Princess Royal - List of Princesses Royal

List of Princesses Royal

The following is a complete list of women officially styled as "Princess Royal":

Order Name
Princess Royal
Parent Date married Husband
Notes
1 Mary, Princess Royal
1631–1660
1642–1660 Charles I
1600–1649
1641 William II, Prince of Orange
1626–1650
2 Anne, Princess Royal
1709–1759
1727–1759 George II
1683–1760
1734 William IV, Prince of Orange
1711–1751
3 Charlotte, Princess Royal
1766–1828
1789–1828 George III
1738–1820
1797 King Frederick I of Württemberg
1754–1816
4 Victoria, Princess Royal
1840–1901
1841–1901 Victoria
1819–1901
1858 Frederick III, German Emperor
1831–1888
Heiress presumptive 1840–1841
5 Louise, Princess Royal
1867–1931
1905–1931 Edward VII
1841–1910
1889 Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
1849–1912
6 Mary, Princess Royal
1897–1965
1932–1965 George V
1865–1936
1922 Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood
1882–1947
7 Anne, Princess Royal
1950–
1987–present Elizabeth II
1926–
1973–1992 Mark Phillips
1948-
1992 Sir Timothy Laurence
1955–

Princess Louisa Maria (1692–1712), the last daughter of King James II (d. 1701), born after he lost his crown in the Glorious Revolution, was given the title of Princess Royal during James's exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and was so called by Jacobites, even though she was not James's eldest living daughter at any time during her life.

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