In my opinion, the following list of fifty-eight countries and territories, should actually be considered the same country. I say this because they are all subservient to the same royal family.
The British royal family is related to the royal families of six other countries: the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, and Spain.
The Windsors were formerly known as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (or the House of Saxe, Coburg, and Gotha). The top ten people in line for the British throne are also Glucksburgs, a branch of the Oldenburg dynasty which has ruled Denmark since the 1400s. For all intents and purposes, these families are all the same family, because (with the exception of the Netherlands), they all descend from King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906).
Still, the Dutch royal family is descended from Paul I of Russia, whose grandson Alexander II of Russia married Maria Feodorovna, also known as Dagmar. Her father was King Christian IX of Denmark. This means that the Dutch branch of the family is the least closely related, among the royal families of those seven countries, being that the Dutch branch is the only one of the seven that cannot claim direct descent from Christian IX.
The Windsors were formerly known as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (or the House of Saxe, Coburg, and Gotha). The top ten people in line for the British throne are also Glucksburgs, a branch of the Oldenburg dynasty which has ruled Denmark since the 1400s. For all intents and purposes, these families are all the same family, because (with the exception of the Netherlands), they all descend from King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906).
Still, the Dutch royal family is descended from Paul I of Russia, whose grandson Alexander II of Russia married Maria Feodorovna, also known as Dagmar. Her father was King Christian IX of Denmark. This means that the Dutch branch of the family is the least closely related, among the royal families of those seven countries, being that the Dutch branch is the only one of the seven that cannot claim direct descent from Christian IX.
This means that all territories controlled by those countries, are part of an empire which owe their fealty to one or another member of the House of Windsor-Mountbatten / Saxe-Coburg-Gotha / Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.
2. Antigua and Barbuda (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
6. Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
7. The Bahamas (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
8. Belgium
9. Belize (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
10. Bermuda (U.K.)
14. British Virgin Islands (U.K.)
15. Canada (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
16. Cayman Islands (U.K.)
26. The Faroe Islands (Denmark)
27. Gibraltar (U.K.)
28. Greenland (Denmark)
29. Guyana (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
30. Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia)
36. The Netherlands
44. Papua New Guinea (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
45. Pitcairn, Ducie, Henderson, and Oeno Islands (U.K.)
46. The Solomon Islands (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
47. Southern Base Territories of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (U.K.)
48. St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (U.K.)
49. St. Kitts and Nevis (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
50. Saint Lucia (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
3. Aruba (Netherlands)
4. Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia)
5. Australia (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)4. Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia)
6. Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
7. The Bahamas (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
8. Belgium
9. Belize (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
10. Bermuda (U.K.)
11. Bouvet Island (Norway)
12. British Antarctic Territory (U.K.)
13. British Indian Ocean Territory (U.K.)12. British Antarctic Territory (U.K.)
14. British Virgin Islands (U.K.)
15. Canada (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
16. Cayman Islands (U.K.)
17. Channel island of Jersey (crown dependency of U.K.)
18. Channel island of Guernsey (crown dependency of U.K.)
19. Christmas Island (Australia)
20. Cocos (Keeling Islands) (Australia)18. Channel island of Guernsey (crown dependency of U.K.)
19. Christmas Island (Australia)
21. Cook Islands (New Zealand)
22. Coral Sea Islands (Australia)
22. Coral Sea Islands (Australia)
23. Curacao (Netherlands)
24. Denmark
25. Falkland Islands (U.K.)24. Denmark
26. The Faroe Islands (Denmark)
27. Gibraltar (U.K.)
28. Greenland (Denmark)
29. Guyana (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
30. Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia)
31. Isle of Man (crown dependency of U.K.)
32. Jamaica (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
33. Jan Mayen (Norway)
34. Luxembourg
35. Montserrat (U.K.)34. Luxembourg
36. The Netherlands
37. Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)
38. New Zealand (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
39. New Zealand's Antarctic Territory (New Zealand)38. New Zealand (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
40. Niue (New Zealand)
41. Norfolk Island (Australia)
41. Norfolk Island (Australia)
42. Norway
43. Norway's Antarctic Territory (Norway)44. Papua New Guinea (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
45. Pitcairn, Ducie, Henderson, and Oeno Islands (U.K.)
46. The Solomon Islands (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
47. Southern Base Territories of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (U.K.)
48. St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (U.K.)
49. St. Kitts and Nevis (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
50. Saint Lucia (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
51. Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
52. St. Vincent and the Grenadines (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
52. St. Vincent and the Grenadines (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
53. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
58. Spain54. Svalbard (Norway)
55. Tokelau (New Zealand)
56. Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.)
57. Tuvalu (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
56. Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.)
57. Tuvalu (ostensibly independent, but under protection of U.K.)
Note:
I have previously written about this topic; in my April 2019 article "Regarding the Surviving Royal Families in Europe", which can be read at the following link:
http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2019/04/regarding-remaining-european-royal.html
See the link below to see the seven-family royal tree:
http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2021/04/proving-that-royal-families-of-seven.html
http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2019/04/regarding-remaining-european-royal.html
See the link below to see the seven-family royal tree:
http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2021/04/proving-that-royal-families-of-seven.html
Compiled and Published on April 16th, 2021
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