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Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex, [note 1] legitimacy, and religion. Under common law , the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line .
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.
Iola Price Ahl (1970), Opposing Theories of Succession to the English Throne, 1681-1714; Howard Nenner (1995), The Right to be King: the succession to the Crown of England, 1603-1714, University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 9780807822470; Jason L. Craig (1998), A Historiographical Look at the Succession to the English Throne
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 ...
Since Richard II never designated an heir, the succession was disputed among the heirs established under the will of Edward III and heirs by cognatic primogeniture. The will entailed the throne on the heirs male. The following are the leaders of both lines: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster: Potential heirs by the will of Edward III Uncle 22 ...
The Jacobite succession stemmed from the death of Charles II in 1685. When Charles’ younger brother James, Duke of York became king as James II of England and VII of Scotland, concerns arose that James, a recent Catholic convert, would return England to Catholicism, especially after the birth of a son, James Francis Edward Stuart , who would ...
History of the English and British line of succession Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of heirs to the English and British thrones .
Following the Glorious Revolution, the line of succession to the English throne was governed by the Bill of Rights 1689, which declared that the flight of James II from England to France during the revolution amounted to an abdication of the throne and that James's daughter Mary II and her husband/cousin, William III (William of Orange, who was ...