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Afro-European Royalty

European Monarchs with African Heritage - Learn More

"But May 19 is also special because it’s the birthday of the first biracial royal queen of England, Queen Sophia Charlotte." Learn More

Queen Charlotte, wife of the English King George III (1738-1820), was directly descended from Margarita de Castro y Sousa, a black branch of the Portuguese Royal House. The riddle of Queen Charlotte's African ancestry was solved as a result of an earlier investigation into the black magi featured in 15th century Flemish paintings." [PBS] Learn More