User:John K/British succession

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This is a categorization of people by how close they came to the British throne under the terms of the Act of Settlement of 1701.

Sovereign[edit]

  1. William III of England (1650-1702)
  2. Anne of Great Britain (1665-1714) CONSORT: Prince George of Denmark
  3. George I of Great Britain (1660-1727) CONSORT: Sophia Dorothea of Celle
  4. George II of Great Britain (1683-1760) CONSORT: Caroline of Ansbach
  5. George III of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) CONSORT: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  6. George IV of the United Kingdom (1762-1830) CONSORT: Caroline of Brunswick
  7. William IV of the United Kingdom (1765-1837) CONSORT: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
  8. Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) CONSORT: Albert, Prince Consort
  9. Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) CONSORT: Alexandra of Denmark
  10. George V of the United Kingdom (1865-1936) CONSORT: Mary of Teck
  11. Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (1894-1972) CONSORT: Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
  12. George VI of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) CONSORT: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
  13. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (b.1926) CONSORT: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

1st in line[edit]

  1. Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714) CONSORT: Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover
  2. Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) CONSORT: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
  3. Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1739-1767)
  4. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) CONSORT: Princess Frederica of Prussia
  5. Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (1771-1851) CONSORT: Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  6. Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901) CONSORT: Frederick III, German Emperor
  7. Charles, Prince of Wales (b.1948) CONSORTS: Diana, Princess of Wales; Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall

2nd in line[edit]

  1. Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765)
  2. Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (1737-1813) CONSORT: Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
  3. Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743-1805) CONSORT: Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
  4. Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796-1817) CONSORT: Leopold I of Belgium
  5. George V of Hanover (1819-1878) CONSORT: Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
  6. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) CONSORT: Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
  7. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892)
  8. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002) CONSORT: Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
  9. Anne, Princess Royal (b.1950) CONSORTS: Mark Phillips; Timothy Laurence
  10. Prince Andrew, Duke of York (b.1960) CONSORT: Sarah, Duchess of York
  11. Prince William of Wales (b.1982)

3rd in line[edit]

  1. Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709-1759) CONSORT: William IV, Prince of Orange
  2. Prince George William of Wales (1717-1718)
  3. Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745-1790) CONSORT: Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn
  4. William IV of the United Kingdom#IssuePrincess Elizabeth of Clarence (1820-1821)
  5. Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843)
  6. Alice of the United Kingdom (1843-1878) CONSORT: Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
  7. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942) CONSORT: Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught
  8. Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (1867-1931) CONSORT: Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
  9. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) CONSORT: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
  10. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (b.1964) CONSORT: Sophie, The Countess of Wessex
  11. Prince Harry of Wales (b.1984)

4th in line[edit]

  1. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687-1757) CONSORT: Frederick William I of Prussia
  2. Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain (1711-1786)
  3. Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750-1765)
  4. Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766-1828) CONSORT: Frederick I of Württemberg
  5. Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767-1820) CONSORT: Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
  6. William IV of the United Kingdom#IssuePrincess Charlotte of Clarence (1819-1819)
  7. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) CONSORT: Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
  8. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884) CONSORT: Princess Helena of Waldeck
  9. Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871-1871)
  10. Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (1891-1959) CONSORT: Prince Arthur of Connaught
  11. Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) CONSORT: Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
  12. Prince William of Gloucester (1941-1972)

5th in line[edit]

  1. Christian of Hanover (1671-1703)
  2. Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1674-1728)
  3. Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (1713-1757)
  4. Princess Elizabeth Caroline of Wales (1740-1759)
  5. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)
  6. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846-1923) CONSORT: Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
  7. Princess Victoria Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1868-1935)
  8. Princess Maud of Fife (1893-1945) CONSORT: Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk
  9. Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) CONSORT: Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
  10. Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905-1919)
  11. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (b.1935) CONSORT: Katharine, The Duchess of Kent
  12. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (b.1944) CONSORT: Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester
  13. David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (b.1961) CONSORT: Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
  14. Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (b.1977)
  15. Princess Beatrice of York (b.1988)

6th in line[edit]

  1. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668-1705) CONSORT: Frederick I of Prussia
  2. Frederick William I of Prussia (1689-1740) CONSORT: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
  3. Frederick Louis, Prince of Orange (1707-1708)
  4. Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709-1786) CONSORT: Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
  5. Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723-1772) CONSORT: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
  6. Princess Louisa Anne of Wales (1749-1768)
  7. Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768-1840)
  8. Augusta of Cambridge (1822-1916) CONSORT: Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  9. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) CONSORT: John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
  10. William II, German Emperor (1858-1941) CONSORTS: Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Hermine of Reuss
  11. Maud of Wales (1869-1938) CONSORT: Olav V of Norway
  12. George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (b.1923) CONSORTS: Marion Stein; Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood
  13. Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy (b.1936) CONSORT: Angus Ogilvy
  14. Prince Michael of Kent (b.1942) CONSORT: Princess Michael of Kent
  15. Zara Phillips (b.1981)
  16. Princess Eugenie of York (b.1990)

7th in line[edit]

  1. Frederick William, Prince of Orange (1710-1711)
  2. Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786) CONSORT: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern
  3. Louise of Great Britain (1724-1751) CONSORT: Frederick V of Denmark
  4. Caroline Matilda of Wales (1751-1775) CONSORT: Christian VII of Denmark
  5. Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770-1840) CONSORT: Friedrich VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
  6. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-1897) CONSORT: Franz, Duke of Teck
  7. Ernest Augustus II of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1845-1923) CONSORT: Princess Thyra of Denmark
  8. Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860-1919) CONSORT: Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
  9. Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929) CONSORT: Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
  10. Gerald Lascelles (1924-1998) CONSORTS: Angela Dowding, Elizabeth Lascelles
  11. Lady Sarah Chatto (b.1964) CONSORT: Daniel Chatto

8th in line[edit]

  1. Prince Ludwig Karl of Prussia (1717-1719)
  2. Caroline of Nassau-Orange (1743-1787) CONSORT: Karl Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
  3. Princess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764-1788) CONSORT: Frederick I of Württemberg
  4. Karl Georg August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1766-1806) CONSORT: Princess Frederika of Nassau-Orange
  5. Prince Octavius of Great Britain (1779-1783)
  6. Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776-1857) CONSORT: Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
  7. Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1874-1899)
  8. Prince Alastair, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914-1943)
  9. Lady Louise Windsor (b.2003)