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 1821, 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 1821

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] Descendants of Frederick P Wales
1-1-1-(1) Children of George III K Gt Britain
SOV  George IV K Gt Britain (*1762) m. Caroline v Braunschweig [30, below]
  X.    [Charlotte Pss Gt Britain m. Leopold Pz v Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha]
  1. Frederick D York (*1763) m. Frederika v Preussen [below]
  2. William D Clarence (*1765)
  3.    Elisabeth Pss Gt Britain (*1820)
  X.    [Illegitimate issue]
  X. [Edward D Kent]
  4.    Victoria Pss Gt Britain (*1819)
  5. Ernest D Cumberland (*1771)
  6.    George P Gt Britain (*1819)
  7. Augustus D Sussex (*1773)
  X.    [Issue of marriage contracted in violation of the Royal Marriages Act]
  8. Adolphus D Cambridge (*1774) m. Augusta v Hessen [109, below]
  9.    George P Gt Britain (*1819)
 10. Charlotte Pss Royal Gt Britain (*1766) m. Friedrich I Kg v Württemberg [below]
 11. Augusta Pss Gt Britain (*1768)
 12. Elizabeth Pss Gt Britain (*1770) m. Friedrich VI Ldgf v Hessen-Homburg
 13. Mary Pss Gt Britain (*1776) m. William 2 D Gloucester [15, below]
 14. Sophia Pss Gt Britain (*1777)
1-1-1-(2) Children of William 1 D Gloucester
 15. William 2 D Gloucester (*1776) m. Mary Pss Gt Britain [13, above]
 16. Sophia Pss Gt Britain (*1773)
  X. [Illegitimate issue]
1-1-1-(3) Descendants of Henry D Cumberland
  X. [Issue extinct]
1-1-1-(4) Children of Augusta Pss Gt Britain
m. Karl II Hz v Braunschweig [below]
  X. [Karl Georg KPz v Braunschweig m. Friederike v Nassau [below]]
  X.    [Issue extinct]
  X. [Friedrich Wilhelm Hz v Braunschweig]
 17.    Karl III Hz v Braunschweig (*1804)
 18.    Wilhelm Pz v Braunschweig (*1806)
  X. [Auguste v Braunschweig m. Friedrich I Kg v Württemberg [below]]
 19.    Wilhelm Kg v Württemberg (*1781) m1. Charlotte v Bayern
                                         m2. Ekaterina Pavlovna Russia [below]
                                         m3. Pauline v Württemberg [73, below]
 20.       Marie v Württemberg (*1816)
 21.       Sophie v Württemberg (*1818)
 22.    Paul Pz v Württemberg (*1785)
 23.       Friedrich Pz v Württemberg (*1808)
 24.       August Pz v Württemberg (*1813)
 25.       Charlotte v Württemberg (*1807)
 26.       Pauline v Württemberg (*1810)
 27.    Catharina v Württemberg (*1783) m. Jerome Kg Westphal
 28.       Jerome P Francais (*1814)
 29.       Mathilde Pss Francaise (*1820)
 30. Caroline v Braunschweig (*1768) m. George IV K Gt Britain [SOV, above]
1-1-1-(5) Children of Caroline Pss Gt Britain
m. Christian VII K Danmark [below]
 31. Frederik VI K Danmark (*1768) m. Marie v Hessen-Cassel [87, below]
 32.    Caroline af Danmark (*1793)
 33.    Wilhelmine af Danmark (*1808)
 34. Luise af Danmark (*1771) m. Friedrich Christian II Hz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 35.    Christian Hz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (*1798)
 36.    Friedrich Pz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (*1800)
 37.    Caroline v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (*1796) m. Christian VIII P Danmark
1-1-2] Descendants of Anne Pss Gt Britain
m. Willem IV P Orange
1-1-2-(1) Children of Willem V P Orange
m. Wilhelmine v Preussen [1-2-2-2, below]
 38. Willem I K Nederlands (*1772) m. Wilhelmine v Preussen [135, below]
 39.    Willem KP Nederlands (*1792) m. Anna Pavlovna of Russia [190, below]
 40.       Willem P Nederlands (*1817)
 41.       Alexander P Nederlands (*1818)
 42.       Hendrik P Nederlands (*1820)
 43.    Frederik P Nederlands (*1797)
 44.    Marianne Nederlands (*1810)
  X. [Frederika v Nassau m. Karl Georg KPz v Braunschweig [above]]
1-1-2-(2) Children of Caroline v Nassau
m. Karl Fst v Nassau-Weilburg
  X. [Friedrich Wilhelm Fst v Nassau-Weilburg]
 45.    Wilhelm Hz v Nassau (*1792)
 46.       Adolf KPz v Nassau (*1817)
 47.       Wilhelm Pz v Nassau (*1819)
 48.       Moritz Pz v Nassau (*1820)
 49.       Therese v Nassau (*1815)
 50.    Friedrich Pz v Nassau-Weilburg (*1799)
 51.    Henriette v Nassau-Weilburg (*1797) m. Karl Hz v Teschen
 52.       Albrecht EHz v Österreich (*1817)
 53.       Karl Ferdinand EHz v Österreich (*1818)
 54.       Maria Theresia v Österreich (*1816)
 55. Luise v Nassau-Weilburg (*1765) m. Heinrich XIII Fst Reuss-Greiz
 56.    Heinrich XIX Pz Reuss-Greiz (*1790)
 57.    Heinrich XX Pz Reuss-Greiz (*1794)
 58. Caroline v Nassau-Weilburg (*1770) m. Ludwig Fst Wied-Runkel
 59. Amalie v Nassau-Weilburg (*1776) m1. Viktor II Fst Anhalt-Bernburg
                                      m2. Friedrich Frhr v Stein-Liebenstein
 60.    Friedrich Frhr v Stein-Liebenstein (*1813)
  X.    [Hermine v Anhalt-Bernburg m. Josef EHz v Österreich]
 61.       Stephan EHz v Österreich (*1817)
 62.       Hermine v Österreich (*1817)
  X.    [Adelheid v Anhalt-Bernburg m. August Pz v Oldenburg [191, below]]
 63.       Amalie v Oldenburg (*1818)
 64.       Friederike v Oldenburg (*1820)
 65.    Emma v Anhalt-Bernburg (*1802)
 66.    Ida v Anhalt-Bernburg (*1804)
 67. Henriette v Nassau-Weilburg (*1780) m. Ludwig Hz v Württemberg [below]
 68.    Alexander Hz v Württemberg (*1804)
 69.    Marie Dorothea v Württemberg (*1797) m. Josef EHz v Österreich
 70.    Amalie v Württemberg (*1799) m. Joseph ErbPz v Sachsen-Hildburghausen
 71.       Marie v Sachsen-Hildburghausen (*1818)
 72.       Pauline v Sachsen-Hildburghausen (*1819)
 73.    Pauline v Württemberg (*1800) m. Wilhelm Kg v Württemberg [19, above]
 74.    Elisabeth v Württemberg (*1802)
1-1-3] Children of Mary Pss Gt Britain
m. Friedrich Ldgf v Hessen-Cassel
 75. Wilhelm I Kfst v Hessen (*1743) m. Caroline af Danmark [below]
 76.    Wilhelm Erbpz v Hessen (*1777) m. Auguste v Preussen [136, below]
 77.       Friedrich Wilhelm Pz v Hessen (*1802)
 78.       Caroline v Hessen (*1799)
 79.       Marie v Hessen (*1804)
  X.       [Illegitimate issue]
 80.    Friederike v Hessen-Cassel (*1768) m. Alexis Hz v Anhalt-Bernburg
 81.       Alexander Karl Pz v Anhalt-Bernburg (*1805)
 82.       Luise v Anhalt-Bernburg (*1799) m. Friedrich Pz v Preussen [127, below]
 83.          Alexander Pz v Preussen (*1820)
 84.    Caroline v Hessen-Cassel (*1771) m. August Hz v Sachsen-Gotha
  X.    [Illegitimate issue]
 85. Karl Pz v Hessen (*1744) m. Luise af Danmark [116, below]
 86.    Friedrich Pz v Hessen (*1771)
 87.    Marie v Hessen-Cassel (*1767) m. Frederik VI K Danmark [31, above]
  X.       [32-33, above]
 88.    Juliane v Hessen (*1773)
 89.    Luise v Hessen (*1789) m. Wilhelm Hz v Schles-Holst-Sonderburg-Beck
 90.       Karl Pz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (*1813)
 91.       Friedrich Pz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (*1814)
 92.       Wilhelm Pz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (*1816)
 93.       Christian Pz v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (*1818)
 94.       Marie v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (*1810)
 95.       Friederike v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (*1811)
 96.       Luise v Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (*1820)
 97. Friedrich Pz v Hessen (*1747)
 98.    Wilhelm Pz v Hessen (*1787)
 99.       Friedrich Pz v Hessen (*1820)
100.       Karoline v Hessen (*1811)
101.       Marie v Hessen (*1814)
102.       Luise v Hessen (*1817)
103.    Friedrich Pz v Hessen (*1790)
104.    Georg Pz v Hessen (*1793)
105.    Luise v Hessen (*1794)
106.    Marie v Hessen (*1796) m. Georg GHz v Mecklenburg-Strelitz
107.       Friedrich Wilhelm Erbpz v Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*1819)
108.       Luise v Mecklenburg-Strelitz (*1818)
109.    Auguste v Hessen-Cassel (*1797) m. Adolphus D Cambridge [8, above]
  X.       [9, above]
1-1-4] Descendants of Louisa Pss Gt Britain
m. Frederik V K Danmark
  X. [Christian VII K Danmark m. Caroline Pss Gt Britain [1-1-1-5, above]]
  X.    [31-37, above]
  X. [Sophie Magdalene af Danmark m. Gustaf III K Sverige [below]]
110.    Gustaf IV Adolf K Sverige (*1778)
111.       Gustaf P Vasa (*1799)
112.       Sophie Vasa (*1801) m. Leopold Pz v Baden
113.          Alexandrine v Baden (*1820)
114.       Amalie Vasa (*1805)
115.       Cäcilie Vasa (*1807)
  X. [Caroline af Danmark m. Wilhelm Kfst v Hessen [75, above]]
  X.    [76-84, above]
116. Luise af Danmark (*1750) m. Karl Pz v Hessen [85, above]
  X.    [86-96, above]
1-1-5] Illegitimate issue of George II K Gt Britain
  X. [Incapable of inheriting]
1-2) Descendants of Sophia Dorothea v Hannover
m. Friedrich Wilhelm I Kg in Preussen [2-1, below]
1-2-1] Descendants of Friedrich II Kg v Preussen
  X. [Issue extinct]
1-2-2] Children of August Wilhelm Pz v Preussen
1-2-2-(1) Children of Friedrich Wilhelm II Kg v Preussen
m1. Elisabeth Christine v Braunschweig [155, below]
m2. Friederike v Hessen
117. Friedrich Wilhelm III Kg v Preussen (*1770)
118.    Friedrich Wilhelm KPz v Preussen (*1795)
119.    Wilhelm Pz v Preussen (*1797)
120.    Karl Pz v Preussen (*1801)
121.    Albrecht Pz v Preussen (*1809)
122.    Charlotte v Preussen (*1798) m. Nikolai Pavlovich of Russia [183, below]
123.       Aleksandr Nikolaievich of Russia (*1818)
124.       Maria Nikolaievna of Russia (*1819)
125.    Alexandrine v Preussen (*1803)
126.    Luise v Preussen (*1808)
  X. [Ludwig Pz v Preussen]
127.    Friedrich Pz v Preussen (*1794) m. Luise v Anhalt-Bernburg [82, above]
  X.       [83, above]
128.    Friederike v Preussen (*1796) m. Leopold Hz v Anhalt-Dessau
129.       Auguste v Anhalt-Dessau (*1819)
130. Karl Pz v Preussen (*1781)
131. Wilhelm Pz v Preussen (*1783)
132.    Adalbert Pz v Preussen (*1811)
133.    Waldemar Pz v Preussen (*1817)
134.    Elisabeth v Preussen (*1815)
  X. [Friederike v Preussen m. Frederick D York [1, above]]
135. Wilhelmine v Preussen (*1774) m. Willem I K Nederlands [38, above]
  X.    [39-44, above]
136. Auguste v Preussen (*1780) m. Wilhelm ErbPz v Hessen [76, above]
  X.    [77-79, above]
  X. [Descendants of Friedrich Wilhelm II's bigamous marriages]
1-2-2-(2) Descendants of Wilhelmine v Preussen
m. Willem V P Orange [1-1-2-1, above]
  X. [38-44, above]
1-2-3] Descendants of Heinrich Pz v Preussen
  X. [Issue extinct]
1-2-4] Children of Ferdinand Pz v Preussen
m. Luise v Brandenburg-Schwedt [1-2-8-2, below]
  X. [Louis Ferdinand Pz v Preussen]
  X.    [Illegitimate issue]
137. August Pz v Preussen (*1779)
  X.    [Illegitimate issue]
138. Luise v Preussen (*1770) m. Antoni ks Radziwill
139.    Wilhelm ks Radziwill (*1797)
140.    Ferdynand ks Radziwill (*1798)
141.    Boguslaw ks Radziwill (*1809)
142.    Fryderyk ks Radziwill (*1811)
143.    Elzbieta Radziwillowna (*1803)
144.    Wanda Radziwillowna (*1813)
1-2-5] Descendants of Wilhelmine v Preussen
m. Friedrich Mkgf v Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1-2-5-(1) Descendants of Friederike v Brandenburg-Bayreuth
m. Karl II Eugen Hz v Württemberg
  X. [Issue extinct]
1-2-6] Descendants of Friederike Luise v Preussen
m. Karl Mkgf v Brandenburg-Ansbach
1-2-6-(1) Descendants of Karl Alexander Mkgf v Brandenburg-Ansbach
  X.  [Issue extinct]
1-2-7] Children of Charlotte v Preussen
m. Karl I Hz v Braunschweig
  X. [Karl II Hz v Braunschweig m. Augusta Pss Gt Britain [1-1-1-4, above]]
  X.    [17-30, above]
  X. [Friedrich August Pz v Braunschweig]
  X. [Sofie v Braunschweig m. Heinrich Mkgf v Brandenburg-Bayreuth]
  X. [Anna Amalie v Braunschweig m. Ernst August II Hz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach]
145.    Carl August Hz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1757)
146.       Carl Friedrich ErbPz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1783) m. Maria Pavlovna of Russia [187, below]
147.          Carl Alexander Pz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1818)
148.          Maria v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1808)
149.          Augusta v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1811)
150.       Bernhard Pz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1792)
151.          Wilhelm Pz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1819)
152.          Luise v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1817)
  X.       [Carolina v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1786) m. Friedrich Ludwig ErbGHz v Mecklenburg-Schwerin]
153.          Albrecht Pz v Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*1812)
154.          Helene v Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*1814)
155. Elisabeth Christina v Braunschweig (*1746) m. Friedrich Wilhelm II Kg v Preussen [1-2-2-1, above]
1-2-8] Descendants of Sophie v Preussen
m. Fried Wilh Mkgf v Brandenburg-Schwedt
1-2-8-(1) Children of Dorothea v Brandenburg-Schwedt
m. Friedrich Hz v Württemberg
  X. [Friedrich I Kg v Württemberg m1. Augusta v Braunschweig [above]
                                   m2. Charlotte Pss Royal Gt Britain [10, above]]
  X.    [19-29, above]
  X. [Ludwig Pz v Württemberg m1. Marie Czartoryska
                              m2. Henriette v Nassau-Weilburg [67, above]]
156.    Adam Pz v Württemberg (*1792)
  X.    [68-74, above]
157. Eugen Pz v Württemberg (*1758)
158.    Eugen Pz v Württemberg (*1788)
159.       Eugen Pz v Württemberg (*1820)
160.       Marie v Württemberg (*1818)
161.    Paul Pz v Württemberg (*1797)
162.    Luise v Württemberg (*1789) m. August Fst v Hohenlohe-Oehringen
163.       Friedrich Pz v Hohenlohe-Oehringen (*1812)
164.       Hugo Pz v Hohenlohe-Oehringen (*1816)
165.       Felix Pz v Hohenlohe-Oehringen (*1818)
166.       Mathilde v Hohenlohe-Oehringen (*1814)
167. Wilhelm Gf v Württemberg (*1761)
168.    Alexander Gf v Württemberg (*1801)
169.    Wilhelm Gf v Württemberg (*1810)
170.    Constantin Gf v Württemberg (*1814)
171.    Marie v Württemberg (*1815)
172. Ferdinand Pz v Württemberg (*1763)
173. Alexander Pz v Württemberg (*1771)
174.    Alexander Pz v Württemberg (*1804)
175.    Ernst Pz v Württemberg (*1807)
176.    Marie v Württemberg (*1799)
177. Heinrich Gf v Sontheim (*1772)
178.    Marie Gfin v Sontheim (*1802)
179.    Alexandrine Gfin v Sontheim (*1825)
180. Sophia Dorothea v Württemberg (*1759) m. Pavl Petrovich Russia
181.    Aleksandr Pavlovich Emp of Russia (*1777)
182.    Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (*1779)
  X.       [Illegitimate issue]
183.    Nikolai Pavlovich of Russia (*1796) m. Charlotte v Preussen [122, above]
  X.       [123-124, above]
184.    Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia (*1798)
  X.    [Aleksandra Pavlovna of Russia m. Joseph EHzg v Österreich]
  X.       [Issue extinct]
  X.    [Elena Pavlovna Russia m. Friedrich Erbpz v Mecklenburg-Schwerin]
185.       Paul Friedrich ErbPz v Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*1800)
186.       Marie v Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*1803)
187.    Maria Pavlovna of Russia (*1786) m. Carl Friedrich ErbGHz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach [146, above]
  X.       [147-149, above]
  X.    [Ekaterina Pavlovna of Russia m1. Georg Pz v Oldenburg [below]
                                      m2. Wilhelm Kg Württemberg [19, above]]
188.       Alexander Pz v Oldenburg (*1810)
189.       Peter Pz v Oldenburg (*1812)
  X.       [20-21, above]
190.    Anna Pavlovna of Russia (*1795) m. Willem KP Nederlands [39, above]
  X.       [40-42, above]
  X. [Friederike v Württemberg m. Peter I Pz v Oldenburg]
191.    August Pz v Oldenburg (*1783) m1. Adelheid v Anhalt-Bernburg [above]
  X.       [63-64, above]
  X.    [Georg Pz v Oldenburg m. Ekaterina Pavlovna of Russia [above]]
  X.       [188-189, above]
  X. [Elisabeth v Württemberg m. Franz II Ks]
1-2-8-(2) Descendants of Luise v Brandenburg-Schwedt
m. Ferdinand Pz v Preussen [1-2-4, above]
  X. [137-144, above]
1-2-8-(3) Descendants of Philippine v Brandenburg-Schwedt
m. Friedrich II Ldgf v Hessen-Cassel
  X. [Issue extinct]
1-2-9] Children of Luise Ulrike v Preussen
m. Adolf Frederik I K Sverige
  X. [Gustaf III K Sverige m. Sofie Magdalene af Danmark [above]]
  X.    [110-115, above]
  X. [Carl XIII K Sverige]
192. 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. [117-192, above]