This is the first time I have tried to use this particular utility.
I was greatly surprised to read that "according to the author on YouTube" that the entirety of Europe, Russia, and Great Britain was ruled by one group of people who disliked each other, the Romanovs. I was even more surprised that around the turn of the 20th century Edward and Alexandra Romanov ruled England. The tale gets even more lurid when we realize that WWI and WWII were caused essentially by the Royal Families.
It makes me wonder if those families contributed to the American Civil War? America is very divided politically and some mention another Civil War.
Umm, not Romanov, it’s Windsor
Queen Victoria of Great Britain had many children. They married into all the European Royal families. She was said to be Europe’s grandmother. (She was of German descent and her husband was also German.) Tsar Nicolas wife was her child. Kaiser Wilhelm was her grandson. This familial bond was supposed to decrease conflict....
BAK 0.25tspgirl
ummmm - not quite right, I'm afraid.
The House of Windsor only came into existence just before the end of World War I.
That was several years AFTER Queen Victoria died.
Queen Victoria 'belonged' to the so-called House of Hanover.
More exactly, The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
But yes, Queen Victoria's children married into many (most) of the ruling houses of Europe, including the Romanovs of Russia.
If I rember correctly
Edward VII was 255/256 parts German if you look at the family tree. I may be wrong but I couldn't resist sharing :)
The remaining part would be from Elisabeth, daughter of James VI (of Scotland).
WW2?
How does Adolf Hitler fit into the 'Royal Family' conspiracy theory? He was from Austria and a former Corporal in WW1
His desire to expand the land available to the German (I forget the name he used for it) Nation was one the prime causes of WW2. His hatred for the Jews (the moneylenders) came next. To think that Stalin's Russia was a Jewish run state really is pushing things but that was his reason for attacking Russia in 1941.
Samantha
Actually, Stalin's Russia was pretty anti-semitic
And he initially has VERY good understanding with Hitler. Both were great pals, and both planned surprisingly attacking the other. Hitler was faster, but underestimated Russia's climate and distances, and most of all the willingness of Stalin to use his people as canon fodder...
https://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/docs1901/hitlstal.jpg
All royal familes were intermarried at that time
Actually you could say they were inbred and as a result several royals suffered from haemophilia.
In the case of Alexandra, queen of England at the beginning of the 20th Century she wasn't a Romanov but an Oldenburg (Or more precisely of the junior branch Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg), Her father, Christian IX of Denmark, was called the Father-in-Law of Europe.
Listing his children
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom
George I of Greece
Dagmar, Empress of Russia
Thyra, Crown Princess of Hanover
Prince Valdemar
Fredrik VIII became the father of two future kings, those of Denmark and Norway.
While family rivalry did play a part the bigger issue of imperial(istic) competition was more important for starting WW I. Europe was a powder keg at the time. A few years earlier a clash between Imperial Germany and the Republic of France concerning Morocco almost had started the war.
By WW II the monarchs of Europe had either lost their thrones or their political power. The few that still had political power ruled less important countries that in no way was involved in the the start of WW II.
As for the US Civil War most of Europe and the rest of the world didn't give a damn about it. The exception was the cotton industry and cotton growers in Egypt, India and some other countries.
US Civil war & Europe
France was a hevy importer of cotton from the US south. The fear in the north of France's support of the south increasing, (French blockade runners were already bringing military equipment into the south and cotton back to France,) led to the north using the issue of abolishing slavery as a key point, which kept France from "officially" siding with the south in the war.
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Geez
really? I never knew all that.
Its no wonder QAnon has such a following when such inaccurate stuff goes unchecked on the interweb, next you'll be telling me that Elvis is alive and well and living in Curacas!
Madeline Anafrid Bell
Nonsense.
Everyone knows he owns a used car dealership in Pasadena.
Melanie E.
QAnon are believed not due to sloppy fact checking
They are believed because some people need to believe this kind of crap. It makes them feel knowledgeable, valuable and having a place in the society. (A place outside the gutter, that is.)
Out of High School 55 years.
Other than the American Version of WWII, very little English and European history was taught unless one went on to College, and perhaps a history Major. In the Early 1960s when I was finishing High School, Even European history was quite biased. The only Middle Eastern history I learned was at the hands of the Sunni Muslims and I suspect they are biased. At that time there was very little Native American History taught, and what I have learned in the last few years has been quite distressing. My own Mother, SW Native American, actually hid our presence and did not allow any talk of it in the family. She was very afraid of the folks that peddled Eugenics.