House of Stuart Family Tree

By Matt Baker email   Updated 15 Dec 2011

This chart shows the Stuart family tree from James I to Queen Anne:

see:
Tudor Family Tree

King James I

(1566-1625)

Reign: 1603-1625 (22 yrs)

became king of Scotland at age 1 and inherited the throne of England at age 35, thus uniting the two kingdoms under the same monarch for the first time; the King James Bible is named after him

Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662)
m. Frederick V, Elector of the Palatine and became Queen of Bohemia for one year
Henry Frederick
(1594-1612)
was heir to the throne; died of typhoid at 18

King Charles I

(1600-1649)

Reign: 1625-1649 (24 yrs)

believed in the divine right of kings and was constantly at odds with the parliament; this eventually led to civil war and Charles being beheaded

1649-1660 (11 yrs)


During this period the monarchy was abolished and England became a republic, overseen primarily by Oliver Cromwell

Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714)
was named heir to the throne after the death of Queen Anne's only son William

King Charles II

(1630-1685)

Reign: 1660-1685
(25 yrs)

became king when the monarchy was restored; left no heir
Mary of Orange (1631-1660)
married the Dutch soverign, Prince William II of Orange

King James II

(1633-1688)

Reign: 1685-1688 (3 yrs)

converted to Catholicism before ascending to the throne (however, his two daughters, Mary and Anne, remained Protestant); when his son James was born, England feared a permanent return to Catholicism and several nobles invited William of Orange to invade; King James II attempted to flee and was declared to have abdicated

King George I

see:
Hanover Family Tree

King
William III

(1650-1702)

Reign: 1689-1702
(13 yrs)

reigned jointly with his wife and cousin, Queen Mary II

Queen
Mary II

(1662-1694)

Reign: 1689-1694
(5 yrs)

died of smallpox; had no children

Queen Anne

(1665-1714)

Reign: 1702-1714
(12 yrs)

during her reign, a law was passed excluding any Catholics from ever inheriting the throne
Prince James
(1688-1766)
known as 'the Old Pretender', was considered by the Jacobites to be the true heir of the throne

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