British Line of Succession on 5 June 1865

Queen Victoria
Image: Alexander Bassano [Public domain]

Sovereign: Queen Victoria

Age 46 (born 24 May 1819, will die on 22 January 1901)
Sovereign since 20 June 1837 (27 years, 11 months)

Previous change: 3 June 1865 | Next change: 12 April 1866
Previous day: 4 June 1865 | Next day: 6 June 1865

  1. Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
    Age 23 (born 9 November 1841, will die on 6 May 1910),
    Son of the sovereign
  2. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
    Age 1 (born 8 January 1864, will die on 14 January 1892),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  3. Prince George of Wales (King George V)
    Age 0 months (born 3 June 1865, will die on 20 January 1936),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  4. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 20 (born 6 August 1844, will die on 30 July 1900),
    Son of the sovereign
  5. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
    Age 15 (born 1 May 1850, will die on 16 January 1942),
    Son of the sovereign
  6. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
    Age 12 (born 7 April 1853, will die on 28 March 1884),
    Son of the sovereign
  7. Victoria, Princess Royal
    Age 24 (born 21 November 1840, will die on 5 August 1901),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  8. Kaiser Wilhelm II
    Age 6 (born 27 January 1859, will die on 4 June 1941),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  9. Prince Henry of Prussia
    Age 2 (born 14 August 1862, will die on 20 April 1929),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  10. Prince Sigismund of Prussia
    Age 8 months (born 15 September 1864, will die on 18 June 1866),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  11. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
    Age 4 (born 24 July 1860, will die on 1 October 1919),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  12. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
    Age 22 (born 25 April 1843, will die on 14 December 1878),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  13. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
    Age 2 (born 5 April 1863, will die on 24 September 1950),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  14. Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
    Age 7 months (born 1 November 1864, will die on 18 July 1918),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  15. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
    Age 19 (born 25 May 1846, will die on 9 June 1923),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  16. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
    Age 17 (born 18 March 1848, will die on 3 December 1939),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  17. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
    Age 8 (born 14 April 1857, will die on 26 October 1944),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  18. George V of Hanover
    Age 46 (born 27 May 1819, will die on 12 June 1878),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  19. 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
  20. Princess Frederica of Hanover
    Age 17 (born 9 January 1848, will die on 16 October 1926),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  21. Princess Marie of Hanover
    Age 15 (born 3 December 1849, will die on 4 June 1904),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  22. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
    Age 46 (born 28 Mar 1819, will die on 17 March 1904),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  23. Princess Augusta of Cambridge
    Age 42 (born 19 July 1822, will die on 5 December 1916),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  24. 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
  25. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
    Age 31 (born 27 November 1833, will die on 27 October 1897),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  26. Charles II, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 60 (born 30 Oct 1804, will die on 18 August 1873),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  27. William, Duke of Brunswick
    Age 59 (born 25 Apr 1806, will die on 18 October 1884),
    Second cousin of the sovereign
  28. Charles I of Württemberg
    Age 42 (born 6 March 1823, will die on 6 October 1891),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
  29. 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
  30. Princess Sophie of Württemberg
    Age 46 (born 17 Jun 1818, will die on 3 June 1877),
    Second cousin once removed of the sovereign

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