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| Sigh. I suppose it's possible that she was the illegitimate love child of the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a black man. Or something. But, so far as I am aware, there is no evidence to support this. In her ''acknowledged'' ancestry, there is no obvious African connection that she would not share with just about every other European royalty. It's perfectly possible that all European royalty has a slight amount of black ancestry. But there is no particular evidence that this comes from Charlotte, save her alleged "mulatto" features. ] ] 05:21, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC) | Sigh. I suppose it's possible that she was the illegitimate love child of the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a black man. Or something. But, so far as I am aware, there is no evidence to support this. In her ''acknowledged'' ancestry, there is no obvious African connection that she would not share with just about every other European royalty. It's perfectly possible that all European royalty has a slight amount of black ancestry. But there is no particular evidence that this comes from Charlotte, save her alleged "mulatto" features. ] ] 05:21, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC) | ||
| The frontline commentary, BTW, is utterly unconvincing. Charlotte shares her descent from Margarita de Castro y Susa, who may not even have been black, with large numbers of European royalty who did not have black features. Furthermore, I am not convinced that this oft-repeated story is even true. Looking at the very comprehensive pedigree for Charlotte at genealogics, one has to go back a dozen generations just to get to a Portuguese infanta. Looking at that Portuguese infanta's ancestry going back 8 generations, I see no signs of "Margarita de Castro e Sousa." Describing the Sousas as "the black branch of the Portuguese royal family" seems even more dubious. So, if true, this supposed evidence is unconvincing, and it doesn't even seem to be true. ] ] 05:48, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC) | |||
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Was Charlotte, North Carolina also nameed after her? Michael Hardy 00:02, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Yes. It's even the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. RickK 00:06, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
What does "in the 15th century through six lines" mean? RickK 02:39, 5 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Racial stuff
The whole "Queen Charlotte was black" thing is total garbage. Look at Queen Charlotte's great-great-great-great-great grandparents: ):
They are, without exception, German, Danish, Swedish, Polish, or Dutch. There is no obvious connection from that list of even how she would be related to the Portuguese royal family. Any descendancy she would have from this supposed possibly black woman would have to be shared with the entirety of Europe's royals. john k 23:13, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- This is precisely the kind of thing historians would love to cover up. I guess it's just unphantomable that the British monarchy has African ancestry, isn't it. Look at the PBS site in the link provided in the article and plenty others. --Kvasir 03:46, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Sigh. I suppose it's possible that she was the illegitimate love child of the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a black man. Or something. But, so far as I am aware, there is no evidence to support this. In her acknowledged ancestry, there is no obvious African connection that she would not share with just about every other European royalty. It's perfectly possible that all European royalty has a slight amount of black ancestry. But there is no particular evidence that this comes from Charlotte, save her alleged "mulatto" features. john k 05:21, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The frontline commentary, BTW, is utterly unconvincing. Charlotte shares her descent from Margarita de Castro y Susa, who may not even have been black, with large numbers of European royalty who did not have black features. Furthermore, I am not convinced that this oft-repeated story is even true. Looking at the very comprehensive pedigree for Charlotte at genealogics, one has to go back a dozen generations just to get to a Portuguese infanta. Looking at that Portuguese infanta's ancestry going back 8 generations, I see no signs of "Margarita de Castro e Sousa." Describing the Sousas as "the black branch of the Portuguese royal family" seems even more dubious. So, if true, this supposed evidence is unconvincing, and it doesn't even seem to be true. john k 05:48, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)