The Royal Ascendancy to the Throne of England from 802 until the present

The
Saxons

Egbert
802 - 839

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Ethelwulf
839 - 856

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Four sons
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Ethelbald
856 - 860

Ethelbert
860 - 866

Ethelred
866 - 871

Alfred
871 - 901

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Edward the Elder
901 - 925

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Three sons
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Athelstan
925 - 940

Edmund I
940 - 946

Edred
946 - 955

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Two sons
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Edwy
955 - 959

Edgar
959 - 975

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Two sons
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Canute
1017 - 1035

Edward
975 - 979

Ethelred II
979 - 1016

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Two sons
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Two sons
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Harald
1035 - 1040

Hardicanute
1040 - 1042

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Edmund II
1016 - 1017

Edward the Confessor
1042 - 1066

The
Normans

William
the Conqueror
1066 - 1087

The Norman
Invasion by
<< William

Harold
Elected by
Witan 1066

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Four sons
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Robert

William II
1087 - 1100

Henry I
1100 - 1135

Adela

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Three children
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Matilda

William
died 1120

Henry
died 1120

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Married
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Henry’s nephew
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Geoffrey
of Anjou

Stephen
1135 - 1154

The
Plantagenets

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One son
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Henry II
1154 - 1189

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Four sons
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Henry

Richard I
1189 - 1199

Geoffrey

John
1199 - 1216

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Henry III
1216 - 1272

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Edward I
1272 - 1307

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Edward II
1307 - 1327

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Edward III
1327 - 1377

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Six sons
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Edward the
Black Prince

William
died infant

Lionel, Duke
of Clarence

John
of Gaunt

Edmund
Duke of York

Thomas, Duke
of Gloucester

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Richard II
1377 - 139

Great granddaughter Anne
married John of Gaunt

Richard
Executed 1415

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Katherine of France
married Henry IV  >>

Henry IV
1399 - 1413

Richard, killed
at Wakefield

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Two | sons

She then married
Owen Tudor

Henry V
1413 - 1422

Edward IV
1471 - 1483

Richard III
1483 - 1485

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They then gave
birth to

Henry VI
1422 - 1471

Four children
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Edward, killed
at Tewkbury

Elizabeth
of York

Edward V and Richard, Duke of York both murdered in 1483

Henry VII
1485 - 1509

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Married
Elizabeth of York

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Married
Henry VII
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Four children
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The
Tudors

Arthur
died 1502

Henry VIII
1509 - 1547

Margaret

Mary

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Three children
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Married James IV
of Scotland

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Mother of
Lady Jane Grey

Edward VI
1547 - 1553

Mary I
1553 - 1558

Elizabeth I
1558 - 1602

Margaret Tudor
was married to
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The
Stuarts

James IV
of Scotland

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James V
of Scotland

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Mary, Queen
of Scots
executed 1587

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James VI
of Scotland
became
James I
of England
1603 - 1625

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Three children
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Henry

Charles I
1625 -1649

Elizabeth

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Charles’
execution led
to 11 year gap in
monarchy until
restoration after
Oliver Cromwell
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Daughter Sophia
carries the line
onto the house
of Hanover with
George I

Charles II
1660 - 1685

James II
1685 - 1688

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Three children
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Mary
1689 - 1694

Anne
1702 - 1714

James - The Old
Pretender

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Married to
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One son
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William of Orange
1689 - 1702

Charles - The Young Pretender

Great grandson
of James I
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The House of
Hanover

George I
1714 - 1727

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George II
1727 - 1760

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Frederick
Prince of Wales

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George III
1760 - 1820

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George IV
1820 - 1830

William IV
1830 - 1837

Duke of Kent

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Victoria
1837 - 1901

Saxe - Coburg - Gotha >>

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Edward VII
1901 - 1910

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House
of Windsor

George V
1910 - 1936

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George VI
1936 - 1952

Edward VIII
1936 abdicated

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Elizabeth II
1952 - present