Does the Queen have any recent ancestors that were born in Spain or Portugal?

Here is a line of descent from Ferdinand to Christian IX:

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503-1564)
Archduchess Maria of Austria (1531-1581)
Marie Eleonore of Cleves (1550-1608)
Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582-1610)
Jacob Kettler (1610-1682)
Maria Anna Amalia of Courland (1653-1711)
William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682-1760)
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1785)
Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1744-1836)
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789-1867)
King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906)

Interestingly, Ferdinand is also an ancestor of Princes William and Harry, via their mother Diana (1961-1997), and of the current UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

Via their mother, Princes William and Harry, have a more recent ancestor from Spain: George Digby the 2nd Earl of Bristol (1612-1677). He was born in Madrid. George Digby is also an ancestor of the UK World War 2 Prime Minister, Winston Churchill (1874-1965).

The last ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II that was born in Portugal may be Eleanor, the consort of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III (1415-1493), she was born in Torres Vedras in 1434; she was one of nine children of King Edward I of Portugal (1391-1438) and Eleanor of Aragon (1402-1445).

Here is a line of descent from Eleanor to Queen Elizabeth II:

Eleanor of Portugal (1434-1467)
Kunigunde of Austria (1465-1520)
Susanna of Bavaria (1502-1543)
Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519-1567)
Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539-1583)
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574-1610)
Frederick V Elector Palatine (1596-1632)
Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714)
George I (1660-1727)
George II (1683-1760)
Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751)
George III (1738-1820)
Adolphus of Cambridge (1774-1850)
Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth (1833-1897)
Mary of Teck (1867-1953)
George VI (1895-1952)
Elizabeth II (1926-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Digb…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_I…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_…
– Chosen by Asker

No, Queen Elizabeth II’s father, George VI, could claim the following percentages of ancestry:
77.5 % Royal
12.5 % Hungarian
5.7 % German
2.3 % French
0.58 % Danish
0.48 % Belgian
0.48 % Swedish
0.195 % Bohemian
0.097 % Dutch

The ancestry of her mother, Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, is as follows:
77.5% English
12.5 % Anglo-Irish
3.1% Irish
0.878 Scottish
0.78 Dutch

One of Elizabeth II’s royal ancestors was a Danish princess; otherwise, most of her more recent royal ancestors were either princes or princesses from German principalities going back to the 9th generation.

Source(s):
http://www.wargs.com/essays/ethnic.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry_of…

No, not recent.

In fact, when a previous question on this topic was asked, I think we pretty much decided that her most recent direct Spanish ancestor, at least on the royal side, was Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I. Eleanor died in 1290.

However, she has plenty of non-direct forebears, people in collateral lines, of Spanish or Portuguese royal blood. They did not live recently. For example, as far as Portugal is concerned, a granddaughter of Edward III became a queen consort of Portugal. (She was the mother of Prince Henry the Navigator among other children.) So, her offspring were blood relatives of Elizabeth II.

You mean grandparents, great-grandparents, etc, right? That’s what ancestors mean.

So, the last Spanish or Portuguese princess to become Queen (consort) of England was Catherine of Braganza (she was Portuguese), married to Charles II–and they had no children. The religious issues of the 16-18th centuries have led to the decree that English royalty cannot marry Catholics without losing their place in the succession (unless the Catholic converts, of course). Some are far enough down that they don’t care, of course.

Now, if you’re mangling the meaning of ancestors and simply mean relatives, I would again say, not really, unless there’s some Danish or German relation who married into the Spanish royal house.

If you mean literally born in Spain/Portugal despite nationality, I have no idea.

Please explain what you want a little further.

Forgive me here but I always thought your ancestors were like your parents parents etc, not people in your family that were born recently……..

Not at all, dear Caroline. You see, the giveaway would lie in the fact that Her Majesty has quite a sallow complexion and dear Juan is quite swarthy. It is quite safe to state that Her Majesty is bereft of Moorish blood.