Family tree of British monarchs explained

The following is a simplified family tree of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs.

For more-detailed charts see:

• Family tree of English monarchs, from Alfred the Great and Æthelstan to James VI and I;
• Family tree of Scottish monarchs, from Kenneth MacAlpin also to James VI and I;
• Family tree of Welsh monarchs; and
• Family tree of the British royal family from James VI and I to the present.

See also

• Family tree of English monarchs (more detailed)
• Family tree of the British royal family (more detailed)
• Lists of monarchs in the British Isles

References

• Web site: The Continental Dynasties (1066–1216) . The official website of the British Monarchy . https://web.archive.org/web/20070426181011/http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/continen.pdf . 2007-04-26.
• Web site: The Plantagenet Dynasties (1216–1485) . The official website of the British Monarchy . https://web.archive.org/web/20070426180931/http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/plantage.pdf . 2007-04-26.
• Web site: The Tudors (1485–1603) and the Stuarts (1603–1714) . The official website of the British Monarchy . 2010-07-30.