Alternative successions to the English and British Crown information
British history provides several opportunities for alternative claimants to the English and later British Crown to arise, and historical scholars have on occasion traced to present times the heirs of those alternative claims.
Throughout this article, the names of "would-have-been" monarchs are in italics.
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before the 1282 conquest by England. For a simplified family tree see family tree of British monarchs (andalternativesuccessions of theEnglishand British...
SuccessiontotheBritish throne is determined by descent, sex, legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, theCrown is inherited by a sovereign's children...
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until the Acts of Union of 1707 under Queen Anne (who was Queen of Great Britain rather than king). Alternativesuccessions of theEnglishandBritish crown...
diplomatic asset". TheCrown also occupies a unique cultural role, serving as an unofficial brand ambassador for British interests and values abroad, increasing...
physical crown, such as those of theBritish regalia. The term is also found in various expressions such as Crown land, which some countries refer to as public...
in the name of theEnglish (and later British) and French crowns. Monarchical government has developed as the result of colonization by French and British...
A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent tothe throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess...
given tothe male heir apparent totheEnglishand, later, British thrones. The title originated with the Welsh rulers of Gwynedd who, from the late 12th...
raised in price from 40 pence to 60 pence (5 shillings or 1⁄4 pound) and was henceforth known as theCrown. Prior to 1551, English coin denominations closely...
to complete the required elaborate arrangements. The most recent coronation took place on 6 May 2023 tocrown King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The...
was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover. Born in Hanover to Ernest Augustus and Sophia of Hanover, George inherited the titles and lands...
Scotland. The once independent Principality of Wales fell under the control of English monarchs from the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284. The Union of Crowns in...
outside theBritish Isles. In 1983, theBritish Nationality Act 1981 renamed the existing Crown Colonies as "British Dependent Territories", and in 2002...