William, Prince of Wales

William, Prince of Wales, in 2011, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: William Arthur Philip Louis

Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 21 June, 1982

Ethnicity: English, European Royal (mostly), some Scottish, as well as German, Irish, French, Anglo-Irish, Hungarian, likely 1/128th Gujarati Indian or 1/256th Indian, and smaller amounts of Dutch, Danish, Welsh, Belgian, Swedish, Swiss, Bohemian/Czech, Russian, Polish, Channel Islander/Jersey, possibly 1/256th Armenian

William, Prince of Wales is an English royal. He is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the son of Charles III, who has been King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, since 8 September, 2022, and of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the grandson of Elizabeth II, who was Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, from 6 February, 1952 to 8 September, 2022, and of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His brother is Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. His stepmother is Camilla, Queen consort of the United Kingdom.

He is married to Catherine, Princess of Wales, with whom he has three children, including Prince George of Wales. He is the uncle of Prince Archie of Sussex, Harry’s son. His paternal cousin is Princess Beatrice of York.

His maternal great-grandmothers were ladies-in-waiting to his paternal great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Prince William’s ancestry is (approximately) 35% English, along with 29% “Royal,” 14% Scottish, 5% German, 3% Irish, 3% French, 3% Anglo-Irish, 2% Hungarian, and smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of Indian, Dutch, Danish, Welsh, Belgian, Swedish, Swiss, Bohemian/Czech, Russian, Polish, and Channel Islander [Jersey]. Prince William is widely believed by DNA researchers to have a matrilineal ancestor, Eliza Kewark, who was Indian, or of Armenian (paternal) and Indian (maternal) descent; if this is the case, it would make Prince William of 1/128th or 1/256th Indian ancestry.

Prince William’s paternal grandfather was Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg). Prince William’s grandfather Prince Philip was born in Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece, although he was not of Greek ancestry. He was a Prince of Greece and Denmark, both. He was in the line of succession to the throne in both countries as the patrilineal grandson of George I of Greece, and great-grandson of George I’s father, Christian IX of Denmark. Prince William’s great-grandfather Prince Andrew was born in Old Royal Palace, Athens, Kingdom of Greece, the son of George I of Greece, who was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was King of the Hellenes, from 30 March, 1863 to 18 March, 1913; and of Olga Constantinovna of Russia, who was born in Pavlovsk, Russian Empire. Prince William’s great-grandmother Princess Alice was born in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, who was born in Graz, Austrian Empire, and of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, who was born in Windsor Castle.

Prince William’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth II (the daughter of George VI, and of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon). Queen Elizabeth II was born in Mayfair, London. Prince William’s great-grandfather George VI was born in York Cottage, Sandringham House, Norfolk, United Kingdom, and was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 11 December, 1936 to 6 February, 1952. He was the son of George V, who was born in Marlborough House, London, and was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, from 6 May, 1910 to 20 January, 1936, and Emperor of India, from 11 December, 1936 to 15 August, 1947; and of Mary of Teck, who was born in Kensington Palace, London. Prince William’s great-grandmother Lady Elizabeth was born in Hitchin or London, England, the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and of Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

Prince William’s maternal grandfather was Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (the son of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, and of Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Spencer). Prince William’s grandfather Edward was born in Paddington, London. Albert was born in London, the son of Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, and of The Honorable Margaret Baring. Lady Cynthia was born in London, the daughter of James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, and of Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham.

Prince William’s maternal grandmother was The Honourable Frances Roche (the daughter of Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, and of Ruth Sylvia Gill Roche, Baroness Fermoy). Frances was born at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. Edmund was born in Chelsea, London, the son of James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy, whose father was born in Cork, Ireland; and of Frances Ellen/Eleanor Work, who was born in New York City, New York, U.S., to parents from Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio. Ruth was born in Dalhebity, Bielside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the daughter of William Smith Gill and Ruth Littlejohn.

05/02/2015 – Prince William, Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge with son Prince George of Cornwall and Cambridge – Photo Credit: Solarpix / PR Photos

Sources: Genealogies of Prince William, Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge – http://www.wargs.com
https://www.geni.com
http://famouskin.com
https://www.wikitree.com
https://www.famechain.com

Genealogies of Prince William’s paternal grandparents, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Elizabeth II – https://www.findagrave.com

CNN article on Prince William’s likely Indian mitochondrial DNA line – http://www.cnn.com

Article about Prince William’s ancestor, Eliza Kewark – https://www.telegraphindia.com

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151 Responses

  1. Jack says:

    Alot of Greeks were a mixture of different people. They were over 15
    different groups in Greece. There were Turks from Asia Minor who
    were exchanged for Muslums in Greece who were half Turk and half Greek.
    One of the parents were Greek or Turk. Byzantines people were of many groups even Armenian. A Greek is a Greek who belongs to the Greek religion. So if Royals of different countries have greek in them
    they have alot of other people in them. Arabs too

  2. Frannie says:

    He’s not the prince of wales That’s his father lol

  3. Carlos says:

    I learned from history class that the Iberian peninsula (Purtugal, Spain) were occupied by the Moors for 400 years before it became independent kingdoms. One example is the kingdom of Grenada, It used to be ruled by a royal family of Moorish descent before it became the province of Catalan of Spain. Many of these Moorish leaders married into the ancient royal families of the several kingdoms that used to exist in the Iberian peninsula. The Royal marriages is what united the kingdoms into Portugal and Spain. Being two of the most powerful empires of their time, all the other countries want to have peace through political and diplomatic ties with them and how else would it be more possible than a Royal Marriage.

    Queen Charlotte’s thick puckered lips, shallow beady eyes, prominent mouth, thick curly hair and high forehead are some of the features that are very unusual compared to any early British Royal..

    I saw this at CSI where they are able to check the racial ancestry of a burn victim through the the person’s teeth… Each race has their own dental complex and having mixed race will give you all sorts of teeth. If you notice, a lot of Royals has jacked up pearly whites.

    Now it all makes sense why Queen Charlotte has mulatto features, Queen Victoria is so thick, Queen Elizabeth has a prominent mouth, Prince Charles have a lot of wide teeth, and they all have thick lips…

    • Troll says:

      Portuguese and Spanish royal families never married with moorish nobility or with jews, the inquisition remember!? Exeample king João/John of the house of Avis married Filipa7Philipa of Lancaster.
      They intermarried with all the european houses icluiding each other.
      Iberian royal houses where catholic houses since their origins.

  4. Anonymous7 says:

    I think William also has some Lithuanian blood. I looked at the link that was used for the info and they mention it right there. He also has a very small amount of African blood. You should probably put that there.

  5. Marelisa says:

    this is sooo interesting XD. Yea I was reading something about that in school, it said in one of our textbooks how Queen Charlotte was mainly of Portuguese descent and from that Portuguese ancestry she had African-Moor blood, which is very present in her features (In my opinion she is the best look queen the royal family ever had lol) ^.^ But if Will really does have black blood, which would make me love him even more :), knowing the royal family they prob keep it a secret idk

    I myself am English, Irish, Dutch, German, Russian, Swedish, Italian, West Indian Caribbean, West African (from Kenya), East Indian (Gujarat), and Arawak Indian :) Im a mutt -.- and i love it lol

    • Blueblood88 says:

      You were right familes of nobility married for power which meant you wanted a german or austrian hapsburg plus the anlo-Saxons are germanic over 2/3 of english royalty is mostly germanic including 2 of last 3 kings there name was a german name well repected and hyphenated untill after the war elizabeth the lesbo and destroyer of there empire changed it to windsor this is fake Bohemia is a part of germany not a nation besides anyone who is more than 7 nationalities would not have records or be possible because of royal breeding rules come on f88king Armenian that was not even a country then whoever made this site messed up all the ethnicities to suit them or multicultural crap i want to find them serious if anyone one knows tell me thank you sorry abought the terrible paragraph structure and errors i’m in a hurry

      • alex says:

        For your information. The last armenian kingdom has come to an end in the year 1375 but that doesn’t mean that armenians as a (alsmost 3000 y/old) nation have been vanished.
        Armenian Eliza Kewark (Kevork) married Theodore
        Forbes in 18th century and Theodore wasn’t even a f88king prince or a king of f88king England. The Forbes were one of the ancestors of Princess Diana and apparently, armenian part of them wasn’t the issue for whoever were responsible for the purity of “english” holy royal blood.

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