This is the British monarchs' family tree, from James VI & I (whose accession united the thrones of England and Scotland) to the present queen, Elizabeth II.
Before James VI/I[]
- See Scottish monarchs family tree and English monarchs family tree. This also includes Wales, Scotland and England; all part of the United Kingdom as well as the French Norman invasion.
Key[]
Purple squares are British monarchs, white and aqua represent alternating generations, and green text indicates living persons.
House of Stuart[]
| Scottish House of Stuart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James VI & I 1566–1625 r. 1567–1625 (Sc) r. 1603–1625 (En) | m. 1589 Anne of Denmark 1574–1619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales 1594–1612 | Elizabeth, Electress Palatine 1596–1662 | m. 1613 Frederick V, Elector Palatine 1596–1632 | Margaret 1598–1600 | Charles I 1600–1649 r. 1625-1649 | m. 1625 Henrietta Maria of France 1609–1669 | Robert, Duke of Kintyre 1602 | Mary 1605–1607 | Sophia 1607 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Palatinate-Simmern including... | Sophia, Electress of Brunswick 1630–1714 | m. 1658 Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick 1629–1698 | Charles II 1630–1685 r. 1649–1651 (Sc) r. 1660–1685 | m. 1663 Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 | Elizabeth 1635–1650 | Anne 1637–1640 | Henrietta 1644–1670 | m. 1661 Philip I, Duke of Orléans 1640–1701 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Hanover | Charles, Duke of Cornwall 1629 | illegitimate children | m. 1641 William II, Prince of Orange 1626–1650 | Mary, Princess Royal 1631–1660 | m1. 1659 Anne Hyde 1637–1671 | James II & VII 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688 | m2. 1673 Mary of Modena 1658–1718 | Henry, Duke of Gloucester 1640–1660 | House of Orléans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles, Duke of Cambridge 1660–1661 | Mary II 1662–1694 r. 1688–1694 | m. 1677 William III & II 1650–1702 r. 1688–1702 | James, Duke of Cambridge 1663–1667 | Anne 1665–1714 r. 1702–1714 | m. 1683 Prince George of Denmark Duke of Cumberland 1653–1708 | Charles, Duke of Kendal 1666–1667 | Edgar, Duke of Cambridge 1667–1671 | Henrietta 1669 | Catherine 1671 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catherine 1675–1676 | Isabel 1676–1681 | Charles, Duke of Cambridge 1677 | Elizabeth 1678 | Charlotte 1682 | James Francis Edward Stuart Prince of Wales; "The Old Pretender" 1688–1766 | m. 1719 Clementina Sobieski 1702–1735 | Louisa 1692–1712 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| infant children | William, Duke of Gloucester 1689–1700 | Charles Edward Stuart "Bonnie Prince Charlie"; "The Young Pretender" 1720–1788 | m. 1772 Louise of Stolberg-Gedern 1752–1824 | Henry Benedict Stuart called Cardinal-Duke of York 1725–1807 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Hanover[]
| House of Hanover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George I 1660–1727 r. 1714–1727 | m. 1682–1694 Sophia Dorothea of Celle 1666–1726 | other siblings | Ernest, Duke of York 1674–1728 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George II 1683–1760 r. 1727–1760 | m. 1705 Caroline of Ansbach 1683–1737 | Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 1687–1757 | m. 1706 Frederick William I of Prussia 1688–1740 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frederick, Prince of Wales 1707–1751 | m. 1736 Augusta of Saxe-Gotha 1719–1772 | Anne, Princess Royal 1709–1759 | m. 1734 William IV, Prince of Orange 1711–1751 | Mary 1723–1772 | m. 1740 Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1720–1785 | Louise 1724–1751 | m. 1743 Frederick V of Denmark 1723–1766 | House of Hohenzollern | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Orange-Nassau | Amelia 1711–1786 | Caroline 1713–1757 | George William 1717–1718 | William, Duke of Cumberland 1721–1765 | House of Hesse-Kassel | House of Oldenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augusta 1737–1813 | m. 1764 Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick 1735–1806 | Edward, Duke of York 1739–1767 | William, Duke of Gloucester 1743–1805 | m. 1766 Maria Walpole 1736–1807 | Henry, Duke of Cumberland 1745–1790 | m. 1771 Lady Anne Horton 1748–1808 | Caroline Matilda 1751–1775 | m. 1766 Christian VII of Denmark 1749–1808 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Brunswick-Bevern | George III 1738–1820 r. 1760–1820 | m. 1761 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1744–1818 | Elizabeth 1741–1759 | Sophia of Gloucester 1773–1844 | Caroline of Gloucester 1774–1775 | Louisa 1749–1768 | Frederick 1750–1765 | House of Oldenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George IV 1762–1830 regent 1811–1820 r. 1820–1830 | m. 1795 Caroline of Brunswick 1768–1821 | Elizabeth 1770–1840 | m. 1818 Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg 1769–1829 | William, Duke of Gloucester 1776–1834 | m. 1816 Mary 1776–1857 | Octavius 1779–1783 | Amelia 1783–1810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte Augusta of Wales 1796–1817 | m. 1816 Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld King of the Belgians 1790–1865 | Augusta Sophia 1768–1840 | Ernest Augustus I of Hanover 1771–1851 | m. 1815 Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1778–1841 | Alfred 1780–1783 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frederick, Duke of York 1763–1827 | m. 1791 Frederica Charlotte of Prussia 1767–1820 | Edward, Duke of Kent 1767–1820 | m. 1818 Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1786–1861 | George V of Hanover 1819–1878 | m. 1843 Marie of Saxe-Altenburg 1818–1907 | Sophia 1777–1848 | Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge 1774–1850 | m. 1818 Augusta of Hesse-Kassel 1797–1889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William IV 1765–1837 r. 1830–1837 | m. 1818 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 1792–1849 | Charlotte, Princess Royal 1766–1828 | m. 1780 Frederick of Württemberg 1754–1816 | Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover 1845–1923 | m. 1878 Thyra of Denmark 1853–1933 | Frederica of Hanover 1848–1926 | m. 1880 Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen 1843–1932 | Marie of Hanover 1849–1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| illegitimate children | Charlotte of Clarence 1819 | Elizabeth of Clarence 1820–1821 | Victoria 1819–1901 r. 1837–1901 | m. 1840 Albert, Prince Consort Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819–1861 | House of Hanover | House of Pawel-Rammingen | m. 1793–1794 Lady Augusta Murray 1768–1830 | Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex 1773–1843 | m. 1831 Cecilia Underwood, 1st Duchess of Inverness c. 1785–1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Windsor formerly House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | George, Duke of Cambridge 1819–1904 | Augusta of Cambridge 1822–1916 | m. 1843 Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg 1819–1904 | Mary Adelaide of Cambridge 1833–1897 | m. 1866 Francis, Duke of Teck 1837–1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FitzGeorges | House of Mecklenburg | d'Estes | Teck family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Windsor (formerly Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)[]
| House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria, Princess Royal 1840–1901 | m. 1858 Frederick III, German Emperor 1831–1888 | Alice 1843–1878 | m. 1862 Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse 1837–1892 | Helena 1846–1923 | m. 1866 Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1831–1917 | Louise 1848–1939 | m. 1871 John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll 1845–1914 | Beatrice 1857–1944 | m. 1855 Prince Henry of Battenberg 1858–1896 | Battenberg family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Hohenzollern | Edward VII 1841–1910 r. 1901–1910 | m. 1863 Alexandra of Denmark 1844–1925 | House of Hesse-Darmstadt | Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1844–1900 | m. 1874 Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia 1853–1920 | House of Oldenburg | Arthur, Duke of Connaught 1850–1942 | m. 1879 Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia 1860–1917 | Leopold, Duke of Albany 1853–1884 | m. 1882 Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont 1861–1922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1874–1899 | Marie of Edinburgh 1875–1938 | m. 1893 Ferdinand of Romania 1865–1927 | m. 1894–1901 Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse 1868–1937 | Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1876–1936 | m. 1905 Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia 1876–1938 | Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1878–1942 | m. 1896 Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1863–1950 | Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884–1966 | m. 1909 Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera 1886–1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | House of Hesse-Darmstadt | House of Romanov | House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | House of Bourbon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret of Connaught 1882–1920 | m. 1905 Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 1882–1973 | Patricia of Connaught 1886–1974 | m. 1919 Sir Alexander Ramsay 1881–1972 | Alice of Albany 1883–1981 | m. 1904 Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone 1874–1957 | Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884–1954 | m. 1905 Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein 1885–1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of Bernadotte | Ramsay family of Mar | House of Württemberg Cambridge family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| m. 1932–1962 Baroness Feodora von der Horst 1905–1991 | Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1906–1972 | m. 1962 Maria Reindl 1908–1972 | Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1908–1972 | m. 1932 Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten 1906–1947 | Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1909–1943 | m. 1931–1938 Friedrich Wolfgang Otto, Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen 1906–1940 | Caroline Matilda of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1912–1983 | m. 1938 Max Schnirring 1895–1944 | m. 1946–1949 Karl Andree 1912–1984 | Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1918–1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wettin family | House of Bernadotte | House of Castell-Rüdenhausen | Schnirring family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence 1864–1892 | George V 1865–1936 r. 1910–1936 | m. 1893 Mary of Teck 1867–1953 | Louise, Princess Royal 1867–1931 | m. 1889 Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife 1849–1912 | Victoria 1868–1935 | Maud of Wales 1869–1938 | m. 1896 Haakon VII of Norway 1872–1957 | Alexander John of Wales 1871 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward VIII Duke of Windsor 1894–1972 r. 1936 | m. 1937 Wallis Simpson 1896–1986 | John 1905–1919 | Alexandra, Duchess of Fife 1891–1959 | m. 1913 Arthur of Connaught 1883–1938 | Maud of Fife 1893–1945 | m. 1923 Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk 1893–1992 | House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn born Prince Alastair of Connaught 1914–1943 | Carnegie family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George VI 1895–1952 r. 1936–1952 | m. 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1900–2002 | Mary, Princess Royal 1897–1965 | m. 1922 Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood 1882–1947 | Henry, Duke of Gloucester 1900–1974 | m. 1935 Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott 1901–2004 | George, Duke of Kent 1902–1942 | m. 1934 Marina of Greece and Denmark 1906–1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret 1930–2002 | m. 1960–1978 Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon 1930— | Lascelles family | William of Gloucester 1941–1972 | Richard, Duke of Gloucester 1944— | m. 1972 Birgitte van Deurs 1946— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth II 1926— r. 1952— | m. 1947 Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1921— | Edward, Duke of Kent 1935— | m. 1961 Katharine Worsley 1933— | Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy 1936— | m. 1963 Sir Angus Ogilvy 1928–2004 | Michael of Kent 1942— | m. 1978 Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz 1945— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Armstrong-Jones family | Windsor family | Windsor family | Clan Ogilvy | Windsor family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| m. 1981–1996 Lady Diana Spencer 1961–1997 | Charles III 1948— | m. 2005 Camilla Shand 1947— | m. 1973–1992 Mark Phillips 1948— | Anne, Princess Royal 1950— | m. 1992 Timothy Laurence 1955— | Andrew, Duke of York 1960— | m. 1986–1996 Sarah Ferguson 1959— | Edward, Earl of Wessex 1964— | m. 1999 Sophie Rhys-Jones 1965— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William, Duke of Cambridge 1982— | m. 2011 Catherine Middleton 1982— | Harry (Henry of Wales) 1984— | Peter Phillips 1977— | m. 2008 Autumn Kelly 1978— | Zara Phillips 1981— | m. 2011 Michael Tindall 1978— | Beatrice of York 1988— | Eugenie of York 1990— | Lady Louise Windsor 2003— | James, Viscount Severn 2007— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George of Cambridge 2013— | Savannah Phillips 2010— | Isla Phillips 2012— | Mia Tindall 2014— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also[]
- Alternative successions of the English crown
- Line of succession to the British throne
- History of the British line of succession
- British monarchy
- Graphical representation of succession to the British throne
- Descent of Elizabeth II from William the Conqueror
References[]
- "The Tudors (1485–1603) and the Stuarts (1603–1714)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/stuarts.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- "The Hanoverians (1714–1837)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/hanover.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- "Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1837–1917) and the Windsors (1917 – Present Day)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/Windsor%20family%20tree.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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