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Edward was related to nearly every other European monarch and came to be known as the "uncle of Europe".[37] Kaiser Wilhelm II was his nephew; Tsar Nicholas II
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Edward was related to nearly every other European monarch and came to be known as the "uncle of Europe".[37] Kaiser Wilhelm II was his nephew; Tsar Nicholas II was his nephew-by-marriage; Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, Crown Princess Marie of Romania, Crown Princess Sophia of Greece, and Empress Alexandra of Russia were his nieces; Haakon VII of Norway was both his nephew by marriage and his son-in-law; Frederick VIII of Denmark and George I of Greece were his brothers-in-law; Albert I of Belgium, Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and Charles I and Manuel II of Portugal were his second cousins. Edward doted on his grandchildren, and indulged them, to the consternation of their governesses.[82] However, there was one relation whom Edward did not like: Wilhelm II. Edward's difficult relationship with his nephew exacerbated the tensions between Germany and Britain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII
The WWI, in some ways, was a proxy of a family conflict.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2552270/Royal-Cousins-War-tells-family-rift-saw-George-V-Tsar-Nicholas-against-German-cousin.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2552270/Royal-Cous...