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This is the family tree for monarchs of England (and Wales after 1282) from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth I of England. The House of Wessex family tree precedes this family tree and the family tree of the British royal family follows it.

As to the medieval histories of Scotland and Wales:

  • The family tree of Scottish monarchs covers the same period in Scotland and, equally as shown, directly precedes the family tree of the British royal family.
  • The family tree of Welsh monarchs is relevant before the 1282 conquest by England.

For a simplified family tree see family tree of British monarchs (and alternative successions of the English and British crown for unsuccessful claimants' family trees).

Key

  • : The red border (bold or thin) indicates monarchs
  • : The bold black border indicates children of monarchs
  • : The thin black border indicates other relatives

Houses of Wessex, Knýtlinga and Godwinson

(Wessex family tree)
Alfred
the Great
849–899
King of Wessex
r. 871 – 899
Ealhswith
d. 902
Æthelred
d. 911
Lord of the Mercians
Æthelflæd
c. 870–918
Lady of the Mercians
Ecgwynn Edward
the Elder
c. 874/877–924
King of the Anglo-Saxons
r. 899 – 924
Eadgifu
of Kent
c. 903–966
Ælfflæd Æthelweard
d. 920 or 922
Ælfthryth
877–929
Baldwin II
the Bald
c. 865–918
Margrave of Flanders
Ælfwynn
Ruler of Mercia
b.c. 888
Æthelstan
c. 893/895–939
King of the Anglo-Saxons
r. 924 – 927
King of the English
r. 927 – 939
Ælfweard
of Wessex
c. 902–924
Charles III
the Simple
879–929
King of the Franks
Eadgifu
of Wessex
902–after955
Herbert III
of Omois
910–980/985
Edwin
d. 933
Ælfgifu
of Shaftesbury Saint Elgiva
d. 944
Edmund I
921–946
King of the English
r. 939 – 946
Æthelflæd
of Damerham
Eadred
923–955
King of the English
r. 946 – 955
Eadburh
of Winchester
d. 960
Eadgyth
of England
910–946
Otto I
the Great
912–973
Holy Roman Emperor
Eadhild
d. 937
Hugh
the Great
898–956
Duke of the Franks
Sigrid
the Haughty
(?)
Sweyn
Forkbeard
963–1014
King of the English
r. 1013 – 1014
Gunhild
of Wenden
Ælfgifu Eadwig
All-Fair
d. 959
King of England
r. 955 – 959
Æthelflæd Edgar I
the Peaceful
c. 943–975
King of England
r. 959 – 975
Ælfthryth
c. 945–1000/1001
Harald II
c. 996–998c. 1018
King of Denmark
Estrid
Svendsdatter
990/997–1057/1073
Richard I
933–996
Comté de Rouen
Edward
the Martyr
c. 962–978
King of England
r. 975 – 978
Edmund
c. 966 – c. 970
Ælfgifu
of York
fl.c. 970–1002
Æthelred
the Unready
c. 966–1016
King of the English
r. 978 – 1013 r. 1014 – 1016
Emma
of Normandy
c. 985–1052
Cnut
the Great
c. 985/995–1035
King of England
r. 1016 – 1035
Ælfgifu
of Northampton
c. 990after1040
Richard II
963–1026
Duke of Normandy
Æthelstan
Ætheling

980s–1014
Edmund II
Ironside
c. 990–1016
King of the English
r.
Ealdgyth
c. 992-after1016
Eadred
Ætheling
d.c. 1012
Eadwig
Ætheling

d. 1017
Godwin
1001–1053
Earl of Wessex
Harthacnut
c. 1018–1042
King of the English
r. 1040 – 1042
Gunhilda
of Denmark
c. 1020–1038
Svein
Knutsson
c. 1016–1035
King of Norway
Harold I
Harefoot
c. 1015–1040
King of England
r. 1035/1037 – 1040
Edmund
Ætheling

c. 1015/1017before1054
Edward
the Exile
1016–1057
Agatha
before1030–after1070
Harold Godwinson
c. 1022–1066
King of the English
r.
Edith
of Wessex
c. 1025–1075
Edward
the Confessor
1003/1005–1066
King of the English
r. 1042 – 1066
Alfred Aetheling
d. 1036
Godgifu
1004–c. 1047
Robert I
1000–1035
Duke of Normandy
Edgar II
the Ætheling
c. 1051–1126
King of England
r.
Cristina
d.c. 1100
Margaret
of Scotland
c. 1045–1093
Malcolm III
c. 1031–1093
King of Scots
Gytha
of Wessex
d. 1098/1107
Gunhild
of Wessex
William I
the Conqueror
c. 1028–1087
King of England
r. 1066 – 1087
Matilda
of Scotland
c. 1080–1118
Henry I
c. 1068–1135
King of England
r. 1100 – 1135
House of Normandy

Houses of Normandy and Blois

Robert I
1000–1035
Duke of Normandy
Herleva
of Falaise
c. 1003 – c. 1050
William I
The Conqueror
c. 1028–1087
r. 1066 – 1087
Matilda
of Flanders
c. 1031–1083
Malcolm III
d. 1093
King of Scotland
Robert II
of Normandy
c. 1054–1134
Richard
of Normandy
c. 1054 – c. 1070
Adeliza
of Normandy
c. 1055before1113
Cecilia
of Normandy
c. 1056–1126
William II
Rufus
c. 1056–1100
r. 1087 – 1100
Agatha
of Normandy
c. 1064 – c. 1080
Constance
of Normandy
c. 1066–1090
Stephen
c. 1045–1102
Count of Blois
Adela
of Normandy
c. 1067–1137
Matilda
of Scotland
c. 1080–1118
Henry I
Beauclerc
c. 1068–1135
r. 1100 – 1135
Adeliza
of Louvain
1103–1151
Fulk
1089/1092–1143
Count of Anjou
King of Jerusalem
Matilda
c. 1105–1152
Countess of Boulogne
Stephen
of Blois
c. 1092–1154
r. 1135 – 1141 r. 1141 – 1154
Others
Louis VI
1081–1137
King of the Franks
William Clito
1102–1128
Sibylla
of Anjou
c. 1112–1165
Geoffrey Plantagenet
1113–1151
Count of Anjou
Empress Matilda
c. 1102–1167
r.
Disputed
Henry V
1086–1125
Holy Roman Emperor
William Adelin
1103–1120
Duke of Normandy and King-Designate
Matilda
of Anjou
c. 1111–1154
Louis VII
1120–1180
King of the Franks
Constance
of France
1124–1176
Countess of Toulouse
Eustace IV
c. 1129–1153
Count of Boulogne
Matthew
c. 1137–1173
Count of Boulogne
Marie I
1136–1182
Countess of Boulogne
William I
c. 1137–1159
Count of Boulogne
House of Plantagenet

House of Plantagenet

Geoffrey Plantagenet
1113–1151
Count of Anjou
Empress Matilda
c. 1102–1167
r.
Disputed
Louis VII
1120–1180
King of France
Eleanor
of Aquitaine
c. 1122–1204
Henry II
1133–1189
r. 1154 – 1189
Geoffrey
1134–1158
Count of Nantes
William X
of Poitou
1136–1163/1164
William IX
1153–1156
Count of Poitiers
Margaret
of France
1157–1197
Henry the Young King
1155–1183
Duke of Normandy
Matilda
1156–1189
Henry III
The Lion
1129–1195
Duke of Saxony
Geoffrey II
1158–1186
Duke of Brittany
Constance
1161–1201
Duchess of Brittany
Eleanor
1162–1214
Alfonso VIII
1155–1214
King of Castile
William II
1155–1189
King of Sicily
Joan
1165–1199
Raymond VI
1156–1222
Count of Toulouse
House of Welf Berengaria
of Navarre
c. 1165–1230
Richard I
Lionheart
1157–1199
r. 1189 – 1199
Isabella of Angoulême
1188–1246
John
Lackland
1166–1216
r. 1199 – 1216
Isabel
c. 1173–1217
Countess of Gloucester
Eleanor
of Brittany
c. 1184–1241
Matilda of Brittany
1185–before1189
Arthur I
1187–1203
Duke of Brittany
House of Burgundy Bohemond
Duke of Apulia
House of Rouergue
Eleanor
of Provence
c. 1223–1291
Henry III
1207–1272
r. 1216 – 1272
Isabel Marshal
1200–1240
Richard
1209–1272
Earl of Cornwall
Sanchia
of Provence
c. 1228–1261
Joan
1210–1238
Alexander II
1198–1249
King of Scotland
Isabella
1214–1241
Frederick II
1194–1250
Holy Roman Emperor
Simon de Montfort
1208–1265
Earl of Leicester
Eleanor
1215–1275
William Marshal
1190–1231
Earl of Pembroke
Henry
of Almain
1235–1271
Richard
of Cornwall
Edmund
1249–1300
Earl of Cornwall
House of Hohenstaufen
Philip III
1245–1285
King of France
Ferdinand III
1199/1201–1252
King of Castile
Henry de Montfort
1238–1265
Simon de Montfort the Younger
1240–1271
Amaury de Montfort
1242–1301
Richard de Montfort
1252–1266
Joanna de Montfort
1248/1251
Guy de Montfort
1244–c. 1288
Count of Nola
Margherita Aldobrandesca Eleanor de Montfort
1252–1282
Princess of Wales
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
c. 1223–1282
Prince of Wales
Eleanor
of Castile
1241–1290
Edward I
Longshanks
1239–1307
r. 1272 – 1307
Margaret
of France
1279–1318
Katherine
1253–1257
Aveline de Forz
1259–1274
Countess of Aumale
Edmund Crouchback
1245–1296
Earl of Lancaster
Blanche
of Artois
1248–1302
Beatrice
1242–1275
John II
1239–1305
Duke of Brittany
Margaret
1240–1275
Alexander III
1241–1286
King of Scotland
House of Dreux House of Dunkeld
Philip IV
1268–1314
King of France
Katherine
c. 1261–1264
Joan
1265
John
1266–1271
Henry
1267–1274
Eleanor
1269–1298
Henry III
1259–1302
Count of Bar
Gilbert de Clare
1243–1295
Earl of Gloucester
Joan
of Acre
1272–1307
Ralph de Monthermer
c. 1270–1325
Baron Monthermer
Isabella
of France
c. 1295–1358
Edward II
1284–1327
r. 1307 – 1327
Alphonso
1273–1284
Earl of Chester
Margaret
1275–1333
John II
1275–1312
Duke of Brabant
Berengaria
1276–1278
Mary
of Woodstock
1279–c. 1332
John I
1284–1299
Count of Holland
Elizabeth
of Rhuddlan
1282–1316
Humphrey de Bohun
1276–1322
Earl of Hereford
Alice Hayles Thomas
of Brotherton
1300–1338
Earl of Norfolk
Mary Braose Edmund
of Woodstock
1301–1330
Earl of Kent
Margaret Wake
c. 1297–1349
Eleanor
1306–1310
Philippa
of Hainault
1314–1369
Edward III
1312–1377
r. 1327 – 1377
John
of Eltham
1316–1336
Earl of Cornwall
Eleanor
of Woodstock
1318–1355
Reginald II
c. 1295–1343
Duke of Guelders
Joan
of the Tower
1321–1362
David II
1324–1371
King of Scotland
Isabella
1332–1379/1382
Enguerrand VII
1340–1397
Lord of Coucy
Earl of Bedford
Joan
1335–1348
William of Hatfield
1337
Mary
of Waltham
1344–1362
John IV
the Conqueror
1339–1399
Duke of Brittany
Margaret
of Windsor
1346–1361
Countess of Pembroke
John Hastings
1347–1375
Earl of Pembroke
William of Windsor
1348
Thomas
of Woodstock
1355–1397
Duke of Gloucester
Eleanor de Bohun
c. 1366–1399
Edward
of Woodstock
The Black Prince
1330–1376
Joan
of Kent
1328–1385
Blanche
of Lancaster
c. 1347–1368
John
of Gaunt
1340–1399
Duke of Lancaster
Constance
of Castile
1354–1394
Katherine Swynford
1350–1403
Edmund
of Langley
1341–1402
Duke of York
Isabella
of Castile
c. 1355–1392
Elizabeth de Burgh
1332–1363
Countess of Ulster
Lionel
of Antwerp
1338–1368
Duke of Clarence
Violante Visconti
1354–1386
House of Beaufort
Edward of Angoulême
1365–1372
Anne
of Bohemia
1366–1394
Richard II
1367–1400
r. 1377 – 1399
Isabella
of Valois
1389–1409
House of Lancaster John of Lancaster
1374–1375
Catherine
of Lancaster
1373–1418
Henry III
1379–1406
King of Castile
Edmund Mortimer
1352–1381
Earl of March
Philippa
1355–1382
Countess of Ulster
House of Trastámara Roger Mortimer
1374–1398
Earl of March
Earl of Ulster
Alianore Holland
1373–1405
Edward
of Norwich
c. 1373–1415
Duke of York
Richard
of Conisburgh
c. 1375–1415
Earl of Cambridge
Anne de Mortimer
1390–1411
House of York

Houses of Lancaster and York

House of York Peter
of Castile
1334–1369
King of Castile
Edward III
1312–1377
r. 1327 – 1377
Henry
of Grosmont
c. 1310–1361
Duke of Lancaster
House of Lancaster
Isabella
of Castile
c. 1355–1392
Edmund
of Langley
1341–1402
Duke of York
Joan Holland
c. 1380–1434
Edward
of Wales
The Black Prince
1330–1376
Joan
of Kent
1328–1385
Thomas Holland
c. 1314–1360
Earl of Kent
Blanche
of Lancaster
1342–1368
John
of Gaunt
1340–1399
Duke of Lancaster
Constance
of Castile
1354–1394
Katherine Swynford
1350–1403
Edward
of Norwich
1373–1415
Duke of York
Philippa Mohun
c. 1367–1431
Constance
of York
c. 1374–1416
Thomas Despenser
1373–1400
Earl of Gloucester
Richard II
1367–1400
r. 1377 – 1399
John Holland
c. 1352–1400
Duke of Exeter
Elizabeth
of Lancaster
1363–1426
John Cornwall
c. 1364–1443
Baron Fanhope
Philippa
of Lancaster
1360–1415
John I
1358–1433
King of Portugal
Anne de Mortimer
1390–1411
Richard
of Conisburgh
c. 1375–1415
Earl of Cambridge
Matilda Clifford Mary de Bohun
c. 1368–1394
Henry IV
1366–1413
r. 1399 – 1413
Joan
of Navarre
c. 1370–1437
Catherine
of Lancaster
1373–1418
Henry III
1379–1406
King of Castile
Henry
of Cambridge
Louis III
1378–1436
Elector Palatine
Blanche
of Lancaster
1392–1409
Anne
of Burgundy
1404–1432
John
of Lancaster
1389–1435
Duke of Bedford
Jacquetta
of Luxembourg
1415/1416–1472
Richard Woodville
1405–1469
Earl Rivers
Henry V
1386–1422
r. 1413 – 1422
Catherine
of Valois
1401–1437
Owen Tudor
c. 1392–1461
Thomas
of Lancaster
1387–1421
Duke of Clarence
Jacqueline
Ctss. of Hainaut
1401–1436
Humphrey
1390–1447
Duke of Gloucester
Eleanor Cobham
c. 1400–1452
Philippa
of Lancaster
1394–1430
Eric VII
of Pomerania
1381–1459
King of Denmark
Henry VI
1421–1471
r. 1422 – 1461 r. 1470 – 1471
Margaret
of Anjou
1430–1482
Thomas Beaufort
c. 1377–1426
Duke of Exeter
Margaret Neville
of Horneby
Ralph de Neville
c. 1364–1425
Earl of Westmorland
Joan Beaufort
c. 1379–1440
Robert Ferrers
c. 1373–1396
Baron Boteler of Wem
Henry Beaufort
c. 1375–1447
Bishop of Winchester
Margaret Holland
1385–1439
John Beaufort
c. 1371–1410
Earl of Somerset
Edward
of Westminster
1453–1471
Prince of Wales
Isabel
of Cambridge
1409–1484
Henry Bourchier
c. 1404–1483
Earl of Essex
Richard
of York
1411–1460
Duke of York
Cecily Neville
1415–1495
John Beaufort
1403–1444
Duke of Somerset
Margaret Beauchamp
of Bletso
1405/1406–1482
Henry Holland
1430–1475
Duke of Exeter
Anne
of York
1439–1476
Thomas St. Leger
d. 1483
Edmund
1443–1460
Earl of Rutland
John de la Pole
1442–1491/1492
Duke of Suffolk
Elizabeth
of York
1444–1503
Edward IV
1442–1483
r. 1461 – 1470 r. 1471 – 1483
Elizabeth Woodville
c. 1437–1492
Anne Neville
1456–1485
Richard III
1452–1485
r. 1483 – 1485
Isabella Neville
1451–1476
George Plantagenet
1449–1478
Duke of Clarence
Margaret
of York
1446–1503
Charles the Bold
1433–1477
Margaret Beaufort
1441/1443–1509
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Earl of Richmond
Jasper Tudor
1431–1495
Duke of Bedford
Edward
of Middleham Prince of Wales
c. 1473–1484
Thomas Kymbe Ralph Scrope
of Upsall
Cecily
of York
1469–1507
John Welles
c. 1450–1498
Viscount Welles
Mary
of York
1467–1482
Edward V
1470–1483
r.
Margaret
of York
1472
Richard
of Shrewsburyb. 1473

Duke of York
Elizabeth
of York
1466–1503
Henry VII
1457–1509
r. 1485 – 1509
Anne
of York
1470
Edward Plantagenet
1475–1499
Earl of Warwick
Richard
of York
1476–1477
George Plantagenet
1477–1479
Duke of Bedford
Thomas Howard
1473–1554
Duke of Norfolk
Anne
of York
1475–1511
Bridget
of York
1480–1517
Catherine
of York
1479–1527
William Courtenay
1475–1511
Earl of Devon
House of Tudor
Richard Pole
1462–1505
Margaret Plantagenet
1473–1541
Countess of Salisbury

House of Tudor

Henry VII
1457–1509
r. 1485 – 1509
Elizabeth
of York
1466–1503
James IV
1473–1513
King of Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
Archibald Douglas
c. 1489–1557
Earl of Angus
Henry Stewart
c. 1495–1552
Lord Methven
Elizabeth Tudor
1492–1495
Louis XII
1462–1515
King of France
Mary Tudor
1496–1533
Charles Brandon
c. 1484–1545
Duke of Suffolk
Edmund Tudor
1499–1500
Duke of Somerset
Katherine Tudor
1503
Arthur Tudor
1486–1502
Prince of Wales
Catherine
of Aragon
1485–1536
Henry VIII
1491–1547
r. 1509 – 1547
Anne Boleyn
1501/1507–1536
{{{E}}} Jane Seymour
c. 1508–1537
Anne
of Cleves
1515–1557
Catherine Howard
1518/1524–1542
Catherine Parr
1512–1548
Madeleine
of Valois
1520–1537
James V
1512–1542
King of Scotland
Mary
of Guise
1515–1560
Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Matthew Stewart
1516–1571
Earl of Lennox
Mary I
1516–1558
r. 1553 – 1558
Philip I
1527–1598
King of Spain
r. 1553 – 1558 Jure uxoris
Henry FitzRoy
1519–1536
Duke of Richmond and Somerset
Elizabeth I
1533–1603
r. 1558 – 1603
Edward VI
1537–1553
r. 1547 – 1553
Francis II
1544–1560
King of France
Mary
1542–1587
Queen of Scots
Henry Stuart
1545–1567
Lord Darnley
James Hepburn
c. 1534–1578
Earl of Bothwell
Henry Grey
1517–1554
Duke of Suffolk
Frances Brandon
1517–1559
Adrian Stokes
1533–1586
Eleanor Brandon
1519–1547
Henry Clifford
1517–1570
Earl of Cumberland
House of Stuart Thomas Keyes
1544–1571
Mary Grey
1545–1578
Henry Herbert
after1538–1601
Catherine Grey
1540–1568
Edward Seymour
1539–1621
Jane
1536/1537–1554
r.
Disputed
Guildford Dudley
c. 1535–1554
James I
1566–1625
r. 1603 – 1625 (Eng)
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