British Line of Succession on 2 November 1864

Queen Victoria
Image: Alexander Bassano [Public domain]

Sovereign: Queen Victoria

Age 45 (born 24 May 1819, will die on 22 January 1901)
Sovereign since 20 June 1837 (27 years, 4 months)

Previous change: 1 November 1864 | Next change: 3 June 1865
Previous day: 1 November 1864 | Next day: 3 November 1864

  1. Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
    Age 22 (born 9 November 1841, will die on 6 May 1910),
    Son of the sovereign
  2. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
    Age 9 months (born 8 January 1864, will die on 14 January 1892),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  3. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 20 (born 6 August 1844, will die on 30 July 1900),
    Son of the sovereign
  4. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
    Age 14 (born 1 May 1850, will die on 16 January 1942),
    Son of the sovereign
  5. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
    Age 11 (born 7 April 1853, will die on 28 March 1884),
    Son of the sovereign
  6. Victoria, Princess Royal
    Age 23 (born 21 November 1840, will die on 5 August 1901),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  7. Kaiser Wilhelm II
    Age 5 (born 27 January 1859, will die on 4 June 1941),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  8. Prince Henry of Prussia
    Age 2 (born 14 August 1862, will die on 20 April 1929),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  9. Prince Sigismund of Prussia
    Age 1 months (born 15 September 1864, will die on 18 June 1866),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  10. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
    Age 4 (born 24 July 1860, will die on 1 October 1919),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  11. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
    Age 21 (born 25 April 1843, will die on 14 December 1878),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  12. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
    Age 1 (born 5 April 1863, will die on 24 September 1950),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  13. Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
    Age 0 months (born 1 November 1864, will die on 18 July 1918),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  14. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
    Age 18 (born 25 May 1846, will die on 9 June 1923),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  15. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
    Age 16 (born 18 March 1848, will die on 3 December 1939),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  16. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
    Age 7 (born 14 April 1857, will die on 26 October 1944),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  17. George V of Hanover
    Age 45 (born 27 May 1819, will die on 12 June 1878),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  18. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
    Age 19 (born 21 September 1845, will die on 14 November 1923),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  19. Princess Frederica of Hanover
    Age 16 (born 9 January 1848, will die on 16 October 1926),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  20. Princess Marie of Hanover
    Age 14 (born 3 December 1849, will die on 4 June 1904),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  21. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
    Age 45 (born 28 Mar 1819, will die on 17 March 1904),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  22. Princess Augusta of Cambridge
    Age 42 (born 19 July 1822, will die on 5 December 1916),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  23. Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz
    Age 16 (born 22 July 1848, will die on 11 June 1914),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  24. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
    Age 30 (born 27 November 1833, will die on 27 October 1897),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  25. Charles II, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 60 (born 30 Oct 1804, will die on 18 August 1873),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  26. William, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 58 (born 25 Apr 1806, will die on 18 October 1884),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  27. Charles I of Württemberg
    Age 41 (born 6 March 1823, will die on 6 October 1891),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  28. Princess Marie Friederike Charlotte of Württemberg
    Age 48 (born 30 Oct 1816, will die on 4 January 1887),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  29. Princess Sophie of Württemberg
    Age 46 (born 17 Jun 1818, will die on 3 June 1877),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  30. William, Prince of Orange
    Age 24 (born 4 September 1840),
    Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign

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