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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. It may be noted that the succession was highly uncertain, and was not governed by a fixed convention, for much of the century after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Significant breaks in the succession, where the designated heir did not in fact succeed (due to usurpation, conquest, revolution, or lack of heirs) are shown as breaks in the table below. The symbols +1, +2, etc. are to be read "once (twice, etc.) removed in descendancy", i.e., the child or grandchild (etc.) of a cousin of the degree specified. The symbols −1, −2, etc. indicate the converse relationship, i.e., the cousin of a parent or grandparent (etc.).


1066 to 1135: The Normans


1135 to 1154: The Blois


1154 to 1399: Plantagenets


1399 to 1461: The Lancasters


1461 to 1470: Briefly the Yorks


1470 to 1471: Briefly the Lancasters, again


1471 to 1485: Briefly the Yorks, again


1485 to 1603: The Tudors


1603 to 1707: The Stuarts


Jacobite succession, 1689–1807

The following are the heirs of the Jacobite pretenders to the throne to the death of the last Stuart pretender. For other persons in this lineage, see
Jacobite succession The Jacobite succession is the line through which Jacobites believed that the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland should have descended, applying primogeniture, since the deposition of James II and VII in 1688 and his death in 1701. It is ...
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See also

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List of heirs to the Scottish throne This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to inherit the throne of Scotland, should the incumbent monarch die. Those who actually succeeded (at any future time) are shown in bold. Stillborn childre ...
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List of heirs to the British throne 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– ...
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Line of succession to the British throne Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, gender, legitimacy and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 a ...
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History of the English line of succession Since William the Conqueror claimed the English throne, succession has been determined by bequest, battle, primogeniture, and parliament. William I On his deathbed, William the Conqueror accorded the Duchy of Normandy to his eldest son Robert Cur ...


Sources

* Ian Mortimer, ''The Fears of Henry IV: the Life of England's Self-Made King'' (Vintage, 2008)


References

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