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THE DIRECT ROYAL LINE This list shows the direct royal lineal descent of the United Kingdom to the current monarch from William the Conqueror. Each person on the list is the son or daughter of the person above him or her on the list. Note that large parts of entire royal houses (Lancaster, Tudor, Stuart) are bypassed because the royal descent later diverted upon a different line of the family. You can use the numbers to calculate the number of generations between two individuals on this list. # William I # Henry I # Empress Matilda (Maud) # Henry II # John # Henry III # Edward I # Edward II # Edward III # Lionel Of Antwerp, Duke Of Clarence # Philippa Of Ulster # Roger Mortimer, Earl Of March # Anne Mortimer # Richard Plantagenet, Duke Of York # Edward IV # Elizabeth Of York (wife of Henry VII ) # Margaret Tudor # James V Of Scotland # Mary, Queen Of Scots # James I # Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine # Sophia, Electress Of Hanover # George I # George II # Frederick, Prince Of Wales # George III # Prince Edward Augustus # Victoria # Edward VII # George V # George VI # Elizabeth II MONARCHS NOT IN THE DIRECT ROYAL LINE, AND WHY The number after each monarch is their generation number (it coincides to the number on the list above and the list below).
MONARCHS OF EACH GENERATION This table shows the generation of each monarch based on their descent from William I via the royal line. The generational jump between Henry VII and Henry VIII is an interesting case shown on this list. Henry VIII is the son of Henry VII (generation 14 through an illegitimate junior line of John Of Gaunt ) as well as the son of Elizabeth Of York (generation 16 through the senior Lionel, Duke Of Clarence line). Henry VIII is counted as generation 17 because the royal line passes through his mother, who is of the senior line. This process will continue in the future. Prince William Of Wales , if he becomes king, will add a line to Charles II , from whom he is descended through his mother Diana, Princess Of Wales . # William I # William II , Henry I # Stephen # Henry II # Richard I , John # Henry III # Edward I # Edward II # Edward III #none # Richard II , Henry IV # Henry V # Henry VI # Henry VII # Edward IV , Richard III # Edward V # Henry VIII # Edward VI , Mary I , Elizabeth I #none # James I # Charles I # Charles II , James II # Mary II , William III , Anne , George I # George II #none # George III # George IV , William IV # Victoria # Edward VII # George V # Edward VIII , George VI # Elizabeth II THE CONSEQUENCES OF A RELUCTANCE TO BE RULED BY A QUEEN Many of the internal conflicts in English history are a direct result of a widespread preference to having a king instead of a queen rule over the nation, even though the female heir has the better claim to the throne. The first instance is the civil war commonly referred to as The Anarchy between Matilda , daughter of the late king and Stephen , a son of the late king's sister. The second instance was among the descendants of Edward III leading to the Wars Of The Roses in later years. After Richard II was deposed, the descendants of the granddaughter of Edward III through an elder son were passed over for Henry IV , the son of a younger son of Edward III. At the conclusion of the Wars of the Roses, Henry VII 's wife Elizabeth Of York had the superior claim to the throne to that of her husband. As the daughter of Edward IV , she also had been previously passed over in favor of her uncle, Richard III . It wasn't until 1553 and the ascension of Henry VIII 's daughter Mary I , that England was ruled by a Queen Regnant . |
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