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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.
This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to inherit the throne of England, should the incumbent monarch die. Those who actually succeeded (at any future time) are shown in bold. Stillborn children and infants surviving less than a month are not included.
The succession to Henry I was altered by the death of his son, William Adelin.Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Empress Matilda, widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir.
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom 1777–1848: Prince Octavius of Great Britain 1779–1783: Prince Alfred of Great Britain 1780–1782: Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom 1783–1810: Leopold I King of the Belgians 1790–1865: Princess Charlotte 1796–1817 of Wales: George V King of Hanover 1819–1878: Marie of Saxe-Altenburg 1818 ...
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 predecessor states. List of British monarchs
The current descendant of this line is Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun. The line of succession is as follows: George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, third son (second "legitimate" son) of Richard, 3rd Duke of York; Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, first son of George
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 .