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Is Queen Elizabeth related to King Arthur of Brittany?

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There is King Arthur of the Britons who is a mythical king sometime between the leavingbif the romans and the arrival of the saxons. His existence has never been proven but he's thought to be a mixture of several other people. There's also Arthur Duke of Brittany son of Geoffrey who in turn was son of Henry II. read more

I’m not sure who “King Arthur of Brittany” is. Back in the Middle Ages there was a Duke Arthur of Brittany of the famous Plantagenet clan. He was murdered by his uncle, the notorious King John of England. There were many Plantagenet kings of England and I believe that Queen Elizabeth II is distantly related to this family. read more

Prince Michael is Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin. His father was Prince George, the Duke of Kent, the younger brother of Elizabeth’s father, King George VI. This makes Princess Michael the Queen’s cousin by marriage. read more

Henry VIII continued the belief in a descent from King Arthur through his Tudor ancestors by having a figure of King Arthur painted on the Round Table, with Henry VIII’s own face painted as that of Arthur (Le Morte D’Arthur). read more

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