British Line of Succession on 24 July 1860

Queen Victoria
Image: Alexander Bassano [Public domain]

Sovereign: Queen Victoria

Age 41 (born 24 May 1819, will die on 22 January 1901)
Sovereign since 20 June 1837 (23 years, 1 month)

Previous change: 27 January 1859 | Next change: 14 August 1862
Previous day: 23 July 1860 | Next day: 25 July 1860

  1. Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
    Age 18 (born 9 November 1841, will die on 6 May 1910),
    Son of the sovereign
  2. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 15 (born 6 August 1844, will die on 30 July 1900),
    Son of the sovereign
  3. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
    Age 10 (born 1 May 1850, will die on 16 January 1942),
    Son of the sovereign
  4. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
    Age 7 (born 7 April 1853, will die on 28 March 1884),
    Son of the sovereign
  5. Victoria, Princess Royal
    Age 19 (born 21 November 1840, will die on 5 August 1901),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  6. Kaiser Wilhelm II
    Age 1 (born 27 January 1859, will die on 4 June 1941),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  7. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
    Age 0 months (born 24 July 1860, will die on 1 October 1919),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  8. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
    Age 17 (born 25 April 1843, will die on 14 December 1878),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  9. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
    Age 14 (born 25 May 1846, will die on 9 June 1923),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  10. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
    Age 12 (born 18 March 1848, will die on 3 December 1939),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  11. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
    Age 3 (born 14 April 1857, will die on 26 October 1944),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  12. George V of Hanover
    Age 41 (born 27 May 1819, will die on 12 June 1878),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  13. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
    Age 14 (born 21 September 1845, will die on 14 November 1923),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  14. Princess Frederica of Hanover
    Age 12 (born 9 January 1848, will die on 16 October 1926),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  15. Princess Marie of Hanover
    Age 10 (born 3 December 1849, will die on 4 June 1904),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  16. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
    Age 41 (born 28 Mar 1819, will die on 17 March 1904),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  17. Princess Augusta of Cambridge
    Age 38 (born 19 July 1822, will die on 5 December 1916),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  18. Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz
    Age 12 (born 22 July 1848, will die on 11 June 1914),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  19. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
    Age 26 (born 27 November 1833, will die on 27 October 1897),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  20. Charles II, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 55 (born 30 Oct 1804, will die on 18 August 1873),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  21. William, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 54 (born 25 Apr 1806, will die on 18 October 1884),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  22. William I of Württemberg
    Age 78 (born 27 Sep 1781, will die on 25 June 1864),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  23. Charles I of Württemberg
    Age 37 (born 6 March 1823, will die on 6 October 1891),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  24. Princess Marie Friederike Charlotte of Württemberg
    Age 43 (born 30 Oct 1816, will die on 4 January 1887),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  25. Princess Sophie of Württemberg
    Age 42 (born 17 Jun 1818, will die on 3 June 1877),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  26. William, Prince of Orange
    Age 19 (born 4 September 1840),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  27. Alexander, Prince of Orange
    Age 8 (born 25 August 1851, will die on 21 June 1884),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  28. Princess Catherine of Württemberg
    Age 38 (born 24 August 1821, will die on 6 December 1898),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  29. William II of Württemberg
    Age 12 (born 25 February 1848, will die on 2 October 1921),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
  30. Princess Augusta of Württemberg
    Age 34 (born 4 January 1826, will die on 3 December 1898),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign

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