The succession to the British Throne is regulated by the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement. The second of these extends the succession to Electress Sophia of Hanover and the heirs of Sophia's body. The following is a list of the descendants of Sophia, as of 1 January 1801, arranged in sequence by their eligibility to become the heir of her body. This type of list is often referred to as the "Order of Succession" to the British Throne.



William Addams Reitwiesner
 
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Succession to the British Throne in 1801

Descendants of Sophia Kfstin v Hannover
1. Descendants of George I K Gt Britain
1-1) Descendants of George II K Gt Britain
1-1-1] Children of Frederick P Wales 
SOV  George III K Gt Britain (*1738)
  1.    George P Wales (*1762) m. Caroline v Braunschweig [26, below]
  2.       Charlotte Pss Gt Britain (*1796)
  3.    Frederick D York (*1763) m. Frederika v Preussen [89, below]
  4.    William D Clarence (*1765)
  X.       [Illegitimate issue]
  5.    Edward D Kent (*1767)
  6.    Ernest D Cumberland (*1771)
  7.    Augustus P Gt Britain (*1773)
  8.    Adolphus P Gt Britain (*1774)
  9.    Charlotte Pss Royal Gt Britain (*1766) m. Friedrich Hz v Württemberg [112, below]
 10.    Augusta Pss Gt Britain (*1768)
 11.    Elizabeth Pss Gt Britain (*1770) m. Friedrich VI Ldgf v Hessen-Homburg
 12.    Mary Pss Gt Britain (*1776)
 13.    Sophia Pss Gt Britain (*1777)
 14.    Amelia Pss Gt Britain (*1783)
 15. William 1 D Gloucester (*1743)
 16.    William E Connaught (*1776)
 17.    Sophia Pss Gt Britain (*1773)
  X.    [Illegitimate issue]
  X. [Henry D Cumberland]
 18. Augusta Pss Gt Britain (*1737) m. Karl II Hz v Braunschweig [102, below]
 19.    Karl Georg KPz v Braunschweig (*1766) m. Friederike v Nassau [36, below]
 20.    Georg Pz v Braunschweig (*1769)
 21.    August Pz v Braunschweig (*1770)
 22.    Friedrich Wilhelm Pz v Braunschweig (*1771)
  X.    [Auguste v Braunschweig m. Friedrich Hz v Württemberg [112, below]]
 23.       Wilhelm KPz v Württemberg (*1781)
 24.       Paul Pz v Württemberg (*1785)
 25.       Catharina v Württemberg (*1783)
 26.    Caroline v Braunschweig (*1768) m. George P Wales [1, above]
  X.       [2, above]
  X. [Caroline Pss Gt Britain m. Christian VII K Danmark [75, below]]
 27.    Frederik KP Danmark (*1768) m. Marie v Hessen-Cassel [64, below]
 28.       Caroline af Danmark (*1793)
 29.    Luise af Danmark (*1771) m. Friedrich Christian II Hz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 30.       Christian Pz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (*1798)
 31.       Friedrich Pz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (*1800)
 32.       Caroline v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (*1796)
1-1-2] Children of Anne Pss Gt Britain
m. Willem IV P Orange 
 33. Willem V P Orange (*1748) m. Wilhelmine v Preussen [92, below]
 34.    Willem Pz v Nassau (*1772) m. Wilhelmine v Preussen [90, below]
 35.       Willem Pz v Nassau (*1792)
 36.       Frederik Pz v Nassau (*1797)
 37.       Charlotte v Nassau (*1800)
 38.    Frederika v Nassau (*1770) m. Karl Georg KPz v Braunschweig [19, above]
  X. [Caroline v Nassau m. Karl Fst v Nassau-Weilburg]
 39.    Friedrich Wilhelm Fst v Nassau-Weilburg (*1768)
 40.       Wilhelm Erbpz v Nassau-Weilburg (*1792)
 41.       Friedrich Pz v Nassau-Weilburg (*1799)
 42.       Henriette v Nassau-Weilburg (*1797)
 43.    Karl Pz v Nassau-Weilburg (*1775)
 44.    Luise v Nassau-Weilburg (*1765) m. Heinrich XIII Fst Reuss-Greiz
 45.       Heinrich XIX Pz Reuss-Greiz (*1790)
 46.       Heinrich XX Pz Reuss-Greiz (*1794)
 47.    Caroline v Nassau-Weilburg (*1770) m. Ludwig Fst Wied-Runkel
 48.    Amalie v Nassau-Weilburg (*1776) m. Viktor II Fst Anhalt-Bernburg
 49.       Hermine v Anhalt-Bernburg (*1797)
 50.       Adelheid v Anhalt-Bernburg (*1800)
 51.    Henriette v Nassau-Weilburg (*1780) m. Ludwig Hz v Württemberg [113, below]
 52.       Marie Dorothea v Württemberg (*1797)
 53.       Amalie v Württemberg (*1799)
 54.       Pauline v Württemberg (*1800)
1-1-3] Children of Mary Pss Gt Britain
m. Friedrich Ldgf v Hessen-Cassel 
 55. Wilhelm Ldgf v Hessen-Cassel (*1743) m. Caroline af Danmark [79, below]
 56.    Wilhelm Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1777) m. Auguste v Preussen [91, below]
 57.       Caroline v Hessen-Cassel (*1799)
 58.    Friederike v Hessen-Cassel (*1768) m. Alexis Hz v Anhalt-Bernburg
 59.       Luise v Anhalt-Bernburg (*1799)
 60.    Caroline v Hessen-Cassel (*1771)
  X.    [Illegitimate issue]
 61. Karl Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1744) m. Luise af Danmark [80, below]
 62.    Friedrich Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1771)
 63.    Christian Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1776)
 64.    Marie v Hessen-Cassel (*1767) m. Frederik KP af Danmark [27, above]
  X.       [28, above]
 65.    Juliane v Hessen-Cassel (*1773)
 66.    Luise v Hessen-Cassel (*1789)
 67. Friedrich Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1747)
 68.    Wilhelm Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1787)
 69.    Karl Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1789)
 70.    Friedrich Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1790)
 71.    Georg Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1793)
 72.    Luise v Hessen-Cassel (*1794)
 73.    Marie v Hessen-Cassel (*1796)
 74.    Auguste v Hessen-Cassel (*1797)
1-1-4] Descendants of Louisa Pss Gt Britain
m. Frederik V K Danmark 
 75. Christian VII K Danmark (*1749) m. Caroline Pss Gt Britain [above]
  X.    [27-32, above]
 76. Sophie Magdalene af Danmark (*1746) m. Gustaf III K Sverige [below]
 77.    Gustaf IV Adolf K Sverige (*1778)
 78.       Gustaf KP Sverige (*1799)
 79. Caroline af Danmark (*1747) m. Wilhelm Ldgf v Hessen-Cassel [55, above]
  X.    [56-60, above]
 80. Luise af Danmark (*1750) m. Karl Pz v Hessen-Cassel [61, above]
  X.    [62-66, above]
1-1-5] Illegitimate issue of George II K Gt Britain 
  X. [Incapable of inheriting]
1-2) Children of Sophia Dorothea v Hannover
m. Friedrich Wilhelm I Kg in Preussen [2-1, below] 
  X. [Friedrich II Kg in Preussen]
  X. [August Wilhelm Pz v Preussen]
  X.    [Friedrich Wilhelm II Kg v Preussen m1. Elisabeth Christine v Braunschweig [110, below]
                                            m2. Friederike v Hessen]
 81.       Friedrich Wilhelm III Kg v Preussen (*1770)
 82.          Friedrich Wilhelm KPz v Preussen (*1795)
 83.          Wilhelm Pz v Preussen (*1797)
 84.          Charlotte v Preussen (*1798)
  X.       [Ludwig Pz v Preussen]
 85.          Friedrich Pz v Preussen (*1794)
 86.          Friederike v Preussen (*1796)
 87.       Karl Pz v Preussen (*1781)
 88.       Wilhelm Pz v Preussen (*1783)
 89.       Friederike v Preussen (*1767) m. Frederick D York [3, above]
 90.       Wilhelmine v Preussen (*1774) m. Willem Pz v Nassau [34, above]
  X.          [35-37, above]
 91.       Auguste v Preussen (*1780) m. Wilhelm Pz v Hessen-Cassel [56, above]
  X.          [57, above]
  X.       [Descendants of Friedrich Wilhelm II's bigamous marriages]
 92.    Wilhelmine v Preussen (*1751) m. Willem V P Orange [33, above]
  X.       [34-38, above]
 93. Heinrich Pz v Preussen (*1726)
 94. Ferdinand Pz v Preussen (*1730) m. Luise v Brandenburg-Schwedt [138, below]
 95.    Louis Ferdinand Pz v Preussen (*1772)
 96.    August Pz v Preussen (*1779)
 97.    Luise v Preussen (*1770) m. Antoni ks Radziwill
 98.       Wilhelm ks Radziwill (*1797)
 99.       Ferdynand ks Radziwill (*1798)
  X. [Wilhelmine v Preussen m. Friedrich Mkgf v Brandenburg-Bayreuth]
  X.    [Friederike v Brandenburg-Bayreuth m. Karl II Eugen Hz v Württemberg]
  X. [Friederike Luise v Preussen m. Karl Mkgf v Brandenburg-Ansbach]
100.    Karl Alexander Mkgf v Brandenburg-Ansbach (*1736)
101. Charlotte v Preussen (*1716) m. Karl I Hz v Braunschweig
102.    Karl II Hz v Braunschweig (*1735) m. Augusta Pss Gt Britain [18, above]
  X.       [19-24, above]
103.    Friedrich August Pz v Braunschweig (*1740)
104.    Sofie v Braunschweig (*1737) m. Heinrich Mkgf v Brandenburg-Bayreuth
105.    Anna Amalie v Braunschweig (*1739) m. Ernst August II Hz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
106.       Carl August Hz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1757)
107.          Carl Friedrich ErbPz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1783)
108.          Bernhard Pz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1792)
109.          Carolina v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1786)
110.    Elisabeth Christina v Braunschweig (*1746) m. Friedrich Wilhelm II Kg v Preussen [above]
  X.       [90, above]
111.    Auguste Dorothea v Braunschweig Fstin-Abbess v Gandersheim (*1749)
  X. [Sophie v Preussen m. Fried Wilh Mkgf v Brandenburg-Schwedt]
  X.    [Dorothea v Brandenburg-Schwedt m. Friedrich Hz v Württemberg]
112.       Friedrich Hz v Württemberg (*1754) m1. Augusta v Braunschweig [above]
                                              m2. Charlotte Pss Royal Gt Britain [9, above]
  X.          [23-25, above]
113.       Ludwig Pz v Württemberg (*1756) m1. Marie Czartoryska
                                           m2. Henriette v Nassau-Weilburg [51, above]
114.          Adam Pz v Württemberg (*1792)
  X.          [52-54, above]
115.       Eugen Pz v Württemberg (*1758)
116.          Eugen Pz v Württemberg (*1788)
117.          Paul Pz v Württemberg (*1797)
118.          Luise v Württemberg (*1789)
119.       Wilhelm Gf v Württemberg (*1761)
120.       Ferdinand Pz v Württemberg (*1763)
121.       Alexander Pz v Württemberg (*1771)
122.          Paul Pz v Württemberg (*1800)
123.          Marie v Württemberg (*1799)
124.       Heinrich Gf v Sontheim (*1772)
125.       Sophia Dorothea v Württemberg (*1759) m. Pavl Petrovich Russia
126.          Aleksandr Pavlovich of Russia (*1777)
127.          Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (*1779)
128.          Nikolai Pavlovich of Russia (*1796)
129.          Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia (*1798)
130.          Aleksandra Pavlovna of Russia (*1783) m. Joseph EHzg v Österreich
131.          Elena Pavlovna Russia (*1784) m. Friedrich Erbpz v Mecklenburg-Schwerin
132.             Paul Friedrich Pz v Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*1800)
133.          Maria Pavlovna of Russia (*1786)
134.          Ekaterina Pavlovna of Russia (*1788)
135.          Anna Pavlovna of Russia (*1795)
  X.       [Friederike v Württemberg m. Peter I Pz v Oldenburg]
136.          August Pz v Oldenburg (*1783)
137.          Georg Pz v Oldenburg (*1784)
  X.       [Elisabeth v Württemberg m. Franz II Ks]
138.    Luise v Brandenburg-Schwedt (*1738) m. Ferdinand Pz v Preussen [94, above]
  X.       [95-99, above]
  X.    [Philippine v Brandenburg-Schwedt m. Friedrich II Ldgf v Hessen-Cassel]
  X.       [Issue extinct]
  X. [Luise Ulrike v Preussen m. Adolf Frederik I K Sverige]
  X.    [Gustaf III K Sverige m. Sofie Magdalene af Danmark [77, above]]
  X.       [78-79, above]
139.    Carl H Södermanland (*1748)
140.    Frederik H Östergötland (*1750)
141.    Sophie af Sverige Fstin-Abbess v Quedlinburg (*1753)
2. Descendants of Sophia Charlotte v Hannover
m. Friedrich I Kg in Preussen
2-1) Descendants of Friedrich Wilhelm Kg in Preussen
m. Sophia Dorothea v Hannover [1-2, above] 
  X. [81-141, above]