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Family tree of the British royal family


This is the British monarchs' family tree, from James VI & I (whose accession united the thrones of England and Scotland) to the present monarch, 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.
For a simplified view, see: Family tree of English and British monarchs.
Key
 - The red border indicates the monarchs
 - The bolded border indicates the close relatives of the monarchs (parents, spouse(s) and children)
 - The thin border indicates other relatives
name / title / date - The green font indicates the living persons
House of Stuart




House of Stuart



















Scottish
House of
 Stuart
family treeJames VI & I
1566–1625
r. 1567–1625 (Sc)
r. 1603–1625 (En)m. 1589
Anne
of Denmark
1574–1619Henry
Frederick
Prince of Wales
1594–1612Elizabeth
Electress
 Palatine
1596–1662m. 1613
Frederick V
Elector Palatine
1596–1632Margaret
1598–1600Charles I
1600–1649
r. 1625–1649m. 1625
Henrietta
of France
1609–1669Robert
Duke of
Kintyre
1602Mary
1605–1607Sophia
1607House of
Palatinate
-SimmernSophia
of Hanover
Electress of
Brunswick
1630–1714m. 1658
Ernest
Elector of
Brunswick
1629–1698m. 1663
Catherine
of Braganza
1638–1705Charles II
1630–1685
r. 1649–1651(Sc)
r. 1660–1685Charles
Duke of
Cornwall
1629Elizabeth
of England
1635–1650Anne
of England
1637–1640Henry
Duke of
Gloucester
1640–1660House of
Hanoverillegitimate
childrenm. 1641
William II
Prince of Orange
1626–1650Mary
Princess
Royal
1631–1660m1. 1659
Anne
Hyde
1637–1671James II
& VII
1633–1701
r. 1685–1688m2. 1673
Mary 
of Modena
1658–1718Henrietta
1644–1670m. 1661
Philip I
Duke of
Orléans
1640–1701m. 1683
George
of Denmark
1653–1708Anne
1665–1714
r. 1702–1714Charles
Duke of
Cambridge
1660–1661James
Duke of
Cambridge
1663–1667Mary II
1662–1694
r. 1689–1694m. 1677
William III&II
1650–1702
r. 1689–1702Charles
Duke of
Kendal
1666–1667Edgar
Duke of
 Cambridge
1667–1671House of
OrléansWilliam
Duke of
Gloucester
1689–1700infant
childrenCatherine
1675–1676Charles
Duke of 
Cambridge
1677Isabel
1676–1681Elizabeth
1678Charlotte
1682James 
Francis
Prince of Wales
The Old Pretender
1688–1766m. 1719
Clementina
Sobieski
1702–1735Louisa
1692–1712m. 1772
Louise
of Stolberg
-Gedern
1752–1824Charles
 Edward
"Bonnie 
Prince Charlie";
"The Young
Pretender"
1720–1788Henry
 Benedict
Cardinal-Duke
of York
1725–1807
House of Hanover




House of Hanover






























House of
HanoverSophia
of Hanover
Electress of
Brunswick
1630–1714m. 1658
Ernest
Augustus
Elector of
Brunswick
1629–1698m. 1682–1694
Sophia
 Dorothea
of Celle
1666–1726George I
1660–1727
r. 1714–1727Ernest
Duke of York
1674–1728other
siblingsm. 1705
Caroline
of Ansbach
1683–1737George II
1683–1760
r. 1727–1760Sophia 
Dorothea
of Hanover
1687–1757m. 1706
Frederick
William I
of Prussia
1688–1740m. 1736
Augusta
of Saxe-Gotha
1719–1772Frederick
Prince of
Wales
1707–1751Anne
Princess 
Royal
1709–1759m. 1734
William IV
Prince of
Orange
1711–1751Mary
of Great
Britain
1723–1772m. 1740
Frederick II
Landgrave of 
Hesse-Kassel
1720–1785Louise
of Great
Britain
1724–1751m. 1743
Frederick V
King of Denmark
1723–1766Amelia
of Great
Britain
1711–1786Caroline
of Great
Britain
1713–1757George
William
of Great
Britain
1717–1718William
Duke of
 Cumberland
1721–1765Henry
Duke of
Cumberland
1745–1790m. 1771
Anne
Horton
1748–1808Edward
Duke of York
1739–1767Elizabeth
of Great
Britain
1741–1759Augusta
of Great
Britain
1737–1813m. 1764
Charles
Duke of
Brunswick
1735–1806Caroline
Matilda
1751–1775m. 1766
Christian VII
King of Denmark
1749–1808William
Duke of
Gloucester
1743–1805m. 1766
Maria
Walpole
1736–1807m. 1761
Charlotte
of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz
1744–1818George III
1738–1820
r. 1760–1820Louisa
of Great
Britain
1749–1768Frederick
of Great
Britain
1750–1765House of 
Brunswick-
BevernHouse of
OldenburgSophia
of Gloucester
1773–1844Caroline
of Gloucester
1774–1775Elizabeth
1770–1840m. 1818
Frederick VI
Landgrave of
Hesse-Homburg
1769–1829Octavius
1779–1783Alfred
1780–1783Amelia
1783–1810Sophia
1777–1848m. 1816
Mary
1776–1857William
Duke of
Gloucester
1776–1834Frederick
Duke of York
1763–1827m. 1791
Frederica
Charlotte
of Prussia
1767–1820George IV
1762–1830
regent
1811–1820
r. 1820–1830m. 1795
Caroline
of Brunswick
1768–1821Augusta
Sophia
1768–1840m. 1793–1794
Augusta
Murray
1768–1830Augustus
Frederick
Duke of Sussex
1773–1843m. 1831
Cecilia
Underwood
c. 1785–1873Charlotte
Princess Royal
1766–1828m. 1780
Frederick
of Württemberg
1754–1816Adolphus
Duke of
Cambridge
1774–1850m. 1818
Augusta
of Hesse-
Kassel
1797–1889Charlotte
Augusta
of Wales
1796–1817m. 1816
Leopold I
King of 
the Belgians
1790–1865d'EstesGeorge
Duke of
Cambridge
1819–1904Augusta
of Cambridge
1822–1916m. 1843
Frederick
William
of Mecklenburg
1819–1904Mary
Adelaide
of Cambridge
1833–1897m. 1866
Francis
Duke of
Teck
1837–1900William IV
1765–1837
r. 1830–1837m. 1818
Adelaide
of Saxe-
Meiningen
1792–1849Edward
Duke of Kent
1767–1820m. 1818
Victoria
of Saxe-Coburg
-Saalfeld
1786–1861Ernest
Augustus
King of Hanover
1771–1851m. 1815
Frederica
of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz
1778–1841FitzGeorgesHouse of
MecklenburgTeck 
familyillegitimate
childrenCharlotte
of Clarence
1819Elizabeth
of Clarence
1820–1821Victoria
1819–1901
r. 1837–1901m. 1840
Albert
Prince of Saxe-
Coburg-Gotha
1819–1861George V
King of Hanover
1819–1878m. 1843
Marie
Saxe of-
Altenburg
1818–1907House of
Windsor
formerly
House of 
Saxe-Coburg
and GothaErnest
Augustus
of Hanover
1845–1923m. 1878
Thyra
of Denmark
1853–1933Frederica
of Hanover
1848–1926m. 1880
Alfons 
von Pawel-
Rammingen
1843–1932Marie
of Hanover
1849–1904House of HanoverHouse of
Pawel-
Rammingen
House of Windsor




House of Windsor







































House of
Saxe-Coburg
and GothaVictoria
1819–1901
r. 1837–1901m. 1840
Albert
Prince of
Saxe-Coburg
-Gotha
1819–1861Louise
1848–1939m. 1871
John 
Campbell
Duke of Argyll
1845–1914m. 1858
Frederick III
German
 Emperor
1831–1888Victoria
Princess Royal
1840–1901Helena
1846–1923m. 1866
Christian
of Schleswig-
Holstein
1831–1917Beatrice
1857–1944m. 1885
Henry
of Battenberg
1858–1896Alice
1843–1878m. 1862
Louis IV
Grand Duke
of Hesse
1837–1892Alfred
Duke of 
Saxe-Coburg 
and Gotha
1844–1900m. 1874
Maria
Alexandrovna
of Russia
1853–1920House of
HohenzollernHouse of
OldenburgBattenberg 
familyHouse of
 Hesse-
DarmstadtAlfred
of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha
1874–1899Marie
of Edinburgh
1875–1938m. 1893
Ferdinand
King of
 Romania
1865–1927Alexandra 
of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha
1878–1942m. 1896
Ernst II
of Hohenlohe-
Langenburg
1863–1950Beatrice
of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha
1884–1966m. 1909
Alfonso
Duke of
Galliera
1886–1975m. 1905
Cyril
Vladimirovich
of Russia
1876–1938Victoria
Melita
1876–1936m. 1894–1901
Ernest
Louis
of Hesse
1868–1937House of
Hohenzollern-
SigmaringenHouse of
Hohenlohe-
LangenburgHouse of
 BourbonHouse of
RomanovHouse of
 Hesse-
DarmstadtEdward VII
1841–1910
r. 1901–1910m. 1863
Alexandra
of Denmark
1844–1925Leopold
Duke of
Albany
1853–1884m. 1882
Helena
of Waldeck 
and Pyrmont
1861–1922Arthur
Duke of 
Connaught
1850–1942m. 1879
Louise
Margaret
of Prussia
1860–1917Alice
of Albany
1883–1981m. 1904
Alexander
Cambridge
1st Earl of
Athlone
1874–1957Charles 
Edward
Duke of 
Saxe-Coburg 
and Gotha
1884–1954m. 1905
Victoria
Adelaide 
of Schleswig-
Holstein
1885–1970m. 1905
Gustaf VI
Adolf
King of Sweden
1882–1973Margaret
of Connaught
1882–1920Patricia
of Connaught
1886–1974m. 1919
Alexander
Ramsay
1881–1972m. 1932–1962
Feodora
von der Horst
1905–1991Johann
Leopold
1906–1972m. 1962
Maria
 Reindl
1908–1996Caroline
Matilda
of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha
1912–1983Friedrich
Josias
of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha
1918–1998Sibylla
of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha
1908–1972m. 1932
Gustaf
Adolf
of Västerbotten
1906–1947Swedish 
royal
 familyAlbert
Victor
Duke of
Clarence
1864–1892George V
1865–1936
r. 1910–1936m. 1893
Mary
of Teck
1867–1953Maud
of Wales
1869–1938m. 1896
Haakon VII
King of Norway
1872–1957Victoria
1868–1935Alexander
John
of Wales
1871Louise
Princess Royal
1867–1931m. 1889
Alexander
Duff
Duke of Fife
1849–1912m. 1923
Charles
Carnegie
Earl of Southesk
1893–1992Maud
of Fife
1893–1945Alexandra
Duchess of Fife
1891–1959m. 1913
Arthur
of Connaught
1883–1938m. 1937
Wallis
Simpson
1896–1986Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor
1894–1972
r. 1936George VI
1895–1952
r. 1936–1952m. 1923
Elizabeth
Bowes-Lyon
1900–2002Mary
Princess Royal
1897–1965m. 1922
Henry
Lascelles
6th Earl of
Harewood
1882–1947Henry
Duke of
Gloucester
1900–1974m. 1935
Alice
Montagu 
Douglas
 Scott
1901–2004George
Duke of Kent
1902–1942m. 1934
Marina
of Greece 
and Denmark
1906–1968John
1905–1919m. 1947
Philip
Duke of 
Edinburgh
1921–Elizabeth II
1926–
r. 1952–Margaret
1930–2002m. 1960–1978
Antony
Armstrong-J.
Earl of Snowdon
1930–2017Lascelles
familyWilliam
 of Gloucester
1941–1972Richard
Duke of
Gloucester
1944–m. 1972
Birgitte
van Deurs
1946–Armstrong-
Jones
familym. 1961
Katharine
Worsley
1933–Edward
Duke of Kent
1935–Alexandra
The Honourable
Lady Ogilvy
1936–m. 1963
Angus
Ogilvy
1928–2004Michael
of Kent
1942–m. 1978
Marie
Christine
 von Reibnitz
1945–Windsor
familyClan
OgilvyWindsor
familym. 1981–1996
Diana
Spencer
1961–1997Charles
Prince of Wales
1948–m. 2005
Camilla
Parker Bowles
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
Duke of
Sussex
1984–m. 2018
Meghan
Markle
1981–Phillips
familyBeatrice
of York
1988–Eugenie
1990–m. 2018
Jack
Brooksbank
1986–Mountbatten
-Windsor
familyGeorge
of Cambridge
2013–Charlotte
of Cambridge
2015–Louis
of Cambridge
2018–
See also
House of Windsor
House of Stuart
House of Hanover
Detailed English monarchs family tree
Simplified English and British monarchs family tree
Alternative successions of the English crown
Line of succession to the British throne
History of the British line of succession
British monarchy



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