Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal have a major connection to the royal family.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
Jake Gyllenhaal<\/a> and Maggie Gyllenhaal<\/a> may be Hollywood royalty in their own right \u2013 but RadarOnline.com<\/em><\/a> can reveal the Oscar<\/a>-nominated siblings also share a surprising ancestral link to Britain’s royal family, tracing their lineage back to medieval English monarch King Edward III.<\/p>\n Jake, 45, and Maggie, 48, are distant cousins of the late Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>, who died aged 96<\/a> in 2022. Genealogists say the actors are the former monarch’s 19th cousins through a shared family line stretching back more than six centuries.<\/p>\n Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal share an ancestral link to Britain’s royal family.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n The connection stems from King Edward III, who ruled England from 1327 until he died in 1377 at age 64. Because Edward III fathered numerous descendants, many modern European families \u2013 including the British royal family and Sweden’s Gyllenhaal lineage \u2013 share his bloodline.<\/p>\n That ancestry means the Hollywood<\/a> siblings are also distantly related to King Charles<\/a> III, 77, and Prince William<\/a>, 43.<\/p>\n Edward III’s reign left a lasting mark on European history. Crowned at just 14 years old, he ruled for 50 years and is remembered for launching the Hundred Years’ War against France. He also founded the Order of the Garter, the oldest European order of chivalry still in existence.<\/p>\n Jake Gyllenhaal is more than just Hollywood royalty it seems.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Today, the order includes senior members of the royal family, among them Princess Anne, Prince Edward, and Queen Camilla<\/a>.<\/p>\n The connection between the Windsors and the Gyllenhaals emerges through centuries of European nobility. The Gyllenhaal family belongs to a long-established Swedish noble house, whose roots stretch back across Scandinavia and northern Europe.<\/p>\n Jake and Maggie’s father, film director Stephen Gyllenhaal, descends from Swedish-American journalist Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal, whose lineage traces back to that noble family line. Despite their aristocratic ancestry, the actor siblings grew up in Los Angeles<\/a> and built their reputations through decades of acclaimed film work.<\/p>\n Maggie Gyllenhaal, like her brother Jake, is one of the biggest names in the industry.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Maggie first came to prominence in the early 2000s, earning critical praise for roles in films including Secretary<\/em> in 2002, Donnie Darko<\/em> in 2001, and The Dark Knight<\/em> in 2008.<\/p>\n She later received Academy Award<\/a> nominations for Best Supporting Actress for Crazy Heart<\/em> in 2009 and Best Adapted Screenplay for her directorial debut, The Lost Daughter<\/em> in 2021.<\/p>\n Jake similarly became one of Hollywood’s most recognizable actors, starring in films such as October Sky<\/em> in 1999, Nightcrawler<\/em> in 2014, and Spider-Man: Far From Home<\/em> in 2019.<\/p>\n He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Brokeback Mountain<\/em> in 2005.<\/p>\n Maggie Gyllenhaal admitted to being jealous of her brother when she was young.MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Family ties remain central to the siblings’ lives. Maggie is married to actor Peter Sarsgaard<\/a>, with whom she shares two daughters \u2013 Ramona Sarsgaard and Gloria Ray Sarsgaard.<\/p>\n Jake is in a relationship with French model Jeanne Cadieu. Maggie recently spoke about her evolving relationship with her younger brother while promoting her upcoming film The Bride!<\/em>, which marks the first time she has directed Jake on screen. She used a recent interview to reflect on the complicated dynamics of growing up alongside a sibling who became a star at a young age.<\/p>\nThe Gyllenhaal Siblings’ Link to the Royal Family Explained<\/h2>\n
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