - 14th cousin once removed.

Alfonso l King of Portugal - 26th Great Grandfather.

Princes Louise Argyll - 13th cousin once removed.

Mary Queen of Scots - 5th cousin 14 times removed. Interesting, her son - King James Vl, through a different descendant is my 4th cousin 10 times removed.

Stanislaw Poniatowski King of Poland - 8th cousin 6 times removed.

Valdemar l King of Denmark - 1st cousin 26 times removed.

Comments

Hi Megan...We must have similar relatives in the far past, for I have very similar relations to the royalty that you have mentioned. King Charles-13th cousin,Alfonso-27th, Mary of the Scots-6th cousin, Stanislaw-11th cousin and Valdemar-1st cousin.  Not so much on Poland.  My nephews are Woodwards, too. Small world.  Ancestry digging is a world of stories.

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Thanks Linda. Amazing that there are Woodward's in your family!

 I have just checked and we are cousins. You are my 17th cousin 3 times removed, both descendants of Thomas (Mowbray) de Mowbray. However, this is through my mother's side of the family, not my father.

Hi distant cuz from Oz...

Answer 2

I am most closely connected to Te Arikinui at 21 degrees.

Answer 3

Cousin Mary and grandpas Valdemar and Alfonso.

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or would it be cousin Charles at 9c1r since he is still living?

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Alfoso is my grandfather also. I am his 26th granddaughter. I wonder how close we are to each other?

Nikki

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17 degrees 10th cousin

Answer 4

Ancestors and Cousins:

17 degrees - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots - (1st cousin, 14x removed) 
20 degrees - Stanislaw Poniatowski, King of Poland - (7th cousin, 7x removed)
20 degrees - Princess Louise Argyll - (11th cousin, 4x removed)
21 degrees - King Charles III Mountbatten-Windsor - (13th cousins) 
22 degrees - Ian MacArthur - (20th cousin, twice removed) (uncertain)
27 degrees - Alfonso I de Portugal - (25th great grandfather) 
27 degrees - Valdemar I av Danmark - (25th great grandfather)

Connections:

20 degrees - Farouk I, King of Egypt and Sudan
21 degrees - Lili'uokalani, Queen of Hawaii
26 degrees - Te Arikinui, Queen Te Atairangikaahu
27 degrees - Empress Dowager Eisho of Japan
27 degrees - Queen Afzan of Malaysia

Answer 5

Alfonso I - 30th great grandfather

Charles III - 15th cousins

Valdemar I -  fourth cousins 28 times removed

Mary Queen of Scots - 7th cousins 17 times removed

Stanisław II Augustus - 14th cousins 10 times removed

Princess Louise - 16th cousins 6 times removed

Answer 6

My closest by degrees is Princess Louise of Argyll at 13 degrees (fifth cousin, four times removed), followed by Charles III (9th cousin) and Stanislaw Poniatowski (10th cousin, five times removed) at 14 degrees. Mary Stuart at 15 degrees is a third cousin, 12 times removed.

Alfonso I and Valdemar I are both multiple great, grandfathers.

Answer 7

13 deg  Princess Louise Argyll of Alberta, Canada  13C3R

14 deg  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots  3C13R

15 deg  King Charles III  9C1R

17 deg  Stanislaw Poniatowski, King of Poland  11C5R

18 deg  Farouk I, King of Egypt and Sudan

19 deg  Lili'uokalani, Queen of Hawaii

19 deg  Te Arikinui, Queen Te Atairangikaahu (Mauri)

24 deg  Alfonso I, King of Portugal  22nd GGF

25 deg  Valdemar I, King of Denmark  1C24R

26 deg  Empress Dowager Eisho of Japan

27 deg  Queen Afzan of Malaysia

20 deg  Ian McArthur  17C

Answer 8

King Charles, III. 12th cousins because we share the same 13th grandparents which suprised me. There are also 277 other direct ancestors we share further away. Now that I kind of expected because of the (American side) gateway ancestors. Wish I was healthy enough to travel I'd return to the U.K. in a heartbeat.

Answer 9

17 degrees from Mary Stuart Queen of Scots (1st cousins, 14x removed)
19 degrees from Stanisław August Poniatowski (7th cousins, 7x removed)
20 degrees from Louise Argyll (11th cousins, 4x removed)
21 degrees from King Charles III Mountbatten-Windsor (12th cousins, 2x removed)
21 degrees from Farouk Alawiyya
22 degrees from Liliʻuokalani Kapaakea
23 degrees from Te Atairangikaahu Paki
25 degrees from 英照 皇太后
26 degrees from Afzan binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad
27 degrees from Afonso I de Portugal (25th ggf)
27 degrees from Valdemar I av Danmark (25th ggf)

Answer 10

I am most closely connected to Mary Stuart Queen of Scots at 19 degrees of separation.

Ancestor:

• 27 degrees from Afonso I de Portugal (25th GGF)

Cousins:

• 28 degrees from Valdemar I av Danmark (1C, 27R)
• 19 degrees from Mary Stuart Queen of Scots (4C, 14R)
• 22 degrees from Stanisław August Poniatowski (10C, 10R)
• 21 degrees from King Charles III Mountbatten-Windsor (13C)
• 20 degrees from Louise Argyll (14C, 4R)

No Relationship Found:

• 23 degrees from Farouk Alawiyya
• 23 degrees from Liliʻuokalani Kapaakea
• 25 degrees from Afzan binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad
• 25 degrees from 英照 皇太后
• 26 degrees from Te Atairangikaahu Paki

Answer 11

I am 17 degrees from Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (12th cousin 10 times removed)

17 degrees from Stanislav August Poniatowski (19th cousin three times removed)

18 degrees from Louise Argyll (15th cousin twise removed)

19 degrees from King Charles lll Mount batte- Winsor (17th cousin once removed)

23 degrees Farouk Alaw Iyya

25 degrees from Waldemar l of Danmark (23rd Granddaughter.

27 degrees from Alfonso l de Portugal (Third cousin 24 times removed).

27 degrees (Empress Dowager Eishö of Japan)

27 degrees from Te Atairangikaahu

28 degrees from Ian Mc Arthur (26 coucin twice remowed).

30 degrees from Lili'uokalaKapaanea

36 degrees from Afzan binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengko Muhammad  (Queen  Afzan of Malaysia).

Answer 12

I am most closely connected to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots at 16 degrees. I am most closely related to Alfonso I (24^th greatgrandfather) and Valdemar I (25^th greatgrandfather).

Ancestors and Cousins

• 16 degrees from Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots – (3^rd cousin, 12x removed)
• 18 degrees from Stanisław Poniatowski – (8^th cousin, 4x removed)
• 18 degrees from King Charles III – (12^th cousin, 3x removed)
• 18 degrees from Princess Louise Argyll – (13^th cousin, 1x removed)
• 24 degrees from Alfonso I, King of Portugal – (24^th greatgrandfather)
• 25 degrees from Valdemar I, King of Denmark – (25^th greatgrandfather)

Connections

• 18 degrees from Farouk I, King of Egypt and Sudan
• 22 degrees from Liliʻuokalani, Queen of Hawaii
• 24 degrees from Queen Afzan of Malaysia
• 24 degrees from Te Arikinui
• 25 degrees from Empress Dowager Eishō of Japan

Answer 13

I'm always surprised by the ones on royalty, as I know I've got ancestors who are blood related to some of the royal lines, primarily because we have some very diligent researchers who have done a great job on fleshing out those lines. But it still surprises me when I find out just how close I am to some of them. Not close enough to be in line for anything, but the blood relationships are very fascinating.

17 Degrees: Mary Queen of Scots

20 Degrees: Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski

21 Degrees: King Charles, Louise Argyll

22 Degrees: Afzan binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad

24 Degrees: Farouk Alawiyya, Lili'uokalani Kapaakea

26 Degrees: Afonso I de Portugal, Te Atairangikaahu Paki

27 Degrees: The Emperor Dowager Eishō, Valdemar I av Denmark

Answer 14

•  20 degrees from King Charles III Mountbatten-Windsor 14th cousins
• 25 degrees from Afonso I de Portugal 25th great grandfather
• 19 degrees from Louise Argyll 16th c 2xr
• 21 degrees from 英照 皇太后
• 20 degrees from Farouk Alawiyya
• 21 degrees from Liliʻuokalani Kapaakea
• 19 degrees from Mary Stuart Queen of Scots 7th c 13 xr
• 27 degrees from Afzan binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad
• 21 degrees from Stanisław August Poniatowski 12th c 8xr
• 24 degrees from Te Atairangikaahu Paki
• 25 degrees from Valdemar I av Danmark 1st c 25xr

Answer 15

My closest connections are interesting!! 

16 degrees to King Charles III - through Lady Diana Spencer 

17 degrees from Te Atairangikaahu Paki - probably thanks to the NZL connection

18 degrees from Louise Argyll

and 

19 Degrees from Stanislaus August Poniatowski.

Everyone else is 20 degrees or higher!!  

I have a 3rd cousin who is actually a 6th cousin to Lady Diana Spencer hence my close connection to King Charles. 

Answer 16

26 Deg - Alfonso I de Portugal - 24th Great Grandfather

15 Deg - Princess Louise Argyll - 15th Cousin 4x removed

19 Deg - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots - 6th Cousin 13x removed

16 Deg - King Charles III - 13th Cousin

19 Deg - Stanislaw Poniatowski, King of Poland - 11th Cousin 8x removed

27 Deg - Valdemar I av Danmark - 1st Cousin 27x removed

Answer 17

King Charles III and Mary Stuart Queen of Scots tie at 16 steps.  

King Charles connects through my maternal 6th cousin once removed, Meghan Markle.  Mary connects on my father's side.  Both paths have just one marriage along the way.

All of the Europeans but one are distant cousins and the others are not.  Probably no surprise there.  Alfonso of Portugal is allegedly my 27th great grandfather.  That was more surprising, but I suppose he has a huge number of descendants.

Answer 18

18 degrees from both Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (5th cousin, 14 times removed) and King Charles III (14th cousin)

More relatives:

Alfonso I, King of Portugal -- 25th great grandfather

Valdemar I, King of Denmark -- First cousin, 29 times removed

Stanislaw Poniatowski, King of Poland -- 12th cousin, 8 times removed

Princess Louise Caroline Alberta -- 15th cousin, 4 times removed

Answer 19

18 degrees from Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (5th cousin, 15 times removed)

Additional relatives:

Alfonso I, King of Portugal--27th great grandfather

Valdemar I, King of Denmark--First cousin, 29 times removed

Stanislaw Poniatowski, King of Poland--11th cousin, 10 times removed

King Charles III--13th cousin, twice removed

Princess Louise--15th cousin, 5 times removed

Answer 20

18 degrees from Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Stewart-6849, 6th cousin 12 times removed MRCA Maud (Percy) Neville (abt. 1340 - 1379), Percy-15, John (Neville) de Neville KG (abt. 1329 - 1388), Neville-58

19 degrees from Princess Louise Argyll, namesake of Alberta, Canada, Sachsen-Coburg_und_Gotha-17, 16th cousin twice removed MRCA Maud (Percy) Neville (1340 - 1379), Percy-15, John (Neville) de Neville KG (abt. 1329 -  1388), Neville-58

21 degrees from King Charles III (Windsor), Mountbatten-Windsor KG, Windsor-21, 14th cousin twice removed MRCA Robert Tailboys (abt. 1451 - 1495), Tailboys-39, Elizabeth (Heron) Tailboys (aft. 1436 - 1495), Heron-49

21 degrees from Stanislaw Poniatowski, King of Poland, Poniatowski-7, 13th cousin 7 times removed MRCA Maud (Zouche) Holand (abt. 1290 -1349), Zouche-64, Robert Holand (abt.1283 -1328), Holand-65

22 degrees from Lili'uokalanli, Queen of Hawaii, six branches (2-2-3-3-3-10)

25  degrees from Valdemar I, King of Denmark, Knudsen-111, 4th cousin 24 times removed MRCA Yaroslav I, Kiev-19,  29 degrees, One branch (30), Ancestor, Irina Olofsdotter, Olofsdottir-8,  29 degrees. One branch (30), Ancestor

26 degrees from Te Arikinui, Queen (Maori), six branches (5-3-3-4-2-10)

28 degrees from Queen Afzan of Malaysia, six branches (4-2-1-5-8-9)