Timeline of Changes to the Succession

This page lists all of the changes in the line of succession.

1820s

• 29 January 1820
  
  • August was excluded
• 27 May 1820
  
  • Mathilde Bonaparte was born
• 10 December 1820
  
  • Princess Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide of Clarence was born
• 5 March 1821
  
  • Princess Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide of Clarence died
• 8 August 1821
  
  • Princess Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel died
• 24 August 1821
  
  • Princess Catherine of Württemberg was born
• 19 July 1822
  
  • Princess Augusta of Cambridge was born
• 19 December 1822
  
  • August died
• 6 March 1823
  
  • Charles I of Württemberg was born
• 9 March 1825
  
  • Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna was born
• 4 January 1826
  
  • Princess Augusta of Württemberg was born
• 26 May 1826
  
  • Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna was born
• 6 January 1827
  
  • Prince Frederick, Duke of York died
• 28 August 1827
  
  • Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna was born
• 7 October 1828
  
  • Charlotte, Princess Royal died

1830s

• 26 June 1830
  
  • King William IV became sovereign
• 28 January 1831
  
  • Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna was born
• 28 March 1832
  
  • Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna died
• 20 September 1832
  
  • Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau was born
• 27 November 1833
  
  • Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was born
• 27 October 1834
  
  • Grand Duchess Anna Mikhailovna was born
• 1 December 1834
  
  • Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh died
• 23 March 1836
  
  • Grand Duchess Anna Mikhailovna died
• 20 June 1837
  
  • Queen Victoria became sovereign

1840s

• 11 January 1840
  
  • Princess Elizabeth died
• 4 September 1840
  
  • William, Prince of Orange was born
• 23 September 1840
  
  • Princess Augusta Sophia died
• 21 November 1840
  
  • Victoria, Princess Royal was born
• 9 November 1841
  
  • King Edward VII was born
• 22 April 1843
  
  • Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex died
• 25 April 1843
  
  • Princess Alice of the United Kingdom was born
• 24 August 1843
  
  • George FitzGeorge was born
• 15 September 1843
  
  • Prince Maurice of the Netherlands was born
• 6 August 1844
  
  • Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born
• 30 November 1844
  
  • Princess Sophia of Gloucester died
• 29 January 1845
  
  • Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna died
• 21 September 1845
  
  • Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover was born
• 30 January 1846
  
  • Adolphus FitzGeorge was born
• 25 May 1846
  
  • Princess Helena of the United Kingdom was born
• 12 June 1847
  
  • Augustus FitzGeorge was born
• 9 January 1848
  
  • Princess Frederica of Hanover was born
• 25 February 1848
  
  • William II of Württemberg was born
• 18 March 1848
  
  • Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll was born
• 28 May 1848
  
  • Princess Sophia died
• 22 July 1848
  
  • Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz was born
• 3 December 1849
  
  • Princess Marie of Hanover was born

1850s

• 1 May 1850
  
  • Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was born
• 7 June 1850
  
  • Prince Maurice of the Netherlands died
• 9 July 1850
  
  • Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge died
• 25 August 1851
  
  • Alexander, Prince of Orange was born
• 19 November 1851
  
  • Ernest Augustus I of Hanover died
• 7 April 1853
  
  • Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany was born
• 14 April 1857
  
  • Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom was born
• 1 May 1857
  
  • Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester died
• 27 January 1859
  
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II was born

1860s

• 24 July 1860
  
  • Princess Charlotte of Prussia was born
• 14 August 1862
  
  • Prince Henry of Prussia was born
• 5 April 1863
  
  • Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine was born
• 8 January 1864
  
  • Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale was born
• 26 June 1864
  
  • William I of Württemberg died
• 15 September 1864
  
  • Prince Sigismund of Prussia was born
• 1 November 1864
  
  • Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was born
• 3 June 1865
  
  • King George V was born
• 12 April 1866
  
  • Princess Viktoria of Prussia was born
• 19 June 1866
  
  • Prince Sigismund of Prussia died
• 11 July 1866
  
  • Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine was born
• 20 February 1867
  
  • Louise, Princess Royal was born
• 14 April 1867
  
  • Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein was born
• 10 February 1868
  
  • Prince Waldemar of Prussia was born
• 6 July 1868
  
  • Princess Victoria was born
• 25 November 1868
  
  • Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse was born
• 26 February 1869
  
  • Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein was born
• 26 November 1869
  
  • Maud, Queen of Norway was born

1870s

• 3 May 1870
  
  • Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein was born
• 14 June 1870
  
  • Sophia of Prussia was born
• 7 October 1870
  
  • Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine was born
• 6 April 1871
  
  • Prince Alexander John was born
• 8 April 1871
  
  • Prince Alexander John died
• 22 April 1872
  
  • Princess Margaret of Prussia was born
• 6 June 1872
  
  • Alexandra Feodorovna was born
• 12 August 1872
  
  • Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein was born
• 30 May 1873
  
  • Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine died
• 24 May 1874
  
  • Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was born
• 15 October 1874
  
  • Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born
• 29 October 1875
  
  • Marie of Romania was born
• 12 May 1876
  
  • Prince Harald was born
• 21 May 1876
  
  • Prince Harald died
• 25 November 1876
  
  • Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born
• 1 September 1878
  
  • Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born
• 17 November 1878
  
  • Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine died
• 15 December 1878
  
  • Princess Alice of the United Kingdom died
• 28 March 1879
  
  • Prince Waldemar of Prussia died
• 12 May 1879
  
  • Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen was born

1880s

• 15 January 1882
  
  • Princess Margaret of Connaught was born
• 6 May 1882
  
  • Crown Prince Wilhelm was born
• 13 January 1883
  
  • Prince Arthur of Connaught was born
• 25 February 1883
  
  • Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone was born
• 7 July 1883
  
  • Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia was born
• 29 March 1884
  
  • Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany died
• 20 April 1884
  
  • Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born
• 14 July 1884
  
  • Prince Adalbert of Prussia was born
• 19 July 1884
  
  • Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born
• 17 March 1886
  
  • Princess Patricia of Connaught was born
• 29 January 1887
  
  • Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia was born
• 27 July 1888
  
  • Prince Oskar of Prussia was born
• 20 March 1889
  
  • Prince Waldemar of Prussia was born

1890s

• 16 June 1890
  
  • Alastair Duff, Marquess of Macduff was born
• 17 June 1890
  
  • Alastair Duff, Marquess of Macduff died
• 17 December 1890
  
  • Prince Joachim of Prussia was born
• 17 May 1891
  
  • Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife was born
• 15 January 1892
  
  • Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale died
• 13 September 1892
  
  • Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia was born
• 3 April 1893
  
  • Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk was born
• 15 October 1893
  
  • Carol II of Romania was born
• 23 June 1894
  
  • King Edward VIII was born
• 12 October 1894
  
  • Elisabeth of Romania was born
• 11 March 1895
  
  • Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was born
• 14 December 1895
  
  • King George VI was born
• 25 April 1897
  
  • The Princess Mary, Princess Royal was born
• 24 May 1897
  
  • Prince Gottfried, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born
• 18 January 1899
  
  • Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born
• 7 February 1899
  
  • Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha died

1900s

• 6 January 1900
  
  • Maria of Yugoslavia was born
• 31 March 1900
  
  • The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was born
• 31 July 1900
  
  • Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha died
• 22 January 1901
  
  • King Edward VII became sovereign
• 2 April 1901
  
  • Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born
• 6 August 1901
  
  • Victoria, Princess Royal died
• 4 July 1902
  
  • Princess Irma of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born
• 20 December 1902
  
  • The Prince George, Duke of Kent was born
• 2 July 1903
  
  • Olaf V, King of Norway was born
• 5 August 1903
  
  • Prince Nicholas of Romania was born
• 17 November 1903
  
  • Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine died
• 12 July 1905
  
  • Prince John was born
• 22 April 1906
  
  • Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten was born
• 2 February 1907
  
  • Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia was born
• 5 January 1909
  
  • Princess Ileana of Romania was born
• 9 May 1909
  
  • Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia was born

1910s

• 20 April 1910
  
  • Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera was born
• 6 May 1910
  
  • King George V became sovereign
• 16 April 1911
  
  • Prince Alfred of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born
• 19 April 1911
  
  • Prince Alfred of Hohenlohe-Langenburg died
• 28 May 1912
  
  • Alonso María Cristino Justo was born
• 3 January 1913
  
  • Prince Mircea of Romania was born
• 9 August 1914
  
  • Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was born
• 3 November 1916
  
  • Prince Mircea of Romania died
• 12 May 1917
  
  • Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein was born
• 30 August 1917
  
  • Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia was born
• 19 January 1919
  
  • Prince John died
• 24 September 1919
  
  • Prince Wilhelm Alfred Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was born

1920s

• 8 August 1920
  
  • Carol Lambrino was born
• 25 October 1921
  
  • Michael I of Romania was born
• 30 April 1922
  
  • Friedrich Ernst Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein was born
• 23 February 1923
  
  • George Lascelles, The 7th Earl of Harewood was born
• 6 September 1923
  
  • Peter II of Yugoslavia was born
• 21 August 1924
  
  • Gerald Lascelles was born
• 21 April 1926
  
  • Queen Elizabeth II was born
• 18 October 1926
  
  • Prince Emich Kirill Ferdinand Hermann of Leiningen was born
• 2 January 1928
  
  • Prince Karl Vladimir Ernst Heinrich of Leiningen was born
• 19 January 1928
  
  • Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia was born
• 28 June 1929
  
  • Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia was born
• 23 September 1929
  
  • James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife was born

1930s

• 9 June 1930
  
  • Princess Ragnhild of Norway was born
• 21 August 1930
  
  • The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was born
• 5 January 1931
  
  • Louise, Princess Royal died
• 12 February 1932
  
  • Princess Astrid of Norway was born
• 5 August 1932
  
  • Archduke Stefan of Austria was born
• 9 October 1935
  
  • Prince Edward, Duke of Kent was born
• 4 December 1935
  
  • Princess Victoria died
• 20 January 1936
  
  • King Edward VIII became sovereign
• 11 December 1936
  
  • King George VI became sovereign
• 25 December 1936
  
  • Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy was born
• 21 February 1937
  
  • Harald V, King of Norway was born
• 19 July 1938
  
  • Marie of Romania died
• 21 November 1938
  
  • Maud, Queen of Norway died

1940s

• 18 December 1941
  
  • Prince William of Gloucester was born
• 4 July 1942
  
  • Prince Michael of Kent was born
• 26 August 1942
  
  • The Prince George, Duke of Kent died
• 27 April 1943
  
  • Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn died
• 26 August 1944
  
  • Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester was born
• 15 December 1945
  
  • Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk died
• 10 June 1948
  
  • Michael I of Romania was excluded
• 13 August 1948
  
  • Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern was born
• 14 November 1948
  
  • Charles III was born

1950s

• 15 August 1950
  
  • The Princess Anne, Princess Royal was born
• 21 October 1950
  
  • David Lascelles, the 8th Earl of Harewood was born
• 6 February 1952
  
  • Queen Elizabeth II became sovereign
• 5 April 1953
  
  • Carol II of Romania died
• 19 May 1953
  
  • Henry Lascelles was born
• 5 October 1953
  
  • James Lascelles was born
• 23 August 1954
  
  • Haakon Lorentzen was born
• 14 February 1955
  
  • Jeremy Lascelles was born
• 15 November 1956
  
  • Elisabeth of Romania died
• 27 February 1957
  
  • Ingeborg Lorentzen was born
• 27 February 1959
  
  • Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife died
• 20 June 1959
  
  • Lady Alexandra Clare Carnegie was born

1960s

• 19 February 1960
  
  • The Prince Andrew, Duke of York was born
• 3 March 1961
  
  • David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife was born
• 1 September 1961
  
  • Ion George Nicholas Alexander Lambrino was born
• 3 November 1961
  
  • David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon was born
• 26 June 1962
  
  • George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews was born
• 22 July 1962
  
  • Cathrine Ferner was born
• 27 September 1963
  
  • Benedikte Ferner was born
• 29 February 1964
  
  • James Ogilvy was born
• 10 March 1964
  
  • The Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh was born
• 28 April 1964
  
  • Lady Helen Taylor was born
• 1 May 1964
  
  • Lady Sarah Chatto was born
• 4 July 1964
  
  • Mark Lascelles was born
• 26 March 1965
  
  • The Princess Mary, Princess Royal died
• 31 July 1966
  
  • Marina Mowatt was born

1970s

• 25 July 1970
  
  • Lord Nicholas Windsor was born
• 29 August 1972
  
  • Prince William of Gloucester died
• 20 July 1973
  
  • Crown Prince Haakon Magnus was born
• 1 October 1973
  
  • Sophie Pearce was born
• 11 June 1974
  
  • The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester died
• 24 October 1974
  
  • Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster was born
• 23 November 1975
  
  • Lady Emily Shard was born
• 6 November 1977
  
  • Rowan Lascelles was born
• 15 November 1977
  
  • Peter Phillips was born
• 19 November 1977
  
  • Lady Davina Lewis was born
• 30 June 1978
  
  • Prince Michael of Kent was excluded
• 19 September 1978
  
  • Benjamin Lascelles was born
• 6 April 1979
  
  • Lord Frederick Windsor was born

1980s

• 1 March 1980
  
  • Lady Rose Gilman was born
• 13 May 1980
  
  • Alexander Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles was born
• 23 April 1981
  
  • Lady Gabriella Windsor was born
• 15 May 1981
  
  • Zara Tindall was born
• 21 June 1982
  
  • The Prince William, Prince of Wales was born
• 19 November 1982
  
  • Edward Lascelles was born
• 15 September 1984
  
  • The Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex was born
• 9 January 1988
  
  • George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews was excluded
• 8 August 1988
  
  • Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi was born
• 2 December 1988
  
  • Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick was born

1990s

• 23 March 1990
  
  • Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank was born
• 26 May 1990
  
  • Zenouska Mowatt was born
• 30 September 1992
  
  • Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor was born
• 4 June 1993
  
  • Christian Mowatt was born
• 6 August 1994
  
  • Columbus Taylor was born
• 15 December 1994
  
  • Flora Ogilvy was born
• 24 August 1995
  
  • Lady Amelia Windsor was born
• 28 July 1996
  
  • Samuel Chatto was born
• 26 December 1996
  
  • Cassius Taylor was born
• 5 February 1999
  
  • Arthur Chatto was born
• 1 July 1999
  
  • Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley was born

2000s

• 10 February 2002
  
  • The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon died
• 14 May 2002
  
  • Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones was born
• 1 January 2003
  
  • Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick was excluded
• 2 March 2003
  
  • Eloise Taylor was born
• 8 November 2003
  
  • Lady Louise Windsor was born
• 12 March 2007
  
  • Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden was born
• 17 December 2007
  
  • James, Earl of Wessex was born
• 1 January 2008
  
  • Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor was excluded

2010s

• 20 May 2010
  
  • Lady Cosima Windsor was born
• 30 May 2010
  
  • Lyla Gilman was born
• 22 June 2010
  
  • Senna Lewis was born
• 29 December 2010
  
  • Savannah Phillips was born
• 29 March 2012
  
  • Isla Phillips was born
• 25 May 2012
  
  • Tāne Lewis was born
• 30 October 2012
  
  • Rufus Gilman was born
• 22 July 2013
  
  • Prince George of Wales was born
• 17 January 2014
  
  • Mia Tindall was born
• 2 May 2015
  
  • Princess Charlotte of Wales was born
• 23 April 2018
  
  • Prince Louis of Wales was born
• 18 June 2018
  
  • Lena Tindall was born
• 6 May 2019
  
  • Prince Archie of Sussex was born

2020s

• 9 February 2021
  
  • August Brooksbank was born
• 21 March 2021
  
  • Lucas Tindall was born
• 4 June 2021
  
  • Princess Lilibet of Sussex was born
• 18 September 2021
  
  • Sienna Mapelli Mozzi was born
• 8 September 2022
  
  • Charles III became sovereign
• 30 May 2023
  
  • Ernest Brooksbank was born

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