1399 To 1485
Heir | Status | Relationship to Monarch | Became heir | Reason | Ceased to be heir | Reason | Next in succession | Monarch |
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Henry, Prince of Wales | Heir apparent | eldest son | 30 September 1399 | father became king | 20 March 1413 | became king | Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence 1399-1413, younger brother | Henry IV |
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence | Heir presumptive | younger brother | 20 March 1413 | brother became king | 22 March 1421 | died | John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford 1413-1421, younger brother | Henry V |
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford | Heir presumptive | younger brother | 22 March 1421 | brother died | 6 December 1421 | son born to king | Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester 1413-1421, younger brother | |
Henry, Duke of Cornwall | Heir apparent | eldest son | 6 December 1421 | born | 31 August 1422 | became king | John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford 1421-1422, uncle | |
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford | Heir presumptive | uncle | 31 August 1422 | nephew became king | 14 September 1435 | died | Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester 1422-1435, younger brother | Henry VI |
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester | Heir presumptive | uncle | 14 September 1435 | elder brother died | 23 February 1447 | died | uncertain | |
uncertain | ||||||||
Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales | Heir apparent | eldest son | 13 October 1453 | born | 4 March 1461 |
king deposed | uncertain | |
Richard, Duke of York | Heir apparent | 3rd cousin +1 | 25 October 1460 | Act of Accord | 30 December 1460 | died | Edward, Earl of March 1460, son | |
Edward, Duke of York | Heir apparent | 3rd cousin +2 | 30 December 1460 | father died | 4 March 1461 | became king | George 1460-1461, brother | |
George, Duke of Clarence | Heir presumptive | younger brother | 4 March 1461 | brother became king | 12 March 1470 | fled after failed rebellion | Richard, Duke of Gloucester 1461-1466, younger brother | Edward IV |
uncertain | ||||||||
Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales | Heir apparent | eldest son | 31 October 1470 | father restored as king | 4 May 1471 | died | George, Duke of Clarence | Henry VI |
Edward, Prince of Wales | Heir apparent | eldest son | 11 April 1471 | father restored | 9 April 1483 | became king | George, Duke of Clarence 1471-1473, uncle | Edward IV |
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York 1473-1483, younger brother | ||||||||
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York | Heir presumptive | younger brother | 9 April 1483 | brother became king | 22 June 1483 | declared illegitimate | Richard, Duke of Gloucester 1483, uncle | Edward V |
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales | Heir apparent | eldest son | 22 June 1483 | father became king | 9 April 1484 | died | Edward, Earl of Warwick | Richard III |
Edward, Earl of Warwick | Heir presumptive | nephew | 9 April 1484 | royal edict | March 1485 | removed from succession | Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury | |
John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln | Heir presumptive | nephew | March 1485 | royal edict | 22 August 1485 | king killed | Edmund de la Pole |
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