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Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
HEIRESSES TO THRONES
Most of the possible women listed here
were considered the most likely
heiresses to the thrones until the birth of their brothers or other male
relatives.
Some of the other heiresses died before they were able to succeed to the throne.
Present heiresses are also listed.
A list of princesses who are first and second-in-line can
be seen here Present
Heiresses To thrones
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1193-98, 1214-41 and 12449-59 Heiress Presumptive
Margaret of Scotland |
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Only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st
Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster,
whom she succeeded as 5th Countess in 1468. Her father was the
second son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault,
and therefore she was heiress presumptive to her cousin until her
own death, she married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (circa
1351-81) in about 1368. As a result of her seniority in the line of
succession to the throne of the Kingdom of England and her marriage
into the powerful Mortimer family, her descendants eventually
succeeded to the throne as the House of York under Edward IV. She
lived (1355–82). |
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1306-16 Heiress Presupsumtive Marjorie Bruce of
Scotland |
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Also known as
Margaret de Bruce, she was the oldest daughter of King Robert
I of Scotland and Isabella of Mar. Her paternal grandparents were
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale and Marjorie of Carrick, 3rd
Countess of Carrick. During the Wars of Scottish Independence in
opposition to Edward I of England, she was taken prisoner by Uilleam
II, Earl of Ross, together with her step-mother Queen Elizabeth de
Burgh, her two aunts and Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan and
sent to the Kingdom of England. Edward II held her captive in
a nunnery for about 8 years. She was finally set free around 1314
and was married toWalter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
Her dowry included the Barony of Bathgate in West Lothian. Two years
later her horse threw her to the ground and she went into premature
labour and delivered her only child Robert, who were to his
childless uncle David II of Scotland in 1371 as King Robert II. She
died a few hours after his birth.She lived (1296-1316).
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1377-82 Heiress Presumptive Philippa
of Lancaster of
England |
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Only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st
Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster,
whom she succeeded as 5th Countess in 1468. Her father was the
second son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault,
and therefore she was heiress presumptive to her cousin until her
own death, she married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (circa
1351-81) in about 1368. As a result of her seniority in the line of
succession to the throne of the Kingdom of England and her marriage
into the powerful Mortimer family, her descendants eventually
succeeded to the throne as the House of York under Edward IV. She
lived (1355–82). |
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1437-45 Heiress Presumptive
Margaret Stewart of Scotland |
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Daughter of James I of Scotland and
Joan Beaufort and heir to her brother, king James II. She married
the Dauphin Louis (King Louis XI of France), but their marriage was
unhappy and she became depressed. She did not have any children, and
lived (1424-45). |
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1445-51/52 Heiress Presumptive
Isabella Stewart
of Scotland |
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The sister of Margaret, she was
married to François I, Duke of Bretagne, and mother of Marguerite
(1443-69) and Marie (1444-1506) and was heir of her brother, James
II until the birth of her nephew, the later James III. Next in line
were her sisters Eleanor Stewart (1427-80), who was married to
Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Mary (1428-65), who was created
Countess of Buchan in 1444, and married Wolfart VI van Borsselen and
Joan (circa 1428-86), who was married to James Douglas, 1st Earl of
Morton. Isabella lived (1425/27-94). |
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1452-55 Crown Princess Infanta Joana of Portugal
1455-75 Second-in-line |
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Regent of Portugal
1471-75 during a military campaign of her
father, king Afonso V (1438-81).
At birth, she was
declared Crown Princess after the death of her older brother Joăo
who died as an infant the year before, and she was given the title of
Princess - a title reserved to the heir apparent. When brother, Joao
was born in 1555 she became second-in-line to the throne. After
vehemently refusing several proposals of marriage, she was allowed
to join the Dominican Convent of Jesus in Aveiro in 1475 after her
brother, had his first child. Still, she was compelled several times
to leave the convent and return to the court, before she was finally
professed as a nun. She continued to be a great supporter of her
brother, the later king Joăo II
of Portugal, throughout his reign and her life. She was beatified in
1693 by Pope Innocent XII, and even though she has not been
canonized, she is known as
Santa Joana Princesa.
lived (1452-90). |
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1462-69 Juana da Beltraneja of Castilla, Princess of Asturias
1474-76 Pretender |
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In
1462 her father, Enrico IV appointed her heiress to the throne after
he had disinherited Isabel after her marriage to Ferdinand of
Aragon. Rumours had it that she was the result of an affair between
her mother, Juana of Portugal, and Beltrán de la Cueva, and
therefore the paternity was disputed, and she was passed over in the
succession in favour of her aunt, Queen Isabel I. She rebelled but
in 1479 she signed off her rights to the throne and the following
year she entered a Chapter in Portugal. Juana lived (1462-1530). |
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1466-70 Heiress Presumptive Lady Elizabeth of York of
England
1470-1503 In-line for the throne |
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Her mother, Elizabeth Woodeville agreed with Lady
Margaret Beaufort that her son Henry Tudor should claim the throne
and marry her. Henry had taken the throne by right of conquest, as
the leader of the House of Lancaster, and their marriage helped him
secure his claim to the throne. She was not interested in politics
and was not politically influential. Died after having given birth
to her 8th child. |
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1497-98
Hereditary Princess Isabel de Aragón y Castilla,
Princess of Asturias |
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known as Isabel de Trastámara y Trastámara, she was already
Queen of Portugal, when her brother died and she became heiress
of her mother, Isabel I, and after her own death, her son,
Manuel of Portugal, was heir until his own death 2 years later.
She lived (1470-98) |
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1509-11
and 1511-16 Heiress Presumptive
Margaret Tudor of England
1513-14 Regent Dowager Queen of Scotland
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Heir of her her brother, Henry VII.
After her husband, James IV of Scotland, was killed, she became regent
for her infant son, James V, but her marriage in 1514 to Archibald
Douglas, 6th earl of Angus, led to the loss of the regency to John
Stuart, duke of Albany, who soon obtained custody of the king, and
Margaret fled to England. She returned in 1517, during Albany’s
absence, and shortly thereafter she became estranged from Angus.
James was proclaimed king in 1524 but was for several years
virtually a prisoner of Angus. In 1527, Margaret obtained a divorce
from Angus and soon married Henry Stuart, later Lord Methven. The
following year James escaped from Angus and joined his mother and
Methven, and they were for a time his chief advisers. A plan of
Margaret’s for a meeting between her brother Henry VIII of England
and her son led James to accuse her of betrayal in 1534. They were
further estranged by James’s refusal to allow her to divorce Methven.
She lived
(1489–1541). |
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1553 and 1559-68 Heiress Presumptive Lady Catherine Grey
of England |
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matter of her succession to the unmarried Elizabeth I would
bring her to relative prominence. As a grand-daughter of Mary
Tudor, she had a valid claim to the throne of the Kingdom of
England. Under Henry VIII's will she could claim to be
next-in-line for the throne and was therefore as significant a
threat to Queen Elizabeth as her sister, Lady Jane had been to
Queen Mary. However, at one point the queen seemed to be warming
to Catherine, as a potential Protestant heir, and it was
rumoured that she was considering adopting her. But as she
secretly married Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, which
lead to her imprisoned in the Tower of London, where her husband
joined her on his return to England. The marriage was annulled
in 1562 but resulted in two sons, both of whom were born in the
Tower, but they both survived into adulthood. She lived
(1540-68) |
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1558-59
Heiress Presumptive Lady Frances Brandon of England |
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As the
daughter of Princess Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of
Suffolk. When Mary and Elizabeth were removed from the
succession, she became the heir of King Edvard. She
was convinced to agree to
renounce her own rights to the throne in favour of her daughter,
Lady Jane Grey, but she was deposed after only a few days on the
throne. When her husband plotted to reinstate Jane as Queen, he
and their daughter were executed in 1554, but she was pardoned
and she settled in court with her two surviving daughters. Queen
Mary I made a point of placing them by her side, favoured but
kept under the observation of the queen. Less than a month after
her daughter was beheaded and only three weeks after her own
husband met the same fate, she married Adrian Stokes, and had
two daughters who died young and a still born son with him. She
fell out of favour with when Elizabeth I came to the throne, and
died the following year. She lived (1517-59). |
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1568-78
Heiress Presumptive Lady Mary Grey of England |
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last surviving grandchild of Mary Tudor, some considered by be
heiress presumptive to the English throne, after Elizabeth I.
She was already living under house arrest at that time, having
been imprisoned in 1565 for marrying royal gatekeeper Thomas
Keyes without the permission of Queen Elizabeth. She was
released following his death in 1572 and was permitted to attend
Court occasionally. In spite of the intrigues involving her
sisters, she was escribed as "four foot tall and hunchbacked"
(1,22 metres). Her reported deformity would be described as
kyphosis. She does not appear ever to have made a serious claim
to the throne, and died childless and lived (1545–78) |
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1578-96
Heiress Presumptive Lady Margaret Clifford, Countess of
Derby of England |
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After
the death of her cousin, Lady Mary Grey, she was the first in
line to succeed to the throne according to the The Third
Succession Act of March 23, 1544. She was daughter of Lady
Eleanor Brandon - sister of Frances Brandon. Upon the death of
her mother she became seventh-in-line. However, both her cousins,
Jane Grey and Mary Grey died without issue, and their sister,
her other cousin, Catherine Grey, died without the legimacy of
her two sons ever being proven. Margaret quickly moved up to
becoming the first-in-line to the throne.
Since her son, Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl
of Derby, had died in 1594, her grandaughter, Anne Stanley
(1580-1643) was the
next heir. Margaret lived
(1540-96). |
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Until 1592
Potential Heiress Lady Arabella Stuart of
England |
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For some time before 1592, she was considered one of the natural
candidates for succession to the English crown, after her cousin,
Queen Elizabeth I. However, between the end of 1592 and the spring
of 1593, the Secretaries of State Lord Burghley and his son Sir
Robert Cecil turned their attention towards James VI of Scotland,
regarding him as a preferable successor. In 1603, after James's
ascension to the English throne, there was a plot but when she was
invited to participate by agreeing in writing to Philip III of
Spain, she reported the plan to James. When she secretly married
William Seymor, another potential heir to the throne, in 1610, they
were imprisoned. They managed to escape, but her ship was overtaken
on the way to France and she spend the rest of her life in the
Tower, but William had managed to get to Flanders. She lived (circa
1577-1615). |
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1596-1603 Heiress Presumptive
Lady Anne Stanley of England |
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According to the will of Henry VIII and the Third Succession Act, she
was heir presumptive to the English throne upon the death of
Elizabeth I after the death of her grandmother, Lady Margaret
Clifford, as her father, Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, had
died in 1594. There was a senior line of descent through Mary
Tudor's granddaughter Lady Catherine Grey, who secretly married
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford. The marriage was annulled,
which made their two sons illegimate and their descendants were
removed from the royal succession. However, James VI of Scotland was
Elizabeth's closest relative and the great-grandson of Margaret
Tudor, Mary Tudor's older sister. As the senior male descendent of
Margaret Tudor, he had been favoured as the next successor for
several years before Elizabeth's death, and she was passed over in
the succession. She was married to Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos
and Sir Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, and mother of 6
children. She lived (1580-1647). |
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1625-30
Heiress Presumptive Elizabeth Stuart of England, Scotland
and Ireland |
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Already as a child she was involved in intrigue as part of the intent
of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was to put her onto the throne of
England and Scotland as a Catholic monarch, after assassinating her
father and the Protestant English aristocracy. In 1613 she married
Elector Palatine Friedrich V. -(1596-1632) - the Winterking of
Bohemia - and soon became a dominating force at his court because of
her energy and strong personality and was Administrator of Kurpfalz
1618-19. After her husband lost his territory in 1623, the family
settled at the Hague, where she remained for another 28 years until
the Restoration of the British monarchy, when she travelled to
London to visit her nephew, King Charles II, and died while there.
She was Heiress Presumptive 1625-30 until the birth of hier nephew.
Among their 13 children were Karl Ludwig (1617-1680), who regained
the Palatinate at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Elizabeth,
Princess-Abbess of Herford (1618-1680) and the later Electress
Sophie of Hannover and Heir to the English throne (1630-1714). She
was the eldest daughter of James of Scotland and Great Britain and
Anne of Denmark, and lived (1596-1662). |
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1645-53
Hereditary Princess Joana de Bragança of Portugal, Princess of
Beira |
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Portugal) and Queen Luísa de Gusmăo. Lived (1638-53). |
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1653-62 Hereditary Princess Catarina de Bragança of
Portugal, Princess da Beira |
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Hereditary Princess from the death of her sister, Joana until her
marriage to Charles III of England, Scotland ind Ireland
(1660-85)and remained in
England, living at Somerset House, through the reign of her
brother-in-law, James II and his deposement in the Glorious
Revolution by Mary II and William III, but her position deteriorated
as the practice of her religion led to misunderstandings and
increasing isolation and she returned to Portugal in 1692 and acted
as regent 1701 and 1704-05
during the illness of her brother Dom Pedro II (1648-83-1706).
She had at least 2 miscarriages and lived (1638-1705). |
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1674-89 Hereditary Princess Isabel Luisa Josefa de Bragança
of Portugal, Princess da Beira |
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child of King Pedro II of Portugal (1648-83-1706) in his first
marriage to Maria Francisca Isabel de Savoia-Nemour, she was
named heiress presumptive and Princess de Beira by the Cortes.
When her father succeeded to the throne, she was first in line
until the birth of her younger half-brother, the later Joăo V in
1689. She was unmarried and lived (1669-90). |
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1701-14 Heiress Presumptive H.S.H.
Electress Sophia of Hannover to the Throne of United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland
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the act of settlement in 1701 she and her protestant decendants
were named heirs to the british throne. Her mother was Elisabeth
(1596-1662), the daughter of James I of Scotland and England and
Anna of Denmark. Her father, Elector Friedrich V von der Pfalz,
the King of Bohemia (1596-1632). Sophia died a few months before
Queen Anne, and therefore her son succeded as King George I.
(-1714) |
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1711-12
Heiress Presumptive H.R.H. Infanta Barbara Bragança of Portugal |
| Heir to her
father, King Joăo V, until the birth of her brother. Her mother, Maria
Ana de Áustria, was regent of Portugal (1642-50). She was very powerful
during the reign of her husband Fernando III (1713-46-59). . Maria
Barbara lived (1711-58). |
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1747-52
Heiress to the Stadtholdership H.R.H. Princess
Carolina van Oranje-Nassau of The Netherlands
1752-87 Heiress Presumptive to the Stadtholdership
1765-66
Governess of Friesland |
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She was her parents third, but first surviving child, and in
1747 it was decreed that the position of Stadtholder could be
inherited by females, however her brother, the future Willem V,
was born the following year. Her brother became Stadtholder in
1755, aged three, first with their mother, Anna of Hanover and
then with their grandmother, Marijke Meu as regents. After the
death of the grandmother, Carolina became regent in the Northern
Provinces. She had 15 children with her husband, Prince Karl of
Nassau, Count of Saarbrücken and Saarwerden, Herr of Lahr,
Mahlberg, Wiesbaden and Idstein. She lived (1743-87). |
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1722-45
Possible Heiress
Maria Amalia von
Habsburg of Austria-Hungary |
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to elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria, and was a passionate hunter, loved
parties and politics. She was daughter of Emperor Josef I and Amalie
Wilhelmine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and even though she had accepted
the Pragmatic Solution, she did claim parts Habsburg Inheritance after
the death of her uncle in 1740, but her cousin, Maria Theresia refused
this. Maria Amalia's husband was elected emperor of the Holy Roman
Empire, though, in 1742, as Karl VII. Maria Amalia supported her husband
in the Austrian Succession-war, but after his death, she advised her
son, Maximilian III Josef to make peace and compromise with Vienna. She
lived (1701-56) |
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1733
Possible Heiress Maria Josefa von Habsburg
Austria-Hungary |
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She participated actively in the negotiations in the Reichstag
(Assembly). She was mother of 14 children with her husband King
Friedrich-August III of Sachsen and Poland (1733-63). and was involved
in attempts to have him elected Holy Roman Emperor after the death of
Karl VI in 1740 and Karl VII five years later. She was a cousin of
Empress Maria-Theresa of Austria-Hungary (Österreich-Ungarn), and lived
(1699-1757).
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Until 1737 Second-in-line
HIH Archduchess
Anna-Maria von Habsburg of
Austria-Hungary |
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She was sister of Empress Maria-Theresa and married to her
brother-in-law, Prince Karl von Lothringen, and was second-in-line until
the birth of Maria Theresia's first child. 1744 she was appointed
Governor of the Sourthern Netherlands, and died in childbed and lived
(1718-46). |
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1796-1817 Second-in-line
H.R.H. Princess Charlotte of Wales to the Throne of United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
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Charlotte Augusta was daughter of The Prince Regent, Georg of
Wales, who succeded his father as George IV in 1820. Her death
in childbirth inspired national mourning on an unprecedented
scale. The widespread response in British Regency culture to the
loss of a popular Princess demonstrated how her life and death
were invested with the qualities of myth. In 1830 her father and
was succeded by his brother William IV, who had two children -
Charlotte who was born and died the same day in 1819 and
Elizabeth, who lived 1820-21. From 1821 Princess Victoria of
Kent was heir to her uncle - and in 1837 she succeded as Queen
Victoria. She lived (-1817) |
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1779
Heiress Apparent
H.H. I-Tanitaja Siti Amira Maning Ratu [MatinroE-ri Lanna],
Arung Palakka of Bone (Indonesia) |
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daughter of H.H. La Parappa To' Aparapu Sappewali Madanrang
Daeng Bonto Karaeng Anamonjang Paduka Sri Sultan Shahab ud-din
Ismail [Tumamenanga-ri Sompaopu], Sultan of Gowa.
(1690-1709-12), she married H.H. I-Mappainga Karaeng Lempangang
Paduka Sri Sultan Safi ud-din [I-Makkasuma], Sultan of Tallo
(1709-60) in 1725, and lived (1711-79) |
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1791-93
Princess and Infante Maria Augusta Nepomucena Antonia
Franziska Xaveria Aloysia of Poland |
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Princess
Augusta was declared possible heiress in the constitution of
1791 with the words: "Frederick Augustus, present-day elector of
Saxony, to whose male successors de lumbis (from the loins) we
reserve the throne of Poland. Should the present-day elector of
Saxony have no male issue, then the consort, with the consent of
the assembled estates, selected by the elector for his daughter
shall begin the male line of succession to the throne of Poland.
Therefore we declare Maria Augusta Nepomucena, daughter of the
elector, to be infanta of Poland, reserving to the people the
right, which shall be subject to no prescription, to elect
another house to the throne after the expiration of the first."
Her father, Kurfüst Friederich August III Never became King of
Poland but instead King of Saxony (1806-27) and Grand Duke of
Warszawa (1807-15). She was his only surviving child by his
wife,
Amalie von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
(1752-1828) . Augusta never married and lived (1782-1863). |
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1793-95
The Princess of Beira H.H. the Serene Princess Senhora
Infanta Dona Maria Thereza de Bragança e Bourbon of Portugal |
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oldest daughter of King Joăo VI of Portugal, she was Heir to the
throne until the birth of her brother Dom António (1795-1801).
Her second brother became Emperor Pedro I of Brazil. She first
married her maternal first cousin, Admiral-General H.R.H. the
Serene Prince Seńor Don Pedro de Borbón y Braganza, Infant of
Spain ( 1775-1812) and secondly her maternal uncle, H.R.H. the
Serene Prince Seńor Don Carlos de Borbón y Borbón, Count of
Molina (1788- 1855), Head of the Carlists under the style of
Carlos V - widower of her younger sister. Politically
influential during the civil war in Portugal 1826-34 where her
brother, Miguel, ursurped the throne from their niece, Maria II
and in Spain during the Crarlist War, where her second husband
tried to ursup the throne from his niece, Isabel II. Mother of one son,
Sebastian, by
her first husband. She lived (1793-1874). |
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1808-29
"Crown Princess" Caroline of Denmark |
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father, King Frederik 6. gave her the titulature of crown
princess as she was in line to the throne in the default of male
heirs (even though she had 2 older male cousins), after her
sister, Vilhelmine was born in 1808, and her mother Marie Sofie
Frederikke was unable to have more children after a long row of
miscarriages and stillborn children. She married her father's
cousin, Hereditary Prince Ferdinand (1792-1863), whose brother
became Christian 8 in succession to her father in 1839. Her
sister was briefly married to his son, the later Frederik 7.
When Frederik 7 succeeded to the throne in 1848 her husband
became Throne follower and member of the Council of State. In
1853 he accepted that the Christian of Glücksborg, the son of
her sister Louise Karoline, who was married to Louise, the
daughter of his sister, Charlotte (now the closest heir to the
throne after him) was named heir to the throne. Ferdinand died
june 1863, 6 months before Frederik 7. Like her sister, she did
not have any children, and lived (1793-1881). |
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Until
1812
In line for the Throne Infanta Maria Luisa to
Spain |
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In 1812
a decree by the Cortes generales y extraordinarias
(Cortes of Cadiz), deprived Francisco de Paula (1794-1865) and
Maria Luisa (1782-1824), Dowager Queen of Etruia, of succession
rights; those were at the time in the power of Napoleon, along
with Ferdinand VII. The decree was rescinded implicitly, along
with all laws and decrees of the Cortes of Cadiz since 23 Sep
1811, by a royal proclamation of 4 May 1814. |
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1819
In-Line for the Throne H.R.H. Princess Charlotte of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
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Charlotte Augusta Louisa was daughter of
William
IV (1765-1830-37), who did not become Heir Presumptive until
1827 after the death of his brother
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York.
who had been heir to their brother, William III since 1820.
He was king 1830-37 and married to Adelheid zu Sachsen-Meiningen
(1792-1849). He was succeded by his niece, Queen Victoria, who
has been Heiress Presumptive since 1830. Charlotte was also
Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg, but did
not live more than a few months. (b. and d. 1819) |
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1820-21
In-Line for the Throne H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of
Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg |
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Elizabeth Georginana Adelaide was daughter of
king William
IV (1765-1830-37), she lived (1820-21). |
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1833-51
Heiress Presumptive H.R.H. Infanta Dońa Luisa Fernanda de
Borbón y Borbón of Spain |
| Maria
Luisa Fernanda was the sister of Isabel II she was the heiress
from september 29th, 1833 until December 20th 1851, until the
birth of Isabl's oldest daughter. She was married to H.R.H.
Prince Antoine d'Orléans, Duke de Montpensier, who was created
Infante of Spain. Mother of a 9 children who were Infants and
Infantas of SPain, and
lived (1832-97) |
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1835-45
Heiress Presumptive and Princess Imperial H.H. the Serene
Princess Infanta Dona Januária de Bragança of Brazil and
Portugal |
| Januaria
Maria Joana Carlota Leopoldina Cándida Francisca Xavier de Paula
Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, heiress presumptive and Pss
Imperial of Brazil was sister of Queen Maria II da Gloria and
married to H.R.H. Prince Luigi of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count di
Aquila (1824-97). Mother of three sons and one daughter. She
lived (1822-1901) |
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1840-41 Heiress Presumptive H.R.H. Princess Victoria of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Victoria
Adelaide Mary Louisa was daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert, she was created Princess Royal on the day of the birth
of her brother in 1841. Empress of Germany.
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1851-57 and 1874-80 Heiress Pressumptive H.R.H Infanta
Dońa Isabel de Borbón y Borbón of Spain
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| Maria
Isabel Francisca de Asis Cristina Francisca de Paula Dominga was
daughter of Isabel II, and the heir until the birth of her
brother, Alfonso XII and after his succession to the throne
until the birth of his daughter in 1880. Before her marriage to
H.R.H. Prince Gaetano of the Two Sicilies, an act was drawn up
for his signature which would require him to renounce the Two
Sicilies Throne if his wife became Queen of Spain - to prevent
the union of the Spanish Crown and “Italian dominions” as
required under the Pragmatic Decree of 1759. Gaetano was created
an Infante of Spain but was never required to sign the act
undertaking to renounce which remains, unsigned, in the Family
Archives in Naples. He died in 1871 without leaving issue.
Isabel lived (1851-1931) |
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1871-91
Princess Imperial H.I.H. Dońa Isabel de Bragança
of Brazil |
| Isabel
Cristina Leopoldina Augusta Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga
succeeded her father as Head of the Imperial House of Brazil
and as Grand Mistress of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I, the
Southern Cross, and the Rose, 5th December 1891. She lived
(1846-1921). |
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1871
Second-in-line
H.I.H. Princess Senhora Dona Leopoldina of Brazil
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Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela
Gonzaga was married to Prince Ludwig von Sachsen-Coburg und
Gotha (1845-1907). Mother of four sons She lived (1847-71) |
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Until
1851 Heiresss Presumptive H.H. Princess Charlotte of
Denmark |
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Louise Charlotte was daughter of Hereditary
Prince Frederik of Denmark and Sophie Frederikke. Married to Landgraf Wilhelm of
Hessen-Kassel. By the version of semi-Salic law established in the Lex Regia in
1665, she had the best claims to the Danish throne, and to the Duchy of
Schleswig, but the Duchy of Holstein did not allow female succession and the
Danes found it imperative that the two duchies remained united and part of the
Danish realm. Therefore a male heir had to be found. She was a vise and worldly
Lady, who felt totally Danish, just like her husband, who was in military
service in his youth. She was very aware of her dynastic rights and 1851 both
she, her son transferred their succession-rights to her daughter, Louise who
then transferred it to her husband - Christian of
Slesvig-Holsten-Sřnderborg-Glücksborg by an
Act of Acceptance and Assurance.
She lived (1789-1864)
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1880-1904
Heiress Pressumptive H.R.H Infanta Dońa Maria de las
Mercedes de Borbón y Austria of Spain, The Princess de
Asturias |
| Maria de
las Mercedes Isabel Teresa Cristina Alfonsa Jancita was daughter
of King Alfonso XII and Maria Cristiana de Austria, she was heir
to the throne all the life. Her brother, Alfonso XIII was born 6
moths after the death of their father in 1888, and had he been a
girl, she would have become Queen. She married to Prince Carlo
of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, created Infante of Spain, the mother of
a number of children, and lived (1880-1904) |
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1882-88
Second-in-line H.R.H. Infanta Maria Teresa de Borbón y
Austria of Spain |
| Maria
Teresa Isabel Eugenia Patricinio Diega was daughter of King
Alfonso XII and Maria Cristiana de Austria, she was heiress
after her sister and later also after her brother. She married
Prince Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria (1884-1958), who was given the
title of Infante of Spain in 1905. Mother of two sons and two
daughters, who were all infants of Spain. She lived (1882-1912). |
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1884-90
Second-in-line H.R.H. Princess Sophie van Oranje-Nassau of
The Netherlands
1890-97 Heiress Presumptive |
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In 1884
her nephew, Prince Alexander, died and she became second-in-line
for the throne after her niece, the later Queen Wilhelmina.
After the death of her brother, King Willem III of the
Netherlands, her sister-in-law, Queen Emma became regent, and
Sophie acted as her advisor and supporter. Sophie was married to
Grand Duke Carl Alexander zu Sachsen-Weimar und Eisenach
(1818-1901), she was mother of two sons and two daughters, and
lived (1824-97). |
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1889
Heiress Apparent H.R.H. Princess Elisiva Fusipala
Tauki'onetuku of Tonga |
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Daughter
of H.R.H. Crown Prince Tevita 'Unga Motangitau' (1824-79),
former Prime Minister, she became heir to the throne after her
second brother died in 1889. In 1870 she married Prince Sia'osi
Fatafehi Toutaitokotaha, 4th
Tu'i Pelehake (1842-1912), who was Minister for Lands
1897-1903, and Finance 1903-1904, Prime Minister 1904. He was
son of H.R.H. Princess Salote Pilolevu Mafileo, daughter of King
Sia'osi Taufa'ahau Tupou I. Elisiva's only child succeeded his
great grandfather - Sia'osi Tupou I, as King Sia'osi Taufa'ahau
Tupou II of Tonga. She lived (1850-89). |
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1891-99 H.R.H Crown Princess Victoria
Ka'iulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa
Kawekiu-i-Lunalilo of Hawai'i |
| Daughter
of H.R.H. Princess Miriam Kapili Likelike Kekauluohi, Governess
of Hawaii 1878-1880, and H.E. The Hon Archibald Scott Cleghorn.
Kauilani was appointed Heiress Apparent in 1891 to Queen
Lili'uokalani and became Vice-President of the Hawaiian Red
Cross. She was unmarried, and lived (1875-99) |
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1892-94
Second-in-Line H.R.H. Princess Louise of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony |
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Louise
Victoria Alexandra Dagmar was second in line after
death of oldest brother, Albert, until the birth of the oldest
son of her brother, the later Georg V. She married Alexander
Duff, 6th Earl of Fife, who was created Duke of Fife. Her two
daughters were created Princesses of United Kingdom and the
oldest, Alexandra, succeeded as 2nd. Duchess of Fife. |
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1918-21
Heiress Pressumptive G.D.H Princess Hilda of Luxembourg,
Princess de Nassau |
| Hilda
Sophie Marie Adélaîde Wilhelmine was heir to the throne until
the birth of her sister, Grand Duchess Charlotte's first son,
Jean, in 1921. Next in line were her sisters, Antonia
(1899-1954), married to Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and
Elisabeth (1901-50) married to Ludwif Philipp von Thurn und
Taxis (1901-33). Hilda was married to H.S.H. Adolf Johann Maria
Franz Josef Hubertus Agapit 10th Fürst zu Schwarzenberg,
Princely Count zu Kleggau, Count zu Sulz, Duke zu Krummau
(1890-50). They had no children. Hilda Sophie Marie Adelheid
Wilhelmine Princess de Luxembourg, Princess de Nassau lived
(1897-1979). |
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1918-21
Second in line G.D.H Princess
Antonia
of Luxembourg, Princess de Nassau |
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Antonia
Roberta Sophie Wilhelmine was second in line after her sister
Hilda, and was married to Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.
She lived (1899-1954) |
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1922-49 H.S.H. Hereditary Princess Charlotte of Monaco,
Duchesse de Valentinois
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Charlotte, Louise,
Juliette Grimaldi was daughter of Prince Honore and Marie Juliette Louvet
(1867-1930), she was lLegitimated and created Princesse de Monaco and Duchesse
de Valentinois in 1919 and Heir Pressumptive to the Throne until she enounced
her right of succession in favour of her son on the 30th of May 1944. married
Pierre, Comte de Polignac who was created H.S.H. Pierre Grimaldi
Prince of Monaco, Duc de Valentinois, Comte de Polignac until their divorce in
1930. She Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi |
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1922-23 and 1949-57 Second-in-Line H.S.H. Princess
Antoniette of Monaco |
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Her Serene Highness
Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne Grimaldi de Monaco, Baronne
de Massy is sister of Rainier III she had three children, by Alexandre
Noghčs: Elisabeth-Ann (b. 1947), Christian (b. 1949) and Christine
(1951-89), who were legitimated by the marriage of their parents in
1951. They were named at birth Grimaldi, but by ordinance of November
15, 1951 their names were all changed to "de Massy". After the change in
the succession-law in 2002, she, her children and their issue of
Monegasque nationality could be chosen as successors in case a reigning
prince dies or abdicates without issue and without siblings having
issue. However, they cannot be placed in an order of succession, since
the choice of which collateral heir would be called to the throne is
entirely up to the Regency Council and the Crown Council. She lived
(1921-2011). |
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1933-35
Second-in-line H.R.H. Infanta Beatriz de Borbon y Battemberg
of Spain |
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Beatrix Isabel Federica
Alfonsa Eugenia Cristina Maria Teresa Bienvenida Ladisláa was second
after her two brothers renounced their righs to the throne. When she
married Alexandro Torlonia, príncipe di Civitella Cesi, she gave up her
own succession-rights.. She lived (1909-2002). |
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1936-38
Second-in-line H.R.H.
Infanta Dońa Maria del Pilar de Borbón y Borbón of Spain
1938-63 Third-in-line |
|
Maria del Pilar Alfonsa
Juana Vitoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos was second-in-line after
her father, the Count of Barcelona, until her oldest brother,
Juan-Carlos was born. She lost her succession-rights upon her marriage
in 1967 to Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, Modet y Veereterra,
Viscount de la Torre. She was then created Duchess de Badajoz. |
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1947-65
Second-in-Line H.R.H. Sofia of Greece |
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Sophía Margaríta Viktoría Frideríka is the daughter of
King Paul and Queen Frederikka von Hannover, she was
second-in-line until the birth of her niece, Princess Alexia. In
1962 she married to Juan Carlos I of Spain, who was named heir
to the throne in 1969 and succeeded as king in 1976. (b. 1938-) |
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1947-64
Second-in-Line H.R.H. Princess Irene van Oranje-Nassau
of The Netherlands |
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Irene
Emma Elisabeth isdaughter
of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard zu Lippe-Biesterfeld, she
was second in line after her sister, Princess Beatrix, Until
1964 when she married Carlos de Bourbon-Parma without asking for
the permission of the parliament and thereby lost her
succession-rights. Mother of four children. (b. 1940-) |
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1950-60 Second-in-Line H.R.H.
Princess Anne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1960-
In-line for the Throne
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Anne Elizabeth Alice
Louise was second in line until the birth of her brothers. Later known
as HRH The Princess Royal. |
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1953-67
Second-in-Line H.R.H.Princess Benedikte of Denmark
1967- In-line for the Throne
|
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Benedikte Astrid Ingeborg
Ingrid
became a member of the Council of
State by the age of 21 and has acted as regent (Rigsforstander) first in
the place of her father and then for her sister, Queen Margrethe 2, whey
they were abroad - alternating with Crown Prince Frederik and Prince
Joachim of Denmark, since they came of age and as they got children, she
moved further down in the line of succession. Princess Benedikte is
married to H.H. Prince Richard zu Sayn- Wittgenstein-Berleburg and lives
in Germany. Mother of 3 children who were never in line for the throne. (b. 1944-) |
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1953-64
Third-in-line H.R.H. Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark
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Anne-Marie Dagmar Ingrid
was in line for the throne until she married King Konstantine II of
Greece and signed off her rights. Mother of five children who are not in
line for the Danish throne. (b. 1946-). |
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1953-
In-line for the Throne H.H. Princess Elisabeth of Danmark
|
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Elisabeth
Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid
Margarethe Désirée, Prinsesse til Danmark is born as daughter of
Hereditary Prince Knud and Princess Caroline-Mathilde, she has in line
for the throne after the change of the succession-law in 1953. Her two
younger brothers married commoners, lost their succession-rights and and
were given the title of Count af Rosenborg. In 2012 she was number
14 - and last - in the line of succession. Princess Elisabeth worked
40 years as a clerk and principal clerk in the Foreign Ministry and was
posted abroad a number of times. She lived together with Claus Hermansen
for 25 years until his death and after lived together with another man.
(1935-) |
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1957-58 and 2002-05 Heiress Presumptive
2005-14 Hereditary Princess H.S.H. Caroline of Monaco
2014- In-line for the throne |
|
Caroline Louise Marguerite
Grimaldi is the firstborn daughter of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly
she was first-in-line until the birth of her brother, prince Albert.
Until the constitutional changes in 2002 she was possible heir, but from
2002 she was second in-line-for the succession. After her father's death
and her brother's accesion as Albert II, she became heir to the throne
until the birth of his twins in 2014.
Married to Philippe Junot 1978-80, to Stefano Casiraghi 1983-90, when he
died in a in a power-boat racing accident in 1990. In 1999 she married
Prince Ernst August of Hannover. Mother of four children; Andrea (1984),
Charlotte (1986), Pierre (1987) and Alexandra (2000). (b. 1957). |
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1965-
In line for the Throne
H.S.H. Princess Stephanie of Monaco
|
Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth
Grimaldi is in
line after her brother and sister and later
also the sister's chidlren. First married
to Daniel Ducret 1995-96, secondly to
Adans Lopez Peres 2003-05. Mother of three
children;
Louis, (1992), Pauline Grace (1994)
and Camille, (1998), whose father is unkonwn. (b. 1965-). |
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1964-65
H.R.H. Crown Princess Irene of Greece
1965-67 Second-in-line (Princess)
1967- In-line for the Throne |
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She was
heir to the throne from the time of her older sister, Sophia's
marriage to the heir to the Spanish throne, Juan-Carlos de
Borbón until the birth of her brother, King Konstantinos IIIs
oldest child, Princess Alexia. She never married. (b. 1942-)
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1964-67
Second in line H.R.H. Princess Margriet van Oranje-Nassau of
The Netherlands
1967-
In-line for the Throne |
| After
her older sister lost her succession-rights Princess Margriet
Francisca became the second in line after their older sister,
Beatrix. Margriet is a very active member of the royal family
and an important deputy to her sister. When her sister, Queen
Beatrix abdicated in 2013 the 2 of her sons who were still in line
of succession lost this postion. Married to Peter van Vollehoven
and mother of 4 sons. (b. 1943-) |
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1965-67
H.R.H. Crown Princess Alexia of Greece
1967-69 Second-in-Line (Princess)
1969-
In-line for the Throne |
|
Princess
Alexia of Greece and Denmark is daughter of King Constantine II
and Queen Anne-Marie of Denmark, she was first in line for the
throne until the birth of her brother, Crown Prince Paulos and
then second-in-line until the birth of her second brother,
Nicolaos two years later. She works as a group therapist for
children at the Fundacion Catalana of Down's Syndrome in
Barcelona and is married to Carlos Morales Quintana. Mother of
Arrietta, Ana-Maria,
Carlos and Amelia Morales
y de Grecia, born in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. She is (b.
1965-) |
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1975-2005 Second-in-line H.R.H. Infanta Dońa Elena de
Borbon y Grecia of Spain
2005-
In-line for the Throne |
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After
the reintroduction of the monarchy
Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y Grecia
was seond-in-line to the throne after her younger brother, Felipe,
who became King in 2014. She was created Duchess de Lugo
before she married Don Jaime de Marichalar y Sáenz de Tejada
(1963-) in 1995 and is the mother of Don Felipe-Juan de
Marichalar y de Borbón (b. 1998-) and Dońa Victoria Federica (b. 2000-). The couple separeted in
2007. In 2005 her brother's first daughter, Leonor, was born.
(b. 1963-) |
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1975-98
Third-in-line H.R.H. Infanta Dońa Cristina de Borbon y
Grecia of Spain
1998-
In-line for the Throne |
|
After
the reintroduction of the monarchy
Cristina Federica Victoria
Antonia de la Santisi
was
third-in-line to the throne after
her younger brother, Don Felipe, and older sister, Dona Elena.
Christina was created Duchess of Palma de Mallorca on the day
of her marriage to Don Ińaki Urdangarín y Liebaertand (b.
1968-). She is mother of three sons. (b. 1965-) |
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1977- Possible Heiress H.R.H. the Royal Princess, Somdetceh
Phra Debaratanarajasuda Chao Fa
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand (5.12-) |
|
In 1977 the Thai constitution was changed to allow for possible
female succession. She is the Second daughter of King Bhumibol
Adulyadej Rama IX, and has acted as regent on several occasions
- in 1997 for example she averted a military coup d’etat during
her fathers illness. She was one of his closest advisors. In 1996
she was appointed General, Admiral and Air Chief-Marshal.
She is unmarried. (b. 1955-) |
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1980-
H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden,
Duchess of Västergötland |
|
In 1980 absolute premogeniture was introduced and
Victoria Ingrid Alice Désiré became the
heiress. On her 18th birthday the 14th
of June the crown Princess swore the oath on the constitution
and was inaugurated as Deputy Head of State. In 2010 she married
David Westling who became HRH Prince David of Sweden, Duke of
Västergötland and in 2012 they had a daughter,
Princess Estelle. (b. 1979-) |
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1982-2012
Third-in-line H.R.H Princess Madeleine of Sweden,
Duchess of Hälsingland och Gästrikland
2012- In line for the throne |
|
Madeleine Thérčse Amélie
Joséphine
is the youngest
child of King Carl XVI Gustaf,
and she acts as regent in the absence of her elder sister and brother,
Prince Carl Philip (b. 1979). Married to
Chris O'Neil and mother of
Princess Leonore of Sweden in 2014. She is born (b. 1982-) |
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1985- Heir to
the Headship of the Georgian Dynasty
Princess Anna Bagration-Gruzinsky (Georgia) |
|
The oldest of the 2 daughters of Prince
Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, Head of the Dynasty since 1984. She
had two daughters with her first husband - Princesses Irina (b.
2003) and Miriam Bagrationi-Gruzinskiy (b. 2007) - who are second
and third-in-line. With her second husband, David Bagration of
Mukhrani (b. 1976), she had the son, Prince Giorgi Bagrationi,
who, according to the Chancellery of the Georgian Royal House,
will decide weather to become Heir to his mother´s line or reamin
head of his father´s house when he turns 18. This will also
determine the place of his older half-sisters in the line of
succession. Princess Anne divorded David Bagration-Mukhransky the
second time in 2013. She is (b. 1976). |
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1991-2004
Second-in-Line
H.R.H. Princess Märta Louise of Norway
2004-05 Third-in-line
2005-
In-line for the Throne |
| In 1991
Norway introduced absolute premogeniture, until then women were
excluded from the Norwegian succession, but it was stipulated
that the provision would only come in force for the following
generations, so Märtha Louise became second in line after her
younger brother, Crown Prince Hĺkon until the birth of his
daughter in 2004. Märtha Louise married Ari Behn in 2002 and the
following year she gave birth to her daughter, Maud. (b. 1971-) |
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1991-2001
Second-in-Line H.R.H. Princes Astrid of Belgium
2001-03 Third-in-Line
2005-
In-line for the Throne |
Astrid Josephine-Charlotte Fabrizia Elisabeth Paola
Maria became seond-in-line after the succession-Law was changed in 1991
to allow female succession after her oldest brother, Prince Filip and
her four children took precedence before her younger brother Laurents'.
2001 her brother's first daughter i born and
later he got 3 more children. |
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1996-98
Second-In-Line to the Headship of the Royal House H.R.H. Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece
1998-99 Third-in-Line
1998-
In-line for the Throne |
|
The
oldest child of Crown Prince Pavlos, she was second-in-line
until the birth of her brother, Constantine Alexios in 1998 and
third-in-line until the birth of
Achileas-Andreas.
(b. 1996-)
|
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1997-99
Second-in-line to the Headship of the Royal House H.R.H Princess Dona Maria Francisca
de Bragança of Portugal
1999- Third-in-line |
|
Maria Francisca Isabel
Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Paula de Herédia de Bragança was second in life
after her older brother, Dom Alfonso until the birth to the birth of her
younger brother, Dom Dinis. (b. 1997-) Daughter of Dom Duarte de
Bragança, Duke de Bragança, Guimarăes and Barcelos, Marquis of Vila
Viçosa, Count of Arraiolos, Ourém, Barcelos, Faria and Neiva etc and
Isabel de Herédia. (b. 1997-) |
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1997-
Heiress to the Headship of the Royal House H.R.H.
Crown-Princess Margarita of Romania |
|
In 1997 her father,
Mihai I
named her heir to the headship of the Royal House of Romania,
but he was not able to name her Heir to the Throne, since the
Monarchial Constitution only allows male succession, but in 2007
the succession was altered to allow male-preferred female
succession, as Romania had joined the EU and
salic law is discriminatory.
She was then named Crown Princess and future Head of the Royal
House and Custodian of the Romanian Crown. She married Radu
Duda who was created Prince von Hohenzollern-Veringen and later
Prince of Romania (b. 1960-). She does not have any children and
her four sisters and their children are next in line. The third
daughter, Irina Walker (1953-),
and her children and grand-children were barred from the line of
succession in 2014. The youngest, Princess
Maria (b. 1964-) does not have any children with her former
husband Kazimierz Mystkowski. Margarita is (b
1949-). |
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1997-
Second-in-Line to the Headship of the Royal House H.R.H.
Princess Elena of Romania |
|
Also known as Helena she is
second in line after her sister, Princess Margarita. In 2010 her
son, Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (b. 1985-) was
installed as HRH
Prince of Romania and third in line for the throne. In 2015 he
was stripped of the title and his place in the line of successon,
and his sister, Karina de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (b. 1989),
became third-in-line. The following heirs are also women.
Elena was first married to Dr. Leslie Robin
Medforth-Mills (1942-2002)
until
their divorce in 1991 and then to Alexander Philips Nixon
McAteer (b. 1964-). She is (b. 1950-) |
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1996-
Heiress to the Headship of the Stuart Royal House H.R.H.
Princess Sophia von Bayern of England and Scotland |
|
Sophie Elizabeth Marie
Gabrielle, Herzogin in Bayen and Hereditary Princess von und zu
Liechtenstein, Gräfin zu Rietberg is daughter of H.R.H. Prince
Max-Emanuel of Bavaria, Duke in Bavaria (1937-), and married to
Hereditary Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein and mother of four children.
(b. 1967-) |
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2001-13
H.R.H. the Hereditary Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
2013- Crown Princess, Duchess of Brabant |
|
Elisabeth Thérčse Marie Hélčne is the first female in
the Western World to have been born as heir apparent. She has got two
younger brothers, Gabriel and Emmanuel and a sister, Éleonore. She is the daughter of the
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde. Elisabeth is (b. 2001-)
|
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2003-04 Third-in-line Maud Angelica Behn, of Norway
2004-
In-line for the Throne |
|
Daughter of Princess Märtha-Louise
of Norway and her husband, Ari Behn. (b. 29.04.03). In April
2005 her younger sister,
Leah Isadora was born as the fifth-in-line for the throne, but
only kept this position until December the same year, but both
are still in line for the throne as is their youngest sister,
Emma Tallulah, who was born in 2008.
(b. 29.04.03-). |
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2003-13
Hereditary Princess HRH
Priness Catharina-Amalia of The Netherlands
2013- Princess of
Oranje |
|
Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria is normally
known as
Princess Amalia, and is the oldest
daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima
of the Netherlands. (b. 2003-) |
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2004- H.R.H.
the
Hereditary Princess
Ingrid Alexandra of Norway |
|
She is the firstborn of Crown Prince
Haakon and his wife Mette-Marit, who has a son from a previous
relationship. In December 2005 her brother, Sverre Magnus, was
born. (b. 21.01.04-). |
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2005-14 Hereditary
Princess H.R.H. Infanta Leonor de Borbon y Ortíz of Spain
2014- Princess of Asturias, Gerona, Viana, Duchess of
Montblanc, Countess of Cervera and Lady of Balaguer |
| Leonor
de Todos los Santos is the firstborn daughter, and first in
line to the throne after her father, King Felipe IV of Spain.
Her sister, Sofia, was born in 2007. (b. 08.11.2005-) |
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2005-13 Third-in-line
H.R.H. Princess Alexia of The Netherlands
2013-
Second-in-line |
| Second daughter of King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, she is
second-in-line after her sister, Princess Amalia-Catharina, the
Princess van Oranje. (b. 2005-) |
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2006-08 Hereditary Princess
H.R.H. Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri
Yuvarajkumari
Purnika Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal |
|
In 2006 the Nepalese
government proposed changing the succession law to absolute
primogeniture.The House of Representatives subsequently approved
the bill, but it was not signed into law. According to some
interpretations it meant that she surplaced her younger brother as
second in line, but apparently a provision would have included
that specified that the change would not affect living dynasts,
meaning that she would have remained third in line after her
father and younger brother. Her younger sister and aunt,
princesses Princesses Princess Kritika (2003-) and Prerana
(1978-), who were not in line of succesison prior to 2006, would
have been third and fourth inline for the throne. She is (b. 2000-) |
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2007- Third-in-line
H.R.H. Princess
Isabella of Denmark |
| Isabella
Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe is second child of Crown Prince
Frederik and Crown Princess Mary and third in line to the throne
after her father and older brother, Prince Christian, and before
the twins Vincent and Josephine (b. 2010). She is (b.
21.04.2007-) |
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2007-14 Third-in-line
H.R.H. Infanta Sofia
de Borbon y
Ortíz of Spain
2014- Hereditary Princess |
| The
second child of King Felipe and Queen Letizia, she is heir
to the throne after her father and older sister, Princesa Leonor.
(b. 29.04.2007-) |
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2011-14 Third-in-ine H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of
Luxembourg |
|
When absolute absolute primogeniture was introdcused, she
surplaced her younger brother as third-in-line after one of ther
three older brothers had renounced his succession rights in 2006.
When her second oldest brother, Felix, had his daughter Amalia in
2014, she moved down in the order of succession.
(b. 1991-) |
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