![]() Their eldest son, Edward VII (1901-1910) succeeded and his marriage to Alexandra of Denmark produced five children. The house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was established with Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert. It was his niece, Victoria (1837-1901), the daughter of his younger brother, Edward, Duke of Kent, to whom the crown fell. ![]() As the second son of George III, Prince Frederick, had died in 1827, George IV was succeeded by another brother, who reigned as William IV (1830-37).Īt the time of his death, William had no legitimate children, however, he was survived by eight of the 10 illegitimate children he had had by the actor Dorothea Jordan, with whom he cohabited for 20 years. Princess Charlotte died, aged 21, from post-partum complications in 1817 after delivering a stillborn son. The dissolute king, however, is believed to have fathered several illegitimate children with his mistresses. ![]() The two were formally separated after the birth of their only child, Princess Charlotte. Theirs was a disastrous union, so much so he forbade her from attending his coronation and tried, unsucessfully, to divorce her. Their eldest son George IV (1820-1830) married his cousin Caroline of Brunswick and succeeded the throne after serving as prince regent during his father's final mental illness ![]() Photograph: Bob Thomas/Popperfoto/Getty Images Her longevity means it is the first time in nearly 120 years that a still-serving sovereign has met a great-grandchild born in direct succession to the crown. Their grandson, George III (1760-1820) married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. George II (1725-1760), eldest son of George I and Sophie of Celle, married Caroline of Ansbach. Hanoverian succession was a pretty straightforward affair for a while. When the Stuarts died out, the Hanovers came to power through James I's granddaughter, Sophia, who married Ernst Augustus Elector of Hanover, and gave birth to George I, who would rule from 1714 to 1727. After the failure of his son Richard's shortlived protectorate, the army invited back the royal genes in the shape of Charles I's son, Charles II.Ĭharles II, (1661-1685) James II, (1685 – deposed 1688) joint monarchs William (1689-1702) and Mary (1689-1694) and then Anne (1702-1714) – all descended from Charles I through his marriage to Henrietta Maria of France – kept the throne warm, in that order.Īs Charles II had no legitimate children (but reportedly at least 12 illegitimate offspring), his brother James succeeded, with his daughters Mary and Anne, both childless, following.īut it is through the House of Hanover that the new baby traces its direct lineage. There followed, briefly, the Republic of England (1649 to 1660) – or the interregnum – during which Oliver Cromwell dissolved parliament and became lord protector, squabbled with the Commons then died in 1658. James VI was the great-great grandson of Henry VII, and ushered in the Houses of Stuart and Orange on becoming king.Ĭharles 1 (1625-1649), the second son of James I and Anne of Denmark, who became heir on the death of his brother Prince Henry, was the second Stuart on the throne, until he was beheaded and the office of king formally abolished on 7 February 1649. The newborn will be the 20th monarch to do so since James VI of Scotland and James I of England (reigned 1603-1625), the son of Mary, Queen of Scots. Until 1603, English and Scottish crowns were separate, but following the accession of King James VI of Scotland (James I of England) to the English throne, a single monarch has reigned in the UK. The infant's royal lineage stretches back, on the throne of England, to the Anglo Saxons through the Normans, Angevins, Plantagenets, Lancastrians, Yorkists and Tudors. Edward VIII was born in 1894, seven years before the death of Victoria. The Queen's longevity means it is the first time in nearly 120 years that a still-serving sovereign has met a great-grandchild born in direct succession to the crown.
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