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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)

Ah, I've found out more. Margarita de Castro did exist, and Charlotte (along with pretty much all of the rest of the Protestant European nobility, including such noted mulattoes as George III) was descended from her in multiple ways. However, Margarita de Castro herself was not "black." She was distantly descended from an African mistress of the medieval King Alfonso III of Portugal. All of the intervening marriages seem to have been to proper Portuguese. So, yes, Queen Charlotte (and George III) had multiple descents from the African mistress of the 13th century King Alfonso III of Portugal. We don't even know if she was black! To speculate that whatever "African" appearance Queen Charlotte may have had was due to this very distant descent, when most of her ancestors were Germans, is highly dubious. john k 05:57, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The research did not say she was a love child of the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a black man. The reseach says her ancestry came from Portugal and the African connection was shown as early as the 15th century, THREE centuries before her birth. Nevermind the racially motivated "negroid" appearance that had sparekd the researches. There had been independent researches done on this, what more evidence do you need? DNA? Why can't the researches regarding the Queen's ancestory even be mentioned? Obviously there had been reasons significant enough for the academic community to pay attention to the matter. Besides, an African ancestry doesn't mean she's "black". Another article I've found points to Moorish origin.

Personally it means nothing to me whether she is considered black or not, but that fact is, that the researches did occurred and they were about the Queen, no doubt about that. I don't see why this can't even be part of the article. The current Queen acknowledged her African ancestory during her own coronation. If she's not afraid to say it, why are you? --Kvasir 06:13, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)