Ancestry of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth II, present sovereign of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, is the daughter of George VI, the second-eldest son of George V and Mary of Teck; and of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, and, after her daughter's accession to the throne, the Queen Mother), the daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

She is the Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandaughter of Mary Queen of Scots.

Queen Elizabeth is the male-line great-granddaughter of Edward VII, who inherited the crown from his mother, Queen Victoria. His father, Victoria's consort, was Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; hence Queen Elizabeth is a patrilineal descendant of Albert's family, the German princely House of Wettin. (Other notable members of this house are King Albert II of Belgium and former King Simeon II of Bulgaria.) Traced as far as possible, Elizabeth's male-line ancestry stretches back to Conrad the Great of Meissen; see Patrilineal descent of Elizabeth II.

Through Victoria, as well as several other of her great-great-grandparents, Elizabeth is directly descended from many British royals: from the House of Stuart, from Robert the Bruce, and earlier Scottish royal houses; from the House of Tudor and earlier English royal houses stretching back as far as the 7th century House of Wessex. Queen Elizabeth II is directly descended from Aethelflaed of Wessex's younger sister, Elfthryth.

As a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she is related to the heads of most other reigning and non-reigning European royal houses. Through her great-grandmother Queen Alexandra, she is descended from the Danish royal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a line of the North German house of Oldenburg, one of the oldest in Europe. (Other members of the House of Glücksburg include Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as well as Margrethe II of Denmark, Harald V of Norway, Queen Sofia of Spain and former King Constantine II of Greece — each of whom is also descended from Queen Victoria; one of her many cousins is King Juan Carlos of Spain, also a great-great-grandson of Victoria). Elizabeth is likewise descendant of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange (1687 – 1711), who is the most recent common ancestor to all reigning European royal houses.

Ahnentafel

This table sets out the ancestry of Queen Elizabeth II for five generations, numbered according to the Ahnentafel genealogical numbering system.

1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Parents

2. George VI of the United Kingdom
3. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Grandparents

4. George V of the United Kingdom (father of 2)
5. Princess Mary of Teck (mother of 2)
6. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (father of 3)
7. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentnick (mother of 3)

Great-Grandparents

8. Edward VII of the United Kingdom (father of 4)
9. Princess Alexandra of Denmark (mother of 4)
10. Prince Francis, Duke of Teck (father of 5)
11. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (mother of 5)
12. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (father of 6)
13. Frances Dora Smith (mother of 6)
14. Reverend Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (father of 7) - 2nd marriage
15. Caroline Louisa Burnaby (mother of 7)

Great-Great-Grandparents

16. Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 8)
17. Victoria of the United Kingdom (mother of 8)
18. Christian IX of Denmark (father of 9)
19. Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (mother of 9)
20. Duke Alexander of Württemberg (father of 10)
21. Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (mother of 10)
22. Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (father of 11)
23. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel (or Hesse-Kassel) (mother of 11)
24. Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, styled Lord Glamis (father of 12)
25. Charlotte Grimstead (mother of 12)
26. Oswald Smith (father of 13)
27. Henrietta Hodgson (mother of 13)
28. Lord William Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (father of 14)
29. Anne Wellesley, former Lady Abdy (mother of 14)
30. Edwyn Burnaby (father of 15)
31. Anne Caroline Salisbury (mother of 15)

Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

32. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 16)
33. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (mother of 16)
34. Edward, Duke of Kent (father of 17)
35. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Dowager Princess of Leiningen (mother of 17)
36. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (father of 18)
37. Landgravine Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (mother of 18)
38. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (father of 19)
39. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark (mother of 19)
40. Duke Louis of Württemberg (father of 20)
41. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilberg (mother of 20)
42. Count Ladislaus Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (father of 21)
43. Baroness Agnes Inczedy de Nagy-Várad (mother of 21)
44. George III of the United Kingdom (father of 22)
45. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (mother of 22)
46. Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (father of 23)
47. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (mother of 23)
48. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (father of 24)
49. Mary Carpenter (mother of 24)
50. Joseph Grimstead (father of 25)
51. Charlotte Walsh (mother of 25)
52. George Smith (father of 26)
53. Frances Mosley (mother of 26)
54. Reverend Robert Hodgson (father of 27)
55. Mary Tucker (mother of 27)
56. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (father of 28)
57. Lady Dorothy Cavendish (mother of 28)
58. Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (father of 29)
59. Hyacinth Roland (mother of 29)
60. Edwin Andrew Burnaby (father of 30)
61. Mary Browne (mother of 30)
62. Thomas Salisbury (father of 31)
63. Frances Webb (mother of 31)

Ancestry chart

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1= 1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926- )
2= 2. George VI of the United Kingdom (1895-1952)
3= 3. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002)
4= 4. George V of the United Kingdom (1865-1936)
5= 5. Mary of Teck (1867-1953)
6= 6. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855-1944)
7= 7. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (1862-1938)
8= 8. Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
9= 9. Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)
10= 10. Francis, Duke of Teck (1837-1900)
11= 11. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-1897)
12= 12. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1824-1904)
13= 13. Frances Dora Smith (1832-1922)
14= 14. Reverend Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (1817-1865)
15= 15. Caroline Louisa Burnaby (1832-1918)
16= 16. Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861)
17= 17. Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
18= 18. Christian IX of Denmark (1863-1906)
19= 19. Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1817-1898)
20= 20. Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804-1885)
21= 21. Countess Claudine Rhédey of Kis-Rhéde (1812-1841)
22= 22. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850)
23= 23. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel (or Hesse-Kassel) (1797-1889)
24= 24. Thomas George Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (1801-1834)
25= 25. Charlotte Grimstead (c. 1798-1881)
26= 26. Oswald Smith (1794-1863)
27= 27. Henrietta Mildred Hodgson
28= 28. Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck (1780-1826)
29= 29. Anne Wellesley (1795-1875)
30= 30. Edwyn Burnaby (1799-1867)
31= 31. Anne Caroline Salisbury (c. 1806-1881)

Patrilineal descent

Elizabeth's patriline is the line from which she is descended father to son.

Her patrilineal descent (the principle behind membership in Germanic royal houses) can be traced back through the generations -- which means that if Elizabeth II were to choose an historically accurate house name it would be Wettin, as all her male-line ancestors have been members.

The line diverges from the British royal line at Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, and from then on follows his paternal ancestors.

Descent before Conrad the Great is taken from [http://fabpedigree.com/s056/f354285.htm fabpedigree.com] and may be inaccurate.

House of Wettin
#Burkhard I, Duke of Thuringia, d. 870
#Burchard, Duke of Thuringia, 836 - 908
#(possibly) Burkhard III of Grabfeldgau, 866 - 913
#Dedi I, Count in the Hessegau, 896 - 957
#(probably) Dietrich I, Count of Wettin, d. 976
#(possibly) Dedi II, Count in the Hessegau, 946 - 1009
#Dietrich II of Wettin, 991 - 1034
#Thimo I, Count of Wettin, d. 1099
#Thimo II the Brave, Count of Wettin, d. 1118
#Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, 1098 - 1157
#Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, 1125 - 1190
#Dietrich I, Margrave of Meissen, 1162 - 1221
#Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, c. 1215 - 1288
#Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, 1240 - 1314
#Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen, 1257 - 1323
#Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, 1310 - 1349
#Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1332 - 1381
#Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 1370 - 1428
#Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, 1412 - 1464
#Ernest, Elector of Saxony, 1441 - 1486
#John, Elector of Saxony, 1468 - 1532
#John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 1503 - 1554
#Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1530 - 1573
#John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1570 - 1605
#Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1601 - 1675
#John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1658 - 1729
#Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1697 - 1764
#Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1724 - 1800
#Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1750 - 1806
#Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1784 - 1844
#Albert, Prince Consort, 1819 - 1861
#Edward VII of the United Kingdom, 1841 - 1910
#George V of the United Kingdom, 1865 - 1936
#George VI of the United Kingdom, 1895 - 1952
#Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, 1926 -

ee also

*Genealogy of the British Royal Family
*Direct descent from William I to Elizabeth II
*Descent of Elizabeth II from Cerdic
*Descent of Elizabeth II from the Romans

References

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* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.talk.royalty/msg/b2c734b6aa87faf5 Yvonne Demoskoff "Ancestors of Prince William of Wales v.3"]
* [http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/elizabethII.htm Yvonne Demoskoff. "Ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II"]