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Became joint monarchs: 28 December 1694 Became sole monarch: Princess Anne of Denmark [25] Sister(-in-law) Mary II: Mary II: Wife 28 December 1694 Died William III: Princess Anne of Denmark: Heiress apparent [25] Sister-in-law / First cousin: 28 December 1694 Sister died 8 March 1702 Became queen William, Duke of Gloucester 1694–1700, Son ...
The Bill of Rights 1689 established that, whichever of the joint monarchs, William III and Mary II, died first, the other would reign alone. As Mary II died first, on 28 December 1694, William III became sole remaining monarch. On the day of Mary's death, the line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones was:
This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to succeed the British monarch to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present), should the incumbent monarch die or abdicate.
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1846. Edward was born on 9 November 1841 in Buckingham Palace. [1] He was the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The couple had one child together, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent. Princess Alexandrina was Queen Charlotte and King George's first legitimate, surviving grandchild, and went on to become ...
Queen Anne became monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain after the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. She had ruled England, Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland since 8 March 1702. She continued as queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Her total reign lasted 12 years and 147 days.
The direct, eldest male line from Henry II includes monarchs commonly grouped together as the House of Plantagenet, which was the name given to the dynasty after the loss of most of their continental possessions, while cadet branches of this line became known as the House of Lancaster and the House of York during the War of the Roses.
Charles became monarch less than two years ago when 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth died Sept. 8, 2022. At 73, he set the record as the oldest person to accede to the British throne. No matter how ...