British Line of Succession on 23 May 1868

Queen Victoria
Image: Alexander Bassano [Public domain]

Sovereign: Queen Victoria

Age 48 (born 24 May 1819, will die on 22 January 1901)
Sovereign since 20 June 1837 (30 years, 11 months)

Previous change: 10 February 1868 | Next change: 6 July 1868
Previous day: 22 May 1868 | Next day: 24 May 1868

  1. Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
    Age 26 (born 9 November 1841, will die on 6 May 1910),
    Son of the sovereign
  2. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
    Age 4 (born 8 January 1864, will die on 14 January 1892),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  3. Prince George of Wales (King George V)
    Age 2 (born 3 June 1865, will die on 20 January 1936),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  4. Louise, Princess Royal
    Age 1 (born 20 February 1867, will die on 4 January 1931),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  5. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 23 (born 6 August 1844, will die on 30 July 1900),
    Son of the sovereign
  6. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
    Age 18 (born 1 May 1850, will die on 16 January 1942),
    Son of the sovereign
  7. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
    Age 15 (born 7 April 1853, will die on 28 March 1884),
    Son of the sovereign
  8. Victoria, Princess Royal
    Age 27 (born 21 November 1840, will die on 5 August 1901),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  9. Kaiser Wilhelm II
    Age 9 (born 27 January 1859, will die on 4 June 1941),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  10. Prince Henry of Prussia
    Age 5 (born 14 August 1862, will die on 20 April 1929),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  11. Prince Waldemar of Prussia
    Age 3 months (born 10 February 1868, will die on 27 March 1879),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  12. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
    Age 7 (born 24 July 1860, will die on 1 October 1919),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  13. Princess Viktoria of Prussia
    Age 2 (born 12 April 1866, will die on 13 November 1929),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  14. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
    Age 25 (born 25 April 1843, will die on 14 December 1878),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  15. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
    Age 5 (born 5 April 1863, will die on 24 September 1950),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  16. Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
    Age 3 (born 1 November 1864, will die on 18 July 1918),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  17. Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
    Age 1 (born 11 July 1866, will die on 11 November 1953),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  18. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
    Age 21 (born 25 May 1846, will die on 9 June 1923),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  19. Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein
    Age 1 (born 14 April 1867, will die on 29 October 1900),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  20. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
    Age 20 (born 18 March 1848, will die on 3 December 1939),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  21. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
    Age 11 (born 14 April 1857, will die on 26 October 1944),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  22. George V of Hanover
    Age 48 (born 27 May 1819, will die on 12 June 1878),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  23. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
    Age 22 (born 21 September 1845, will die on 14 November 1923),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  24. Princess Frederica of Hanover
    Age 20 (born 9 January 1848, will die on 16 October 1926),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  25. Princess Marie of Hanover
    Age 18 (born 3 December 1849, will die on 4 June 1904),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  26. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
    Age 49 (born 28 Mar 1819, will die on 17 March 1904),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  27. Princess Augusta of Cambridge
    Age 45 (born 19 July 1822, will die on 5 December 1916),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  28. Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz
    Age 19 (born 22 July 1848, will die on 11 June 1914),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign
  29. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
    Age 34 (born 27 November 1833, will die on 27 October 1897),
    First cousin of the sovereign
  30. Princess Victoria Mary of Teck
    Age 11 months (born 28 May 1867, will die on 24 March 1953),
    First cousin once removed of the sovereign

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