British Line of Succession on 16 May 1863

Sovereign: Queen Victoria

Age 43 (born 24 May 1819, will die on 22 January 1901)
Sovereign since 20 June 1837 (25 years, 10 months)

Previous change: 5 April 1863 | Next change: 8 January 1864
Previous day: 15 May 1863 | Next day: 17 May 1863

1. Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
   Age 21 (born 9 November 1841, will die on 6 May 1910),
   Son of the sovereign
2. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
   Age 18 (born 6 August 1844, will die on 30 July 1900),
   Son of the sovereign
3. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
   Age 13 (born 1 May 1850, will die on 16 January 1942),
   Son of the sovereign
4. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
   Age 10 (born 7 April 1853, will die on 28 March 1884),
   Son of the sovereign
5. Victoria, Princess Royal
   Age 22 (born 21 November 1840, will die on 5 August 1901),
   Daughter of the sovereign
6. Kaiser Wilhelm II
   Age 4 (born 27 January 1859, will die on 4 June 1941),
   Grandson of the sovereign
7. Prince Henry of Prussia
   Age 9 months (born 14 August 1862, will die on 20 April 1929),
   Grandson of the sovereign
8. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
   Age 2 (born 24 July 1860, will die on 1 October 1919),
   Granddaughter of the sovereign
9. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
   Age 20 (born 25 April 1843, will die on 14 December 1878),
   Daughter of the sovereign
10. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
    Age 1 months (born 5 April 1863, will die on 24 September 1950),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
11. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
    Age 16 (born 25 May 1846, will die on 9 June 1923),
    Daughter of the sovereign
12. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
    Age 15 (born 18 March 1848, will die on 3 December 1939),
    Daughter of the sovereign
13. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
    Age 6 (born 14 April 1857, will die on 26 October 1944),
    Daughter of the sovereign
14. George V of Hanover
    Age 43 (born 27 May 1819, will die on 12 June 1878),
    First cousin of the sovereign
15. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
    Age 17 (born 21 September 1845, will die on 14 November 1923),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
16. Princess Frederica of Hanover
    Age 15 (born 9 January 1848, will die on 16 October 1926),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
17. Princess Marie of Hanover
    Age 13 (born 3 December 1849, will die on 4 June 1904),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
18. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
    Age 44 (born 28 Mar 1819, will die on 17 March 1904),
    First cousin of the sovereign
19. Princess Augusta of Cambridge
    Age 40 (born 19 July 1822, will die on 5 December 1916),
    First cousin of the sovereign
20. Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz
    Age 14 (born 22 July 1848, will die on 11 June 1914),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
21. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
    Age 29 (born 27 November 1833, will die on 27 October 1897),
    First cousin of the sovereign
22. Charles II, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 58 (born 30 Oct 1804, will die on 18 August 1873),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
23. William, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 57 (born 25 Apr 1806, will die on 18 October 1884),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
24. William I of Württemberg
    Age 81 (born 27 Sep 1781, will die on 25 June 1864),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
25. Charles I of Württemberg
    Age 40 (born 6 March 1823, will die on 6 October 1891),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
26. Princess Marie Friederike Charlotte of Württemberg
    Age 46 (born 30 Oct 1816, will die on 4 January 1887),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
27. Princess Sophie of Württemberg
    Age 44 (born 17 Jun 1818, will die on 3 June 1877),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign