Genealogy of the Royal Family of Great Britain1, 2
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)
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
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
HRH Prince Alfred Ernest Albert of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, Duke of Saxony ("Affie")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
HRH Princess Mary Alexandra Victoria
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
("Missy") (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") Married:
Chapel
of Graf Adlerberg's House, Tegernsee, Bavaria, October
8th, 1905:
HRH
Princess Alexandra
Louise Olga Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess
of Saxony(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
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")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 Louise Caroline Alberta
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
("Louischen") 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
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
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
HRH
Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
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")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)
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
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
Married:
(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
HRH Prince John Charles Francis
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
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
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")
(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
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
Guildhall,
Windsor, Berkshire, April 9th, 2005:
Children from the first marriage:
HRH Prince Henry Charles Albert
David of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland ("Harry")
HRH Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern IrelandMarried:
Children
from the first marriage:
Zara
Anne Elizabeth
Phillips
HRH Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern IrelandWestminster 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)
HRH Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
HRH Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern IrelandMarried:5
St. George's Chapel, Windsor
Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, June 19th, 1999:
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones
* Oxford, January 20th, 1965
Children from this marriage:
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Last updated: November 17th, 2007.