British Line of Succession on 25 December 1886

Queen Victoria
Image: Alexander Bassano [Public domain]

Sovereign: Queen Victoria

Age 67 (born 24 May 1819, will die on 22 January 1901)
Sovereign since 20 June 1837 (49 years, 6 months)

Previous change: 17 March 1886 | Next change: 29 January 1887
Previous day: 24 December 1886 | Next day: 26 December 1886

  1. Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
    Age 45 (born 9 November 1841, will die on 6 May 1910),
    Son of the sovereign
  2. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
    Age 22 (born 8 January 1864, will die on 14 January 1892),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  3. Prince George of Wales (King George V)
    Age 21 (born 3 June 1865, will die on 20 January 1936),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  4. Louise, Princess Royal
    Age 19 (born 20 February 1867, will die on 4 January 1931),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  5. Princess Victoria
    Age 18 (born 6 July 1868, will die on 3 December 1935),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  6. Maud, Queen of Norway
    Age 17 (born 26 November 1869, will die on 20 November 1938),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  7. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 42 (born 6 August 1844, will die on 30 July 1900),
    Son of the sovereign
  8. Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 12 (born 15 October 1874, will die on 6 February 1899),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  9. Marie of Romania
    Age 11 (born 29 October 1875, will die on 18 July 1938),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  10. Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 10 (born 25 November 1876, will die on 2 March 1936),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  11. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 8 (born 1 September 1878, will die on 16 April 1942),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  12. Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 2 (born 20 April 1884, will die on 13 July 1966),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  13. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
    Age 36 (born 1 May 1850, will die on 16 January 1942),
    Son of the sovereign
  14. Prince Arthur of Connaught
    Age 3 (born 13 January 1883, will die on 12 September 1938),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  15. Princess Margaret of Connaught
    Age 4 (born 15 January 1882, will die on 1 May 1920),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  16. Princess Patricia of Connaught
    Age 9 months (born 17 March 1886, will die on 12 January 1974),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  17. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Age 2 (born 19 July 1884, will die on 6 March 1954),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  18. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
    Age 3 (born 25 February 1883, will die on 3 January 1981),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  19. Victoria, Princess Royal
    Age 46 (born 21 November 1840, will die on 5 August 1901),
    Daughter of the sovereign
  20. Kaiser Wilhelm II
    Age 27 (born 27 January 1859, will die on 4 June 1941),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  21. Crown Prince Wilhelm
    Age 4 (born 6 May 1882, will die on 20 July 1951),
    Great grandson of the sovereign
  22. Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
    Age 3 (born 7 July 1883, will die on 8 December 1942),
    Great grandson of the sovereign
  23. Prince Adalbert of Prussia
    Age 2 (born 14 July 1884, will die on 22 September 1948),
    Great grandson of the sovereign
  24. Prince Henry of Prussia
    Age 24 (born 14 August 1862, will die on 20 April 1929),
    Grandson of the sovereign
  25. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
    Age 26 (born 24 July 1860, will die on 1 October 1919),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  26. Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen
    Age 7 (born 12 May 1879, will die on 26 August 1945),
    Great granddaughter of the sovereign
  27. Princess Viktoria of Prussia
    Age 20 (born 12 April 1866, will die on 13 November 1929),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  28. Sophia of Prussia
    Age 16 (born 14 June 1870, will die on 13 January 1932),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  29. Princess Margaret of Prussia
    Age 14 (born 22 April 1872, will die on 22 January 1954),
    Granddaughter of the sovereign
  30. Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
    Age 18 (born 25 November 1868, will die on 9 October 1937),
    Grandson of the sovereign

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