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Scottish Royal Standard  - For illustration OnlyTHE SCOTTISH ROYAL LINEAGE

THE Royal House of Scotland arose from the union in 843 of the Kingdom of the Scots, Dalriada, with Caledonia, the Kingdom of the Picts, which later comprised the northern and eastern parts of the country. The Kings of the Picts, ARD RIGH ALBANN, according to their chroniclers, derived from CRUITHNE, King of the Picts (from whose seven yr. sons the original Seven Earls or provincial Kings of Caledonia were deduced) through seventy kings (of whom the 49th, BRUDE MacMAELCON, 565, and NECTAN MacDERILI, 596-617, were converted to Christianity), to the CONSTANTINE MacANGUS, (71st), who was s by,

ANGUS II, (72nd) who reigned 821-833, and had issue,

1a EOGHAIN MacANGUS (73rd), of whom presently.

1a Fergusia, m Eocha, of the Royal House of Dalriada, (whose official genealogy declaimed by the Royal Sennachie at the Scottish Coronation, traces their succession from FERGUS MOR MacERC (ca 496), a scion of the Royal House of the High Kings of Ireland), and had issue,

1b ALPIN, who claimed the Pictish throne on Eoghain's death in 839, and was father of,

1c KENNETH MacALPIN, of whom presently as 74th ARD RIGH ALBANN.

2c DONALD I, who s his brother.

His son and heir,

EOGHAIN MacANGUS (73rd), who d 839, when he was s by his great-nephew,

KENNETH I, surnamed MacAlpin, (74th), in whose person the Crowns of Dalriada and Caledonia were united as first King of Scots from 844, and had issue,

1a CONSTANTINE, who s his uncle.

2a AEDH, who s his brother.

1a a dau who m Run, King of Strathclyde, and had issue,

1b EOCHA, who s his uncle.

(in both realms tribal Kingship was hereditary in the Royal race but selective as regards the individual, passing primarily to the Tanistair or nominee of the reigning Sovereign), and at his death in 859, he was s by his brother,

DONALD I, who reigned from 859 to 863, when he was s by his nephew,

CONSTANTINE I, (son of Kenneth I), reigned from 863 to 877, when he fell in a battle with the Danes, and was s by his brother, he left issue,

1a DONALD II, who s his first cousin.

His brother,

AEDH, who reigned but one year, 877-8, when it is said that he was "slain by his people," and was s by his nephew, he left issue,

1a CONSTANTINE II, who s his first cousin.

His nephew,

EOCHA, (son of Run, King of Strathclyde, by the dau. of Kenneth I), he reigned 878-889, (Ciric or Grig, son of Dungail, being associated with him) and was s by his first cousin,

DONALD II, (son of Constantine I), reigned from 889-900, when he was slain in a Danish invasion, and was s by his first cousin, he left issue,

1a MALCOLM I, who s his uncle.

His first cousin,

CONSTANTINE II, (son of Aedh), who reigned 42 years, 900-942, and, being harassed by the ravages of the Northmen, ret. 942 to the Monastery of St. Andrews, and was s by his first cousin once removed, he left issue,

1a INDULPH, who s his second cousin.

His first cousin once removed,

MALCOLM I, (son of Donald II), reigned from 942-954 when he was s by his second cousin, he left issue,

1a DUBH, who s his second cousin once removed.

2a KENNETH II, who s his third cousin.

His second cousin,

INDULPH, (son of Constantine II), reigned from 954-962, when he was s by his second cousin once removed, he left issue,

1a CUILEAN, who s his third cousin.

His second cousin once removed,

DUBH, (son of Malcolm II), reigned from 962-967, when he was s by his third cousin, he left issue,

1a KENNETH III, who s his fourth cousin.

His third cousin,

CUILEAN, (son of Indulph), reigned from 967-911, when he was s by his third cousin, he left issue,

1a CONSTANTINE III, who s his third cousin once removed.

His third cousin,

KENNETH II, (son of Malcolm I), reigned from 971-995, when he was s by his third cousin once removed, he left issue,

1a MALCOLM II, who s. his first cousin.

His third cousin once removed,

CONSTANTINE III, (son of Cuilean), reigned from 995-997, when he was s by his fourth cousin,

KENNETH III, son of DUBH, reigned from 997-1005, and was slain at Monzievaird ca 25 March, 1005, by his first cousin, he left issue,

1a Bode, and had issue,

1b Gruoch, who m 1stly Gillacomgan (decd.) and m 2ndly MACBETH, King of Scots (d 15 August 1057), and d.s.p.

His first cousin,

MALCOLM II (styled Malcolm MacKenneth), b ca 954, (son of Kenneth II), reigned from 1005-34, acceded to Alba 1005, secured Lothian ca 1016, obtained Strathclyde for his grandson Duncan ca 1016, he d 25 Nov. 1034, aet  80, having had issue,

1a Bethoc, m ca1000, Crinan, the Thane, Hereditary Abbot of Dunkeld, in the Celtic Church, mormaer of Atholl, who was slain 1045, leaving issue,

1b DUNCAN I, of whom presently.

2b Maldred, m Edith, dau. of Uchtred, Earl of Northumberland, and was father of Cospatrick, Earl of Northumberland.

1b a dau., who was mother of Moddan.

2a Donada, m Finlaec, Mormaer of Moray, and had issue of a son,

1b MACBETH, King of Scots, of whom presently.

3a another dau. m Sigurd, Earl of Orkney, and had issue.

 His grandson and successor,

 

THE HOUSE OF ATHOLL

DUNCAN I, (son of Crinan, Hereditary Abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethoc his wife, dau. of Malcolm II), reigned 1034-40, during which the north and west of Scotland were conquered by the Northmen, under Thorfinn, Jarl of the Orkneys, he m a cousin of Siward, Earl of Northumberland, and had three sons,

1a MALCOLM III, of whom presently.

2a DONALD BANE, who s his nephew.

3a Melmare

He was k 14 Aug. 1040, by his cousin, Macbeth, Mormaer of Moray, who had joined forces with those of the invader, and who s him.

His first cousin,

MACBETH, (son of Filaec, Mormaer of Moray, and Donada, dau of Malcolm II), reigned from 1040-57, (his kingdom being confined to the country south and west of the Tay, Thorfinn ruling over the remainder), he m Gruoch, widow of Gillacomgan and dau. of Bode, son of Kenneth III, and was k.s.p  15 Aug. 1057, by Malcolm, son of Duncan I at Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, he was s by his stepson,

LULACH, (son of GILLACOMGAN, Mormaer of Moray, and Gruoch his wife, dau. of BODE, son of KENNETH III), was made King by MACBETH'S party, and after reigning seven months, was slain at Essie, in Strathbogie, 17 March, 1057-58, leaving issue,

1a MALSNECHTIA.

1a a dau, whose son,

1b ANGUS, succeeded to the Earldom of Moray, was associated with Malcolm, natural son of ALEXANDER I, in an insurrection against DAVID I, but was defeated and slain in 1130.

His successor,

MALCOLM III, known as Ceannmor, or Great Head, b ca 1031, (eldest son of DUNCAN I), ascended the throne, 17 March, 1057-58. Under him, the provinces acquired by Thorfinn, fell again under native rule. He m 1stly, ca 1059, Ingibjorg, dau. or widow of Thorfinn, Earl of Orkney, and had issue,

1a DUNCAN II.

2a Malcolm, living 1094.

3a Donald, d 1085.

He m 2ndly, 1068-69, Margaret (d 16 Nov. 1093, and was canonised as St. Margaret), dau. of Edward Atheling and sister of EDGAR ATHELING, who had fled to Scotland with his sisters, and by her had issue,

4a Edward, wounded with his father at Alnwick, d 16 Nov. 1093.

5a EDMUND, mentioned hereafter, d a monk.

6a Ethelred, Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, d before 1097.

7a EDGAR, successively King of Scotland

8a ALEXANDER, successively King of Scotland.

9a DAVID, successively King of Scotland

1a Eadgith, otherwise Matilda, m 11 Nov. 1100, HENRY I of England, and d 1 May, 1118, leaving issue. He d 1 Dec. 1135.

2a. Mary, m 1102, Eustace, Count of Boulogne, and d 31 May, 1116, leaving issue.

Malcolm was slain at Alnwick, 13 Nov. 1093 (bur at Tynemouth) and was s by his brother,

DONALD BANE became King of Scots, 13 Nov. 1093, but was deposed May, 1094, by his nephew,

DUNCAN II, b 1060, son of MALCOLM III, by his 1st wife. He m ca 1090, Ethelreda, dau. of Cospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, and had issue, a son, DUNCAN, father of WILLIAM, whose son, William of Egremont, d under age. DUNCAN II, after reigning six months, was slain at Mondynes, 12 Nov. 1094, when,

DONALD BANE resumed the throne, 12 Nov. 1094, his nephew, EDMUND, son of MALCOLM III (and Margaret, his wife), being conjoined with him. In 1097, through means of EDGAR ATIIELING, DONALD was defeated and expelled from Scotland, EDMUND imprisoned, and the throne assumed by EDGAR (another son of MALCOLM III). DONALD BANE'S grand-dau. and heiress, HEXTILDA, m Richard Comyn, and their descendant, John Comyn, known as the Black Comyn, was one of the competitors for the Scottish Crown in 1291. Donald Bane was s by

EDGAR, b 1074, son of MALCOLM III, reigned from 1097-1107, d unm 8 Jan. 1106-7, and was s by his brother,

ALEXANDER I, b 1077.  While Alexander reigned over Scotland, north of the Forth and Clyde, his brother DAVID, who had been trained in England, and was Earl of Northumberland, ruled with the title of Earl in Lothian and Cumbria. Alexander m Sybilla (d.s.p. 12 July, 1122), natural dau. of HENRY I of England. He d at Stirling, 23 April, 1124, and was s by his yst. brother,

DAVID I  (called The Saint), b ca 1080, m ca 1114, Matilda, widow of Simon de Senlis or St. Liz, and dau. and heiress of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, and had issue,

1a Malcolm, strangled when a child by his great-uncle Donald Bane.

2a HENRY, Earl of Huntingdon, m 1139, - (d 1178), dau. of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and  d.v.p. 12 June, 1152, leaving issue,

1b MALCOLM, s his grandfather.

2b WILLIAM, The Lion, afterwards King of Scotland.

3b DAVID, Earl of Huntingdon in England, m 26 Aug. 1190, Maud, dau. and in her issue co-heir of Hugh de Kevilioc, Earl of Chester, and d 17 June 1219, having had issue,

1c Robert, d.v.p. unm.

2c Henry, d.v.p. unm.

3c JOHN (called The Scot), Earl of Chester and Huntingdon, d.s.p. 5 June, 1237.

1c MARGARET, m 1209, Alan, Lord of Galloway (d 1234), and had issue, three daus.,

ld Helen, m Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, and had issue. He d 1264.

2d Christian, m 1236, William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle, and d.s.p. 1245-6.

3d. Devorguilla, m 1233, JOHN BALIOL (d 1269), and d 28 Jan. 1289-90, having had issue,

le Hugh (Sir) of Barnard Castle, d.s.p. before 10 April, 1271.

2e Alan, of Barnard Castle, d.s.p.

3e Alexander (Sir), of Barnard Castle, d.s.p. before 13 Nov. 1278.

4e JOHN BALIOL, the successful competitor for the Crown in 1292.

1e Cecilia, d unm.

2e Ada, m 1266, William Lindsay, of Lambarton.

3e Alianora, m John Comyn, of Badenoch.

2c ISOBEL, m Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale (d 1245), and had issue, with a dau. Beatrice m. Hugo de Neville, an only son,

1d ROBERT BRUCE, Lord of Annandale, the competitor for the Crown in 1291-92 (and who had first claimed the Crown under a verbal nomination (by tanistry) to him by Alexander III, failing the Maid of Norway, and her issue), he m Isabel, dau. of Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and Hereford, and d before, 3 May, 1294, having had issue,

le Robert Bruce, Lord of Annandale, m 1271, Margaret (d 1292), widow of Adam de Kilconcath Kilconquhar, and dau. and heiress of Neil, 2nd Earl of Carrick, in whose right he became Earl of Carrick, and had issue,

1f ROBERT, eventually KING OF SCOTLAND.

2f EDWARD, had the Earldom of Carrick conferred on him by his brother, was crowned KING OF IRELAND 2 May 1316, and k at the battle of Dundalk, 14 Oct. 1318, s.p.l.

3f. Thomas, executed at Carlisle, 9 Feb. 1306-7.

4f Alexander, executed at Carlisle, 9 Feb. 1306-7.

5f Nigel, beheaded Sept. 1306.

1f Isabel, m before 25 Sept. 1293, Eric II, King of Norway, son of Magnus VI.

2f Mary, m 1stly, Sir Neil Campbell, of Lochow, 2ndly, Sir Alexander Fraser, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland.

3f Christian, m 1stly, Gratney, Earl of Mar, 2ndly, Sir Christopher Seton, 3rdly, Sir Andrew Moray, of Bothwell.

4f Matilda, m Hugh, Earl of Ross.

5f Margaret, m Sir William de Carlyle.

2e William, m Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of Raymond de Sully.

3e Bernard (Sir), of Conington and Exton, Rutland, m 1stly, Alicia de Clare, and 2ndly, Constance de Morleyn. His son,

1f Sir John Bruce, of Exton, left an only dau. and heir,

1g Jane, m Sir Nicholas Green.

4e Richard, d.v.p. before 26 Jan. 1286-7.

3c Matilda, d unm.

4c Ada, m Henry de Hastings, and was mother of Sir Henry Hastings, of Ashill, Norfolk, whose son John, 1st Baron Hastings, was one of the competitors for the Crown in 1291 (see HASTINGS, B.).

1b Ada, m 1161, Florent, Count of Holland, whose descendant, Florent, Count of Holland, was a competitor for the Crown in 1291-92.

2b Margaret, m 1stly, 1160, Conan de Bretagne, Earl of Richmond (d 20 Feb. 1170-1), leaving issue, an only dau,

1c Constance wife of Geoffrey, son of HENRY II of England.

She m 2ndly, Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford.

3b Matilda, d young, 1152.

1a Claricia, d unm.

2a Hodierna, d unm.

David I, d 24 May, 1153, and was s by his grandson.

MALCOLM IV  (called The Maiden), b 20 March, 1141-2, d unm. 9 Dec. 1165 (bur at Dunfermline), and was s by his brother,

WILLIAM  (known as The Lion), b ca 1143, enthroned at Scone, 24 Dec. 1165, m 5 Sept. 1186, Ermengarde (d 11 Feb. 1233-4), dau. of Richard, Viscount of Bellomont, and had issue,

1a ALEXANDER, afterwards ALEXANDER II.

1a Margaret, m 1221, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, Justiciary of England, and afterwards of Ireland, and d.s.p.s. 1295.

2a Isabel, m 1225, Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. He d.s.p. 4 July, 1270.

3a Marjory, m 1 Aug. 1235, Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke, and d.s.p. 17 Nov. 1244. He d after 27 June, 1241.

William had also five illegitimate children, a son and four daus., from each of whom sprang one of the claimants to the Crown in 1291-92. WILLIAM (The Lion), d at Stirling 4 Dec. 1214, was bur at Aberbrothock, and was s by his son,

ALEXANDER II, b 24 Aug. 1198, enthroned 6 Dec. 1214. He m 1stly, 19 June, 1221, Joan, (d.s.p. 4 March, 1237-8), dau. of King JOHN of England.  He m 2ndly, 15 May, 1239, Mary (who m 2ndly, before 6 June, 1257, Jean de Brienne, son of John, King of Jerusalem), dau. of Ingelram (or Enguerand) de Couci, Baron de Couci in Picardy, and by her had issue, a son,

1a ALEXANDER, his successor as ALEXANDER III.

Alexander II had also a natural dau., Marjory, m Alan Durward, the Justiciary, whose grandson, Nicolas de Soulis, was one of the competitors for the Crown.  He d at the Island of Kerrera 8 July, 1249, and was bur in Melrose Abbey and was s by his only son,

ALEXANDER III, b 4 Sept. 1241, enthroned at Scone, 13 July, 1249, m 1stly, 26 Dec. 1251, Margaret (d 26 Feb. 1274-5), elder dau., of Henry III of England, and had issue,

1a Alexander, Prince of Scotland, b 21 Jan. 1263-4, m 15 Nov. 1282, Margaret, dau. or Guy, Count of Flanders, and d.s.p. 28 Jan. 1283-4.

2a DAVID, b 20 March, 1272-3, d unm June, 1281.

1a Margaret, b 28 Feb. 1260-1, m 31 Aug. 1281, Eric Magnusson, King of Norway (who m 2ndly, ante 25 Sept. 1293, Isabel, sister of ROBERT I (see above)), and d 9 April, 1283, leaving issue, an only dau.

1b MARGARET, successor to her grandfather.

Alexander III, m 2ndly, 14 Oct. 1285, Yolande, dau. of Robert IV, Count de Dreux, and d.s.p.s. from a fall from horseback, nr. Kinghorn, 19 March, 1285-6. He was s by his grand-dau.,

MARGARET, the Maid of Norway, b before 9 April, 1283, d unm 28 Sept. 1290, on her passage to Scotland, and a disputed succession followed, the competitors, twelve in number, eventually agreeing to submit their claims to the arbitration of EDWARD I of England. JOHN BALIOL and ROBERT BRUCE were the two between whom the contest eventually lay, and on 17 Nov. 1292 EDWARD decided in favour of,

JOHN BALIOL, b ca 1250, (eldest surv. son of John de Baliol (by his wife Devorguilla, 3rd dau., but eventual heiress of Alan, Lord of Galloway, and his wife Margaret, dau. of David, Earl of Huntingdon, (see above)), he was crowned at Scone 30 Nov. 1292 and his acknowledgment of Edward as Lord Paramount was followed by a succession of indignities, which goaded him into resistance, and he was compelled to resign the Crown, 10 July, 1296. He m before 7 Feb. 1280-1, Isobel, dau. of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and d in France, ca April, 1313, having had issue, two sons,

1a EDWARD, crowned by the English at Scone, 24 Sept. 1332, but fled from Scotland, 18 Dec.1332, and d.s.p. 1383.

2a Henry, slain at Annan, 16 Dec. 1332, d.s.p.

Baliol’s deposition was followed by Edward’s subjugation of Scotland, and two struggles for independence, the first under Sir William Wallace, the second, with success, under ROBERT THE BRUCE, who at length s as,

ROBERT (I) THE BRUCE, b 11 July, 1274, (eldest son of Robert Bruce, Lord of Annandale (see above), and grandson of ALEXANDER III's nominee (tanistair)), was crowned at Scone, 27 March, 1306, and re-established the independence of Scotland at Bannockburn, 24 June, 1314. He m 1stly, ca 1295, Isabel, dau. of Donald, 6th Earl of Mar, and had issue, a dau.,

1a MARJORIE, m 1315, Walter, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and d 2 March, 1315-16, soon after having had issue, a son,

1b who eventually became ROBERT II, first king of the House of STEWART.

Robert I m 2ndly, 1302, Elizabeth de Burgh (d 26 Oct. 1327), dau. of Richard, Earl of Ulster, and by her had issue,

1a DAVID, Earl of Carrick, his successor as DAVID II.

2a John, d young.

2a Matilda, m Thomas Isaac, and d 20 July, 1353, having had issue, two daus. Joan, m John of Lord, and Katherine, d unm.

3a Margaret, m before 10 Nov. 1345, 5th Earl of Sutherland, and d 1358, leaving issue.

Robert I d 7 June, 1329, was bur at Dunfermline, and was s by his elder son,

DAVID II, Earl of Carrick before his accession, b 5 March, 1323-4, crowned at Scone, 24 Nov. 1331. He m 1stly, 17 July, 1328, Johanna (d 14 Aug. 1362), dau. of EDWARD II of England, he m 2ndly, 20 Feb. 1363-4 (div. 20 March 1369-70), Margaret (d post 31 Jan. 1374-5), widow of Sir John Logie, and dau. of Sir Malcolm Drummond. He d.s.p. at Edinburgh Castle, 22 Feb. 1370-1, and was s by his nephew,

THE HOUSE OF STEWART

ROBERT II, (only child of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie Bruce, dau. of ROBERT I), b 2 March, 1315-16, Steward of Scotland, 9 April, 1326, Regent 1335-41, and 1346-57, created Earl of Atholl, 16 Feb. 1341-2, Earl of Strathearn before 1357-8, and crowned at Scone, 26 March, 1371. He m 1stly (dispensation dd 22 Nov. 1347), Elizabeth (d ante 1355), dau. of Sir Adam Mure, of Rowallan. By her he had previously had issue,

1a JOHN, Earl of Carrick, 1368, s to the throne as ROBERT III.

2a Walter, jure uxoris Earl of Fife, m Isabel, Countess of Fife, widow of Sir William Ramsay, and dau. and heiress of Duncan Earl of Fife, and d.s.p. after 14 Aug. 1362.

3a Robert, 1st Duke of Albany, b ca 1340, Earl of Menteith by m, and Earl of Fife and Earl of Buchan by entail, created Duke of Albany, 1398, and Earl of Atholl for the life of Robert III 1403, Great Chamberlain 1383-1407, Governor of the realm during part of the reigns of Robert II and III, Regent from the death of Robert III to his own death, 3 Sept 1420, m 1stly, (by dispensation. 9 Sept. 1361), Margaret, Countess of Menteith (d 1380), widow of Sir John Moray, Lord of Bothwell, Thomas, 13th Earl of Mar, and Sir John Drummond of Concraig, and dau. of Sir John Graham (and Mary, Countess of Menteith), and had issue,

1b Murdoch, 2nd Duke of Albany, and Regent of Scotland, who was attainted and beheaded 25 May, 1425. He m 17 Feb. 1391-92, Isabel, eldest dau. and co-heiress of Duncan, Earl of Lennox, and had issue, with a dau. Isobel, m Sir Walter Buchanan of that Ilk, four sons,

1c Robert, Master of Fife, d.v.p., s.p. before July 1421.

2c Walter (Sir) of Lennox, tried and beheaded at Stirling, 24 May, 1425, was ancestor of the Lords Avandale, Ochiltree, Methven, St. Colme etc. (see MORAY, E.).

3c Alexander (Sir), beheaded 25 May, 1425.

4c James (Sir), fled to Ireland, d.s.p. 1451, ancestor of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich (see that family).

1b Janet, betrothed (20 July, 1372) as a child to David, infant son of Sir Bartholomew de Loen and Lady Philippa Moubray, but it is doubtful if the m took place.

2b Maria, m Sir William Abernethy of Saltoun, and had issue.

3b Margaret, m 1stly, Sir John Swinton, of Swinton (see that family) and had issue. He was k 14 Sept. 1401. She m 2ndly, Robert Stewart of Lorn (see MORAY, E.), and had further issue.

4b Isobel, m 1stly, Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross, and had issue. She m 2ndly, Walter Haliburton, of Dirleton, and had further issue.

Robert, Duke of Albany m 2ndly, Muriella (d 1449), dau. of Sir William Keith, Marischal of Scotland (see KINTORE, E.), and by her had issue,

2b John, 3rd Earl of Buchan on the resignation of his father, 20 Sept. 1406, and Chamberlain of Scotland soon afterwards, head of the Scottish auxiliaries in France 1420, Constable of France, fell at Verneuil, 17 Aug. 1424.  He m 1413, Elizabeth (who 2ndly, Sir Thomas Stewart, and 3rdly, William, Earl of Orkney), dau. of Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas, and had issue, a dau.,

1c Margaret, m 1436, George, 1st Lord Seton and had issue (see MONTGOMERIE, Earls of Eglinton & Winton).

3b Andrew, d.s.p. before 1413.

4b Robert, de jure Earl of Ross, living 1431, d.s.p.

5b Marjory, m Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochaw, 1st Lord Campbell (see CAMPBELL, Dukes of Argyll), and had issue.

6b Elizabeth, m Malcolm Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld, and had issue. He d 1440.

4a Alexander, Earl of Buchan, 1374, and jure uxoris, Earl of Ross, known as “The Wolf of Badenoch” m Euphemia, Countess of Ross, widow of Sir Walter Leslie, and dau. and heiress of William, 5th Earl of Ross, and d.s.p. 24 July, 1394, leaving several illegitmate children. He was ancestor of the Stewarts of Fothergill, STEWART-MEIKLEJOHN of Edradynate (see that family) and STEWART-WILSON of Balnakeilly (see that family).

1a Margaret, m (by dispensation 14 June, 1350), John Macdonald, Lord of the Isles. He d 1387, having had issue (see MACDONALD, Lords Macdonald).

2a Marjorie, m 1stly (Papal Dispensation, 11 July, 1371), her cousin, John Dunbar, who was created Earl of Moray, 9 March 1371-72. He d ca 1390, leaving issue (see DUNBAR of Mochrum, Bt.). She m 2ndly ca 1403, Sir Alexander Keith, of Grandtown.

3a Jean, m 1stly, Sir John Keith, 2ndly, 1379, Sir John Lyon, Chamberlain of Scotland, ancestor of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne (see that family), and 3rdly, Sir James Sandilands, of Calder, ancestor of the Lords Torphichen (see that family).

4a Isabella, m 1stly (dispensation 24 Sept.1371), 2nd Earl of Douglas (d.s.p. 19 Aug. 1388). She m 2ndly, before 1390, Sir John Edmonstone (see EDMONSTONE, Bt.) and had issue, a son.

5a Elizabeth, m before 7 Nov. 1372, Sir Thomas Hay, Constable of Scotland (who d July, 1406), an ancestor of the Earls of Erroll (see HAY, Earls of Erroll).

Robert II, m 2ndly (Papal Dispensation 2 May, 1355), Euphemia (d 1387), widow of John Randolph, Earl of Moray, and dau. of Hugh, Earl of Ross, and by her had issue,

5a David, Earl Palatine of Strathearn, and Earl of Caithness, b ca 1356, and d before 1389, leaving issue, an only dau. and heiress Euphemia, COUNTESS PALATINE OF STRATHEARN and Countess of Caithness, which latter Earldom she resigned to her uncle, Walter Stewart. She m ante Dec. 1406, her cousin, Sir Patrick Graham of Kilpont (k 10 Aug. 1412), son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, and d Oct. 1415, having had issue,

1b Malise, 3rd Earl of Strathearn, who was during his minority divested of that Earldom on the pretence that it was a male fee and was created instead EARL OF MENTEITH 6 Sept. 1427 (see GRAHAM, Dukes of Montrose, and BURKE's Dormant and Extinct Peerages).

1b Euphemia, m 1stly, 1425, Archibald, 5th Earl of Douglas, and had issue. He d 26 June, 1439. She m 2ndly, 1440, James, 1st Lord Hamilton and d 1468-69, leaving further issue (see HAMILTON, Dukes of Abercorn),. He d 14 Nov. 1479.

2b Elizabeth, m. Sir John Lyon of Glamis, ancestor of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne (see that family).

6a Walter, Earl of Caithness, on resignation of his niece Euphemia, 1390, and created Earl of Atholl 1409. He m before 19 Oct. 1378, Margaret, dau. and heiress of Sir David de Barclay, Lord of Brechin, in whose right he was Lord of Brechin. He was the chief organiser of the conspiracy to which JAMES I fell a victim, and for which he suffered death and attainder 26 March, 1437. He had two sons,

1b David, d.v.p. and left issue,

1c Robert Stewart (Sir), who suffered for complicity in the same crime 1437.

2b Alan, Earl of Caithness, in whose favour his father resigned that Earldom, d.v.p., unm 1431, k at Inverlochy.

6a Egidia, m 1387, Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale, natural son of Archibald, 3rd Earl of Douglas, and had issue.

7a Katherine (or Jean or Elizabeth), m 1380, Sir David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford and had issue (see LINDSAY, Earls of Crawford & Balcarres).

Robert II also had several illegitimate sons,

7a Sir John, ancestor of the Marquesses of Bute (see that family).

8a Thomas, Archdeacon of St Andrews and Dean of Dunkeld.

9a Alexander, Canon of Glasgow.

10a Sir John, of Dundonald, k. 1425.

11a Alexander, of Inverlunan.

12a James, of Kinfauns.

13a Sir John, ancestor of the Stewarts of Cardney (see BURKE’s LG 1952 Edn., STEUART MENZIES of Culdares).

Robert II d at his Castle of Dundonald, 19 Apri1, 1390, and was s. by his eldest son, John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, as,

ROBERT III, b 1337, Crowned at Scone 14 Aug. 1390, m in or shortly before 1367, Annabella (d 1401), dau. of John Drummond, of Stobhall (see DRUMMOND, Earls of Perth), and had issue,

1a DAVID, Steward of Scotland, Earl of Carrick, b 24 Oct. 1378, created Duke of Rothesay, 28 April, 1398, m Feb. 1399-1400 Marjorie (who m 2ndly Walter Haliburton), dau. of Archibald, 3rd Earl of Douglas, and d.s.p. 26 March, 1402.

2a Robert, d young.

3a JAMES, s as JAMES I.

1a Margaret, m Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas, and Duke of Touraine, and had issue.

2a Mary, m 1stly, 1397, George Douglas, Earl of Angus, and had issue, she m 2ndly, 1404, Sir James Kennedy of Dunure and had issue (see KENNEDY, Marquesses of Ailsa) she m 3rdly, 1413, William, 1st Lord Graham and had issue (see GRAHAM, Dukes of Montrose), she m 4thly, 1425, Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath and had issue (see EDMONSTONE, Bt.). She d 1458 and was bur with the last in Strathblane Church.

3a Egidia.

4a Elizabeth, m 1387, James Douglas, Lord of Dalkeith, grandfather of 1st Earl of Morton (see that title).

Robert III, also had two illegitimate sons,

4a James, of Kilbride.

5a Sir John, ancestor of the Shaw Stewarts, Bt. (see that title).

Robert III d at Dundonald, Ayrshirc, 4 April, 1406, and was s by his 3rd son,

JAMES I, b Dec. 1394, captured by the English at sea, 4 April, 1406, was a prisoner in England until 1424, and was crowned at Scone 21 May, 1424.  He m 2 Feb. 1423-4, Lady Joan Beaufort (who m 2ndly, 1439, Sir James Stewart, the "Black Knight of Lorn" and d 15 July, 1445), dau. of 1st Earl of Somerset (son of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swinford), and had issue,

1a Alexander, Duke of Rothesay, b 16 Oct. 1430, d in infancy.

2a JAMES (twin with his brother), s as JAMES II.

1a Margaret, m 24 June, 1436, Louis, Dauphin of France, afterwards Louis XI, and d.s.p. 16 Aug. 1444.

2a Isabella, m 30 Oct. 1442, Francis, Duke of Bretagne, and d 1494, leaving issue.

3a Jean, m 1459, 1st Earl of Morton (see that family), and had issue.

4a Eleanor, m 12 Feb. 1449, Sigismund von Tirol, Duke of Austria, and d.s.p. 4 March, 1496.

5a Mary, m 1444, Wolfaert van Borselen, Count of Grandpre and Lord of Campvere, in Zeeland.

6a Annabella, m 1stly, 14 Dec. 1447, Louis, Count of Geneva, son of the Duke of Savoy. She was div., and m 2ndly before 10 March, 1459, George, Earl of Huntly (see GORDON, Marquesses of Huntly) from whom she was div., 24 July, 1471.

James I was assassinated at Perth by his uncle, Walter, Earl of Atholl, Sir Robert Graham, and other conspirators, 21 Feb. 1436-7, was bur in the Carthusian Church at Perth, and was s by his yr. son,

JAMES II, b 16 Oct. 1430, Crowned 25 March, 1437, m 3 July, 1449, Mary (d 1 Dec. 1463, bur in Trin. Coll. Church, Edinburgh), dau. of Arnold, Duke of Gueldres, and had issue,

1a JAMES, Duke of Rothesay, s as JAMES III.

2a Alexander, Duke of Albany, m 1stly, Lady Katherine Sinclair, dau. of William, Earl of Orkney and Caithness (see SINCLAIR, Earls of Caithness), which m was diss. on the ground of propinquity, 1478, and the issue was declared illegitimate by Act of Parliament, 1516 (see MORAY, E.). He m 2ndly, 19 Jan. 1479-80, Anne, 3rd dau. of Bertrand de la Tour, Count d’Auvergne, and by her had issue, John, 2nd Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland during the minority of JAMES V, m 8 July, 1505, his cousin german, Anne, dau. of John de la Tour, Count d'Auvergne, and d.s.p. 2 July, 1536. The Duke was k in Paris by the splinter of a lance at a tournament, 1485.

3a David, styled Earl of Moray, d in infancy before 18 July, 1457.

4a John, Earl of Mar, d unm 1479, aet 20.

1a Mary, m 1stly, ante 26 April, 1467, Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran (see KILMARNOCK, B.) He d ca 1474, leaving issue. She m 2ndly, before April, 1474 (Papal Dispensation 25 April, 1476), James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, and d May, 1488, having had issue  (see HAMILTON, Dukes of Abercorn). He d 12 Nov. 1479.

2a Margaret, d unm

James II also left an illegitimate son,

5a Sir John, of Sticks, ancestor of the Steuarts of Ballechin (see BURKE’s L.G. 1952 Edn.).

James II was k by the bursting of a piece of ordnance at Roxburgh Castle, 3 Aug. 1460 (bur at Holyrood), and was s by his eldest son,

JAMES III, b 10 July, 1451, Crowned at Kelso, 10 Aug. 1460, m 13 July, 1469, Margaret (d 14 July 1486, bur at Cambuskenneth), dau. of  CHRISTIAN I, King  of Denmark, and had issue,

1a JAMES, Duke of Rothesay, s as JAMES IV.

2a James, b March, 1475-76, created at his baptism, Marquess of Ormond and in 1488, Duke of Ross, Archbishop of St. Andrews 1497, Chancellor of Scotland 1502, d 12-17 Jan. 1502-3.

3a John, created Earl of Mar, 2 March, 1485-6, d unm 11 March, 1502-3.

James III was k at Sauchieburn, 11 June, 1488 (bur at Cambuskenneth), and was s by his eldest son,

JAMES IV, b 17 March, 1472-3, Crowned 26 June, 1488, m 8 Aug. 1503, Margaret (who m 2ndly, 6 Aug. 1514, 6th Earl of Angus, whom she div., and 3rdly, March, 1526, Henry Stewart, Lord Methven, son of Lord Avandale (see MORAY, E.), and d 18 Oct. 1541), eldest dau. of KING HENRY VII of England, and had issue, with two daus., (d in infancy),

1a James, b 21 Feb. 1506-7, d 27 Feb. 1507-8.

2a Arthur, b 20 Oct. 1509, d 14 July, 1510.

3a JAMES, Duke of Rothesay, s as JAMES V.

4a Alexander (styled Duke of Ross), b posthumously 30 April, 1514, d 8 Dec. 1515.

James IV had several illegitimate children,

5a Alexander, Archbishop of St Andrews, k at the battle of Flodden 1513.

6a James, Earl of Moray.

1a Catherine, m James Douglas 1st Earl of Morton (see that family).

2a Margaret, m 1stly John, Lord Gordon (see HUNTLY, M.), and 2ndly Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray (see  DRUMMOND, Earls of Perth).

3a Jean, m Malcolm, Lord Fleming (see BURKE’s Dormant & Extinct Peerages).

James IV fell at Flodden, 9 Sept. 1513 (bur at Richmond, Surrey), and was s by his 3rd son,

JAMES V, b 10 April, 1512, crowned at Stirling 21 Sept. 1513, m 1stly, 1 Jan. 1536-7, Madeline de Valois (d.s.p. 7 July, 1537, bur at Holyrood), dau. of FRANCIS I, of France. He m 2ndly, June, 1538, Marie de Lorraine, Regent of Scotland during her daughter's minority (d in Edinburgh Castle, 10 June, 1560, bur at Rheims), widow of Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Longueville, and dau. of Claude de Guise Lorraine, Duke d'Aumale, and had issue,

1a James, b 22 May, 1540, d an infant.

2a Arthur, Duke of Albany, b April, 1541, d an infant.

1a MARY, Queen of Scots.

James V also had numerous illegitimate children,

3a James, Commendator Abbys of Melrose and Kelson, d.s.p. 25 Sept. 1557.

4a James, 1st Earl of Moray (see that family).

5a James.

6a Robert, 1st Earl of Orkney, ancestor of the Stewarts of Eday.

7a John, Lord Darnley, ancestor of the Stewarts, Earls of Bothwell (see MORAY, E.).

8a Adam, Prior of the Charterhouse at Perth.

9a Robert, Prior of Whithorn.

2a Jean, m 1554 Archibald, 5th Earl of Argyll (see CAMPBELL, Dukes of Argyll).

3a Margaret.

James V d at Falkland, 14 Dec. 1542 (bur. at Holyrood House), and was s. by his only daughter,

MARY, b at Linlithgow, 7 or 8 Dec. 1542, crowned at Stirling Castle 9 Sept. 1543, m 1stly, 24 April, 1558, Francis, The Dauphin of France, afterwards FRANCIS II (who d.s.p. 5 Dec. 1560). She m 2ndly, 29 July, 1565, her cousin Henry, Lord Darnley (son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox), created 15 May, 1565, previously to his marriage, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, and Lord Ardmanach, (murdered at the Kirk of Field, 10 Feb. 1566-7) and had issue. She m 3rdly, 15 May, 1567, 4th Earl of Bothwell, who was created Duke of Orkney 12 May, 1567, and d.s.p. 14 April, 1578. A prisoner at Loch Leven after the defeat at Carberry Hill, the Queen was compelled to abdicate 24 July, 1567, escaping from Loch Leven and defeated at Langside, 13 May, 1568, she fled to England, and after 19 years' captivity, was beheaded in Fotheringay Castle, Northants, 8 Feb. 1586-7.  By her 2nd husband she had an only son

THE HOUSE OF STUART

JAMES VI (of Scotland) & I (of England) (the first of the HOUSE OF STUART), King Scotland & England, b at Edinburgh Castle, 19 June, 1566, Duke of Rothesay and Heir-apparent to Scotland at birth, s his mother, Mary I, as James VI, King of Scotland, 24 July, 1567, Crowned 29 July following, s his grandmother's first cousin, Elizabeth I, as King of England and Ireland, 24 March, 1603, as JAMES I, and was so crowned 25 July, 1603, m at Upsala, 21 Nov. 1589, Anne (b at Scanderborg, 14 Oct. 1574, d at Hampton Court, 2 March, 1618-19, bur at Westminster Abbey), dau. of Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway, and had issue,

1a Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, b 19 Feb. 1593-4, d.v.p. unm 6 Nov. 1612.

2a CHARLES I, afterwards King.

3a Robert, Duke of Kintyre, b 18 Feb. 1601-2, d 27 May, 1602.

1a Elizabeth, b19 Aug. 1596, m 14 Feb. 1613, Frederick V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Elector, King of Bohemia, K.G. (d 20 Nov. 1632), and d 13 Feb. 1662, having had issue, eight sons and five daus., of whom,

1b Henry Frederick, King of Bohemia, b 1 Jan. 1614, d.v.p. 7 Jan. 1628.

2b Charles Lewis, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Elector, K.G., b 12 Dec. 1617, m 12-22 Feb. 1650, Charlotte (d 26 March, 1686), dau. of William V, Landgrave of Hesse, and had issue, with two sons (both d.s.p.), a dau.,

1c Elizabeth Charlotte, b 17-27 May, 1652, m as his 2nd wife, 21 Nov. 1671, Philip, Duke of Orleans, and d 8 Dec. 1722, leaving issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1).  He d 9 June, 1701.

3b Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, K.G., b17 Dec. 1619, d unm 29 Nov. 1682.

4b Maurice, Count Palatine of the Rhine, b 17 Dec. 1620, drowned, unm 10 March, 1654.

5b Edward, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Nevers, jure uxoris, K.G., b 6 Oct. 1624, m 24 April, 1645, Anne de Gonzaga (d 6 July, 1684), dau. and heiress of Charles II, Duke of Nevers, and d 10 March, 1663, leaving issue, three daus.

1b Louisa Hollandine, Abbess of Maubuisson, b 18 April, 1622, d 11 Feb. 1709.

2b Sophia, declared Heiress Presumptive to England, 6 March, 1701-2, b 13 Oct. 1630, m 30 Sept. 1658, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, Duke of Hanover, Elector (d 23 Jan. 1698), (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1) and d 8 June, 1714, having had issue,

1c GEORGE LEWIS, afterwards King.

2c Frederick Augustus, b 3 Oct. 1661, k in battle against the Turks, 30 Dec. 1690.

3c Maximillan William, Imperial Field Marshal, b 23 Dec. 1666, d 16 July, 1726.

4c Charles Philip, b 13 Oct. 1669, k in battle against the Turks, 1 Jan. 1690-1.

5c Christian, b 19 Sept. 1671, drowned in the Danube, fighting against the French, 31 July, 1703.

6c Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, b 7 Sept. 1674, d unm 14 Aug. 1728.

1c Sophia Charlotte, b 20 Oct. 1668, m 6 Oct. 1684, Frederick I, King of Prussia, and d 21 Jan. 1705, leaving issue.  He d 5 Feb. 1713.

2a Margaret, b 24 Dec. 1598, d March, 1600.

3a Mary, b 8 April, 1605, d 16 Dec. 1607.

4a Sophia, b 22, d 23 June, 1606.

James I d at Theobalds, Herts, 27 March, 1625 (bur at Westminster Abbey), and was s by his son,

CHARLES I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, b at Dunfermline, 19 Nov. 1600, Duke of Albany, Marquis of Ormond, and Duke of York, 1604, Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester, 1616, s his father, James I and VI, as King, 27 March, 1625, crowned 2 Feb. 1626, m at Canterbury Cathedral, 11 May, 1625, Henrietta Maria (b at Le Louvre, Paris, 25 Nov. 1609, d at Chateau de Colombe, 10 Sept. 1669, bur at St. Denis), dau. of Henry IV, King of France (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1), and had issue,

1a Charles James, Duke of Cornwall, b and d 13 May, 1629.

2a CHARLES II, afterwards King.

3a JAMES II, afterwards King.

4a Henry, Duke of Gloucester, K.G., b 8 July, 1640, d unm 13 Sept. 1660.

1a Mary, Princess Royal, b 4 Nov. 1631, m 2 May, 1648, WILLIAM II, Prince of Orange (d 6 Nov. 1650), and d 24 Dec. 1660, (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1), leaving issue, an only son,

1b WILLIAM III Henry, afterwards King.

2a Elizabeth, b 29 Dec. 1635, d 8 Sept. 1650.

3a Anne, b 17 March, 1636-7, d 8 Dec. 1640.

4a Katharine, b 29 Jan. 1638-9, d the same day.

5a Henrietta Anne, b 16 June, 1644, m. 31 March, 1661, as his 1st wife, Philip, Duke of Orleans (d 9 June, 1701), and d 30 June, 1670, having had, with other issue,

1b Anne Marie, b 27 Aug. 1669, m as his 1st wife, 10 April, 1684, Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia, and d 26 Aug. 1728, leaving issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1).  He d 31 Oct. 1732.

Charles I was beheaded at Whitehall, 30 Jan. 1649 (bur at Windsor), and was s by his son,

CHARLES II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, b at St. James's, 29 May, 1630, Prince of Wales, 1638, s his father, Charles I, as King 30 Jan. 1649, obtained possession of the Crown, 29 May, 1660, crowned 23 April.1661, m at Portsmouth, 21 May 1662, Catherine, Infanta of Portugal (b at Lisbon, 25 Nov. 1638, d.s.p. at Lisbon, 30 Nov. 1705, bur at Belem), dau. of JOHN IV, King of Portugal, (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1). He d.s.p.l at Whitehall 6 Feb. 1685 (bur. at Westminster Abbey) but left numerous illegitimate issue,

(By Lucy Walter or Barlow (1630-58))

1a James, Duke of Monmouth & Buccleuch, b 1649, m 1663 Anna Scott, dau. of Francis Earl of Buccleuch, and was beheaded 1685, leaving issue (see SCOTT, Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry).

(By Elizabeth Killigrew, Lady Shannon)

1a Charlotte, b ca 1650, m 1stly James Howard, grandson of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and had issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., SUFFOLK & BERKSHIRE E.), and 2ndly 1672 William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, and d 1684, leaving further issue (see BURKE’s Dormant & Extinct Peerages).

(By Catherine Pegge)

2a Charles FITZCHARLES, Earl of Plymouth, b ca 1657, m 1678 Bridget Osborne, dau. of Thomas, Duke of Leeds, and d.s.p. 1680 (see BURKE’s Dormant & Extinct Peerages).

2a Catherine FITZCHARLES, d young.

(By Barbara Villiers or Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709) (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, JERSEY, E).

3a Charles FITZROY, 1st Duke of Cleveland, b 1662, m 1stly 1671 Mary (d.s.p 1680), dau. of Sir Henry Wood, Kt., m 2ndly 1694 Alice (d 1746), dau. of Sir William Pulteney, of Misterton, Lincs., and d 1730, leaving issue (see BURKE’s Dormant & Extinct Peerages).

4a Henry FITZROY, 1st Duke of Grafton, b 1663, m 1672 Isabella Bennett (d 1723), dau. of Henry, Earl of Arlington, and d 1690, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn.).

5a George FITZROY, Duke of Northumberland, b 1665, m 1stly 1685/6 Catherine (d.s.p. 1714), widow of Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, and dau. of Robert Wheatley, of Bracknell, Berks., m 2ndly 1714/5 Mary (d 1738), dau. of Henry Dutton, and d.s.p.l 1716 (see BURKE’s Dormant & Extinct Peerages).

3a Anne, b 1660-1, m 1674 Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex, and d 1722, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., HAMPDEN, V.).

4a Charlotte, b 1664, m 1677 Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, and d 1716, leaving issue (see BURKE’s Dormant & Extinct Peerages).

(By Nell Gwyn (1650-87)

6a Charles BEAUCLERK, 1st Duke of St. Albans, KG, b 1670, m 1694 Diana de Vere (d. 1741/2), dau. of Aubrey, Earl of Oxford, and d 1726, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn.).

7a James BEAUCLERK, b 1671, d 1680 (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn.).

(By Louise-Renee de Penancoet de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649-1734))

8a Charles LENNOX, 1st Duke of Richmond, b 1672, m 1692/3 Anne Brudenell (d 1722), dau of Francis Baron Brudenell, and d 1723, leaving issue  (see GORDON-LENNOX, Dukes of Richmond & Gordon).

 (By Moll or Mary Davis)

5a Mary Tudor, b 1673, m 1stly 1687 Edward Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater (d 1705), and had issue, 2ndly 1705 Henry Graham, of Levens, MP, who d 1706-7, and 3rdly 1707 James Rooke. She d 1726 (see BURKE’s Dormant & Extinct Peerages).

He was s by his brother,

JAMES II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, b at St. James's, 14 Oct. 1633, Duke of York, 1642, Earl of Ulster, 1659, s  his brother, Charles II, as James II, King of England and Ireland, and VII of Scotland, 6 Feb. 1685, crowned 23 April, 1685, m 1stly, at Breda, 24 Nov. 1659, and Worcester House, 3 Sept. 1660, Anne (b at Cranbourne Lodge, Windsor, 12 March, 1637, d St. James's Palace, 31 March, 1671, bur. at West­minster Abbey), eldest dau. of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor of England (see BURKE’s Dormant & Extinct Peerages), and had issue,

1a Charles, Duke of Cambridge, b 22 Oct. 1660, d 5 May, 1661.

2a James, Duke of Cambridge, b 11 July, 1663, d 20 June, 1667.

3a Charles, Duke of Kendal. b 4 July, 1666, d 22 May, 1667.

4a Edgar, Duke of Cambridge, b 14 Sept. 1667, d 8 June, 1671.

1a MARY II, afterwards Queen.

2a ANNE, afterwards Queen.

3a Henrietta, b 13 Jan., d 15 Nov. 1669.

4a Catherine, b 9 Feb., d 5 Dec. 1671.

He m 2ndly (proxy), at Modena, 30 Sept. 1673, in person at Dover, 21 Nov. 1673, Mary Beatrix Anne Margaret Isabella D'Este (b at Modena, 25 Sept. 1658, d at St. Germain, 8 May, 1718, bur at Chaillot), dau. of Alphonso IV, Duke of Modena, and by her had issue,

5a Charles, Duke of Cambridge, b 7 Nov., d 12 Dec. 1677.

6a JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, proclaimed James III and VIII on the death of his father, 16 Sept.1701, by LOUIS XIV, King of France, and acknowledged as such by Spain and the Papacy, b 10 June, 1688, m. 28 May, 1719, Mary Clementina (d 30 Dec. 1735), dau. of Prince James Lewis Sobieski, son of John Sobieski, King of Poland, and d 1 Jan. 1766, leaving issue,

1b CHARLES EDWARD Louis Philip Casimir, privately acknowledged as CHARLES III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland on the death of his father, 1 Jan. 1766, but not publicly by France, Spain or the Papacy, b 31 Dec. 1720, m 17 April, 1772, Louisa Maximiliana, Princess of Stolberg-Gedern (d 29 Jan. 1824), eldest dau. of Gustavus Adolphus, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern, and d.s.p.l. 31 Jan. 1788. However, he left an illegitimate dau. (by Clementina Walkinshaw),

1c Charlotte, awarded by her father the title of Duchess of Albany, Act of Legitimation registered by the Parliament of Paris August 1784, bapt 29 Oct. 1753, d unm. 17 Nov. 1789, but (by Prince Ferdinand Maximilien de Rohan-Guemene, Archbishop of Cambrai, and Count of the Empire (1738-1813)), had three illegitimate children,

1d (Charles Edward) August Maximilien de Rohan-Stuart, more commonly known as Charles Edward Stuart, Count de Roehenstart, b 13 May 1784 in Paris, m 1stly ca 1819/20 Maria Antoinetta Sophia (Barbuoeni ?) (d.s.p. and bur 1821, aet 31), he m. 2ndly 13 Dec. 1826 Louisa Constance (d.s.p. 1853), dau. of Joseph Bourchier Smith, of Kidlington, Oxon, and d.s.p. 27 Oct. 1854.

1d Victorie-Adelaide, m 1stly ca 1804/6 Paul Anthony, Chevalier de Nikorowicz (d 1810), and had issue, m 2ndly 29 Nov. 1823 Capt. Corbet James d’Auvergne, RN (d 5 Feb. 1826, aged 60), and 3rdly Jean, Chevalier de Pauw. She d 27 April 1836.

2d Charlotte Maximilenne Amelie, b ca 1780/1 in Paris, m 20 July 1804 in Paris Jean Louis Lugie Cousin de la Morliere (d 20 Dec. 1846), and d.s.p. 22 July 1807.

2b HENRY Benedict Mary Clement, Cardinal 1747, Bishop of Frascati, 1761, assumed the designation Henry IX, King of England, Scotland and Ireland on the death of his brother, 31 Jan. 1788, b 21 March, 1725, d 13 July, 1807, when the legitimate male line of the Royal House of Stuart became extinct. Upon his death, his rights as Stuart heir to the British Crown, descended to the great­-grandson of Anne Marie, Princess of Orleans (see above), namely, Charles Emanuel IV, King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy, Jesuit (d.s.p. 6 Oct. 1819). Duke Albert of Bavaria is the present senior representative of this line (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol.1.).

5a Catherine Laura. b 10 Jan. d 3 Oct. 1675.

6a Isabel, b 28 Aug. 1676, d 2 March, 1680-1.

7a Charlotte Maria, b 15 Aug., d 6 Oct. 1682,

8a Louisa Maria Teresa, b 18 June, 1692, d unm 18 April, 1712.

James II, also had several illegitimate children,

1a James FITZJAMES, 1st Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed, cr Duke of Liria and Xerica (Spain) in 1707, and Duke of FitzJames (France) in 1710, with special remainder to the issue of his 2nd wife, a Marshal of France 1706, b 21 Aug. 1670, m 1stly 26 March 1695 Honora de Burgh (d 1698), widow of Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan (in the Jacobite Peerage), dau. of William, Earl of Clanricarde, and had issue, he m. 2ndly 18 April 1700 Anne (d 12 June 1751), dau. of Hon. Henry Bulkeley, 4th son of Thomas, 1st Viscount Bulkeley, and had further issue. He was k at the siege of Philippsburg 12 June 1734. The Duchy of FitzJames is now extinct but the Duke’s male line representative in Spain is the present Duke of Penaranda.

2a Henry FITZJAMES, cr Duke of Albermarle, by his father King James 13 Jan. 1696, b Aug. 1673, m 20 July 1700 Marie Gabrielle (she m 2ndly 25 May 1707 John Drummond, 2nd Earl of Melfort (see DRUMMOND, Earls of Perth), and d 15 May 1741), only child of Jean D’Audibert, Count de Lussan, and d Dec. 1702, leaving issue a dau.

3a James Darnley, b 1685, d and bur 1686 Westminster Abbey.

1a Henrietta FitzJames, b ca 1667, m 1stly Henry (Waldegrave), 1st Baron Waldegrave of Chewton (d Jan. 1689/90, aged 28), and had issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., WALDEGRAVE, E.), m 2ndly ca 26 March 1695 Piers (Butler), 3rd Viscount Galmoye (d.s.p.m. 18 June 1740), and d 3 April 1730.

2a Arabella FITZJAMES, a nun, b 1672/3, d 7 Nov. 1704.

3a Katherine Darnley b 1681/2, m 1stly 28 Oct. 1699 James (Annesley), 5th Earl of Anglesey (d.s.p.m. 21 Jan. 1701/2), and had issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., NORMANBY, M.), m 2ndly 16 March 1705/6, as his 3rd wife, John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (d 24 Feb. 1720/1), and d 13 March 1742/3), having had further issue.

James II (who d at St. Germain, 16 Sept. 1701, bur there) was declared by Act of Parliament, 2 Feb. 1689, to have abdicated the Government on 11 Dec. 1688, and, on 13 Feb. 1689, his nephew, William III, Prince of Orange, and his daughter, Mary, were proclaimed King and Queen, as

WILLIAM III AND MARY II, King and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.  He was b post­humously Sovereign Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, at The Hague, 14 Nov. 1650, (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1). Crowned with his wife as joint Sovereigns, 11 April, 1689, m at St. James's Palace, 4 Nov. 1677, QUEEN MARY II, eldest dau. of JAMES II (b at St. James's Palace, 30 April, 1662, d at Kensington, 28 Dec. 1694, bur. at West­minster).  He d at Kensington, 8 March, 1702 (bur. at Westminster Abbey), and was s. by

His sister-in-law,

ANNE, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, and from 6 March, 1707, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, (2nd dau. of JAMES II), b at St. James's, 6 Feb. 1665, s her brother-in-law, William III, 8 March, 1702, crowned 23 April 1702, m at St. James's Palace, 28 July, 1683, GEORGE, Prince of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland, K.G. (d at Kensington, 28 Oct. 1708, bur at Westminster Abbey), son of Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, and had issue,

1a William, Duke of Gloucester, K.G., b 24 July, 1689, d 30 July, 1700.

2a George, b and d 17 April, 1692.

1a Mary, b 2 June, 1685, d 8 Feb. 1686.

2a Anne Sophia, b 12 June, 1686, d. 2 Feb. 1686-7.

3a Mary, b Oct. 1690, d and bur 14 Oct. 1690.

Anne d.s.p.s. at Kensington, 1 Aug. 1714 (bur at Westminster Abbey), and was s by her first cousin once removed,

THE HOUSE OF GUELPH

GEORGE I (the first of the HOUSE OF GUELPH), King of Great Britain, etc., b Georg Ludwig, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, at Osnaburg, 28 May, 1660, s his father as Duke of Hanover and Elector, 23 Jan.1697-8, Duke of Zell, 1705, Duke of Bremen and Verden, 1719, (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1), naturalized English subject, 1705, s. his first cousin once removed, Queen Anne, 1 August, 1714, crowned 20 Oct. 1714, m 21 Nov. 1682, his 1st cousin Princess Sophia Dorothea (b at Zell, 3 Feb. 1666, div. 28 Dec. 1694, and d at Ahlden, 13 Nov. 1726, uncrowned, bur at Zell), only surviving dau. of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Zell, and had issue,

1a GEORGE AUGUSTUS, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

1a Sophia Dorothea, b 16 March, 1685, m 28 Nov. 1706, Frederick William I, King of Prussia, and d 29 June, 1757, having had issue, seven sons and eight daus. (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He d. 31 May, 1740.

George I also had several illegitimate children,

1a Petronelle Melusine, b ca 1693, m 1733 Philip Dormer (Stanhope), Earl of Chesterfield (d 24 March 1773), (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1967 Edn., CHESTERFIELD & STANHOPE, E), and d.s.p. 16 Sept. 1778.

2a Margaret Gertrude, b 1703, m Count von Lippe, and d 11 Nov. 1773.

George I  d at Osnaburg, 11 June, 1727 (bur at Hanover), and was s by his only son,

GEORGE II, King of Great Britain, etc., b George August, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg, at Hanover, 30 Oct. 1683, Kurprinz of Hanover, 23 Jan. 1697-8, naturalized an English subject, 1705), Duke and Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount Northallerton, and Baron Tewkesbury, 1706, Duke of Cornwall, 1 Aug. 1714, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 27 Sept. 1716, s his father as King of Great Britain and Duke of Hanover and Elector, 11 June, 1727, Crowned 11 Oct. 1727, m 22 Aug. 1705 Princess Wilhelmina Charlotte CAROLINE (b at Anspach, 1 March, 1682, d at St. James's, 20 Nov 1737, bur at Westminster Abbey), dau. of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, and had issue,

1a FREDERICK LEWIS, Prince of Wales, b Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, at Hanover, 20 Jan. 1707, Duke of Gloucester, 1717, Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount Launceston, and Baron Snowdon, 1726, Duke of Cornwall, etc., and Kurprinz of Hanover, 11 June, 1729, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 8 Jan. 1729, m. 27 April, 1736, Princess Augusta (b 30 Nov. 1719, d 8 Feb. 1772), yst. dau. of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and d.v.p. 20 March,1751, leaving issue,

1b GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

2b Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, K.G., b 14 March, 1739, d unm 17 Sept. 1767.

3b William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught, b 14 Nov. 1743, m 6 Sept. 1766, Maria (d 22 Aug. 1807), widow of James, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, K.G., and illegitimate dau. of Hon. Sir Edward Walpole (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, WALPOLE, B.), and d 25 Aug. 1805, having had issue,

1c William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, etc., K.G., Field Marshal, b 15 Jan 1776, m 22 July 1816, his first cousin, Princess Mary (d 30 April, 1857), 4th dau. of GEORGE III, and d.s.p. 30 Nov. 1834.

1c Sophia Matilda, Ranger of Greenwich Park, b 29 May, 1773, d unm 29 Nov. 1844.

2c Caroline Augusta Maria, b 24 June, 1774, d 14 March, 1775.

4b Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Earl of Dublin, K.G., Admiral of the White, b 27 Oct. 1745, m 2 Oct. 1771, Hon. Anne (d. 28 Dec. 1808), widow of Christopher Horton, of Catton Hall, Derbyshire, and dau. of Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton (extinct 1829), and d.s.p.l. 18 Sept. 1790.

5b Frederick William, b13 May, 1750, d 29 Dec. 1765.

1b Augusta, b 31 July, 1737, m 17 Jan. 1764, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, and d 23 March, 1813, having had issue, four sons and three daus. (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He d. of wounds received at the Battle of Jena, 10 Nov. 1806.

2b Elizabeth Caroline, b 30 Dec. 1740, d 4 Sept. 1759.

3b Louisa Ann, b 8 March, 1748-49, d 13 May, 1768.

4b Caroline Matilda, b posthumously, 11 July, 1751, m 1 Oct. 1766, her 1st cousin, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, and d 10 May, 1775, having had issue, two sons and one dau.  (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He d 13 March, 1808.

2a George William, b 3 Nov. 1717, d 6 Feb. 1718.

3a  William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhampstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon and Baron Alderney, K.G. , Field Marshal, and C-in-C  cmd'd. the Army at Fontenoy and Culloden, b 15 April, 1721, d unm 31 Oct 1765.

1a Anne (Princess Royal), b 2 Nov. 1709, m 25 March, 1734, William IV, Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange and Nassau-Dietz, and d 12 Jan 1759, leaving issue, one son and one dau.  (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He d 22 Oct. 1751.

2a Amelia Sophia Eleanor, b 10 June, 1711, d unm 31 Oct. 1786.

3a Caroline Elizabeth, b 10 June, 1713, d unm 28 Dec. 1757.

4a Mary, b 22 Feb. 1723, m as his 1st wife, 8 May, 1740, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, K.G., and d 14 Jan. 1772, having had issue, four sons (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He d 30 Oct. 1785.

5a Louisa, b 7 Dec. 1724, m 30 Oct. 1743, as his 1st wife, Frederick V, King of Denmark and Norway, and d 8 Dec. 1751, having had issue, two sons and two daus.  (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He d 14 Jan. 1766.

George II d at Kensington Palace, 25 Oct. 1760 (bur at Westminster Abbey), and was s by his grandson,

GEORGE III, William Frederick, King of Great Britain and Ireland, b at Norfolk House, Westminster, 4 June, 1738, s his father as Duke of Cornwall, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Kurprinz of Hanover, 20 March, 1751, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 20 April, 1751, s his grandfather as King of Great Britain and Duke of Hanover and Elector, 25 Oct. 1760, Sovereign Prince of Osnaburg and Munster, 1803, King of Hanover and Sovereign Prince of East Friesland, 1814, crowned 22 Sept. 1761, m 8 Sept. 1761, Princess Sophia Charlotte (b at Mirow, 19 May, 1744, d at Kew Palace, 17 Nov. 1818, bur at Windsor), yst. dau. of Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1), and had issue,

1a  GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

2a Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, K.G., Prince and Bishop of Osnaburg (1764-1803), Field Marshal and C-in-C, b 16 Aug. 1763, m 29 Sept. 1791, Princess Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherine (d 6 Aug.1820), dau. of Frederick William II, King of Prussia, and d.s.p. 5 Jan. 1827.

3a WILLIAM HENRY, Duke of Clarence, afterwards King.

4a Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Earl of Dublin, K.G., Field Marshal, b 2 Nov. 1767, m 20 May, 1818 Princess Victoria Mary Louise (d 16 March, 1861), widow of Emich Charles, Reigning Prince of Leiningen, and dau. of  Francis Frederick Antony, Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, and d 23 Jan. 1820, leaving issue, an only child,

1b ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA, afterwards Queen.

5a ERNEST AUGUSTUS, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and King of Hanover, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh, K.G., Field Marshal, b 5 June, 1771, s his brother, William IV, as King of Hanover, 20 June, 1837, m 29 May, 1815, Princess Frederica Sophia Charlotte Alexandrina (d 29 June, 1841), widow of (1) Prince Frederick Louis Charles of Prussia, and (2) Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels, and 3rd dau. of Charles Louis Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-­Strelitz (see BURKE's ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD Vol. 1), and d 18 Nov. 1851, leaving issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1).

6a Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Arklow, K.G., b 27 Jan. 1773, m at Rome, 4 April, 1793, and at St. George's, Hanover Square, London, 5 Dec. 1793 (annulled by the Prerogative Court, Aug. 1794, as contracted in violation of The Royal Marriage Act, 1772), Lady Augusta Murray, afterwards D'AMELAND (assumed by Royal Licence, 1506) (d 5 March, 1830), 2nd  dau. of John, 4th Earl of Dunmore.  He went through a form of marriage (in violation of The Royal Marriage Act, 1772), ca 2 May, 1831, with Lady Cecilia Letitia Buggin, afterwards UNDERWOOD (surname assumed by Royal Licence, 2 May, 1831), cr. Duchess of Inverness (1840) (d 1 Aug. 1873), widow of Sir George Buggin, Kt., and eldest dau. of Arthur Saunders, 2nd Earl of Arran, K.P., by his 3rd wife Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Underwood, and d.s.p.l. 21 April, 1843.

7a Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary, and Baron Culloden, K.G., Field Marshal, Viceroy of Hanover 1816-37, b 24 Feb. 1774, m at Cassel, 7 May and at Buckingham Palace, 1 June, 1818, Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louise (d 6 April. 1889), 3rd dau. of the Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and d 8 July, 1850, leaving issue,

1b George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, etc., KG., Field Marshal and C-in-C 1856-95, b at Hanover, 26 March, 1819, went through a form of marriage in violation of The Royal Marriage Act, 1772, 8 Jan. 1847, with Sarah (Louisa) Fairbrother (Mrs Fitz-George) (d 12 Jan. 1890), and d.s.p.l. 7. 17 March, 1904.

1b Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louisa, b 18 July, 1822, m 28 June, 1843, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, K.G., and d 4 Dec.1916, having had issue, two sons (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He d 30 May, 1904.

2b Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, b 27 Nov. 1833, m 12 June, 1866, Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Prince and Duke of Teck, Major-Gen. (b 27 Aug. 1837, d 21 Jan.1900), only son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg, by his morganatic wife Claudine, Countess Rhedey (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and d 27 Oct. 1897, leaving issue,

1c Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislas, Duke of Teck, cr MARQUESS of CAMBRIDGE, (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1970 Edn).

2c Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick, Prince of Teck, Major 1st Dragoons, served in S. Africa 1899-1900, b 9 Jan. 1870, d unm 22 Oct. 1910.

3c Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George, Prince of Teck, K.G., created EARL of ATHLONE, (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1956 Edn.).

1c Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, Princess of Teck (H.M. QUEEN MARY), b 26 May, 1867, m 6 July, 1893, H.M. KING GEORGE V, and d 24 March, 1953, having had issue (see below).  He d. 20 Jan.1936.

8a Octavius, b 23 Feb. 1779, d 3 May, 1783.

9a Alfred, b 22 Sept. 1780, d 20 Aug. 1782.

1a Charlotte Augusta Matilda (Princess Royal), b 29 Sept. 1766, m 18 May, 1797, Frederick I, King of Württemberg, and d.s.p. 6 Oct. 1828 (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1). He d 30 Oct. 1816.

2a Augusta Sophia, b 8 Nov. 1768, d unm 22 Sept. 1840.

3a Elizabeth, b 22 May, 1770, m 7 April, 1818, Frederick Joseph Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and d.s.p. 10 Jan. 1840. He d 2 April, 1829.

4a Mary, b 25 April, 1776, m 22 July, 1816, her first cousin, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (see above) and d.s.p. 30 April, 1857. He d 30 Nov. 1834.

5a Sophia, b 3 Nov. 1777, d unm 27 May, 1848.

6a Amelia, b 7 Aug. 1783, d unm 2 Nov. 1810.

George III d at Windsor, 29 Jan. 1820 (bur there) and was s by his eldest son,

GEORGE IV, Augustus Frederick, King of Great Britain and Ireland, b at St. James's Palace, 12 Aug.1762, Duke of Cornwall etc., and Kurprinz of Hanover at birth, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 17 Aug.1762, Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick, 1806, Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, 5 Feb. 1811, Crown Prince of Hanover, 1814, s his father as King of Great Britain, etc., and King of Hanover, 29 Jan. 1820, Crowned 10 July, 1821, m at St. James's Palace, 8 April, 1795, his first cousin, Princess Caroline Amelia Elizabeth (b at Brunswick, 1768, d at Hammersmith, 7 Aug. 1821, uncrowned, bur at Brunswick), 2nd dau. of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wölfenbuttel, by his wife Princess Augusta of Wales (see above), and had issue, an only dau.,

1a Charlotte Augusta, b 7 Jan. 1796, m 2 May, 1816, Prince Leopold George Frederick of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, 3rd son of Francis Antony Frederick, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, and d.v.p. after giving birth to a stillborn son, 6 Nov. 1817. Prince Leopold was elected King of the Belgians, 4 June, 1831 (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and m 2ndly, 9 Aug. 1832, Princess Louise Marie Thérčse (d 11 Oct. 1850), dau. of Louis Philippe, King of the French. He d 10 Dec. 1865, leaving issue.

George IV also had an illegitimate son,

1a George Seymour Crole, Ensign 21st Dragoons (1817), Lieut. 11th Dragoons (1820), ADC to Marquess of Hastings Gov. of Bengal, and subsequently Earl Amherst, Capt. 41st Foot (1823), Major (1826), b 23 Aug. 1799, educ RMC Sandhurst, d unm 13 June 1863.

George IV d at Windsor, 26 June, 1830 (bur there), and was s by his brother,

WILLIAM IV Henry, King of Great Britain and Ireland, b at Buckingham Palace, 21 Aug. 1765, Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, and Earl of Munster, 20 May, 1789, Admiral of the Fleet, 1811, Lord High Admiral, s. his brother as King of Great Britain, etc., and King of Hanover, 26 June, 1830, Crowned 8 Sept.1831, m at Kew Palace, 11 July, 1818, Princess Adelaide Louisa Theresa Caroline Amelia (b at Meiningen, 14 Aug. 1792, d at Sadbury Park, 2 Dec. 1849, bur at Windsor), eldest dau. of George I, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and had issue,

1a Charlotte Augusta Louisa, b and d 21 March, 1819.

2a Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide, b 10 Dec. 1820, d 4 March, 1821.

William IV also had numerous illegitimate issue,

1a William Henry Courtenay, Midshipman RN, drowned at sea 1807 in the Indian Ocean.

2a George Augustus Frederick Fitz-Clarence, 1st Earl of Munster, b 16 Jan. 1794, m 18 Oct. 1819 Mary Wyndham, illegitimate dau. of George, 3rd Earl of Egremont, and had issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn.). He committed suicide 20 March 1842.

3a Henry Edward Fitz-Clarence, b 27 March 1795, d unm Sept. 1817.

4a Frederick Fitz-Clarence, GCH, b. 9 Dec. 1799, m 19 May 1821 Lady Augusta Boyle (d 28 July 1876), dau. of 4th Earl of Glasgow (see that family), and d 30 Oct. 1854, leaving issue a dau.

5a Adolphus Fitz-Clarence, GCH, Rear-Adm., b 18 Feb.1802, d unm 17 May 1856.

6a Augustus Fitz-Clarence (Rev.), b 1 March 1805, m 2 Jan. 1845 Sarah Elizabeth Catherine (d 23 March 1901), eldest dau. of Lord Henry Gordon (see GORDON, Marquesses of Huntly), and d 14 June 1854, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., MUNSTER, E.).

1a Sophia Fitz-Clarence, b Aug. 1796, m 13 Aug. 1835 1st Baron De L’Isle, and d 10 April 1837, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., L’ISLE, V.).

2a Mary Fitz-Clarence, b 19 Dec. 1798, m 19 June 1824 Gen. Charles Richard Fox, MP, illegitimate son of 3rd Baron Holland (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., ILCHESTER, E.).

3a Elizabeth Fitz-Clarence, b 17 Jan. 1801, m 4 Dec. 1820 18th Earl of Erroll (see that family), and d 16 Jan. 1856, leaving issue.

4a Augusta Fitz-Clarence, b 17 Nov. 1803, m 1stly 5 July 1827 Hon. John Kennedy-Erskine, 2nd son of 1st Marquess of Ailsa and had issue (see that family), he m 2ndly 24 Aug. 1836 Lord John Frederick Gordon-Halyburton, 3rd son of 9th Marquess of Huntly (see that family), and d 8 Dec. 1865.

5a Amelia Fitz-Clarence, b 21 March 1807, m 27 Dec. 1830 10th Viscount Falkland and d 2 July 1858, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn.).

William IV d at Windsor, 20 June, 1837 (bur there), and was s by his niece,

VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, b at Kensington Palace, 24 May, 1819 s her uncle as Queen of Great Britain, etc., 20 June, 1837, crowned 28 June, 1838, proclaimed Empress of India at Delhi, 1 Jan. 1877, m at St. James's Palace, 10 Feb. 1840, H.R.H. Francis ALBERT Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, cr PRINCE CONSORT by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal, 25 June, 1857, K.G., Field-Marshal (2nd son of Ernest I, Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1)), b at Rosenau, nr. Coburg, 26 Aug. 1819, d at Windsor, 14 Dec. 1861 (bur at Frogmore). They had issue,

1a ALBERT EDWARD, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

2a Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, s his uncle, Duke Ernst II, 22 Aug. 1893, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster, K.G., Admiral of the Fleet, b 6 Aug. 1844, m 23 Jan. 1874, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna (d 25 Oct.1920), only dau. of Alexander II, Emperor of all the Russias (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and d 30 July, 1900, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1900 Edn), when he was s in Saxe-­Coburg and Gotha by his nephew, Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany (see below)).

3a Arthur William Patrick, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn and Earl of Sussex, KG, Field Marshal, Gov-Gen of Canada 1911-16, b 1 May 1850, m 13 March 1879 Princess Louise Margarety Alexandra Victoria Agnes (d 14 March 1917), 3rd dau. of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1) and d 16 Jan 1942, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1940 Edn.).

4a Leopold George Duncan Albert, 1st Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow, K.G., Col. in the Army, b 7 April, 1853, m 27 April, 1882, Princess Helen Frederica Augusta (d 1 Sept. 1922), dau. of George Victor, Reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and d 28 March, 1884, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1917 Edn.).

1a Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa (Princess Royal), b 21 Nov. 1840, m 25 Jan. 1858, Frederick III, German Emperor and King of Prussia, K.G. (d 15 June, 1888), and d 5 Aug. 1901, leaving issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1).

2a Alice Maud Mary, b 25 April, 1843, m 1 July, 1862, H.R.H. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, K.G. (d 13 March, 1892), and d 14 Dec. 1878, having had issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1 and BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, MILFORD HAVEN, M).

3a Helena Augusta Victoria, b 25 May, 1846, m. 5 July, 1866, Prince (Frederick) Christian (Charles Augustus) of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G. (d 28 Oct.1917), and d 9 June, 1923, having had issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1).

4a Louise Caroline Alberta, b.18 March, 1848, m at Windsor Castle, 21 March, 1871, 9th Duke of Argyll, KG (see that family), and d.s.p. 3 Dec.1939.  He d 2 May, 1914.

5a Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, b 14 April, 1857, m. 23 July, 1885, Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg, K.G. (d at sea, 20 Jan. 1896, from fever contracted in the Ashanti Expedition), and d 26 Oct.1944, having had issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1 HESSE and BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, MILFORD HAVEN, M)),

Victoria d at Osborne, 22 Jan.1901 (bur at Frogmore), and was s by her eldest son,

EDWARD VII, Albert, styled "By The Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India", b at Buckingham Palace, 9 Nov. 1841, Duke of Cornwall, etc., at birth, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 8 Dec. 1841, Earl of Dublin, 17 Jan. 1850, s his mother as King of Great Britain, etc., and Emperor of India, 22 Jan.1901, crowned 9 Aug.1902, m at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 10 March, 1863, Princess ALEXANDRA Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie, K.G. (b at Copenhagen, 1 Dec.1844,  d at Sandringham, 20 Nov.1925, bur. at Windsor), eldest dau. of Christian IX, King of Denmark (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and had issue,

1a Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and Earl of Athlone, K.G., b 8 Jan. 1864, d.v.p.  unm 14 Jan. 1892.

2a GEORGE FREDERICK ERNEST ALBERT, Prince of Wales, afterwards King.

3a Alexander John Charles Albert, b 6 April, d 7 April, 1871.

1a  Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (Princess Royal), b 20 Feb. 1867, m 27 July, 1889, Alexander William George, 1st Duke of Fife, K.G. (see that title), and d 4 Jan.1931, leaving issue.

2a Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary, b 6 July, 1868, d unm 3 Dec.1935.

3a Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria, b 26 Nov. 1869, m 22 July, 1896, her first cousin, Prince Christian Frederick Charles George Valdemar Axel of Denmark, K.G., afterwards Haakon VII, King of Norway (d 21 Sept.1957), 2nd son of Frederick VIII, King of Denmark (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and d 20 Nov.1938, leaving issue.

Edward VII d at Buckingham Palace, 6 May, 1910 (bur at Windsor), and was s by his only surviving son.

THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR

GEORGE V, Frederick Ernest Albert (First of the HOUSE OF WINDSOR), styled "By The Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India", b at Marlborough House, 3 June, 1865, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony (discontinued 17 July, 1917), Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killarney, 24 May 1892, Duke of Cornwall, etc., and heir-apparent, 22 Jan.1901. Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 9 Nov 1901, s his father as King of Great Britain. etc., Emperor of India, 6 May, 1910, Crowned 22 June, 1911, m at St. James's Palace, 6 July, 1893, H.S.H. Princess Victoria MARY Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes (b at Kensington Palace, 26 May, 1867, d at Marlborough House, 24 March, 1953, bur at Windsor), only dau. of Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Duke of Teck, by his wife Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, yr. dau. of Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge (see above), and had issue,

1a EDWARD ALBERT CHRISTIAN GEORG ANDREW PATRICK DAVID, afterwards King EDWARD VIII, and later Duke of WINDSOR.

2a ALBERT FREDERICK ARTHUR GEORGE, afterwards King GEORGE VI.

3a Henry William Frederick Albert, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, KG (1921), KT (1933), KP (1934), GCB (1942), GCMG (1935), GCVO (1922), PC (1925), cr Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden 31 March 1934, b at York Cottage, Sandringham 31 March 1900, m 6 Nov. 1935 • Lady Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 3rd dau. of 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry, KT, GCVO (see that family), and d at Barnwell Manor, Northants 10 June 1974, leaving issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1, GT. BRITAIN).

1b • Richard Alexander Walter George, 2nd Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO, Grand Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, b 26 Aug. 1944, m 8 July 1972 • Birgitte Eva van Deurs, GCVO, dau of Asger Henriksen and Vivian van Deurs, and has issue,

1c • Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard, Earl of Ulster, cmd’d King`s Royal Hussars 1998, b 24 Oct. 1974, educ Eton and King`s Coll, Lond. (BA).

1c • Davina Elizabeth Alice Benedikte, b 19 Nov. 1977.

2c • Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise, b 1 March 1980.

4a George Edward Alexander Edmund, DUKE OF KENT, KG (1923), KT (1935), PC (1937), GCMG (1934), GCVO (1924), b at Sandringham 20 Dec. 1902, cr Duke of Kent, Earl of St. Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick 12 Oct. 1934, m. at Westminster Abbey 29 Nov. 1934 Marina (d at Kensington Palace 27 Aug. 1968, bur Frogmore), yst. dau. of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), and was k on active service, 25 Aug. 1942, leaving issue, (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1 GT. BRITAIN).

1b • Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, 2nd Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC(P), [Wren House, Palace Green, London W8 4PY], b 9 Oct 1935, m 8 June 1961 • Katharine  Lucy Mary, GCVO, dau. of Sir William Worsley, 4th Bt. (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn), and has issue,

1c • George Philip Nicholas, Earl of St. Andrews, [York House, St. James`s Palace, London SW1A 1BQ], b 26 June 1962, educ Eton and Downing Coll., Cambridge, m 9 Jan. 1988 • Sylvana Tomaselli, and has issue,

1d • Edward Edmund Maximilian George, Baron Downpatrick, b 2 Dec. 1988.

1d • Marina Charlotte Alexandra Katharine Windsor, b 30 Sept. 1992.

2d •Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor, b 24 Aug. 1995.

2c • Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan, b 25 July 1970.

1c • Helen Marina Lucy, b 28 April 1964, m 18 July 1992 • Timothy Verner Taylor, son of Cmr. Michael Taylor, RN, and has issue,

1d • Columbus George Donald, b 6 Aug. 1994.

2d • Cassius Edward, b 26 Dec. 1996.

2b • Michael George Charles Franklin, KCVO, b 4 JuIy 1942, m 30 June 1978 • Baroness Marie-Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, formerly wife of Thomas Troubridge, (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, TROUBRIDGE, Bt), dau of Baron Gunther von Reibnitz, and has issue,

1c • Frederick Michael George David Louis, b 6 April 1979.

1c • Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia, b 23 April 1981.

1b • Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel, GCVO, b 25 Dec. 1936, m 24 April 1963 The Rt. Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy, KCVO [Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey], second son of 12th Earl of Airlie) and has issue (see that family).

5a John Charles Francis, b at York Cottage, Sandringham, 12 July, 1905, d Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk 18 Jan.1919.

1a Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, THE PRINCESS ROYAL, C.I. (1919), G.C.V.O. (1937), G.B.E. (1927), R.R.C. (1953), T.D., C.D., I.L.D., D.C.L., G.C.St.J., Chancellor of Leeds Univ. 1951-65, Controller Comdt. W.R.A.C. 1949-65, b 25 April, 1897, declared The Princess Royal 1 Jan.1932, m at Westminster Abbey, 28 Feb. 1922, 6th Earl of Harewood, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., and d. 28 March, 1965, leaving issue (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., HAREWOOD, E.). He d 24 May, 1947.

George V d at Sandringham, 20 Jan.1936 (bur at Windsor), and was s by his eldest son,

EDWARD VIII, By the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, 20 Jan.1936, s as Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay etc, on his father’s accession 6 May 1910, cr Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester 2 June 1910, s his father as King of Gt. Britain, and Emperor of India etc 20 Jan. 1936. His Majesty renounced the throne for himself and his descendants by instrument dated 10 Dec.1936, which was confirmed by the Declaration of Abdication Act, passed on the following day.  He was created by Patent, dated 8 March, 1937, DUKE OF WINDSOR in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.  He m 3 June 1937 (Bessie) Wallis Warfield (d at Paris 24 April 1986), formerly wife of Ernest Aldrich Simpson, and previously of Capt. Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr., and only child of Teackle Wallis Warfield, of Balitmore, Maryland, USA. He d.s.p. at Paris 28 May 1972, and was s by his brother,

GEORGE VI Albert Frederick Arthur George, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, b at York Cottage, Sandringham, 14 Dec.1895, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney, 3 June, 1920, s. upon the abdication of his brother, 10 Dec.1936, as King of Great Britain, etc., and Emperor of India, abandoned the imperial dignity, 22 June, 1948, Crowned 12 May, 1937, m at Westminster Abbey, 26 April, 1923, • Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (b at St. Paul's Waldenbury, 4 Aug. 1900 and d 30 March 2002), yst. dau. of 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, K.T. (see that family) and had issue,

1a • ELIZABETH  Alexandra Mary, afterwards Queen

2a • Margaret Rose, b at Glamis Castle 21 Aug. 1930, m. at Westminster Abbey 6 May 1960 (m diss. by div.) Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, only son of Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones, MBE, DL, JP, QC, of Plas Dinas, Caernarvonshire, and d 9 Feb 2002, leaving issue (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1, GT. BRITAIN and BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn, SNOWDON, E).

George VI d at Sandringham, 6 Feb.1952 (bur at Windsor), and was s by his elder dau.,

ELIZABETH II, Alexandra Mary, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND OF HER OTHER REALMS AND TERRITORIES, HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH, b at 17 Bruton St, London W1 21 April 1926, m at Westminster Abbey 20 Nov. 1947 Philip, cr Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, of Greenwich, co. London 20 Nov. 1947, KG (1947), KT (1952), OM (1968), PC (1951), only son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (see BURKE’s ROYAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD, Vol. 1), s. her father 6 Feb. 1952, crowned at Westminster Abbey 2 June 1953, and has issue,

1a • CHARLES, PHILIP ARTHUR GEORGE, PRINCE OF WALES, KG (1958), KT (1977), GCB (1975), PC (1977), s as Duke of Cornwall and DUKE OF ROTHESAY etc., on his mother’s accession 6 Feb. 1952, cr Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester 26 July 1958, b at Buckingham Palace 14 Nov. 1948, m at St. Paul’s Cathedral 29 July 1981 (m diss. by div. 28 Aug. 1996) Lady Diana Spencer (d. 31 Aug. 1997), yst dau. of 8th Earl Spencer (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn.), and has issue,

1b • WILLIAM ARTHUR PHILIP LOUIS, b. at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington 21 June 1982, educ Eton.

2b • Henry (Harry) Charles Albert David, b at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington 15 Sept. 1984.

2a • ANDREW Albert Christian Edward, DUKE OF YORK, CVO (1979), cr Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killleagh 1986, Cdr, RN, b at Buckingham Palace 19 Feb. 1960, m at Westminster Abbey 23 July 1986 (m diss. by div. 1996) Sarah Margaret, 2nd dau. of  Brig. Ronald Ivor Ferguson (see BURKE’s PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 Edn., DACRE, B. and POWERSCOURT, V.), and has issue,

1b • Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, b at Portland Hospital, Lond. 8 Aug. 1988.

2b • Eugenie Victoria Helena, b at Portland Hospital, Lond. 23 March 1990.

3a • EDWARD Antony Richard Louis, EARL OF WESSEX, CVO (1989), cr Earl of Wessex, and Viscount Severn 1999, b at Buckingham Palace 10 March 1964, m 19 June 1999 • Sophie Helen, dau. of Christopher Rhys-Jones, of Brenchley, Kent.

1a • ANNE Elizabeth Alice Louise, THE PRINCESS ROYAL, LG (1994), LT (2000), GCVO (1974), cr Princess Royal 13 June 1987, b at Clarence House 15 Aug. 1950, m 1stly at Westminster Abbey 14 Nov. 1973 (m. diss. 1992) Capt. Mark Anthony Peter Philips, CVO, and has issue,

1b • Peter Mark Andrew, b at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington 15 Nov. 1977, educ Gordonstoun.

1b • Zara Anne Elizabeth, b. at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, 15 May 1981.

The Princess Royal m 2ndly at Craithie Church, Aberdeenshire 12 Dec. 1992 • Commodore Timothy James Hamilton Laurence, MVO (1989), RN, yr. son of Cdr. Guy Stewart Laurence, RN