The House of Windsor, the royal house of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms, includes the male-line descendants of Queen Victoria who are subjects of the Crown (1917 Order-in-Council)[1] and the male-line descendants of Queen Elizabeth II (1952 Order-in-Council).[2] According to these two Orders-in-Council, male-line female descendants lose the name Windsor upon marriage.
The line of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the third son of Victoria, died out in 1974, with the death of Princess Patricia of Connaught, later Lady Patricia Ramsay.
The line of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the youngest son of Victoria, were not considered members of the House of Windsor, as they had fought on the German side during World War I as Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (except for the Duke's daughter, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, who was considered a member of the House of Windsor as she remained in the United Kingdom).
Three of the current members of the House of Windsor are Catholic (labelled "CA" in the table) and are thus excluded from the line of succession to the British throne. The remaining 49 are in the line of succession, though not consecutively. Two of those 49 were previously excluded from the line of succession due to having married Catholics, but they were restored in 2015 when the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 came into effect.
Members
| Generations from George V | Place in the line of succession | Title | Birth (& age) | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | The Sovereign | The King | 14 November 1948 | ||
| 4 | 1 | The Prince of Wales | 21 June 1982 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Prince George of Wales | 22 July 2013 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Princess Charlotte of Wales | 2 May 2015 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Prince Louis of Wales | 23 April 2018 | ||
| 4 | 5 | The Duke of Sussex | 15 September 1984 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Prince Archie of Sussex | 6 May 2019 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Princess Lilibet of Sussex | 4 June 2021 | ||
| 3 | 8 | The Duke of York | 19 February 1960 | ||
| 4 | 9 | Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi | 8 August 1988 | ||
| 4 | 11 | Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank | 23 March 1990 | ||
| 3 | 13 | The Duke of Edinburgh | 10 March 1964 | ||
| 4 | 14 | Earl of Wessex | 17 December 2007 | ||
| 4 | 15 | Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor | 8 November 2003 | ||
| 3 | 16 | The Princess Royal[3] | 15 August 1950 | ||
| 2 | 31 | The Duke of Gloucester | 26 August 1944 | ||
| 3 | 32 | Earl of Ulster | 24 October 1974 | ||
| 4 | 33 | Lord Culloden | 12 March 2007 | ||
| 4 | 34 | Lady Cosima Windsor | 20 May 2010 | ||
| 3 | 35 | Lady Davina Windsor | 19 November 1977 | ||
| 3 | 38 | Lady Rose Gilman | 1 March 1980 | ||
| 2 | 41 | The Duke of Kent | 9 October 1935 | ||
| 3 | 42 | Earl of St Andrews | 26 May 1962 | ||
| 4 | CA | Lord Downpatrick | 2 December 1988 | ||
| 4 | CA | Lady Marina Windsor | 30 September 1992 | ||
| 4 | 43 | Lady Amelia Windsor | 24 August 1995 | ||
| 3 | CA | Lord Nicholas Windsor | 25 July 1970 | ||
| 4 | 44 | Albert Windsor | 22 September 2007 | ||
| 4 | 45 | Leopold Windsor | 8 September 2009 | ||
| 4 | 46 | Louis Windsor | 27 May 2014 | ||
| 3 | 47 | Lady Helen Taylor | 28 April 1964 | ||
| 2 | 52 | Prince Michael of Kent | 4 July 1942 | ||
| 3 | 53 | Lord Frederick Windsor | 6 April 1979 | ||
| 4 | 54 | Maud Windsor | 15 August 2013 | ||
| 4 | 55 | Isabella Windsor | 16 January 2016 | ||
| 3 | 56 | Lady Gabriella Kingston | 23 April 1981 | ||
| 2 | 57 | Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy | 25 December 1936 |