DESCENT OF THE CROWN

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27055, 2 June 1953, Page 15 (Supplement)

DESCENT OF THE CROWN

Egbert, King Of Wessex And All England, To Elizabeth II

the House of Vnrrmnd* scent of the Crown through the successive dynasties—those of the Saxons and Danes, of Stuart the Hn „ e OUSe ° P,an^ the House of Lancaster, the House of York, the House of Tudor, the House of Stuart, the House of Hanover, the House of and the House of Windsor.

ENGLISH KINGS AND QUEENS FROM A.D. 827

The House of Windsor is in direct descent from (inter alios) Egbert, n-lng of Wessex, Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror; also from the Emperor Charlemagne (b. 742, d. 814). Rodrigo the Cid (b. 1030, d. 1099). the Emperor Barbarossa (b. 1123, d. 1190) and St. Louis, King of Ffance (t>. 1215, d. 1270).

Name DYNASTY * MARRIED Access. Died Age | Rgnd. EGBERT .. vi - . Saxons and Danes and aU England ETHEL WULF ... 827 839 12 J ETHELBALD ... 1 ethelbert ETHELRED ALFRED THE GREAT Son of Ethelwulf . ’. / Second son ot Ethelwulf Third son of Ethelwulf .. Fourth son of Ethelwulf . 839 858 858 866 871 901 925 940 946 955 858 860 866 871 901 „ 925 940 946 955 958 52 55 45 25 ■ 32 18 19 2 8 5 39 39 15 6 9 3 ATHELSTAN ... EDMUND . edred .... EDWY EDGAR Son of Alfred the Great Eldest son of Edward the Elder Third son of Edward the Elder Fourth son of Edward the Elder ... Son of Edmund ’ : EDWARD THE MARTYR ETHELRED II ... EDMUND IRONSIDE CANUTE THE DANE Son of Edgar Younger son of Edgar Eldest son of Ethelred Emma, dau. of the Duke of Normandy .. 958 975 979 1016. 975 979 1016 1016 32 17 48 27 17 4 37 0 HAROLD I HARDICANUTE ‘ EDWARD THE CONFESSOR HAROLD II Son of Canute Another son of Canute Son of Ethelred II Emma of Normandy, widow of Ethelred II 1017 1035 1040 1042 1035 1040 1042 1066 40 24 62 18 5 2 24 WILLIAM I Brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor . The House of Normandy / Matilda, dau. of Baldwin, Count of Flanders 1066 1066 44 0 WILLIAM H . Third son of William \ ..... . ' 1066 1087 1100 1087 1100 1135 60 21 HENRY I Youngest son of William I ‘. 1st Matilda, dau. of Malcolm Canmore, K of Scotland; 2nd Adelicia, dau. of God43 67 35 STEPHEN Third son of Stephen, Count of Blois, by Adeia, fourth dau. of William I. trey, D. of Louvaine. Matilda, dau. of Eustace, Count of Boulogne. 1135 1154 50 19 HENRY H The House of Plantagenet bon of Geoffrey Plantagenet by Matilda, Eleanor, dau. of D. of Guienne and 1154 1189 56 35 o £ Henr y I » his gradmother, Matilda of Scotland, was a lineal desdivorced Queen of Louis VII of France. RICHARD I Cendant of Alfred and of Egbert. Berengaria, dau. of Sancho VI, K. of Navarre. 1st Avisa, dau. of E. of Gloucester, di1189 1199 JOHN Sixth and youngest son of Henry H .... 42 10 1199 1216 50 17 vorced upon grounds of consanginnity: 2nd Isabella, dau. of Aymer, Count of HENRY IH ,.. Eldest son of John Angouleme. Eleanor, dau. of Raymond, Count of Provence. 1st Eleanor, daii. of Ferdinand III, K. of Castile; 2nd Margaret, dau. of Philip 1216 1272 1272 1307 EDWARD I Eldest son of Henry ITT 65 56 68 35 EDWARD II III. the Hardy, K of France. Isabella, dau. of Philip IV, the Fair, K of France. Philippa, dau. of William, Count of Holland and Hainault. 1st Anne, dau. of Einp. Charles IV; 2nd 1307 1327 1377 1327 1377 dip. 1399 EDWARD III Eldest son of Edward IT 43 65 20 50 RICHARD H Son, of the Black Prince, eldest son of 34 22 Edward III Isabel, dau. of Charles VI of France. 1st Mary de Bohun, dau. of the E. of HENRY IV Son of John of Gaunt, 4th son of Edward 1399 1413 47 13 Ill Hereford; 2nd Joanna of Navarre, widow of John de Montfort, D. of HENRY V Eldest son of Henry IV . Bretagne. Katherine, dau. of Charles VI. K. of France. Margaret of Anjou, dau. of Rene, D. of Anjou. 1413 1422 1422 dip. 1461 34 9 39 HENRY VI EDWARD IV The House of York Grandson of Richard, son of Edmund Elizabeth Widvile (or Woodville), dau of 1461 1483 22 41 fifth son of Edward III; and of Anne, great-granddaughter of Lionel, third Sir Richard Widvile and widow of Sir John Grey of Groby. son cf Edward HI. 1 1 EDWARD V .. Eldest son of Edward IV .., (Died unmarried) .. . 1483 1483 1483 1485 13 0 RICHARD III Younger brother of Edward TV Anne, dau. of the E. of Warwick, and widow of Edward, Prince of Wales. 35 2 HENRY VII The House of Tudor Son of Edmund, eldest son of Owen Tudor, by Katharine, widow of Henry Elizabeth dau of Edward IV 1485 1509 53 V; his mother, Margaret Beaufort, was great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt. Only surviving son of Henry VII 1st Katharine of Aragon, widow of his elder brother, Arthur (divorced); 2nd 1509 1547 56 38 Anne, dau. of Sir Thomas Bolevn (beheaded); 3rd Jane. dau. of Sir John Seymour (died in childbirth of a son, aft. Edward VI); 4th Anne, sister of William, D. of Cleves (divorced): 5th Katharine Howard, niece of the Duke of Norfolk (beheaded); 6th Katharine, dau. of Sir Thomas Parr and widow of EdEDWARD VI ward Nevill, Lord Latimer. (Died unmarried) 1547 1553 16 6 JANE Granddaughter of Mary, younger sister of Henry VIII (beheaded Feb. 12, 1554>. 1553 1554 17 14 MARY I days Daughter of Henry VIII by Katharine of Aragon. Philip IT of Spain 1553 1558 1558 1603 43 5 ELIZABETH (Died unmarried) 69 44 JAMES (VI OF SCOT.) The House of Stuart Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret, Anne, dau. of Frederick II of Denmark. 1603 1825 59 22 CHARLES I daughter of Henry VII. Henrietta-Maria, dau. of Henry IV and sister of Louis XIII of France. 1625 Beh. 1649 48 24 Commonwealth declared May 19. 1649. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector. 1653-8. Richard Cromwell. Lord Protector. 1658-9. 1 CHARLES II Eldest son of Charles I (restored 1660) .. The Infanta Catharine of Portugal, dau. of John IV and sister of Alphonso VI. 1649 1685 55 36 JAMES II (VII OF SCOT.) ... Second son of Charles I (died Sept. 16, 1st Lady Anne Hyde, dau. of Edward, E. 1635 Dep. 1688 68 3 1701 (Interregnum. Dec. 11, 1688—Feb. 13, 1689). of Clarendon, who died before James ascended the throne; 2nd Mary Beatrice Eleanor d'Este, dau. of Alphonso, D. of Dec. 1701 WILLIAM III and ( Son of William Prince of Orange, by 1 Marv. daughter of Charles I. [■ Modena 1689 * 1702 51 13 MARY II 1 1694 1714 33 6 Eldest daughter of James II ) ANNE 1702 49 12 GEORGE I The House of Hanover Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, daughter of Sophia Dorothea, dau. of George William, D. of Zell. 1714 1727 67 13 GEORGE II James I« 4 Wilhelmina Caroline, dau. of John Frederick. Margrave of BrandenburgAnspach. ' 17.27 1760 77 33 GEORGE in Charlotte Sophia, dau. of Charles Lewis Frederick, D. of Meckienburg-Strelitz. 1760 1820 81 59 GEORtJE IV Eldest son of George III (Regent from February 5, 1811).. Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, dau. of Charles William Ferdinand, D. of Brunswick1820 1830 67 10 Wolfenbuttel, by Augusta, eldest sister of George III. WILLIAM IV Amelia Adelaide Louisa Theresa Caroline, dau. of George Frederick Charles, D. of 1830 1837 71 7 Saxe-Meiningen. VICTORIA Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George HI. Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, D. of Saxe, pr. of Saxe-Coburg and 1837 1901 81 63 Gotha. The House of Saxe-Coburg 1901 F.DWARD VTT f tt Eldest son of Victoria Princess Alexandra of Denmark 1910 68 9 The House of Windsor GEORGE V Surviving son of Edward VII H.S.H Princess Victoria Mary of Teck 1910 1936 70 25 (HER MAJESTY QUEEN MALY). EDWARD VIII Eldest son of George V (abdicated Dec. (Mrs Wallis Warfield. June 3, 1937) 1936 <■— 325 11. 1936). •J '» ■ . ■ - 1952 days GEORGE VI ... The Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, 1936 56 15 dau. of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (HER MAJESTY THE • QUEEN MOTHER) 1952 ELIZABETH II Elder daughter of George . VI. Philip (H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh), son of Prince Andrew of Greece.