Family tree of British monarchs

The following is a simplified family tree of the English and British monarchs. For a more detailed chart see: Family tree of English monarchs (from Alfred the Great through Queen Elizabeth I); Family tree of Scottish monarchs (from Kenneth MacAlpin through James VI and I); Family tree of Welsh monarchs; and the Family tree of the British royal family for the period from Elizabeth I's successor, James VI and I, until the present day. For kings before Alfred, see House of Wessex family tree.

House of Wessex
Alfred
the Great
King of Wessex
(849–899)
r. 871–899
Edward
the Elder
(c. 874/877–924)
r. 899–924
Æthelstan
King of the English
(c. 894–939)
r. 924–939		Edmund I
King of the English
(921–946)
r. 939–946		Eadred
King of the English
(923–955)
r. 946–955
House of Knýtlinga
Eadwig
All-Fair
King of England
(?–959)
r. 955–959		Edgar I
the Peaceful
King of England
(c. 943–975)
r. 959–975		Sweyn
Forkbeard
King of the English
(960–1014)
r. 1013–1014		Richard I
Duke of Normandy
(933–996)
r. 942–996
Godwin
Earl of Wessex
(1001–1053)		Edward
the Martyr
King of England
(c. 962–978)
r. 975–978		Æthelred
the Unready
King of the English
(c. 968–1016)
r. 978–1013
/1014–1016		Emma
of Normandy
(c. 985–1052)		Cnut
the Great
King of England
(c. 985/995–1035)
r. 1016–1035		Richard II
Duke of Normandy
(963–1026)
r. 996–1026
Harold
Godwinson
King of the English
(c. 1022–1066)
r. 1066		Edmund II
Ironside
King of the English
(?–1016)
r. 1016		Edith
of Wessex
(c. 1025–1075)		Edward
the Confessor
King of the English
(1003/1005–1066)
r. 1042–1066		Harthacnut
Canute III
King of England
(c. 1018–1042)
r. 1040–1042		Harold I
Harefoot
King of England
(c. 1015–1040)
r. 1035–1040
Edward
the Exile
(1016–1057)		Robert I
Duke of Normandy
(1000–1035)
r. 1027–1035
House of Normandy
Margaret
of Scotland
(c. 1045–1093)		William I
the Conqueror
King of England
(c. 1028–1087)
r. 1066–1087
Matilda
of Scotland
(c. 1080–1118)		Henry I
King of England
(c. 1068–1135)
r. 1100–1135		Adela
of Normandy
(c. 1067–1137)		William II
Rufus
(c. 1056–1100)
r. 1087–1100
House of PlantagenetHouse of Blois
Matilda
(c. 1102–1167)
r. 1141
208 Days
Disputed		Stephen
(c. 1092–1154)
r. 1135–1141
/1141–1154
Henry II
(1133–1189)
r. 1154–1189
Richard I
Lionheart
(1157–1199)
r. 1189–1199		John
Lackland
(1166–1216)
r. 1199–1216
Henry III
(1207–1272)
r. 1216–1272
Edward I
Longshanks
(1239–1307)
r. 1272–1307
Edward II
(1284–1327)
r. 1307–1327
Edward III
(1312–1377)
r. 1327–1377
House of Lancaster
Edward
of Wales
The Black Prince
(1330–1376)		John
of Gaunt
1st Duke of Lancaster
(1340–1399)		Lionel
of Antwerp
1st Duke of Clarence
(1338–1368)
House of York
Richard II
(1367–1400)
r. 1377–1399		Henry IV
(1367–1413)
r. 1399–1413		John Beaufort
1st Earl of Somerset
(1373–1410)		Philippa
of Clarence
5th Countess of Ulster
(1355–1382)		Edmund
of Langley
1st Duke of York
(1341–1402)
Roger Mortimer
4th Earl of March
(1374–1398)
Henry V
(1386–1422)
r. 1413–1422		John Beaufort
1st Duke of Somerset
(1403–1444)		Anne Mortimer
(1390–1411)		Richard
of Conisburgh
3rd Earl of Cambridge
(c. 1375–1415)
Richard
of York
3rd Duke of York
(1411–1460)
Henry VI
(1421–1471)
r. 1422–1461
/1470–1471		Margaret Beaufort
Countess of Richmond and Derby
(1441/1443–1509)
Edward IV
(1442–1483)
r. 1461–1470
1471–1483		Richard III
(1452–1485)
r. 1483–1485
House of Tudor
Henry VII
(1457–1509)
r. 1485–1509		m. 1486
Elizabeth
of York
(1466–1503)		Edward V
(1470–1483)
r. 1483
Margaret Tudor
(1489–1541)		Henry VIII
(1491–1547)
r. 1509–1547		Mary Tudor
(1496–1533)
James V

of Scotland
(1512–1542)		Edward VI
(1537–1553)
r. 1547–1553		Mary I
(1516–1558)
r. 1553–1558		m. 1554
Philip II

of Spain
(1527–1598)
r. 1554–1558		Elizabeth I
1533–1603
r. 1558–1603		Frances Brandon
(1517–1559)
Mary

Queen of Scots
(1542–1587)		Jane
(1536/1537–1554)
r. 1553
(Nine Days)
Disputed
House of Stuart
James VI & I
(1566–1625)
r. 1567–1625 (Scotland)
r. 1603–1625 (England)
Elizabeth
Electress Palatine
(1596–1662)		Charles I
(1600–1649)
r. 1625–1649
Sophia
of Hanover
Electress of Brunswick
(1630–1714)		Charles II
(1630–1685)
r. 1649–1651
(Scotland)
r. 1660–1685
(England)		Mary
Princess Royal
(1631–1660)		James II
& VII
(1633–1701)
r. 1685–1688
House of Hanover
George I
(1660–1727)
r. 1714–1727		m. 1677
William III & II
(1650–1702)
r. 1688–1702		Mary II
(1662–1694)
r. 1688–1694		Anne
(1665–1714)
r. 1702–1714
George II
(1683–1760)
r. 1727–1760
Frederick
Prince of Wales
(1707–1751)
George III
(1738–1820)
r. 1760–1820
George IV
(1762–1830)
regent
1811–1820
r. 1820–1830		William IV
(1765–1837)
r. 1830–1837		Edward
Duke of Kent and Strathearn
(1767–1820)
Victoria
(1819–1901)
r. 1837–1901
House of Windsor
(Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Edward VII
(1841–1910)
r. 1901–1910
George V
(1865–1936)
r. 1910–1936
Edward VIII
Duke of Windsor
(1894–1972)
r. 1936		George VI
(1895–1952)
r. 1936–1952
Elizabeth II
(1926–present)
r. 1952–present

See also

References
  • "The Continental Dynasties (1066–1216)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-26.
  • "The Plantagenet Dynasties (1216–1485)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-26.
  • "The Tudors (1485–1603) and the Stuarts (1603–1714)" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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