British Line of Succession on 23 September 1840

Queen Victoria
Image: Alexander Bassano [Public domain]

Sovereign: Queen Victoria

Age 21 (born 24 May 1819, will die on 22 January 1901)
Sovereign since 20 June 1837 (3 years, 3 months)

Previous change: 4 September 1840 | Next change: 21 November 1840
Previous day: 22 September 1840 | Next day: 24 September 1840

  1. Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
    Age 69 (born 5 Jun 1771, will die on 18 November 1851),
    Uncle of the sovereign
  2. George V of Hanover
    Age 21 (born 27 May 1819, will die on 12 June 1878),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  3. Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex
    Age 67 (born 27 Jan 1773, will die on 21 April 1843),
    Uncle of the sovereign
  4. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
    Age 66 (born 24 Feb 1774, will die on 8 July 1850),
    Uncle of the sovereign
  5. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
    Age 21 (born 28 Mar 1819, will die on 17 March 1904),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  6. Princess Augusta of Cambridge
    Age 18 (born 19 July 1822, will die on 5 December 1916),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  7. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
    Age 6 (born 27 November 1833, will die on 27 October 1897),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  8. Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester
    Age 64 (born 25 Apr 1776, will die on 30 April 1857),
    Aunt of the sovereign
  9. Princess Sophia
    Age 62 (born 3 Nov 1777, will die on 27 May 1848),
    Aunt of the sovereign
  10. Princess Sophia of Gloucester
    Age 67 (born 29 May 1773, will die on 29 November 1844),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  11. Charles II, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 35 (born 30 Oct 1804, will die on 18 August 1873),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  12. William, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 34 (born 25 Apr 1806, will die on 18 October 1884),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  13. William I of Württemberg
    Age 58 (born 27 Sep 1781, will die on 25 June 1864),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  14. Charles I of Württemberg
    Age 17 (born 6 March 1823, will die on 6 October 1891),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  15. Princess Marie Friederike Charlotte of Württemberg
    Age 23 (born 30 Oct 1816, will die on 4 January 1887),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  16. Princess Sophie of Württemberg
    Age 22 (born 17 Jun 1818, will die on 3 June 1877),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  17. William, Prince of Orange
    Age 0 months (born 4 September 1840),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  18. Princess Catherine of Württemberg
    Age 19 (born 24 August 1821, will die on 6 December 1898),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  19. Princess Augusta of Württemberg
    Age 14 (born 4 January 1826, will die on 3 December 1898),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  20. Prince Paul of Württemberg
    Age 55 (born 19 Jan 1785, will die on 16 April 1852),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  21. Frederick Karl August
    Age 32 (born 21 Feb 1808, will die on 9 May 1870),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  22. August
    Age 27 (born 24 Jan 1813, will die on 12 January 1885),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  23. Friederike Charlotte Marie
    Age 33 (born 9 Jan 1807, will die on 2 February 1873),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  24. Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna
    Age 15 (born 9 March 1825, will die on 19 November 1846),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  25. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna
    Age 14 (born 26 May 1826, will die on 28 January 1845),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  26. Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna
    Age 13 (born 28 August 1827, will die on 12 May 1894),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  27. Pauline Friederike Marie
    Age 30 (born 25 Feb 1810, will die on 7 July 1856),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  28. Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau
    Age 8 (born 20 September 1832, will die on 17 September 1905),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  29. Princess Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne of Nassau
    Age 9 (born 12 April 1831, will die on 27 October 1888),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  30. Princess Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette of Nassau
    Age 4 (born 9 July 1836, will die on 30 December 1913),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign

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