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The successors of the throne of England and Great Britain

 


     SAXONS                           (3)
                       (1)\          /(920?)
              Egwina N  =   Edward      =   Edgiva
               †c901    | K of Wessex   |   of Kent
               [71]     |    †>924      |    †968
                        |    [71]       |    [71]
          ______________|  _____________|_______________
         |                |     (1)                     |
         |                |    /(c940)                  |
    ¹Athelstan        Edmund I     =  St Elgiva       Edred
   K of England     K of England   |  †c944/46     K of England
     >924-39†          939-46m     |  [71]            946-55†
     (c895-39)       (c920/2-46)   |                (c923/5-55)
     [71]            [71]          |                [71]
                                   |                                                 ________________________________________________________
                    _______________|_______________                                 |                                                        |
                   |                       (1)     |      (2)  (2)                  |   DANES              (1)                               |       (1)
                   |                   (>c961)\    |     /(>c964?)\                 |                     /(c990-<1000?)                     |      /(c1003)
                  Edwy        Ethelfleda  =      Edgar       =     Elfrida          |             ᶜSweyn         ≠      Gunhilda         Richard II,    =    Judith
              K of England      †>c962    |  K of England    |    of Devon          |          K of England      |     of Poland?      D of Normandy    | of Brittany
                 955-59†        [71]      |     959-75†      |     †<1002           |             1013-14†       |       †c1015            †1026        |    †>1017
              (c941/3-59)                 |   (942/4-75)     |     [71]             |         [K of Denmark]     |       [71]              [P47]        |   (Rennes)
              [71]                        |   [71]           |                      |           (c960-1014)      |                                      |   [P47]
                                          |                  |                      |           [71]             |?                                     |
                                     _____|                  |____                  |                   _________|                            __________|
                                    |                    (1)      |       (2)(1)    |      (2)         |                                     |
                                    |                (>c980)\     |      /(1002)\   |     /(1017)      |                                     |
                                 Edward        Elgiva   =    Ethelred II     =     Emma       =    ᶜCanute     -     Elgiva              Robert I,   - Herleva N
                              K of England    of York?  |    K of England    | of Normandy    |  K of England  | of Northampton        D of Normandy |   †c1050
                                 975-78m       †1002    |     978-1013ѧ      |    †1052       |    1016-35†    |     †1044?                †1035     |   [71]
                               (c962/3-78)     [71]     |      1014-16†      |    [71]        |  [K of Denmark |     [71]                  [71]      |
                               [71]                     |   (c966/9-1016)    |                |    & Norway]   |                                     |
                                                        |   [71]             |                |   (c995-1035)  |                                     |
                                                        |                    |                |   [71]         |                                     |
                                  ______________________|      ______________|                |____________    |____________                  _______|
                                 |       (2)                  |              _____________                 |                |                |                    NORMANS
                                 |    (1015)\                 |    (1045)   |             |                |                |                |     (>c1050)
                             Edmund II   =   Edith N       Edward     =   Edith       Harold II       Harthacanute      ᶸHarold I        ᶜWilliam I    =   Matilda
                           K of England  |   [71]       K of England    of Wessex    K of England     K of England     K of England     K of England   | of Flanders
                               1016†     |                1042-66†        †1075         1066x           1035-37●         1037-40†         1066-87†     |    †1083
                            (>988-1016)  |              (c1003/4-66)      [71]       (c1020/22-66)      1040-42†       (c1016/17-40)    (c1027/8-87)   |    [71]
                            [71]         |              [71]                           (Godwin)      [K of Denmark]    [71]             [71]           |
                                         |                                             [71]            (c1018-42)                                      |
                                         |                                                             [71]                                            |
                                         |____________________________________________                                      ___________________________|________________________
                                                                                      |                                    |         ____      (1)    |                         |
                                                                                      |                                    |        |    |  (1100)\   |                         |  (1080)
                                                                                    Edward  =   Agatha                 William II   | Matilda  =   Henry I                    Adela   =  Theobald III
                                                                                   Aethling | of Hungary?             K of England  |  †1118   | K of England                 †>1137  |   C de Blois
                                                                                    †1057   |   †>1093                 1087-1100k   |  [71]    |   1100-35†                   [71]    |      x1102
                                                                                    [71]    |   [71]                  (<c1056-1100) |          | (1068-1135)                          |      [71]
                                                                                            |                          [71]         |          | [71]                                 |
                                                                                       _____|                                       |          |                                 _____|
                                                                                      |      (2)                                    |          |    (2)                         |
                                                                                      |  (c1069)\                                   |          |   /(1128)                      |
                                                                                  Margaret  =    Malcolm III,                       |       Matilda    =  Geoffrey V         ᶸStephen
                                                                                    †1093   |   K of Scotland                       |        †1167     |   C d'Anjou       K of England
                                                                                    [71]    |       x1093                           |        [71]      |     †1151          1135-1141●
                                                                                            |     (Dunkeld)                         |                  | (Plantagenet)       1141-54†
                                                                                            |     [71]                              |                  | [8B]             (c1096/7-1154)
                                                                                            |_______________________________________|                  |                  [71]
                                                                                                                                                       |
                                                     __________________________________________________________________________________________________|
                        ANJOU/PLANTAGENET           |       (2)
                                                    |    (1152)\
                                                Henry II    =      Eleanor
                                              K of England  |  Dss of Aquitaine
                                                1154-89†    |       †1204
                                                (1133-89)   |       [71]
                                                [71]        |
                                                    ________|_______
                                                   |                |    (2)(1)
                                                   |                |   /(1200)\
                                               Richard I          John      =     Isabella
                                              K of England    K of England  |   of Angoulême
                                                1189-99†        1199-1216†  |       †1246
                                               (1157-99)       (1166-1216)  |       [71]
                                               [71]            [71]         |
                                                                     _______|
                                                                    |
                                                                    |    (1236)
                                                                Henry III   =   Eleanor
                                                              K of England  | of Provence
                                                                1216-72†    |    †1291
                                                                (1207-72)   |    [71]
                                                                [71]        |
                                                                     _______|
                                                                    |       (1)
                                                                    |      /(1254)
                                                                 Edward I     =    Eleanor
                                                               K of England   |  of Castille
                                                                1272-1307†    |     †1290
                                                               (1239-1307)    |     [71]
                                                               [71]           |
                                                                     _________|
                                                                    |
                                                                    |     (1308)
                                                                Edward II    =  Isabella
                                                               K of England  |  of France
                                                                 1307-27●    |    †1358
                                                               (1284-1327m)  |    [71]
                                                               [71]          |
                                                                     ________|
                                                                    |
                                                                    |    (1328)
                                                               Edward III   =  Philippa
                                                              K of England  | of Hainault
                                                                 1327-77†   |    †1369
                                                                (1312-77)   |    [71]
                                                               [71]         |
          __________________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________________
         |      (3)                        |         (1)                         |         (1)                                (1)         |         (3)(2)
         |   (1361)\                       |        /(1342)                      |        /(1372)                          (1359)\        |        /(1396)\
      Edward    =     Joan         Lionel of Antwerp    =   Elizabeth    Edmund of Langley    =   Isabella         Blanche    =     John of Gaunt      =   Katherine
    P of Wales  |   of Kent          D of Clarence      |   de Burgh       1st D of York      |  of Castile     of Lancaster  |  1st D of Lancaster    |   Swynford
     (1330-75)  |    †1385             (1338-68)        |     †1363         (1341-1402)       |     †1393           †1369     |       (1340-99)        |     †1403
     [71]       | (Plantagenet)        [71]             |     [71]          [71]              |     [71]            [71]      |       [71]             |     [71]
                | [71]                                  |                                     |                               |                        |
          ______|                            ___________|                         ____________|                           ____|                        |_____
         |                                  |                                    |         (3)            LANCASTER      |                                   |          (1)
         |                                  |   (>1359)                          |     (>1396)\                          |     (1380/1)                      |       (1397)\
     Richard II                         ²Philippa  =    Edmund                Edward     =    Philippa               ᶸHenry IV     =     Mary              John         =   Margaret
    K of England                          †>1378   | 3rd E of March       2nd D of York  |    de Mohun              K of England   |   de Bohun      1st E of Somerset  |   Holland
      1377-99●                            [71]     |     †1381                x1415      |     †1431                 1399-1413†    |    †1394              †1410        |    †1439
    (c1367-1400m)                                  |   (Mortimer)             [71]       |     [71]                 (1367-1413)    |    [71]             (Beaufort)     |    [71]
    [71]                                           |   [71]                              |                          [71]           |                     [71]           |
                                             ______|                                     |                                _________|                                    |
                                            |         (1)                                |                               |         (1)            ?                     |            (1)
                                            |     (c1388)\                               |                               |      (1420)\         /(2)                    |      (1439/42)\
                                          Roger      =    Eleanor                        |                            Henry V      =   Catherine  = Owen►             John         =     Margaret
                                     4th E of March  |    Holland                        |                          K of England   |   of France  | Tudor      1st D of Somerset   |    Beauchamp
                                          k1398      |     †1405                         |                            1413-22†     |     †1437    | ᴥ1461             †1444        |      †1482
                                          [71]       |     [71]                          |                          (1386/7-1422)  |     [71]     | [71]              [71]         |      [71]
                                                     |                                   |                          [71]           |              |                                |
                                             ________|        ___________________________|                                _________|              |_________                  _____|
                                            |      (1)       |                                                           |                                  |         (2)    |
                                            | (1406/8)\      |                                                           |                                  |      (1455)\   |
                                          Anne    =       Richard                                                     Henry VI                           Edmund       =   Margaret
                                          †1411   |  3rd E of Cambridge                                             K of England                   1st E of Richmond  |    †1509
                                          [71]    |        ᴥ1415                                                      1422-61●                            †1456       |    [71]
                                                  |        (York)                                                     1470-71●                            [71]        |
                                                  |        [71]                                                      (1421-71m)                                       |
                                                  |                                                                  [71]                                             |
                                                  |                                                                                                                   |
                                             _____|                                                                       ____________________________________________|
                                            |                                                               TUDOR        |
                                            |     (<1424)                                                                |     (1486)
                                         Richard     =   Cecily                                                     ᶜHenry VII    =  Elizabeth
                                      3rd D of York  |   Neville                                                    K of England  |   of York
                                          x1460      |    †1495                                                      1485-1509†   |    †1503
                                          [71]       |    [71]                                                      (1457-1509)   |    [71]
                                                     |                                                              [71]          |
                                                     |                             _______________________________________________|____________________________________________
            YORK/PLANTAGENET          _______________|_____________               |                                                  |     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _                     |
                                     |       (2)                   |              |    (1)                             (2)   (1)     |    | (2)            \(3)                |  (2)
                                     |    (1464)\                  |              |   /(1503)                         /(1509-33)\    |    |/(1533-36)       (1536)             | /(1515)
                                 Edward IV   =   Elizabeth    Richard III     Margaret    =   James IV       Catherine     ≠    Henry VIII      ≠     Anne     =   Jane      Mary    =     Charles
                               K of England  |   Wydville     K of England      †1541     | K of Scotland    of Aragon     |   K of England     |    Boleyn    |  Seymour    †1533   | 1st D of Suffolk
                                  1461-70●   |     †1492        1483-85x        [71]      |     x1513          †1497       |      1509-47†      |     ᴥ1536    |   †1537     [71]    |       †1545
                                  1471-83†   |     [71]        (1452-85x)                 |   (Stewart)                    |    (1491-1547)     |     [71]     |   [71]              |     (Brandon)
                                 (1442-83)   |                 [71]                       |   [71]                         |    [71]            |              |                     |     [71]
                                 [71]        |                                            |                                |                    |              |                     |
                                      _______|                                     _______|                                |               _____|           ___|                _____|
                                     |                                            |        (2)                             |              |                |                   |    (1)(2)
                                     |                                            |     (1538)\                            |              |                |                   |   /(1533)\
                                 Edward V                                      James V     =   Mary                     Mary I       Elizabeth I       Edward VI            Frances    =       Henry
                               K of England                                 K of Scotland  | of Guise                Q of England    Q of England    K of England            †1559     | 1st D of Suffolk   
                                   1483●                                        †1542      |  †1560                    1553-58†       1558-1603†        1547-53†             [71]      |       ᴥ1554
                                (1470-83m)                                      [71]       |  [71]                     (1516-58)     (1533-1603)       (1537-53)                       |      (Grey)
                                [71]                                                       |                                                                                           |      [71]
                                                                                           |                                                                                           |
                                                                                   ________|                                                                                    _______|
                                                                                  |      (2)                                                                       GREY        |
                                                                                  |     /(1565)                                                                                |
                                                                                Mary        =    Henry                                                                      ᶸJane
                                                                           Q of Scotland    | D of Albany                                                                Q of England
                                                                                ᴥ1587       |    m1567                                                                       1553●
                                                                                [71]        |   (Stuart)                                                                   (1537-54ᴥ)
                                                                                            |   [71]                                                                       [71]
                                                                                   _________|
                                                                 STUART           |
                                                                                  |     (1589)
                                                                               James I     =    Anne
                                                                           K of G Britain  | of Denmark
                                                                              1603-25†     |   †1619
                                                                             (1566-1625)   |   [71]
                                                                             [71]          |
                                                                         __________________|__________________
                                                                        |                                     |
                                                                        |   (1613)                            |     (1625)
                                                                    Elizabeth  =  Friedrich V             Charles I    =  Henrietta
                                                                      †1662    |  K of Bohemia         K of G Britain  |  of France
                                                                      [71]     |     †1632                1625-49ᴥ     |    †1669
                                                                               |  (Wittelsbach)           (1600-49)    |    [71]
                                                                               |  [71]                    [71]         |
                                                                         ______|                               ________|________
                                                                        |                                     |                 |
                                                                        | (1658)                              |                 |     (1660)
                                                                     Sophia  =   Ernest Augustus         Charles II         James II     =   Anne
                                                                      †1714  |    El of Hanover        K of G Britain    K of G Britain  |   Hyde
                                                                      [71]   |        †1698               1660-85†          1685-88●     |  †1671
                                                                             | (Brunswick-Lüneberg)       (1630-85)        (1633-1701)   |  [71]
                                                                             |    [71]                    [71]             [71]          |
                                                                             |                                                           |
                                                                         ____|                                          _________________|_________________
                                                        HANOVER         |                                              |                                   |
                                                                        |      (1682-94)                               |     (1641)                        |
                                                                     George I      ≠     Sophia                     Mary II     =  William III           Anne
                                                                  K of G Britain   |  of Brunswick              Q of G Britain    K of G Britain    Q of G Britain
                                                                     1714-27†      | Lüneberg-Celle                1689-94†         1689-1702†         1702-14†
                                                                   (1660-1727)     |     †1726                     (1662-94)        (1650-1702)       (1665-1714)
                                                                   [71]            |     [71]                      [71]               (Orange)        [71]
                                                                         __________|                                                  [71]
                                                                        |
                                                                        |      (1705)
                                                                    George II     =    Caroline
                                                                  K of G Britain  | of Brandenburg-
                                                                     1727-60†     |     Ansbach
                                                                   (1683-1760)    |      †1737
                                                                   [71]           |      [71]
                                                                         _________|
                                                                        |
                                                                        |    (1736)
                                                                    Frederick   =    Augusta
                                                                    P of Wales  | of Saxe-Gotha-
                                                                      †1751     |   Altenburg
                                                                      [71]      |     †1772
                                                                                |     [71]
                                                                         _______|
                                                                        |
                                                                        |     (1761)
                                                                   George III    =    Charlotte
                                                                 K of G Britain  | of Mecklenburg-
                                                                    1760-1820†   |    Strelitz
                                                                   (1738-1820)   |     †1818
                                                                   [71]          |     [71]
                                                                  _______________|________________
                                                                 |                |               |      (2)
                                                                 |                |               |   (1818)\
                                                             George IV       William IV        Edward,   =    Victoria
                                                          K of G Britain    K of G Britain    D of Kent  | of Saxe-Coburg-
                                                              1820-30†         1830-37†         †1820    |    Saalfeld
                                                            (1762-1830†)     (1765-1837)        [71]     |      †1861
                                                            [71]             [71]                        |      [71]
                                                                                                   ______|
                                                                                                  |
                                                                                                  |     (1840)
                                                                                              Victoria     =     Albert
                                                                                           Q of G Britain  | of Saxe-Coburg
                                                                                             1837-1901†    |    & Gotha
                                                                                             (1819-1901)   |     †1861
                                                                                             [71]          |     [71]
                                                                                                   ________|
                                                                      SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA           |
                                                                                                  |     (1863)
                                                                                             Edward VII    =  Alexandra
                                                                                           K of G Britain  |  of Denmark
                                                                                              1901-10†     |    †1925
                                                                                             (1841-1910)   |    [71]
                                                                                             [71]          |
                                                                                                   ________|
                                                                             WINDSOR              |
                                                                                                  |     (1893)
                                                                                              George V     =  Mary
                                                                                           K of G Britain  | of Teck
                                                                                              1910-36†     |  †1953
                                                                                             (1865-1936)   |  [71]
                                                                                             [71]          |
                                                                                                   ________|________
                                                                                                  |                 |
                                                                                                  |                 |     (1923)
                                                                                            Edward VIII        George VI     =  Elizabeth
                                                                                           K of G Britain    K of G Britain  |  Bowes-Lyon
                                                                                                1936ѧ           1936-52†     |    †2002
                                                                                             (1894-1972)       (1895-1952)   |    [71]
                                                                                             [71]              [71]          |
                                                                                                                     ________|
                                                                                                                    |
                                                                                                                    |
                                                                                                              Elizabeth II
                                                                                                             Q of G Britain
                                                                                                                  1952-
                                                                                                                 (1926-)
                                                                                                                 [71]

 


Abbreviations | Sources

Notes

1. First king of a united England.
2. The House of York based its claim to the throne on its descent from Philippa, the heiress presumptive of Richard II.
ᶜ Succeeded by right of conquest
ᶸ Succeeded by usurpation

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