Genealogy of the Royal Family of Great Britain1, 2
House Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Since 1917: House Windsor
HM Queen Alexandrina Victoria
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Defender of Faith, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
(Since May 1st, 1876:) HM Queen Alexandrina Victoria of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of
India, Defender of Faith, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of
Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Born as: HRH Princess Alexandrina Victoria of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover,
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg)
* Kensington Palace, London, May 24th, 1819
Osborne House, Isle of Wight, January 22nd, 1901
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, June 26th, 1830
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, June
20th, 1837 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London, June 28th, 1838);
Empress of India (declared: London, May 1st, 1876; proclaimed:
Delhi, January 1st, 1877)
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
February 10th, 1840:
HSH Prince Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel of
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony
(Since December 16th, 1826:) HSH Prince Franz August Karl Albert
Emanuel of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
(Since February 6th, 1840:) HRH Prince Franz August Karl Albert
Emanuel of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
(Since June 26th, 1857:) HRH Prince Franz August Karl Albert
Emanuel of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince
Consort
* Marmor Saal, Schloß Rosenau near Coburg, August 26th, 1819
(typhoid fever) Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire,
December 14th, 1861
Granted the style Royal Highness by Letters Patent of February
6th, 1840; created Prince Consort, June 26th, 1857
Knight of the Garter, December 16th, 1839
Children from this marriage:
- HRH Princess Victoria
Adelaide Mary Louisa of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
("Vicky"/"Pussy")
(Since January 19th, 1841:) HRH Princess Victoria Adelaide
Mary Louisa of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duchess of Saxony, Princess Royal
* Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, November
21st, 1840
(cancer) Schloß Friedrichshof, Kronberg im
Taunus, August 5th, 1901
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, November 21st, 1840 -
November 9th, 1841; created Princess Royal, January 19th,
1841
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace,
London, January 25th, 1858:
HIM German Emperor Friedrich III Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl and King of Prussia
("Fritz")
(Born as: HRH Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl
of Prussia)
(Since January 2nd, 1861:) HRH Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Nikolaus Karl of Prussia
(Since January 8th, 1871:) HI & RH Crown Prince Friedrich
Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl of the German Empire and of Prussia
* Neues Palais, Potsdam, October 18th, 1831
(cancer of the throat) Neues Palais, Potsdam, June
15th, 1888
Crown Prince of Prussia, January 2nd, 1861; Crown Prince
of the German Empire, January 8th, 1871
German Emperor and King of Prussia, March 9th, 1888
- HM King Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Emperor of India, Defender of Faith, Prince
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
("Bertie")
- HRH Princess Alice
Maud Mary of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
- HRH Prince Alfred Ernest Albert of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, Duke of Saxony ("Affie")
(Since May 24th, 1866:) HRH Prince Alfred Ernest Albert of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Edinburgh
(Since August 22nd, 1893:) HRH Duke Alfred Ernst Albert of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh
* Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, August 6th, 1844
(cancer of the throat) Schloß Rosenau near Coburg, July
30th, 1900
Created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Ulster, May 24th,
1866
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, August 22nd, 1893
Admiral of the Fleet of Great Britain, June 1893
Knight of the Garter, May 24th, 1863
Married:
Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, January 23rd
n.s., 1874:
HIH Grand Duchess Marija Aleksandrovna of Russia
* Tsarskoe Selo, October 17th n.s., 1853
Zurich, October 24th, 1920
Children from this marriage:
- HRH Prince Alfred Alexander William
Ernest Albert of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony
(Since August 22nd, 1893:) HRH Hereditary Prince Alfred Alexander
Wilhelm Ernst Albert of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland
* Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, October
15th, 1874
(shot himself) Meran, Italy, February 6th, 1899
Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, August 22nd,
1893
- HRH Princess Mary Alexandra Victoria
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
("Missy")
* Eastwell Park, Kent, October 29th, 1875
The Pelisor, Sinaia, July 18th, 1938
Married:
(civil, Roman Catholic and
Anglican) Schloß Sigmaringen, Sigmaringen, January 10th,
1893:
HM King Ferdinand I Viktor Albert Meinrad of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern
("Nando")
(Born as: HSH Prince Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad
of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)
(Since September 3rd, 1869:) HSH Prince Ferdinand Viktor
Albert Meinrad of Hohenzollern
(Since 1889:) HRH Crown Prince Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad
of Romania, Prince of Hohenzollern
* Sigmaringen, August 24th, 1865
Sinaia, July 20th, 1927
Crown Prince of Romania, 1889
King of Romania, October 10th, 1914
- HRH Princess Victoria Melita of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
("Ducky")
(Took the name Viktoria Feodorovna following her conversion to the Orthodox faith)
* Palace of San Antonio, La Valetta, Malta, November
25th, 1876
Schloß Amorbach, Odenwald, March 2nd, 1936 Married:
- (civil and religious) Schloß
Ehrenburg, Coburg, April 19th, 1894:
HRH Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig Karl Albert
Wilhelm
of Hesse and by Rhine ("Ernie")
(Born as: HGDH Prince Ernst Ludwig Karl Albert
Wilhelm of Hesse and by Rhine)
(Since June 13th, 1877:) HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig
Karl Albert Wilhelm of Hesse and by Rhine
* Neues Palais, Darmstadt, November 25th, 1868
Schloß Wolfsgarten, Langen, Kreis
Offenbach, October 9th, 1937
Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, June
13th, 1877
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, March 13th,
1892 (abdicated: November 9th, 1918)
(Divorced: Darmstadt, December 21st, 1901)
- Chapel
of Graf Adlerberg's House, Tegernsee, Bavaria, October
8th, 1905:
HIH Grand Duke Kyrill Vladimirovitch of Russia
* Tsarskoe Selo, October 12th n.s., 1876
American Hospital, Neuilly-sur-Seine,
Hauts-de-Seine, October 12th, 1938
Head of the Imperial Family of Russia, July 17th,
1918 (proclaimed himself as such with the title Emperor
and Autocrat of all the Russias: September 13th,
1924)
- HRH
Princess Alexandra
Louise Olga Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess
of Saxony
* Edinburgh Palace, Coburg, September 1st, 1878
Schwäbisch Hall, Württemberg, April 16th, 1942
Married:
(civil and religious) Schloß Ehrenburg,
Coburg, April 20th, 1896:
HSH Fürst Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Maximilian zu
Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Born as: HSH Hereditary Prince Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Maximilian
zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg)
* Schloß Langenburg near Crailsheim, September 13th, 1863
Schloß Langenburg near Crailsheim, December 11th, 1950
Hereditary Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, September 13th, 1863;
Prince-Regent of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, July 30th, 1900 - July
19th, 1902 (for Duke Carl
Eduard)
7th Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, March 9th, 1913
- Stillborn son
* Eastwell Park, Kent, October 13th, 1879
- HRH Princess Beatrice
Leopoldine Victoria of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, Duchess of Saxony ("Baby Bee")
* Eastwell Park, Kent, April 20th, 1884
El Botanico, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, July 13th,
1966 Married:
(civil) Schloß Rosenau near
Coburg, (Roman Catholic) Sankt Augustins Kirche and
(Lutheran) Palace Chapel, Edinburgh Palace, Coburg, July
15th, 1909:
HRH Prince Don Alfonso Maria Francisco Antonio Diego of Orléans, Infante of Spain, 5th
Duke of Galliera
* Madrid, November 12th, 1886
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, August 10th, 1975
5th Duke of Galliera, December 24th, 1930 (resignated:
July 14th, 1937)
General of the Spanish Air Force
- HRH Princess Helena
Augusta Victoria
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
("Lenschen")
- HRH Princess Louise Caroline Alberta
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
("Louischen")
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Princess Louise Caroline
Alberta of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland
* Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, March 18th,
1848
Kensington Palace, London, December 3rd, 1939
Colonel-in-Chief of the Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, 1919
Married:
St. George's Chapel, Windsor
Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, March 21st, 1871:
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland
Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll
* Stafford House, London, August 6th, 1845
Kent House, Cowes, Isle of Wight, May 2nd, 1914
9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne, Earl of Campbell,
Viscount Lochow, April 24th, 1900
Governor-General of Canada, 1878-1883
- HRH Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony
- HRH Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony
- HRH Princess Beatrice
Mary Victoria Feodora
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of
Saxony ("Baby")
HM King Edward VII
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor
of India, Defender of Faith, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony ("Bertie")
(Born as: HRH Prince Albert Edward of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall)
(Since December 8th, 1841:) HRH Prince Albert Edward of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Wales
* Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, November 9th, 1841
Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, May 6th, 1910
Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron
Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland, November
9th, 1841; created Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, December
8th, 1841; created Earl of Dublin, January 17th, 1850
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor
of India, January 22nd, 1901 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London,
August 9th, 1902)
Knight of the Garter, November 9th, 1858; Knight of the Thistle,
May 24th, 1867
Married:
St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle,
Windsor, Berkshire, March 10th, 1863:
HRH Princess Alexandra
Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark ("Alix")
(Born as: HSH Princess Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise
Julia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
(Since July 31st, 1853:) HH Princess Alexandra Carolina Marie
Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark
* Yellow Palace, Amaliegade, Copenhagen, December 1st, 1844
Sandringham House near King's Lynn, Norfolk, November
20th, 1925
Children from this marriage:
- HRH Prince Albert Victor Christian
Edward of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
("Eddy")
(Since May 24th, 1890:) HRH Prince Albert Victor
Christian Edward of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony, Duke of Clarence
* Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, January 8th, 1864
(pneumonia) Sandringham House near King's Lynn,
Norfolk, January 14th, 1892
Created Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Earl of Athlone, May 24th, 1890
Knight of the Garter, September 3rd, 1883
- HM King George V Frederick Ernest Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Emperor of India, Defender of Faith, Prince
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
("Georgie")
- HRH Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duchess of Saxony ("Lulu")
- HRH
Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Princess Victoria Alexandra
Olga Mary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland
* Marlborough House, London, July 6th, 1868
Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire, December 3rd, 1935
- HRH Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of
Saxony ("Harry")
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Princess Maud Charlotte Mary
Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland
* Marlborough House, London, November 26th, 1869
Clinic, London, November 20th, 1938
Married:
Privat Chapel, Buckingham Palace,
St. James Park, London, July 22nd, 1896:
HM King Haakon VII of Norway
(Born as: HRH Prince Christian Frederik Carl Georg
Valdemar Axel of Denmark)
* Charlottenlund Castle near Copenhagen, August 3rd, 1872
Oslo, September 21st, 1957
King of Norway, November 18th, 1905 (formally accepted the
throne: Throne Room, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, November 20th,
1905; arrived in Christiania (today: Oslo): November 24th, 1905;
crowned: Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, June 22nd, 1906)
(Renounced his right of succession to the Danish Throne: November
27th, 1905)
- HRH Prince Alexander John Charles
Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
* Sandringham House near King's Lynn, Norfolk, April 6th,
1871
Sandringham House near King's Lynn, Norfolk, April
7th, 1871
HM King George V
Frederick Ernest Albert of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, Defender of Faith, Prince
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony ("Georgie")
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HM King George V Frederick Ernest
Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Emperor of India, Defender of Faith
(Born as: HRH Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony)
(Since May 24th, 1892:) HRH Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of York
(Since January 22nd, 1901:) HRH Prince George Frederick Ernest
Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall
(Since November 9th, 1901:) HRH Prince George Frederick Ernest
Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Wales
* Marlborough House, London, June 3rd, 1865
Sandringham House near King's Lynn, Norfolk, January 20th,
1936
Created Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killarney, May 24th, 1892;
Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew,
Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland, January 22nd, 1901; created
Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, November 9th, 1901
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor
of India, May 6th, 1910 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London, June
22nd, 1911; Imperial Durbar: New Delhi, December 11th, 1911)
Knight of the Garter, April 4th, 1884
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
July 6th, 1893:
HSH Princess Victoria
Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes von Teck ("May")
* Kensington Palace, London, May 26th, 1867
Marlborough House, London, March 24th, 1953
Children from this marriage:3
- HM King Edward VIII Albert Christian
George Andrew Patrick David of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, Defender of Faith
("David")
(Since December 10th, 1936:) HRH Prince Edward Albert
Christian George Andrew Patrick David of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of
Windsor
(Since 1949:) HRH Prince Edward Albert Christian George
Andrew Patrick David of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Windsor
(Born as: HH Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew
Patrick David of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony)
(Since May 27th, 1898:) HRH Prince Edward Albert
Christian George Andrew Patrick David of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
(Since May 6th, 1910:) HRH Prince Edward Albert Christian
George Andrew Patrick David of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall
(Since June 2nd, 1910:) HRH Prince Edward Albert
Christian George Andrew Patrick David of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Wales
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Prince Edward Albert
Christian George Andrew Patrick David of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Wales
* White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, June 23rd, 1894
(cancer of the throat) Bois de Boulogne, Paris,
May 28th, 1972
Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick,
Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of
Scotland, May 6th, 1910; created Prince of Wales, Earl of
Chester, June 2nd, 1910 (installation ceremony:
Caernarvon Castle, July 13th, 1911)
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Emperor of India, January 20th, 1936 (abdicated: Fort
Belvedere, Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire,
December 10th, 1936)
Created Duke of Windsor, March 8th, 1937 (the Letters
Patent dated May 27th, 1937 which reconferred on him
the "title, style or attribute of Royal Highness"
stated that "his wife or descendants, if any,
shall not hold said title or attribute")
Governor of the Bahamas, 1940-1945
Knight of the Garter, June 23rd, 1910; Knight of the
Order of the Bath, January 1936Married:
(civil and religious) Château Candé,
Monts, Marine-et-Loire, June 3rd, 1937:
Bessie Wallis Warfield
* Square Cottage, Monterey Inn, Blue Ridge Summit,
Pennsylvania, June 19th, 1896
Bois de Boulogne, Paris, April 24th, 1986
- HM King
George
VI of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India,
Defender of Faith ("Bertie")
- HRH Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duchess of Saxony
- HRH Prince Henry William Frederick Albert of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony ("Harry")
- HRH Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony
- HRH Prince John Charles Francis
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Prince John Charles Francis
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
* York Cottage, Sandringham near King's Lynn, Norfolk,
July 12th, 1905
Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, January 18th, 1919
HM King
George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Emperor of India, Defender of Faith ("Bertie")
(Since June 22nd, 1947:) HM King George VI of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of Faith
(Since 1949:) HM King George VI of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Defender of Faith
(Born as: HH Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony)
(Since May 27th, 1898:) HRH Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Prince Albert Frederick Arthur
George of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
(Since June 3rd, 1920:) HRH Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke
of York
* York Cottage, Sandringham near King's Lynn, Norfolk, December
14th, 1895
Sandringham House near King's Lynn, Norfolk, February 6th,
1952
Created Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killarney, June 3rd, 1920
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India,
December 10th, 1936 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London, May 12th, 1937;
India became a republic on June 22nd, 1947; Ireland became a republic in
1949)
Knight of the Garter
Married:
Westminster Abbey, London, April 26th,
1923:
Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon
* Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, St. Paul's Waldenbury,
London, August 4th, 1900
Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire, March
30th, 2002
Children from this marriage:
- HM Queen Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, Defender of Faith
("Lilibet")
- HRH Princess Margaret Rose of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland ("Margot")
HM Queen Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, Defender of Faith ("Lilibet")
(Born as: HRH Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
(Since 1949:) HRH Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
* 17 Bruton Street, London, April 21st, 1926
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, December 10th, 1936
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, February 6th, 1952 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London,
June 2nd, 1953)
Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards, 1942; Colonel-in-Chief
of all the Guards Regiments and the Corps of Royal Engineers,
Captain-General of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the
Honourable Artillery Company, February 6th, 1952
Lady of the Garter, November 1947
Married:
Westminster Abbey, London, November 20th,
1947:
HRH Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark
(Since February 28th, 1947:) Philip Mountbatten
(Since November 19th, 1947:) Philip Mountbatten Duke of
Edinburgh
(Since November 20th, 1947:) HRH Philip Mountbatten
Duke of Edinburgh
(Since February 22nd, 1957:) HRH Prince Philip Mountbatten
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh
* Mon Repos, Corfu, June 10th, 1921
Relinquished his titles "HRH Prince of Greece and
Denmark" and assumed the name Philip Mountbatten, February
28th, 1947; created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron
Greenwich, November 19th, 1947; granted the style Royal Highness
by Letters Patent of November 20th, 1947; granted the style and
dignity of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland by Letters Patent of February 22nd, 1957
Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps, Colonel-in-Chief of the Army
Cadet Force and Air-Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Force,
1952; Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal and Marshal of the
Royal Air Force, 1953; Captain-General of the Royal Marines
Knight of the Garter, November 1947; Knight of the Thistle, 1952
Children from this marriage:4
- HRH Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland
(Since 1949:) HRH Prince Charles Philip Arthur George
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
(Since February 6th, 1952:) HRH Prince Charles Philip
Arthur George of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Cornwall
(Since July 26th, 1958:) HRH Prince Charles Philip Arthur
George of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Prince of Wales
* Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, November
14th, 1948
Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick,
Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of
Scotland, February 6th, 1952; created Prince of Wales,
Earl of Chester, July 26th, 1958 (invested: Caernarvon
Castle, July 1st, 1969)
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Wales, 1969;
Colonel-in-Chief of the Welsh Guards, 1975; Rear-Admiral
of the Royal Navy, Major-General of the Army and Air
Vice-Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Knight of the Garter, 1968; Knight of the Order of the
Bath, 1976; Knight of the Thistle, 1977Married:
- St. Paul's Cathedral, London, July
29th, 1981:
Lady Diana Frances Spencer
* Park House, Sandringham near King's Lynn, Norfolk, July
1st, 1961
(car crash) Pitié Saltpetrière Hospital, Paris,
August 31st, 1997
(Separated: December 9th, 1992; divorced: London, August
28th, 1996)
(Since the divorce styled as: Diana Princess of Wales)
- Guildhall,
Windsor, Berkshire, April 9th, 2005:
Camilla Shand
* London, July 17th, 1947
(Since her marriage styled as HRH The Duchess of Cornwall)
Children from the first marriage:
- HRH Prince William Arthur
Philip Louis of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
("Wills")
* St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, June
21st, 1982
Second Lieutenant in the Household Cavalry Blues and Royals, December 2006
- HRH Prince Henry Charles Albert
David of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland ("Harry")
* St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, September
15th, 1984
Second Lieutenant in the Household cavalry Blues and Royals
- HRH Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
(Since June 12th, 1987:) HRH Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice
Louise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, Princess Royal
* Clarence House, St. James, London, August 15th, 1950
Created Princess Royal, June 12th, 1987
Commandant-in-Chief of the St. John Ambulance Brigade,
Colonel-in-Chief of The King's Royal Hussars,
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Corps of Signals,
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots, Colonel-in-Chief of
the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment,
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Logistic Corps,
Colonel-in-Chief of the 8th Canadian Hussars, Chief
Commandant for women in the Royal Navy and
Commandant-in-Chief of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
(Princess Royal's Volunteers Corps)
Lady of the Garter, 1994; Lady of the Thistle, July 4th,
2001Married:
- Westminster Abbey, London,
November 14th, 1973:
Mark Anthony Peter Phillips
* Tetbury, Gloucestershire, September 22nd, 1948
Captain of the Army
(Divorced: June 5th, 1992)
- Crathie Church, Crathie near
Ballater, Aberdeenshire, December 12th, 1992:
Timothy James Hamilton Laurence
* Camberwell, London, March 1st, 1955
Captain of the Royal Navy
Children
from the first marriage:
- Peter Mark Andrew
Phillips
* St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London,
November 15th, 1977
- Zara
Anne Elizabeth
Phillips
* St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, May
15th, 1981
- HRH Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
(Since July 23rd, 1986:) HRH Prince Andrew Albert
Christian Edward of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of York
* Belgian Suite, Buckingham Palace, St. James Park,
London, February 19th, 1960
Created Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh,
July 23rd, 1986
Colonel-in-Chief of the Staffordshire Regiment, 1989;
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Irish Regiment, 1992;
Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps, 1992; Colonel-in-Chief of
the Royal New Zealand Logistic Regiment; Air Commodore of
the Royal Air Force
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, December 1979
Married:
Westminster Abbey, London, July
23rd, 1986:
Sarah Margaret Ferguson
* Welbeck Street Nursing Home, 27 Welbeck Street,
Mary-le-Bone, London, October 15th, 1959
(Separated: June 28th, 1993; divorced: London, May 30th,
1996)
(Since the divorce styled as: Sarah Duchess of York)
Children from this marriage:
- HRH Princess Beatrice Elizabeth
Mary of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
* Portland Hospital, Great Portland Street,
London, August 8th, 1988
- HRH Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
* Portland Hospital, Great Portland Street,
London, March 23rd, 1990
- HRH Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
(Since June 19th, 1999:) HRH Prince Edward Antony Richard
Louis of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Earl of Wessex
* Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, March 10th,
1964
Created Earl of Wessex, Viscount Severn, June 19th, 1999
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, March 1989Married:5
St. George's Chapel, Windsor
Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, June 19th, 1999:
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones
* Oxford, January 20th, 1965
Children from this marriage:
- Miscarriage
King Edward VII Hospital for Officers,
Mary-le-Bone, London, December 6th, 2001
- HRH Princess Louise Alice
Elizabeth Mary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
* Firmley Park Hospital, Surrey, November 8th, 2003
Footnotes:
- Sources: Queen Victoria's
Descendants by Marlene A. Eilers and Britain's
Royal Families by Alison Weir. With special thanks
to Jérôme Baudesson, Hein Bruins, Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Netty Leistra, Claes Mattsson and Paul Theroff.
- The official titles of the sovereigns
of Great Britain were: King/Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of Faith with the
style Majesty.
Between May 1st, 1876 and June 22nd, 1947 the official
titles of the sovereigns were: King/Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor/Empress
of India, Defender of Faith.
Since 1949 the official titles of the sovereigns are:
King/Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Defender of Faith.
The official titles of the eldest son of the sovereign
of Great Britain are: Duke of Cornwall (in England) and
Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord
of the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland (in Scotland).
In England the sovereign can grant the eldest son the
official titles Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester.
The sovereign can grant his eldest daughter the official
title Princess Royal. There can only be one Princess
Royal at the same time.
The official titles of the descendants in male lineage
of HM Queen Victoria were: Prince/Princess of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince/Princess
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke/Duchess of Saxony. The
children of the sovereign and the grandchildren of the
sovereign in male lineage enjoyed the style Royal
Highness, the other descendants in male lineage enjoyed
the style Highness.
By Royal Proclamation of July 17th, 1917 the titles
Prince/Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke/Duchess
of Saxony were renounced and replaced by the surname
Windsor. Since the the Letters Patent of November 30th,
1917 the official titles of the children of the sovereign
and the grandchildren of the sovereign in male lineage
were: Prince/Princess of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland with the style Royal Highness.
The other descendants in male lineage bear only the
surname Windsor.
Since 1949 the official titles of the children of the
sovereign and the grandchildren of the sovereign in male
lineage are: Prince/Princess of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the style Royal
Highness.
The descendants in male lineage of HM Queen Elizabeth II
who are not entitled to a royal title will bear the
surname Mountbatten-Windsor.
- The children from this marriage were
granted the style Royal Highness by Letters Patent of
May 27th, 1898. By the accession of HM King Edward VII
this Letters Patent lost its relevance.
- The children from this marriage were
granted the style and title HRH Prince(ss) of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by Letters Patent
of October 22nd, 1948. By the accession of HM Queen
Elizabeth II this Letters Patent lost its relevance.
- On the day of the wedding it was
announced that the children from this marriage will not
be styled as Royal Highness. The necessary Letters
Patent, however, have not been issued yet.
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