Kings and Queens: A Family tree
Follow the family tree of the Kings and Queens of England, from 871 to the present day
The origins of kingship in England can be traced to the second century BC when Celtic and Belgic tribesmen, emigrated from continental Europe and settled in Britain displacing or absorbing the aboriginal inhabitants. The settlers established a number of tribal kingdoms, stretching as far north as Yorkshire, where the powerful Brigantes (from the area of modern Burgundy) and Parisii (whose name survives in the city of Paris, their original homeland) held sway.
The tree below displays linage from Celtic Britain before the Roman invasion to the Norman Conquest of 1066: the establishment of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, the coming of Christianity and the unification of England. The subsequent dynastic struggles of the Angevins and Plantagenets heralded the great age of English kingship under the Tudors and Stuarts, who united the crowns of Scotland and England, before the Hanoverians combined personal rule with parliamentary government, ushering in the modern age and the royalty of today.
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House of
WessexAlfred
the Great
King of Wessex
871-899Edward
the Elder
King of the Anglo-Saxons
899–925Athelstan
King of the
Anglo-Saxons
925–939Edmund I
The Magnificent
King of England
939-46Edred
King of England
946-955House of
KnýtlingaEadwig (Edwy)
The Fair
King of England
955-959Edgar I
The Peaceful
King of England
959-975Sweyn
Forkbeard
King of Denmark,
Norway and England
1013–1014Edward
the Martyr
King of England
975-978Ethelred II
The Unready
King of England
979–1013
-1014–1016Canute
the Great
King of England
1016–1035Harold II
Harold Godwineson
King of England
1022– 1066Edmund II
Ironside
King of England
April - Nov 1016Edward
The Confessor
King of England
1042–1066Harold I
Harefoot
King of England
1035-1040Harthacnut
(Canute the Hardy)
King of Denmark
King of England
1040-1042Edward
The Exile
1016–1057 -
Edward
The Exile
1016–1057House of
NormandyMargaret
Queen consort
of King Malcolm II
c.1045–1093William I
The Conqueror
King of England
1066–1087Matilda
Queen of England
first consort of King Henry I
1066–1087Henry I
King of England
1100-1135Adela
c. 1067–1137William II
Rufus
1087–1100Matilda
c. 1102–1167Stephen
1135–1154 -
Matilda
c. 1102–1167Stephen
1135–1154House of
PlantagenetHenry II
1154–1189Richard I
The Lionheart
1189–1199John
'Lackland' or
'Softsword'
1199–1216Henry III
1216–1272 -
Henry III
1216–1272Edward I
Longshanks
1272–1307Edward II
1307–1327Edward III
1327–1377House of
LancasterHouse of
YorkEdward
of Wales
The Black Prince
1330–1376John
of Gaunt
Duke of Lancaster and Aquitaine
1340–1399Edmund
of Langley
1st Duke
1341–1402 -
House of
LancasterHouse of
YorkEdward of Wales
The Black Prince
1330–1376John of Gaunt
Duke of Lancaster and Aquitainee
1340–1399Edmund of Langley
1st Duke of York
1341–1402Richard II
1377–139Henry IV
1399–1413John Beaufort
Earl of Somerset
1373–1410Richard of Conisburgh
Earl of Cambridge
c. 1375–1415Henry V
1413–1422John Beaufort
Duke of Somerset
1413–1422Richard of York
3rd Duke of York
1411–1460Henry VI
1422–1461
1470–1471Lady Margaret Beaufort
1443-1509Richard III
1483–1485Edward IV
1461–1470
1471–1483House of
TudorEdward V
1483 -
Lady Margaret Beaufort
1443-1509Edward IV
1461–1470
1471–1483House of
TudorHenry VII
1485–1509Elizabeth of York
1466–1503Edward V
1483Margaret Tudor
the Great
1489–1541Henry VIII
1509–1547Mary Tudor
1496-1533James V
of Scotland
1512–1542Edward VI
1547–1553Mary I
1553–1558Philip II
of Spain
1527–1598Elizabeth I
1558–1603Frances Grey
1517–1559Mary Queen
of Scots
1542–1587Lady Jane Grey
Proclaimed Queen 1553
(9 days)House of
Stuart -
Mary
Queen of Scots
1542–1587House of
StuartJames I
1603-1625Elizabeth
Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine
1596–1662Charles I
1625-1649Sophia
Electress of Hanover
1630–1714Charles II
1660-1685Mary
Princess of Orange
1631–1660James II
1685-88House of
HanoverWilliam III
1688–1702Mary II
1688–1694Anne
1702–1714 -
House of
HanoverGeorge I
1714-1727William III
1688–1702Mary II
1688–1694Anne
1702–1714George II
1727–1760Frederick
Prince of Wales
1707–1751George III
1760–1820George IV
(Prince Regent 1811-1819)
1820–1830William IV
1830–1837Prince Edward
Duke of Kent and Strathearn
1767–1820Victoria
1837–1901 -
Victoria
1837–190House of Saxe
Coburg-GothaEdward VII
1901–1910George V
1910–1936 -
George V
1910–1936House of
WindsorDuke of Windsor
1936George VI
1936–1952Elizabeth II
1952-2022Charles III
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