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Edward VII

FATHER: Albert, Prince Consort( see here, under Queen Victoria).

MOTHER: Queen Victoria( see here).

SIBLINGS: ( see here, under Queen Victoria).

EDWARD VII

Baptised Albert Edward, he was born on 9 November, 1841, at Buckingham Palace, and was Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles and Baron Renfrew from birth. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on 8 December, 1841, and Earl of Dublin on 17 January, 1850. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 9 November, 1858. In 1863, he renounced his courtesy title, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, inherited from his father. He was made a Knight of the Thistle of 24 May, 1867. He succeeded his mother as King of Great Britain and Emperor of India on 22 January, 1901, and was crowned on 9 August, 1902, at Westminster Abbey.

Edward VII married, on 10 March, 1863, at St George’s Chapel, Windsor:

Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie

She was the daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark, by Louise Wilhelmina Frederica Caroline Augusta Julie, daughter of William X, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, and she was born on 1 December, 1844, at the Amalienborg or ‘Gule’ (Yellow) Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1901. She was crowned Queen on 9 August, 1902, at Westminster Abbey. She died on 20 November, 1925, at Sandringham House, Norfolk, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

Issue of marriage:

1   Albert Victor Christian Edward

He was born on 8 January, 1864, at Frogmore House, Windsor. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 3 September, 1883, and was created Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Athlone on 24 May, 1890. He died on 14 January, 1892, at Sandringham House, Norfolk, of pneumonia, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

The Duke of Clarence is said to have married one Annie Crook of Cleveland Street, London ( d.1920), during the 1880s, and is said to have had issue:

1  Alice Margaret Crook; she is said to have had a liaison with the painter Walter Sickert, and to have had a son, Joseph Sickert, who is the source of this information, which should, however, be treated with extreme caution.

Historically, the Duke of Clarence was betrothed to Mary of Teck, who later married George V.

2   George V( see here).

3   Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar

She was born on 20 February, 1867, at Marlborough House, London. She married Alexander William George Duff, Marquess of MacDuff, afterwards 1st Duke of Fife (1849–1912), on 27 July, 1889, in the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, and had issue:

1  Alastair (stillborn 1890).

2  Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (1891–1959); she married Prince Arthur of Connaught, grandson of Queen Victoria, and had issue.

3  Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha (1893–1945); she married Charles Alexander Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk ( b.1893), and had issue.

Louise was designated Princess Royal on 9 November, 1905. She died on 4 January, 1931, at her house in Portman Square, London, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Her remains were later removed to the Private Chapel, Mar Lodge Mausoleum, Braemar, Aberdeenshire.

4   Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary

She was born on 6 July, 1868, at Marlborough House, London. She died on 3 December, 1935, at Coppins, Iver, Bucks., and was buried at Frogmore, Windsor.

5   Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria

She was born on 26 November, 1869, at Marlborough House, London. She married Prince Christian Frederick Charles George Waldemar Axel of Denmark, afterwards Haakon VII, King of Norway (1872–1957), on 22 July, 1896, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, and had issue:

1  Olav V (Alexander Edward Christian Frederick), King of Norway ( b.1903); he married Martha Sophia Louisa Dagmar Thyra (1901–1954), daughter of Carl, Prince of Sweden and Duke of Västergötland, and had issue.

Queen Maud died on 20 November, 1938, in London.

6   Alexander John Charles Albert

He was born on 6 April, 1871, at Sandringham House, Norfolk, and died there the following day. He was buried in Sandringham Church, Norfolk.

EDWARD VII

He died on 6 May, 1910, at Buckingham Palace, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

He was succeeded by his son George.

George V

FATHER: Edward VII( see here).

MOTHER: Alexandra of Denmark( see here, under Edward VII).

SIBLINGS: ( see here, under Edward VII).

GEORGE V

Baptised George Frederick Ernest Albert, he was born on 3 June, 1865, at Marlborough House, London. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 4 April, 1884, and was created Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney on 24 May, 1892. He became Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay when his father succeeded to the throne on 22 January, 1901, and was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on 9 November, 1901. He succeeded his father as King of Great Britain and Emperor of India on 6 May, 1910, and was crowned on 22 June, 1911, at Westminster Abbey. He was crowned Emperor of India on 11 December, 1911, at New Delhi, India. In 1917, George V changed the name of his House from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, which it remains today.

George V married, on 6 July, 1893, at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace:

(Victoria) Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudia Agnes

Known as Mary (or May within her family), she was the daughter of Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Duke of Teck, by Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a granddaughter of George III. She was born on 26 May, 1867, at Kensington Palace, London, and was first betrothed to her future husband’s elder brother, the Duke of Clarence, before his death. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1910. She was crowned on 22 June, 1911, at Westminster Abbey; she was also crowned Empress of India on 11 December, 1911, at New Delhi, India. She died on 24 March, 1953, at Marlborough House, London, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

Issue of marriage:

1   Edward VIII( see here).

2   George VI( see here).

3   (Victoria Alexandra Alice) Mary

Known as Mary, she was born on 25 April, 1897, at Sandringham, Norfolk. She married Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882–1947), on 28 February, 1922, at Westminster Abbey, and had issue:

1  George Henry Hubert, 7th Earl of Harewood ( b. 1923); he married firstly Maria Donata Nanette Pauline Gustava Erwina Wilhelmina (known as Marion) ( b.1926), daughter of Erwin Stein, and had issue; they divorced in 1967 (Marion later married the Liberal M.P. Jeremy Thorpe). He married secondly Patricia Elizabeth ( b.1926), daughter of Charles Tuckwell, by whom he has issue.

2  Gerald David ( b.1924); he married firstly Angela ( b. 1919), daughter of Charles Stanley Dowding, and had issue; they were divorced in 1978. He married secondly Elizabeth Colvin, née Collingwood ( b.1924), by whom he has issue.

Mary was designated Princess Royal on 1 January, 1932. She died on 28 March, 1965, at Harewood House, Leeds, Yorkshire, and was buried at Harewood.

4   Henry William Frederick Albert

He was born on 31 March, 1900, at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1921, and was created Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden on 31 March, 1928. He died on 10 June, 1974, at Barnwell Manor, Northants., and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

Henry married, on 6 November, 1935, at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace:

Alice Christabel

She is the daughter of John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry, by Margaret Alice, daughter of George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford, and she was born on 25 December, 1901, in London. Since her husband’s death, she has been styled H.R.H. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Miscarriage, late in 1937.

(ii)

Miscarriage, Autumn 1938.

(iii)

William Henry Andrew Frederick

He was born on 18 December, 1941, at Barnet, Herts. He never married. He was killed on 28 August, 1972, in an air crash at Halfpenny Green, Wolverhampton, Staffs., and was buried at Frogmore, Windsor.

(iv)

Richard Alexander Walter George

He was born on 26 August, 1944, at Barnwell Manor, Peterborough, Northants. He succeeded his father as Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden on 10 June, 1974.

Richard married, on 8 July, 1972, at the Parish Church of St Andrew, Barnwell, Northants.:

Birgitte Eva

She is the daughter of Asgar Preben Wissing Henrikson by Vivian, daughter of Waldemar Oswald van Deurs of Copenhagen, Denmark, and she was born on 20 June, 1946, at Odense, Isle of Funen, Denmark. Prior to her marriage, she used her mother’s maiden surname ‘van Deurs’.

Issue of marriage:

(a)

Miscarriage

This occurred in 1973.

(b)

Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard

He was born on 24 October, 1974, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, and has been styled Earl of Ulster from birth.

(c)

Davina Alice Elizabeth Benedikte

She was born on 19 November, 1977, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, and is styled Lady Davina Windsor.

(d)

Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise

She was born on 1 March, 1980, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, and is styled Lady Rose Windsor.

5   George Edward Alexander Edmund

He was born on 20 December, 1902, at Sandringham, Norfolk. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1923, and was created Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick on 10 or 12 October, 1934. He was killed on 25 August, 1942, when his R.A.F. plane crashed into a hillside at Borgue or Morven, near Caithness, Scotland, whilst he was on active service during the Second World War. He was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor, but his remains were later removed to the Kent Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor.

George married, on 29 November, 1934, at Westminster Abbey, and again – by Greek Orthodox rites – on the same day at the Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace:

Marina

She was the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark by Helen Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, and she was born on 30 November or 13 December, 1906, at Athens, Greece. She died on 27 August, 1968, at Kensington Palace, London, of a brain tumour, and was buried in the Kent Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick

He was born on 9 October, 1935, at 3, Belgrave Square, London. He succeeded his father as Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews and Baron Downpatrick on 25 August, 1942.

Edward married, on 8 June, 1961, at York Minster:

Katharine Lucy Mary

She is the daughter of Sir William Arthrington Worsley, Bt., of Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, by Joyce Morgan, daughter of Sir John Fowler Brunner, Bt., and she was born on 22 February, 1933, at Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire.

Issue of marriage:

(a)

George Philip Nicholas.

Born on 26 June, 1962, at Coppins, Iver, Bucks., and has been styled Earl of St Andrews from birth. Married on 9 January, 1988, at Leith Register Office, Edinburgh:

Sylvana Palma.

She is the daughter of Max Tomaselli and Josiane Demers, and was born on 28 May, 1957, at Placentia, Newfoundland, Canada, and has issue: 1 Edward, Baron Downpatrick; born on 2 December, 1988. 2 Marina Charlotte; born on 30 September, 1992. 3 Amelia, born on 24 August, 1995.

(b)

Helen Marina Lucy.

Born on 28 April, 1964, at Coppins, Iver, Bucks., and is styled Lady Helen Taylor. Married in 1992 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, Timothy Taylor and has issue: 1 Columbus (

b

.1994). 2 Cassius (

b

.1996).

(c)

Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan.

Born on 25 July, 1970, at University College Hospital, London, and is styled Lord Nicholas Windsor.

(d)

Stillborn child.

Born on 5 October, 1977, at the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, Marylebone, London.

(ii)

Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel

She was born on 25 December, 1936, at 3, Belgrave Square, London. She married Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy (

b

.1928) on 24 April, 1963, at Westminster Abbey, and has issue: 1 James Robert Bruce (

b

.1964); married to Julia (

b

.1965), daughter of Charles Rawlinson, and has issue. 2 Marina Victoria Alexandra (

b

.1966); married to Paul Mowatt (

b

.1962), and has issue; divorced 1997.

(iii)

Michael George Charles Franklin

He was born on 4 July, 1942, at Coppins, Iver, Bucks.

Michael married, on 30 June, 1978, at a civil ceremony at the Rathaus, Vienna, Austria (and in so doing renounced his place in the succession, as his bride is a Roman Catholic):

Marie Christine Anne Agnes Hedwig Ida

She is the daughter of Baron Gunther Hubertus von Reibnitz by Marianne, Countess Szapary, and she was born on 15 January, 1945, at Karlsbad, Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia). She married firstly Thomas Troubridge (

b.

1939) on 14 September, 1971, at Chelsea Old Church, London, but this marriage was formally annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in May, 1978, on undisclosed grounds.

Issue of marriage:

(a)

Frederick Michael George David Louis

He was born on 6 April, 1979, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, and is known as Lord Frederick Windsor.

(b)

Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia

She was born on 23 April, 1981, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, and is known as Lady Gabriella Windsor.

6   John Charles Francis

He was born on 12 July, 1905, at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk. An epileptic who was kept away from the public eye, he died on 18 January, 1919, at Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, and was buried in Sandringham Church, Norfolk.

GEORGE V

He died on 20 January, 1936, at Sandringham House, Norfolk, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

He was succeeded by his son Edward.

Edward VIII

FATHER: George V( see here)

MOTHER: Mary of Teck( see here, under George V).

SIBLINGS: ( see here, under George V).

EDWARD VIII

Baptised Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, he was born on 23 June, 1894, at White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey. He became Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles and Baron Renfrew upon his father’s accession to the throne on 6 May, 1910. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 23 June, 1910, and was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on the same day, being invested as such on 13 July, 1911, at Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He was made a Knight of the Bath in January, 1936. He succeeded his father as King of Great Britain and Emperor of India on 20 January, 1936. He was never crowned. He abdicated on 11 December, 1936, because he wished to marry a twice-divorced woman, the American Mrs Simpson ( below), and because this could not be consistent with his position as Head of the Church of England, an institution which does not recognise divorce. Edward was created Duke of Windsor on 8 March, 1937, having been so designated since 12 December, 1936. He spent the rest of his life in exile in France, apart from occasional visits to England and America, and a wartime spell as Governor of the Bahamas.

Edward VIII married, after his Abdication, on 3 June, 1937, at Château de Candé, Maine-et-Loire, France:

Bessie Wallis

Known as Wallis, she was the daughter of Teackle Wallis Warfield by Alice M. Montague, and she was born on 19 June, 1896, at Square Cottage, the Monterey Inn, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. She married firstly Earl Winfield Spencer (1888–1950) on 8 November, 1916, at the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.; they were divorced on 10 December, 1927. She married secondly Ernest Aldrich Simpson of New York ( d.1958) on 21 July, 1928, at Chelsea Register Office, London; they were divorced on 27 October, 1936. She resumed her maiden name of Warfield on 7 May, 1937, by Deed Poll. Her marriage to the Duke of Windsor has been seen by some as morganatic (i.e. in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772), but this was not so; neither did the fact that she was deprived of the style Her Royal Highness by George VI’s Letters Patent of March, 1937, have any basis in law. She died on 24 April, 1986, at her house in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, and was buried at Frogmore, Windsor. There was no issue of any of her marriages.

EDWARD VIII

He died on 28 May, 1972, at his house in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, of cancer, and was buried at Frogmore, Windsor.

He was succeeded, after his Abdication in 1936, by his brother Albert, who assumed the style George VI.

George VI

FATHER: George V( see here).

MOTHER: Mary of Teck( see here, under George V).

SIBLINGS: ( see here, under George V).

GEORGE VI

Baptised Albert Frederick Arthur George, he was born on 14 December, 1895, at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1916, and was created Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney on 4 June, 1920. He succeeded his brother Edward VIII as King of Great Britain and Emperor of India on 11 December, 1936, and was crowned on 12 May, 1937, at Westminster Abbey. He relinquished the title Emperor of India on 22 June, 1947, when India was granted independence.

George VI married, on 26 April, 1923, at Westminster Abbey:

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite

She was the daughter of Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, by Nina Cecilia, daughter of the Rev. Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck, and she was born on 4 August, 1900, either at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, London, or in a London ambulance on the way to a London maternity home (the available evidence suggests that the Queen Mother herself believed she was born in an ambulance). She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1936. She was crowned Queen Consort and Empress of India on 12 May, 1937, in Westminster Abbey. On the death of the King on 6 February, 1952, she assumed the style of H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. She died on 30 March, 2002, at Royal Lodge, Windsor, and is buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

Issue of marriage:

1   Elizabeth II( see here).

2   Margaret Rose

She was born on 21 August, 1930, at Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. She married Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon ( b.1930), on 6 May, 1960, at Westminster Abbey, and had issue:

1  David Albert Charles, Viscount Linley ( b.1961); married to the Hon. Serena Alleyne ( b.1970), daughter of Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, Viscount Petersham, and has issue.

2  Sarah Frances Elizabeth ( b.1964); married to Daniel Chatto ( b. 1957), and has issue.

Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon were divorced in May, 1978, having lived apart since March, 1976.

Princess Margaret died on 9 February, 2002, at the King Edward VII Hospital, London. She was cremated at Slough Crematorium, and her ashes interred in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.

GEORGE VI

He died on 6 February, 1952, at Sandringham House, Norfolk, of cancer, and was buried in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

He was succeeded by his daughter Elizabeth.

Elizabeth II

By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

FATHER: George VI( see here).

MOTHER: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon( see here, under George VI).

SIBLINGS: ( see here, under George VI).

ELIZABETH II

Baptised Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, she was born on 21 April, 1926, at 17, Bruton Street, London. She succeeded her father as Queen of Great Britain on 6 February, 1952, and was crowned on 2 June, 1953, at Westminster Abbey.

Elizabeth II married, on 20 November, 1947, at Westminster Abbey:

Philip

He is the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) by Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie, daughter of Louis, Prince of Battenberg, Marquess of Milford-Haven, and he was born on 10 June, 1921, at Villa Mon Repos, Isle of Corfu, Greece. On 28 February, 1947, he renounced his Greek nationality and became a British subject, at the same time adopting the surname Mountbatten. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1947, and was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich on 19 November, 1947. He was made a Knight of the Thistle in 1952. On 27 February, 1957, he was granted the style of H.R.H. The Prince Philip, with precedence over all other male members of the Royal Family.

Issue of marriage:

1   Charles Philip Arthur George

He was born on 14 November, 1948, at Buckingham Palace. He became Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles and Baron Renfrew upon his mother’s accession to the throne on 6 February, 1952. He was created Earl of Chester and Prince of Wales on 26 July, 1958, being invested as such on 1 July, 1969, at Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1968, and a Knight of the Bath in 1976.

Prince Charles married, on 29 July, 1981, at St Paul’s Cathedral, London:

Diana Frances

She was the daughter of Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer, by the Hon. Frances Ruth Burke, daughter of Edmund Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, and she was born on 1 July, 1961, at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. The Prince and Princess of Wales were divorced on 28 August, 1996. Diana was killed in a car crash on 31 August, 1997, in Paris, and is buried on the island called the Oval at Althorp House, Northants.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

William Arthur Philip Louis

. Born on 21 June, 1982, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, and is styled Prince William of Wales.

(ii)

Henry Charles Albert David

. Known as Harry; born on 15 September, 1984, at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, and is styled Prince Henry of Wales.

2   Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise

She was born on 15 August, 1950, at Clarence House, London. She married Captain Mark Anthony Peter Phillips ( b.1948) on 14 November, 1973, at Westminster Abbey, and has issue:

1  Peter Mark Andrew ( b. 1977).