People in the line of succession to the British throne

This is list of notable people in the line of succession to the British throne. It is organized around branches arising from siblings of the direct ancestors of the current monarch, listing the senior-most living member, as well as other notable members who are often the eldest with a different noble title.

This listing is mainly derived from the list of living descendants of Electress Sophia of Hanover compiled by American genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner.^[1]

Elizabeth II and sibling

Progenitor of branch		Seniormost living member		Other notable members
	Elizabeth II		Charles III	William, Prince of Wales; Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh; Anne, Princess Royal
	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon		David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon

Siblings of George VI

Progenitor of branch		Seniormost living member		Other notable members
	Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester		Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
	Prince George, Duke of Kent		Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
	Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood		David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood

The following siblings have no living descendants:

Siblings of George V

Progenitor of branch		Seniormost living member		Other notable members
	Louise, Princess Royal		James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
	Princess Maud		Harald V of Norway	Norwegian monarchs beginning with Olav V; Norwegian royal family

The following siblings have no living descendants:

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Prince Alexander John of Wales
Princess Victoria

Siblings of Edward VII

Progenitor of branch	Children with surviving issue	Grandchildren with surviving issue		Other notable members
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Princess Marie	Carol II of Romania	Paul Philippe of Romania
		Princess Maria	Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia	Queen Maria of Yugoslavia and descendants
		Princess Ileana	Archduke Christopher Habsburg of Austria [d]
	Princess Victoria Melita	Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia	Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
		Grand Duchess Maria	Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen
		Grand Duchess Kira	Prince Philip of Prussia [d]
	Princess Alexandra	Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
	Princess Alexandra	Princess Marie Melita	Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein [fr]
	Princess Beatrice	Infante Álvaro, Duke of Galliera	Alfonso d'Orleans, Duke of Galliera [es]
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	Princess Margaret	Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten	Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden	Swedish royal family
		Sigvard Bernadotte	Michael Bernadotte [da]
		Ingrid	Margrethe II of Denmark	Danish royal family; cadet branch includes Queen Anne-Marie of Greece and descendants
	Princess Patricia	Alexander Ramsay of Mar	Katharine Fraser, Mistress of Saltoun
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany	Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Hubertus, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Cadet branches include Bertram, Count of Castell-Rüdenhausen
		Prince Friedrich Josias	Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
		Princess Sibylla	Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
		Princess Caroline Mathilde [d]	Count Bertram Friedrich of Castell-Rüdenhausen [d]
	Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone	Lady May Abel Smith	Katherine Emma Abel Smith [d]
Victoria, Princess Royal	Wilhelm II of the German Empire	Wilhelm, German Crown Prince	Hubertus von der Osten [d]	Cadet branches include Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and descendants
		Prince Adalbert	Prince Adalbert of Prussia [d]
		Prince August Wilhelm	Princess Stephanie of Prussia [d]
		Prince Oskar	Wilhelm-Karl, Prince of Prussia [d]
		Prince Joachim	Franz Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia
		Princess Victoria Louise	Ernst August von Hannover	Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover and descendants; cadet branches include Queen Frederica of Greece and descendants
	Prince Henry	Prince Sigismund	Donata Mecklenburg-Solodkoff
	Princess Sophia	Alexander of Greece	Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
		Paul of Greece	Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece*	Prince Pavlos has higher seniority through descent from Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, above; no independent lineage
		Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta	Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, 6th Duke of Aosta
		Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark	Nicholas Brandram [d]
	Princess Margaret	Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse	Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
	Princess Margaret	Prince Christoph	Christoph, Prince of Hesse [d]
Princess Alice	Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven	George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven	George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
		Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma	Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma
		Princess Alice	Charles III*	via Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; seniormost independent lineage leads to Maximilian, Margrave of Baden
Princess Beatrice	Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke	Lady Iris Mountbatten	Robin Alexander Bryan [d]
	Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg	Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia	Louis Alphonse de Bourbon
		Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona	Felipe VI of Spain*	King Felipe VI has higher seniority through descent from Princess Victoria Louise, above; seniormost independent lineage leads to Juan Gómez-Acebo [es]
		Infanta Beatriz	Giovanni Torlonia, 7th Prince of Civitella-Cesi [d]
		Infanta María Cristina	Donna Vittoria Marone-Cinzano [d]

The following siblings have no living descendants:

Siblings of Victoria

none

Siblings of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Progenitor of branch	Children with surviving issue	Grandchildren with surviving issue		Other notable members
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover	George V of Hanover	Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover	Ernst August von Hannover*	via intermarriage; seniormost independent lineage leads to Elizabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg [d]
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge	Princess Augusta	Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Isabelle Jametel	Cadet branch includes Prince Ernst August of Lippe and descendants
	Princess Mary Adelaide	Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge	Charles Whitley [d]
		Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone	Katherine Emma Abel Smith [d]*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
		Mary of Teck	Charles III*	via King George VI; no independent lineage

The following siblings have no living descendants:

Additionally, William IV had no legitimate issue, with Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster being the seniormost living descendant from illegitimate issue.

Siblings of George III

Progenitor of branch	Children with surviving issue	Grandchildren with surviving issue	Further lineage		Other notable members
Princess Augusta	Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	William I of Württemberg	Princess Catherine	Alexander, Prince of Wied [d]
		William I of Württemberg	Princess Augusta	Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and descendants
		Prince Paul	Prince Frederick	Alexander, Prince of Wied [d]*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
			Princess Charlotte	Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg	Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and descendants
			Princess Pauline –Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau	Countess Clotilde of Merenberg
			Princess Pauline –Princess Helena of Nassau ––Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont	Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont	cadet branch includes Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
			Princess Pauline –Princess Helena of Nassau ––Princess Pauline	Carl Ferdinand, Prince of Bentheim-Steinfurt [d]
			Princess Pauline –Princess Helena of Nassau ––Princess Marie	Alexander, Prince of Wied [d]*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
			Princess Pauline –Princess Helena of Nassau ––Princess Emma	Beatrix of the Netherlands
			Princess Pauline –Princess Helena of Nassau ––Princess Helen	Hubertus, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
			Princess Pauline –Princess Helena of Nassau ––Princess Elisabeth	Dietrich, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
			Princess Pauline –Sophia of Nassau ––Gustaf V of Sweden	Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden*	seniormost independent lineage leads to Alexander-Wilhelm Bernadotte, Count Bernadotte [d]
			Princess Pauline –Sophia of Nassau ––Prince Oscar Bernadotte	Carl Ludwig Bernadotte, Count Bernadotte [d]
			Princess Pauline –Sophia of Nassau ––Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland	Madeleine Bernadotte Kogevinas [sv]	cadet branches include Albert II of Belgium and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
		Princess Catharina	Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte	Charles, Prince Napoléon
Princess Caroline Matilda	Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark	Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg	Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein	Hubertus von der Osten [d]*	via intermarriage; seniormost independent lineage leads to Ulrik, Count of Rosenborg [d]
Princess Caroline Matilda	Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark	Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg	Frederik August af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg [da]	Bernard Louis Laur [d]

The following siblings have no living descendants:

Siblings of Frederick, Prince of Wales

Progenitor of branch	Children with surviving issue	Grandchildren with surviving issue		Other notable members
Anne, Princess Royal	William V, Prince of Orange	William I of the Netherlands	Beatrix of the Netherlands*	via intermarriage; seniormost independent lineage leads to Heinrich XXVII, Prince of Reuss-Köstritz [d]
	Princess Carolina	Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg	Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg*	Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and descendants; Henri has superior ranking through descent from Sophia of Nassau, above; seniormost independent lineage leads to Prince Robert of Luxembourg
		Louise, Princess Reuss of Greiz	Adrian Hyazinth von Flotow [d]
		Princess Amelia	Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont*	via intermarriage; seniormost independent lineage leads to Jost Christian, Prince of Stolberg-Stolberg [d]
		Princess Henriette	Charles Whitley [d]*	via intermarriage; seniormost independent lineage leads to Joseph Karl of Austria [d]
Princess Mary	William I, Elector of Hesse	William II, Elector of Hesse	Philipp, Prince of Hanau and Hořowitz [d]
	Prince Charles	Princess Louise Caroline	Ulrik von Rosenborg, Count af Rosenborg [d]	Count Oluf of Rosenborg and descendants
	Prince Frederick	Prince William	Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse	Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse and descendants
		Princess Marie	Isabelle Jametel*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
		Princess Augusta	Isabelle Jametel*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
Princess Louisa	Christian VII of Denmark	Frederick VI of Denmark	Ulrik von Rosenborg, Count af Rosenborg [d]*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
	Christian VII of Denmark	Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark	Hubertus von der Osten [d]*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
	Princess Sophia Magdalena	Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden	Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden*	via intermarriage; seniormost independent lineage leads to Edward Phillips [d]
	Princess Wilhelmina Caroline	William II, Elector of Hesse*	Philipp Prinz von Hanau und Horowitz*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
	Princess Louise	Princess Louise Caroline*	Ulrik von Rosenborg, Count af Rosenborg [d]	via intermarriage; no independent lineage

The following siblings have no living descendants:

Sibling of George II

Progenitor of branch	Children with surviving issue	Grandchildren with surviving issue		Other notable members
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover	Prince Augustus William	Frederick William II of Prussia	Hubertus von der Osten [d]*	via intermarriage; Johannes-Arthur, Graf Saurma von der Jeltsch-Lorzendorf [d]
	Prince Augustus William	Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange	Beatrix of the Netherlands*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
	Prince Augustus Ferdinand	Princess Louise	Prince Albrecht Czartoryski [d]	Wilhelm Radziwiłł [pl] and descendants
	Princess Philippine Charlotte	Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick	Alexander, Prince of Wied [d]*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
	Princess Philippine Charlotte	Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach*	via intermarriage
	Princess Sophia Dorothea	Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt	Alexander, Prince of Wied [d]*	via intermarriage; seniormost independent lineage leads to descendants of Pauline von Württemberg [de]; the last person in the line of succession, Karin Vogel [d] as of 2011,^[2] is part of this branch
	Princess Sophia Dorothea	Princess Anna Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt	Prince Albrecht Czartoryski [d]*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage
	Princess Louisa Ulrika	Gustav III of Sweden	Edward Phillips [d]*	via intermarriage; no independent lineage

Siblings of George I

Progenitor of branch	Note
Sophia Charlotte	Sophia Charlotte's only child to survive to adulthood was Frederick William I of Prussia, who married his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Hanover listed above, so Sophia Charlotte has no lineages independent from Sophia Dorothea.

The following siblings have no living descendants:

Additionally, Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg had no legitimate issue.

References

^ Lewis, David. "Persons eligible to succeed to the British Throne as of 1 Jan 2011". wargs.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011.
^ Cameron, Scott (2011-04-28). "Last In Line To The British Throne". NPR. Retrieved 2024-06-19.

[1] Lewis, David. "Persons eligible to succeed to the British Throne as of 1 Jan 2011". wargs.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011.

[2] Cameron, Scott (2011-04-28). "Last In Line To The British Throne". NPR. Retrieved 2024-06-19.

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