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Princess Stephanie of Monaco has always been portrayed as a wild child but now she is in forties and looking forward to a more quiet life as a mother and wife.

The descendants of Prince Alexander of Hesse and Princess Julie of Battenberg influenced royal history and include Lord Louis Mountbatten and Queen Ena of Spain.

Phantoms of humans and a spectral bear have been sighted by sentries guarding the Tower and others. Ravens of legend live at the Tower to keep England safe from disaster.

The hereditary disease hemophilia is a well-known example of how genetics can travel through a family tree. It struck the royal families of Europe last century.

King Carl XIII was the last Holstein-Gottorp ruler of Sweden, and was succeeded by Jean Baptiste Bernadotte as King Carl XIV Johann, beginning a new royal dynasty.

The German royal family of Battenberg began from the morganatic marriage of Prince Alexander of Hesse to Countess Julie Hauke, who was then made Princess of Battenberg.

British naval officer Lord Louis Mountbatten accepted the Japanese surrender during World War II. He was the last Viceroy of India, and also mentor to Prince Charles.

Queen Victoria of Great Britian and her husband Prince Albert had five daughters, the Princesses Victoria, Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice.

Queen Victoria of Great Britain and her husband Prince Albert had four sons - King Edward VII, Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, Prince Arthur of Connaught, and Prince Leopold.

When King Carl XIV Johan, formerly Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, became the first Bernadotte king of Sweden, he began a royal dynasty that is still in power today.

The marriage of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a successful love match and partnership, producing many royal descendants.

Through the marriages of five daughters of King Nikola I of Montenegro, the Petrovic-Njegos dynasty was related to the royal houses of Serbia, Italy, Russia, and Germany.

King Christian IX of Denmark's descendants have sat on the thrones of eleven countries, and still rule Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Spain.

When Norway gained independence from Sweden, it elected Prince Carl of Denmark to be its new king. As King Haakon VII of Norway, he founded a dynasty that still reigns.

The marriage of King Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Cassel began a dynasty that is still in power and their royal descendants rule throughout Europe