Family tree of the British royal family
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This is the family tree of the British royal family, from James I (who united the crowns of England and Scotland) to the present monarch, Charles III.
Before James VI and I[edit]
- See Family tree of English monarchs, Family tree of Scottish monarchs, and Family tree of Welsh monarchs. This also includes England, Scotland and Wales; all part of the United Kingdom as well as the French Norman invasion.
For a simplified view, see: Family tree of British monarchs.
Key[edit]
- : Red borders indicate British monarchs
- : Bold borders indicate legitimate children of British monarchs
House of Stuart[edit]
House of Stuart | Scottish monarchs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry Stuart 1545–1567 | Mary Queen of Scots 1542–1587 | Frederick II King of Denmark 1534–1588 | Henry IV King of France 1553–1610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James I[a] 1566–1625 r. 1567–1625 (Scotland) r. 1603–1625 (England) | Anne of Denmark 1574–1619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John IV King of Portugal 1604–1656 | Henry Frederick Prince of Wales 1594–1612 | Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia 1596–1662 | Frederick V of the Palatinate Elector Palatine King of Bohemia 1596–1632 | Margaret Stuart 1598–1600 | Charles I 1600–1649 r. 1625–1649 | Henrietta Maria of France 1609–1669 | Robert Stuart Duke of Kintyre and Lorne 1602 | Mary Stuart 1605–1607 | Sophia of England 1607 | Louis XIII King of France 1601–1643 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Hanover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Duke of Cornwall 1629 | Charles II 1630–1685 r. 1649–1651 r. 1660–1685 (Scotland) r. 1660–1685 (England) | Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 | William II, Prince of Orange 1626–1650 | Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 | Anne Hyde 1637–1671 | James II[a] 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688 | Mary of Modena 1658–1718 | Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650 | Anne Stuart 1637–1640 | Henry Stuart Duke of Gloucester 1640–1660 | Henrietta of England 1644–1670 | Philippe I Duke of Orléans 1640–1701 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
illegitimate children | Frederick III King of Denmark 1609–1670 | House of Orléans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Stuart Duke of Cambridge 1660–1661 | Mary II 1662–1694 r. 1689–1694 | William III[a] 1650–1702 r. 1689–1702 | James Stuart Duke of Cambridge 1663–1667 | Anne 1665–1714 r. 1702–1714 | George of Denmark 1653–1708 | Charles Stuart Duke of Kendal 1666–1667 | Edgar Stuart Duke of Cambridge 1667–1671 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Duke of Gloucester 1689–1700 | Catherine 1675–1676 | Isabel Stuart 1676–1681 | Charles Stuart Duke of Cambridge 1677 | Elizabeth 1678 | Charlotte 1682 | Maria Clementina Sobieska 1702–1735 | James Francis Edward Stuart Prince of Wales The Old Pretender 1688–1766 | Louisa Maria Stuart 1692–1712 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louise of Stolberg-Gedern 1752–1824 | Charles Edward Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie; The Young Pretender 1720–1788 | Henry Benedict Stuart Cardinal Duke of York 1725–1807 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Hanover[edit]
Elizabeth of Bohemia 1596–1662 House of Stuart | Frederick V Elector Palatine King of Bohemia 1596–1632 House of Wittelsbach-Palatinate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sophia of Hanover 1630–1714 | Ernest Augustus Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629–1698 House of Hanover | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sophia Dorothea of Celle 1666–1726 | George I 1660–1727 r. 1714–1727 | Frederick Augustus 1661–1690 | Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1666–1726 | Sophia Charlotte Queen in Prussia 1668–1705 | Charles Philip of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1669–1690 | Christian Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1671–1703 | Ernest Augustus Duke of York and Albany 1674–1728 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caroline of Ansbach 1683–1737 | George II 1683–1760 r. 1727–1760 | Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 1687–1757 | Frederick William I King of Prussia 1688–1740 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha 1719–1772 | Frederick Prince of Wales 1707–1751 | William IV Prince of Orange 1711–1751 | Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange 1709–1759 | Princess Amelia of Great Britain 1711–1786 | Princess Caroline of Great Britain 1713–1757 | Prince George William of Great Britain 1717–1718 | William Augustus Duke of Cumberland 1721–1765 | Princess Mary of Great Britain 1723–1772 | Frederick II Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1720–1785 | Louise of Great Britain 1724–1751 | Frederick V King of Denmark 1723–1766 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princess Augusta of Great Britain 1737–1813 | Charles William Ferdinand Duke of Brunswick 1735–1806 | George III 1738–1820 r. 1760–1820 | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1744–1818 | Frederick William II King of Prussia 1744–1797 | Edward Duke of York and Albany 1739–1767 | Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain 1741–1759 | William Henry Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh 1743–1805 | Henry Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn 1745–1790 | Princess Louisa of Great Britain 1749–1768 | Prince Frederick of Great Britain 1750–1765 | Caroline Matilda of Great Britain 1751–1775 | Christian VII King of Denmark 1749–1808 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caroline of Brunswick 1768–1821 | George IV 1762–1830 (regent 1811–1820) r. 1820–1830 | Frederick Duke of York and Albany 1763–1827 | Frederica Charlotte of Prussia 1767–1820 | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen of Saxe-Meiningen 1792–1849 | William IV 1765–1837 r. 1830–1837 | Charlotte, Princess Royal 1766–1828 | Frederick I King of Württemberg 1754–1816 | Edward Duke of Kent and Strathearn 1767–1820 | Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1786–1861 | Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom 1768–1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom 1770–1840 | Frederick VI Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg 1769–1829 | Ernest Augustus King of Hanover 1771–1851 | Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1778–1841 | Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex 1773–1843 | Adolphus Duke of Cambridge 1774–1850 | Augusta of Hesse-Kassel 1797–1889 | Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh 1776–1857 | William Frederick Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh 1776–1834 | Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom 1777–1848 | Prince Octavius of Great Britain 1779–1783 | Prince Alfred of Great Britain 1780–1782 | Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom 1783–1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leopold I King of the Belgians 1790–1865 | Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817) 1796–1817 | George V King of Hanover 1819–1878 | Marie of Saxe-Altenburg 1818–1907 | Charlotte of Clarence 1819 | Elizabeth of Clarence 1820–1821 | George Duke of Cambridge 1819–1904 | Augusta of Cambridge 1822–1916 | Frederick William Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1819–1904 | Mary Adelaide of Cambridge 1833–1897 | Francis Duke of Teck 1837–1900 | Queen Victoria 1819–1901 r. 1837–1901 | Albert Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1819–1861 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ernest Augustus Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale 1845–1923 | Thyra of Denmark 1853–1933 | Frederica of Hanover 1848–1926 | Baron Alphons von Pawel-Rammingen 1843–1932 | Marie of Hanover 1849–1904 | Mary of Teck 1867–1953 | House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ↓ House of Windsor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha / Windsor[edit]
House of Hanover | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William I, German Emperor King of Prussia 1797–1888 | Christian IX King of Denmark 1818–1906 | Queen Victoria 1819–1901 r. 1837–1901 | Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819–1861 | Alexander II Emperor of Russia 1855–1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frederick III, German Emperor King of Prussia 1831–1888 | Victoria, Princess Royal 1840–1901 | King Edward VII 1841–1910 r. 1901–1910 | Alexandra of Denmark 1844–1925 | Louis IV Grand Duke of Hesse 1837–1892 | Princess Alice of the United Kingdom 1843–1878 | Alfred Duke of Edinburgh/Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1844–1900 | Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia 1853–1920 | Princess Helena of the United Kingdom 1846–1923 | Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1831–1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilhelm II German Emperor, King of Prussia 1859–1941 | Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1874–1899 | Marie of Edinburgh 1875–1938 | Ferdinand King of Romania 1865–1927 | Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse 1868–1937 | Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1876–1936 | Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia 1876–1938 | Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1878–1942 | Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1863–1950 | Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884–1966 | Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera 1886–1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 1848–1939 | John Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll 1845–1914 | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1850–1942 | Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia 1860–1917 | Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany 1853–1884 | Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont 1861–1922 | Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom 1857–1944 | Prince Henry of Battenberg 1858–1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gustaf VI Adolf King of Sweden 1882–1973 | Princess Margaret of Connaught 1882–1920 | Prince Arthur of Connaught 1883–1938 | Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer) 1881–1972 | Princess Patricia of Connaught 1886–1974 | Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone 1883–1981 | Alexander Cambridge 1st Earl of Athlone 1874–1957 | Charles Edward Duke of Albany/Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884–1954 | Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein 1885–1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale 1864–1892 | King George V 1865–1936 r. 1910–1936 | Mary of Teck 1867–1953 | Louise, Princess Royal 1867–1931 | Alexander Duff 1st Duke of Fife 1849–1912 | Princess Victoria 1868–1935 | Maud of Wales 1869–1938 | Haakon VII King of Norway 1872–1957 | Prince Alexander John of Wales 1871 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Mrs" Wallis Simpson 1896–1986 Duchess of Windsor | King Edward VIII 1894–1972 Duke of Windsor r. 1936 Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David | King George VI Albert Frederick Arthur ("George") 1895–1952 r. 1936–1952 King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions 1900–2002 Also known as The Queen Mother | Victoria Alexandra Alice ("Mary") Princess Royal 1897–1965 Countess of Harewood | Henry George Charles Lascelles 1882–1947 6th Earl of Harewood | Prince ("Henry") William Frederick Albert 1900–1974 Duke of Gloucester | Princess Alice Lady ("Alice") Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott 1901–2004 Duchess of Gloucester | Prince George George Edward Alexander Edmund 1902–1942 Prince of Wales Duke of Kent | Princess Marina Marina of Greece and Denmark 1906–1968 Duchess of Kent | Prince John John Charles Francis 1905–1919 Prince of the United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prince Philip Mountbatten Consort of the British monarch Duke of Edinburgh and of Greece and Denmark 1921–2021 | Queen Elizabeth II Princess of York 1926–2022 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor r. 1952–2022 Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms | Princess Margaret Rose Windsor Princess of York 1930–2002 1st Countess of Snowdon | Antony Armstrong-Jones 1930–2017 1st Earl of Snowdon | Prince William Henry Andrew Frederick 1941–1972 Duke of Gloucester | Prince Richard Alexander Walter George b. 1944 Prince + Duke of Gloucester | Princess Birgitte Eva van Deurs Henriksen b. 1946 Duchess of Gloucester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princess Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley b. 1933 Duchess of Kent | Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick b. 1935 Duke of Kent | Princess Alexandra Duchess of Kent b. 1936 The Honourable Lady Ogilvy | Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy 1928–2004 Businessman | Prince Michael George Charles Franklin b. 1942 Prince of Kent | Princess ("Michael") Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz b. 1945 Princess of Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princess Diana Frances Spencer Windsor Was Duchess of Rothesay, Duchess of Cornwall, Countess of Chester, and Baroness of Renfrew 1961–1997 Princess of Wales | King Charles III King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms b. 1948 Was Duke of Cornwall Was Prince of Wales r. 2022–present Charles Philip Arthur George | Queen Camilla "Consort" Was Duchess of Cornwall b. 1947 Was Princess of Wales Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, Later Windsor | Mark Phillips b. 1948 an English Olympic gold medal-winning horseman | Princess Anne Elizabeth Louise b. 1950 The Princess Royal | Sir Timothy Laurence b. 1955 retired Royal Navy officer | Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward b. 1960 Duke of York | Princess Sarah Ferguson Windsor b. 1959 Duchess of York | Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis b. 1964 Duke of Edinburgh | Princess Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones Windsor b. 1965 Duchess of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princess Catherine ("Kate") Elizabeth Middleton Windsor Was Duchess of Cambridge b. 1982 Princess of Wales | Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Was Duke of Cambridge b. 1982 Prince of Wales (1st in line[b]) | Prince Henry ("Harry") Charles Albert David b. 1984 Duke of Sussex (5th in line[b]) | Princess Rachel ("Meghan") Markle Windsor b. 1981 Duchess of Sussex | Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary Mrs Beatrice Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi b. 1988 Princess of York | Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena Mrs Eugenie Jack Brooksbank b. 1990 Princess of York | Princess Louise Mountbatten-Windsor b. 2003 Lady Louise | Prince James Mountbatten-Windsor b. 2007 Earl of Wessex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prince George Alexander Louis b. 2013 Prince of Wales (2nd in line[b]) | Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana b. 2015 Princess of Wales (3rd in line[b]) | Prince Louis Arthur Charles b. 2018 Prince of Wales (4th in line[b]) | Prince Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor b. 2019 Prince of Sussex (6th in line[b]) | Princess Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor b. 2021 Princess of Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also[edit]
- House of Windsor
- House of Stuart
- House of Hanover
- Family tree of British monarchs
- Alternative successions of the English crown
- Line of succession to the British throne
- Monarchy of the United Kingdom
- List of English monarchs
- List of British monarchs
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Succession to the Crown Act 2013, s. 3". legislation.gov.uk.
- "The Tudors (1485–1603) and the Stuarts (1603–1714)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- "The Hanoverians (1714–1837)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- "Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1837–1917) and the Windsors (1917 – Present Day)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-07-30.