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The succession to Stephen was altered by the death of his son Eustace, whom he wished to have crowned king during his own lifetime (in imitation of the Capetian monarchy). Though Stephen still had a son, William , the boy was still young and unprepared to challenge Matilda's son, Henry of Anjou for the throne.
Listed by the official website of the British monarchy, "Succession", retrieved 9 June 2023. D: Debrett's website (as of 22 May 2024): "The Line of Succession" W: Whitaker's Almanack 2021, Oxford: Rebellion, ISBN 978-1-7810-8978-1, p. 26 M: These people had been excluded through marriage to a Roman Catholic.
In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were merged to create the Kingdom of Great Britain, and in 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland joined to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The British monarch was the nominal head of the vast British Empire, which covered a quarter of the world's land area at its greatest extent in 1921.
The history of the English monarchy covers the reigns of English kings and queens from the 9th century to 1707. The English monarchy traces its origins to the petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England , which consolidated into the Kingdom of England by the 10th century.
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.
'Succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent, but also by Parliamentary statute. The order of succession is the sequence of members of the Royal Family in the order in which ...
The death of William III in 1702 had led to the accession of his sister-in-law Anne to the thrones of England and Scotland, but her only surviving child had died in 1700, and the English Act of Settlement 1701 had given the succession to the English crown to the Protestant House of Hanover. Securing the same succession in Scotland became the ...
History of the English monarchy; Succession to the British throne, a historical overview and current rules Succession to the British throne § Current line of succession, a list of people; List of English royal consorts; Family tree of English monarchs; Family tree of British monarchs; List of office holders of the United Kingdom and ...