King George II
Anne,
Princess Royal
Frederick,
Prince of Wales
William IV,
Prince of
Orange
William V,
Prince of
Orange
Charles Christian,
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
King George III
Prince Edward
Queen Victoria
King Ernest
Augustus of Hanover
Prince Ernst
August of Hanover
Princess
Alexandra
King Frederick
VII
Princess
Caroline
Princess Beatrice
Prince Arthur
Princess
Margaret
King Alfonso XIII
King George
V
Maud
of Wales
Princess Victoria Eugenie
King Gustaf VI
Adolf
King Edward VII
Princess
Carolina
King Haakon VII
King Christian
IX
Prince Albert
II
Queen Margrethe
II
King Harald
V
Queen Elizabeth II
King
Carl XVI Gustaf
King Felipe VI
Grand Duke Henri
King
Willem
Alexander
Number of generations
Marriage
Sibling/offspring
Nether-lands
Luxem-
bourg
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
Norway
Denmark
Monaco
George II, who was born in Germany, was the last British monarch born outside of Great Britain.
King George II
1683 – 1790
George III was on the
throne during the American Revolution, and lost control of the 13 colonies.
King George III
1738 – 1820
Anne was due to marry King Louis XV of France, but the plan was abandoned because she would not convert to Catholicism. Louis’ son, Louis XVI, was executed in the French Revolution.
Anne, Princess Royal
1709 – 1759
Frederick, Prince of Wales was heir apparent to the British throne but he died before his father.
Frederick,
Prince of Wales
1707 – 1751
Wlliam was the first hereditary leader of the United Provinces — the predecessor of the modern Netherlands.
William IV,
Prince of Orange
1711 – 1751
Wlliam's son would become the first king of the Netherlands.
William V,
Prince of Orange
1748 – 1806
Carolina married at age 17.
Princess Carolina
1743 – 1787
Charles Christian was the first ruler of the Duchy of Nassau, now part
of Germany.
Charles Christian,
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
1735 – 1788
Prince Edward was popular in London society and served in the Royal Navy.
Prince Edward
1767 – 1820
Ernest Augustus became king of Hanover, now part of Germany, when his niece, Victoria, became the Queen of the United Kingdom. Until this point, a single ruler had both titles.
King Ernest Augustus
of Hanover
1771 – 1851
Victoria's reign lasted 63 years and was marked by
a great expansion of the British Empire.
Queen Victoria
1837 – 1901
Queen Victoria only agreed to Beatrice's marriage on the condition that the couple make their home with her.
Princess Beatrice
1857 – 1944
Arthur served in the British Army for 40 years and became the Governor General of Canada.
Prince Arthur
1883 – 1938
Edward was related to nearly every other European monarch, and came to be known as the "uncle of Europe."
King Edward VII
1841 – 1910
Alexandra became a princess
when her father unexpectedly inherited the Danish throne.
She then married into the
British monarchy.
Princess Alexandra
1844 – 1925
Frederick was the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch.
King Frederick VII
1808 – 1863
Margaret died 30 years before her husband's accession to the throne of Sweden, but the pair had many children.
Princess Margaret
1882 – 1920
Gustaf was popular with the people, though constitutional reform during his reign removed even the monarch's nominal political power.
King Gustaf VI Adolf
1882 – 1920
Caroline was heir presumptive to the throne of Monaco until 2005, when her brother had children.
Princess Caroline
1957 – Present
Victoria Eugenie lived with her grandmother, Queen Victoria, until she became Queen of Spain.
Princess Victoria
Eugenie
1887 – 1969
Alfonso was king of Spain until he gave up the throne to his son after the army forced him out of the country.
King Alfonso XIII
1886 – 1941
George replaced the Germanic family name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha with the name Windsor as anti-German seniment spread.
King George V
1865 – 1936
Maud served as the first queen of Norway in over five centuries who was not also queen of Denmark or Sweden.
Maud of Wales
1869 – 1938
Haakon became the first king of Norway after the break up of its union with Sweden.
King Haakon VII
1872 – 1957
Christian, a descendant
of King Frederick VII, was chosen to be king after it appeared Frederick was unable to produce children.
King Christian IX
1818 – 1906
Ernst August is head of the royal House of Hanover which held the throne of the United Kingdom until 1901.
Prince Ernst Augustus of Hanover
1954 – Present
Willem-Alexander became King of the Netherlands when his mother abdicated in 2013.
King Willem-Alexander
1967 – Present
Henri has been Grand Duke of Luxembourg since 2000.
Grand Duke Henri
1955 – Present
Felipe ascended the throne in 2014 after his father abdicated. He is head of state in Spain, and commander-in-chief of
the Spanish Armed Forces.
King Felipe VI
1968 – Present
Carl ascended the throne in 1973, though his power is limited to ceremonial functions.
King Carl XVI Gustaf
1946 – Present
Now aged 92, Elizabeth is the longest-reigning British monarch in history.
Queen Elizabeth II
1926 – Present
Harald ascended to the throne in 1991. He spent parts of his childhood in Sweden and the United States as the royal family went into exile during WWII.
King Harald V
1937 – Present
Margrethe's reign began in 1972. She is the head of the Church of Denmark and Commander-in-Chief of the Danish Defence.
Queen Margrethe II
1940 – Present
Albert II has been the reigning monarch of the Principality of Monaco since 2005. He is one of the wealthiest royals in the world.
Prince Albert II
1958 – Present
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