Has Prince Philip got German parents?

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2026-07-27 05:36

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Philip's parents were Prince Andrew of Greece & Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg; thus, he is 50% German and 50% Greek.

(Update answer 3 Feb 2011)

I think this answer is a little simplistic. He actually has no Greek blood at all. His mother was German, that is true. She was a great grand daughter of Queen Victoria of England, but Victoria too was of German descent. All of Alice's other parents, grandparents, etc ere all German.

His father, Prince Andrew was the son of King George the 1st of Greece & Denmark and Olga of Russia.

First, look at George. 1st He was the son of Prince Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Cassel (German). Christian IX was brought to Denmark to assume the throne of a childless relative. Where was Prince Christian from? Germany. He was born in the town of Schleswig in Germany, so in essence, George 1st of Greece was German.

What about Olga of Russia? Her mother was German and her father was Russian. He in turn also came from a German mother and a Russian father.

Prince Philip is of German descent. Percentages are difficult to work out with all the inter-marrying that went on, but he is, overwhelmingly, German.

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