Genealogy of The British Royal Family - House of Hanover

House of Hanover

  • Queen Victoria, daughter of Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, daughter of Francis Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield.
  • Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, son of George III and Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. (King George IV, son of George III, died without heir.)
  • King George III, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
  • Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George II, and Caroline of Ansbach, daughter of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
  • King George II, son of George I and Sophia of Celle, daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
  • King George I, son of Sophia of Hanover and Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
  • Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt.
  • George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Dorothea of Denmark, daughter of Christian III of Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg.
  • William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
  • Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of Henry I, Duke of Lüneburg and Margarethe of Saxony, daughter of Ernest, Elector of Saxony.
  • Henry I, Duke of Lüneburg, son of Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg.
  • Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Madeleine de Hohenzollern.
  • Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Margaret of Saxe-Wittenberg, daughter of Wenceslas, Elector of Saxony.
  • Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick and Katherine of Anhalt-Bernburg.
  • Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick, son of Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Sophia von Brandenburg, daughter of Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal.
  • Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, son of Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Rixa of Werle-Güstrow.
  • Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Alessina de Montferrat.
  • Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Mathilde of Ascania, daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg.
  • Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of William I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Helene of Denmark, daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark and Sofia of Minsk.
  • William I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of Henry V, Duke of Saxony and Matilda, Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
  • Henry V, Duke of Saxony, son of Henry X, Duke of Bavaria and Gertrude of Süpplingenburg, daughter of Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor and Richenza of Northeim.
  • Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria and Wulfhilde of Saxony, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and Sophia of Hungary.
  • Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, son of Welf I, Duke of Bavaria and Judith of Flanders, daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders and Eleanor of Normandy.
  • Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, son of Azzo II of Este and Kunigunde of Altdorf, last from Elder Welfs.
  • Azzo II of Este, son of Azzo I of Este and Railenda of Como, daughter of Riprandi of Piacenza; established House of Este.
  • Azzo I of Este, son of Otbert II, Margrave of Milan.
  • Otbert II, Margrave of Milan, son of Otbert I, Count Palatine of Italy.
  • Otbert I, Count Palatine of Italy, son of Margrave Adalbert.
  • Margrave Adalbert (fl. ca. 940-50), earliest-known male-line ancestor of Queen Victoria.

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