The Polish “roots” of the British royal family have been talked about more than once, although mainly in the context of quite distant connections with Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon and wife of Frederick the Elder of Hohenzollern. Dating back to the 15th century, blood ties may seem exaggerated, considering that such relationships can be found in every royal family or high nobility in which allied marriages took place. This may seem like overkill. Meanwhile, it turns out that King Charles III can actually talk about Polish roots. And it’s not about roots dating back to the Middle Ages.
King Charles III has Polish roots. His great-great-grandmother was Julia Hauke
The great-great-grandmother of Charles III was Julia Salomea von Hauke, daughter of the Polish count general Maurycy Hauke in the war with Russia, the Kościuszko Uprising and in the Polish Legions alongside Napoleon, and Zofia Lafontaine. Julia was born in Warsaw in 1825, and hers is perfect material for a costume film. Her father died during the November Uprising. As an opponent of the uprising, he was killed on the first day by the insurgents in front of his wife and youngest children. Julia’s mother and her siblings were placed under the care of Tsar Nicholas I. Her eldest brother had already joined the uprising.
Julia Hauke had an interesting life. She married in secret, her great-great-great-grandson is the King of Spain
Julia became a lady-in-waiting to Maria, wife of Tsar Alexander II. At court she met her brother, Prince Alexander von Hessen-Darmstadt. A love was born between them, which the tsar did not accept. However, the young people went against his will. They fled to Wrocław, staying there secretly when Julia was six months pregnant. Their children had no rights to their father’s titles, because Julia was not from a royal family, and their relationship could be considered a misalliance. However, Louis III, Alexander’s brother, gave her and her five children the titles of Dukes of Battenberg. Julia died on September 19, 1895 at Heiligenberg Castle in Jugenheim.
Julia von Hauke Julia von Hauke, Photo. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The couple’s son was Louis Battenberg, or rather Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven and titled admiral of the British fleet. He changed his name and surname at the insistence of King George V. He married the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and his grandson was Philip, husband of Elizabeth II and father of Charles III. However, not only Charles III is related to Julia von Hauke, but also the King of Spain, Philip VI, her great-great-great-grandson.
Source: Gazeta
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