Hay, is Queen Elizabeth and her all family related to King Arthur and Guinevere?

Question

I just wondering.

Answer 1

The current royal family in England is descended from William of Orange, who was Prince of Orange, formerly of The Netherlands.  He came to power in England as the result of a revolution in the 17th century.  

Before that the royal families in England were descended from William the b*****d (William the Conqueror) who invaded from Normandy in 1066.

Because of marriages among royal families throughout Europe, Queen Elizabeth is cousin of one degree or another, to just about any royal or noble person in Europe.  

Although Arthur is probably a fiction, he was a British king prior to the invasion of the Saxon tribes.  If he were a fiction, the answer must be no.  If he were real, the answer is still no, because British nobility was removed when the invading tribes came to dominate.  

It is widely believed that Arthur was a composite of several kings with a lot of romanticized fictions added to the legend.  There may have been a grain of truth to the legends, but do not take them literally.

The current royal family is not related to any pre-Saxon nobility.

Answer 2

this is all very interesting to read...thanks!

Answer 3

Arthur and Guenevere are legendary characters, if they lived at all it was in the 6th century AD, but whether they ever existed is extremely doubtful.  The only British historian writing at the time they are supposed to have lived (a monk called Gildas) doesn't even mention them.  I think Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 'History of Britain' written in the 12th century, is the first person to write about them in detail.

If they were real people and if they did exist, then the present royal family could be related to them, but Arthur and Guinevere are lost in the mists of time and legend.

The present royal family is not descended from William of Orange(as a comment above states) who had no descendents.  After William of orange died, the throne went to his sister-in-law, Queen Anne.  When she died the throne went to King George I, who was a descendent of King James I, and the closes Protestant heir.

Answer 4

no

Answer 5

Seriously.....?

Answer 6

No.Arthur and Guinevere are myths;they were not real. The Queen can trace her ancestry back to Egbert (c. 775-839), King of Wessex from 802 and of England 827 to 839.

She is the great-great-granddaughter of Victoria.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5543....

Answer 7

You are talking about a Myth  Written by, Sir Walter Scott

the English Author ( A legend)

http://www.answers.com/topic/king-arthur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinevere

Answer 8

No, she is related to Queen Victoria.  

King Arthur and Guinevere is basically a legend, there were no kings or queens in 450-600 AD in UK.  However, there are reports in monastries of a warlord called Arthur, and as this was at a time pagan beliefs started to merge in with Christianity, Merlin, etc., were probably around. However, Arthur type legends of leadership against the foe, whomever these were, are around in Wales and also France.  Although no doubt Arthur or many folk leaders like him lived at one time, and their heroic deeds were remembered in folk history and passed on orally, until it was revived in the medieval times by writers who wanted to capitalise on the benefits of chivalry etc.

We all love it any way, and I bet Queen Elizabeth 11, loves

it too?  Nice to see people question history like this, as

many legends/myths are actually based on fact.

Answer 9

The story was great but sad and fiction.

Answer 10

"there were no kings or queens in 450-600 AD in UK"

are you sure you really have a BA?? because there were Kings in England at that time.... and there is no Elizabeth 11 either there have only been two (2) monarchs of England named Elizabeth. me thinks you need to go back to school.

Answer 11

King Arthur and Guinevere are myths, and Queen Elizabeth is real. So definately not :)