The succession to the British Throne is regulated by the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement. The second of these extends the succession to Electress Sophia of Hanover and the heirs of Sophia's body. The following is a list of the descendants of Sophia, as of 1 January 1781, arranged in sequence by their eligibility to become the heir of her body. This type of list is often referred to as the "Order of Succession" to the British Throne.



William Addams Reitwiesner
 
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Succession to the British Throne in 1781

Descendants of Sophia Kfstin v Hannover
1. Descendants of George I K Gt Britain
1-1) Children of George II K Gt Britain
  X. [Frederick P Wales]
SOV     George III K Gt Britain (*1738)
  1.       George P Wales (*1762)
  2.       Frederick P Gt Britain (*1763)
  3.       William P Gt Britain (*1765)
  4.       Edward P Gt Britain (*1767)
  5.       Ernest P Gt Britain (*1771)
  6.       Augustus P Gt Britain (*1773)
  7.       Adolphus P Gt Britain (*1774)
  8.       Octavius P Gt Britain (*1779)
  9.       Alfred P Gt Britain (*1780)
 10.       Charlotte Pss Gt Britain (*1766)
 11.       Augusta Pss Gt Britain (*1768)
 12.       Elizabeth Pss Gt Britain (*1770)
 13.       Mary Pss Gt Britain (*1776)
 14.       Sophia Pss Gt Britain (*1777)
 15.    William D Gloucester (*1743)
 16.       William P Gt Britain (*1776)
 17.       Sophia Pss Gt Britain (*1773)
 18.    Henry D Cumberland (*1745)
 19.    Augusta Pss Gt Britain (*1737) m. Karl II Hz v Braunschweig [74, below]
 20.       Karl Georg ErbPz v Braunschweig (*1766)
 21.       Georg Pz v Braunschweig (*1769)
 22.       August Pz v Braunschweig (*1770)
 23.       Friedrich Wilhelm Pz v Braunschweig (*1771)
 24.       Auguste v Braunschweig (*1764) m. Friedrich Erbpz v Württemberg [85, below]
 25.       Caroline v Braunschweig (*1768)
  X.    [Caroline Pss Gt Britain m. Christian VII K Danmark [52, below]]
 26.       Frederik KP Danmark (*1768)
 27.       Luise af Danmark (*1771)
 28. William D Cumberland (*1721)
  X. [Anne Pss Gt Britain m. Willem IV P Orange]
 29.    Willem V P Orange (*1748) m. Wilhelmine v Preussen [64, below]
 30.       Willem Pz v Nassau (*1772)
 31.       Frederik Pz v Nassau (*1774)
 32.       Frederika v Nassau (*1770)
 33.    Caroline v Nassau (*1743) m. Karl Fst v Nassau-Weilburg
 34.       Friedrich Wilhelm Erbpz v Nassau-Weilburg (*1768)
 35.       Karl Pz v Nassau-Weilburg (*1775)
 36.       Luise v Nassau-Weilburg (*1765)
 37.       Caroline v Nassau-Weilburg (*1770)
 38.       Amalie v Nassau-Weilburg (*1776)
 39.       Henriette v Nassau-Weilburg (*1780)
 40. Amelia Pss Gt Britain (*1711)
  X. [Mary Pss Gt Britain m. Friedrich Ldgf v Hessen-Cassel]
 41.    Wilhelm Erbpz v Hessen-Cassel (*1743) m. Caroline af Danmark [55, below]
 42.       Friedrich Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1772)
 43.       Wilhelm II Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1777)
 44.       Friederike v Hessen-Cassel (*1768)
 45.       Caroline v Hessen-Cassel (*1771)
  X.       [Illegitimate issue]
 46.    Karl Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1744) m. Luise af Danmark [56, below]
 47.       Friedrich Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1771)
 48.       Christian Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1776)
 49.       Marie v Hessen-Cassel (*1767)
 50.       Juliane v Hessen-Cassel (*1773)
 51.    Friedrich Pz v Hessen-Cassel (*1747)
  X. [Louisa Pss Gt Britain m. Frederik V K Danmark]
 52.    Christian VII K Danmark (*1749) m. Caroline Pss Gt Britain [above]
  X.       [26-27, above]
 53.    Sophie Magdalene af Danmark (*1746) m. Gustaf III K Sverige [101, below]
 54.       Gustaf Adolf KP Sverige (*1778)
 55.    Caroline af Danmark (*1747) m. Wilhelm Erbpz v Hessen-Cassel [41, above]
  X.       [42-45, above]
 56.    Luise af Danmark (*1750) m. Karl Pz v Hessen-Cassel [46, above]
  X.       [47-50, above]
  X. [Illegitimate issue]
1-2) Children of Sophia Dorothea v Hannover
m. Friedrich Wilhelm I Kg in Preussen [2-1, below]
 57. Friedrich II Kg in Preussen (*1712)
  X. [August Wilhelm Pz v Preussen]
 58.    Friedrich Wilhelm Pz v Preussen (*1744) m1. Elisabeth Christine v Braunschweig [82, below]
                                                m2. Friederike v Hessen
 59.       Friedrich Wilhelm Pz v Preussen (*1770)
 60.       Ludwig Pz v Preussen (*1773)
 61.       Friederike v Preussen (*1767)
 62.       Wilhelmine v Preussen (*1774)
 63.       Auguste v Preussen (*1780)
 64.    Wilhelmine v Preussen (*1751) m. Willem V P Orange [29, above]
  X.       [30-32, above]
 65. Heinrich Pz v Preussen (*1726)
 66. Ferdinand Pz v Preussen (*1730) m. Luise v Brandenburg-Schwedt [98, below]
 67.    Christian Pz v Preussen (*1771)
 68.    Louis Ferdinand Pz v Preussen (*1772)
 69.    August Pz v Preussen (*1779)
 70.    Luise v Preussen (*1770)
  X. [Wilhelmine v Preussen m. Friedrich Mkgf v Brandenburg-Bayreuth]
  X.    [Friederike v Brandenburg-Bayreuth m. Karl II Eugen Hz v Württemberg]
 71. Friederike Luise v Preussen (*1714) m. Karl Mkgf v Brandenburg-Ansbach
 72.    Karl Alexander Mkgf v Brandenburg-Ansbach (*1736)
 73. Charlotte v Preussen (*1716) m. Karl I Hz v Braunschweig
 74.    Karl II Hz v Braunschweig (*1735) m. Augusta Pss Gt Britain [19, above]
  X.       [20-25, above]
 75.    Friedrich August Pz v Braunschweig (*1740)
 76.    Maximilian Pz v Braunschweig (*1752)
 77.    Sofie v Braunschweig (*1737) m. Heinrich Mkgf v Brandenburg-Bayreuth
 78.    Anna Amalie v Braunschweig (*1739) m. Ernst August II Hz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
 79.       Carl August Hz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1757)
 80.          Luise v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1779)
 81.       Friedrich Ferdinand Hz v Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (*1758)
 82.    Elisabeth Christina v Braunschweig (*1746) m. Friedrich Wilhelm Pz v Preussen [58, above]
  X.       [61, above]
 83.    Auguste Dorothea v Braunschweig (*1749)
  X. [Sophie v Preussen m. Fried Wilh Mkgf v Brandenburg-Schwedt]
 84.    Friederike Dorothea v Brandenburg-Schwedt (*1736) m. Friedrich Hz v Württemberg
 85.       Friedrich Kpz v Württemberg (*1754) m. Augusta v Braunschweig [24, above]
 86.       Ludwig Pz v Württemberg (*1756)
 87.       Eugen Pz v Württemberg (*1758)
 88.       Wilhelm Pz v Württemberg (*1761)
 89.       Ferdinand Pz v Württemberg (*1763)
 90.       Karl Pz v Württemberg (*1770)
 91.       Alexander Pz v Württemberg (*1771)
 92.       Heinrich Pz v Württemberg (*1772)
 93.       Sophia Dorothea v Württemberg (*1759) m. Pavl Petrovich of Russia
 94.          Aleksandr Pavlovich of Russia (*1777)
 95.          Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (*1779)
 96.       Friederike v Württemberg (*1765)
 97.       Elisabeth v Württemberg (*1767)
 98.    Luise v Brandenburg-Schwedt (*1738) m. Ferdinand Pz v Preussen [66, above]
  X.       [64-67, above]
 99.    Philippine v Brandenburg-Schwedt (*1745) m. Friedrich II Ldgf v Hessen-Cassel
100. Luise Ulrike v Preussen (*1720) m. Adolf Frederik I K Sverige
101.    Gustaf III K Sverige (*1746) m. Sofie Magdalene af Danmark [53, above]
  X.       [54, above]
102.    Carl H Södermanland (*1748)
103.    Frederik H Östergötland (*1750)
104.    Sophie af Sverige (*1753)
105. Anna Amalia v Preussen Fstin-Abbess v Quedlinburg (*1723)
2. Descendants of Sophia Charlotte v Hannover
m. Friedrich I Kg in Preussen
2-1) Descendants of Friedrich Wilhelm Kg in Preussen
m. Sophia Dorothea v Hannover [1-2, above]
  X. [57-105, above]