Was Queen Elizabeth married to her cousin? Did the royal family marry their cousins?

Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom from February 6, 1952, until her death on September 8, 2022.

Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country.

Was Queen Elizabeth married to her cousin?

Yes, Queen Elizabeth II was married to her third cousin.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh were married for 73 years and were third cousins through Queen Victoria.

Elizabeth met Philip in 1934 when their families were joined through a different marriage — Prince Philip’s cousin, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, and Queen Elizabeth’s uncle, Prince George, Duke of Kent — though they quickly became friends when the Queen was 13 and he was 18.

Philip was at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth and they began exchanging letters.

On July 8, 1947, they got engaged and walked down the aisle on November 20, 1947 in Westminster Abbey before 2,000 guests and a worldwide radio audience.

Philip and the Queen had four children; King Charles III, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Anne, Princess Royal and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh served as the consort of the British monarch from her accession as queen on February 6, 1952 until he died in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history.

Queen Elizabeth II’s death at age 96 comes one year after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, who died in April 2021 at the age of 99.

Did the royal family marry their cousins?

Yes, most royal families marry their cousins.

The Royals have been marrying their cousins since time immemorial, traditionally as a means of strengthening political alliances.