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The successors of the throne of England and Great Britain |
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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]
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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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