British Royal Family Tree

Updated 15 Dec 2011

This chart shows the British royal family tree from Queen Victoria to today. The green numbers indicate the current line of succession to the throne.

Queen Victoria

see: Hanover Family Tree

King Edward VII

(1841-1910)

Reign: 1901-1910


Prince Albert (1864-1892) was in the direct line to become king but died during the 1889-1892 influenza pandemic while Victoria was still queen		King George V (1865-1936) Reign: 1910-1936 (25 yrs) m. Mary of Teck; was king during World War I; changed the name of the British royal house from Saxe-Coburg & Gotha to WINDSOR to distance the family from its German connections		Princess Louise (1867-1931) was the Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife	Princess Victoria (1868-1935) did not marry	Princess Maud (1869-1938) became Queen of Norway	Prince John (1871) born prematurely, lived only 24 hours

King Edward VIII (1894-1972) Reign: 1936 (326 days) gave up the throne after only 325 days so that he could marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, after which he became known as the Duke of Windsor		King George VI (1895-1952) Reign: 1936-1952 (15 yrs) m. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (who until her death in 2002 was known as the Queen Mother); was king during World War II		Princess Mary (1897-1965) was Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood	Prince Henry (1900-1974) was Duke of Gloucester	Prince George (1902-1942) was Duke of Kent; died in a plane crash during the war	Prince John (1905-1919) suffered from epilepsy; died at age 13

Queen Elizabeth II b. 1926 Reign: 1952-Present (59 yrs) m. Philip Mountbatten in 1947 (who was born a prince of Greece & Denmark and is now Duke of Edinburgh); if still reigning on Sept. 10, 2015, she will surpase Queen Victoria as the longest-reigning monarch in British history			Princess Margaret (1930-2002) was Countess of Snowdon; her descendents rank 14-19	20 Prince Richard b. 1944 Duke of Gloucester; his descendents rank 21-27	28 Prince Edward b. 1935 Duke of Kent; his descendents rank 29-36	39 Princess Alexandra b. 1936 The Hon. Lady Ogilvy; her descendents rank 40-45	-- Prince Michael b. 1942 is not in the line of succession but his descendents rank 37-38

1 Prince Charles b. 1948 Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall & Duke of Rothesay; m. Lady Diana Spencer (divorced); m. Camilla Parker Bowles		10 Princess Anne b. 1950 Princess Royal; m. Mark Phillips (divorced); m. Timothy Laurence		4 Prince Andrew b. 1960 Duke of York; m. Sarah Ferguson (divorced)		7 Prince Edward b. 1964 Earl of Wessex & future Duke of Edinburgh; m. Sophie Rhys-Jones

2 Prince William b. 1982 Duke of Cambridge; m. Kate Middleton	3 Prince Harry b. 1984	11 Peter Phillips b. 1977 m. Autumn Kelly; his daughter Savannah ranks 12	13 Zara Phillips b. 1981 m. Mark Tindall	5 Princess Beatrice b. 1988	6 Princess Eugenie b. 1990	9 Lady Louise Windsor b. 2003 is legally a princess but the title is not used	8 James, Viscount Severne b. 2007 is legally a prince but the title is not used

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