How far back do the queen's desendants go? Was there ever a change in the royal family?

Answer 1

the Queen can trace her ancestry back to Alfred the Great at least.
Interestingly enough, I discovered when I 1st became interested in the subject, that the dynasties may have changed (Plantagenet, Tudor, Stuart, etc.), but they are all actually related, though admittedly not always very closely. The only time the throne passed to someone outside the family was in 1066 with William the Conqueror. However, his son, Henry I, wed a woman descended from the old Saxon Kings (her brother had a strong claim--nephew or something like that to Edward the Confessor), so the old line joined with the new.
Henry I's grandson was Henry II, who started the Plantagenet line.
The Wars of the Roses was actually a very large family fight among the Plantagenets as headed by the Houses of York & Lancaster.
Henry VII was the 1st Tudor King & ruled in part by right of conquest, but he did have royal blood through his mother and connections to Lancaster. His daughter Margaret married James IV of Scotland, a Stuart (Stewart).
James & Margaret's granddaughter was Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son was James VI & I, the 1st Stuart King of England.
They went a little further afield with the Hanoverians--George I was descended thru his mother Sophia from James I (I'm a little hazy here--the Germans confuse me). I believe Sophia was the daughter or granddaughter of James' daughter Elizabeth, who had wed into one of the German Palatinates. The reason the English went that way was based in religion--the next heir in terms of blood was an avowed Catholic, and Parliament was having none of that. The Hanoverians were safely Protestant. (The Catholic heirs became the Old & Young Pretenders, & their supporters the Jacobites--Bonny Prince Charlie and all that)
The current Queen is technically of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, since that's where Prince Albert came from before he married Victoria. But they changed the family name to Windsor during WWI, to minimize the German links.
Yep, pretty confusing, I know. Check out the book listed below, as it has some simplified family trees.

Answer 2

I think you mean ancestors. I believe the present day royal family stems from William the Conqueror during around the 12th century. HOWEVER, the Queen is pretty far removed from that because there have been several instances where cousins or nephews have taken over the throne through a monarch's lack of a direct hier. For example, about 1603 Queen Elizabeth I left the throne to her cousin, the King of Scotland, which changed the monarchy from the Tudor family to the Stuart family. Then, after the Stuarts royally mucked up the monarchy, the Commonwealth brought in William and Mary, Mary being a cousin. It was from this time period that the monarchy lost alot of its power. And so on down the line.
It's all very interesting reading. Today's scandals are nothing compared to the history of the royal family. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

The present Royal family are German in origin since George I in the 18th century. Before that there were Dutch, Scottish, Welsh and French. The last English King was Harold in 1066.

Answer 4

of England? There were many changes in the royal families, not always within the same family or even from the same country, do a search on yahoo. It is an interesting read, and the geneology is also interesting, if not at times confusing.

Answer 5

The present Sovereign of the UK is not its legal one!

Way back events occurred forcing the crown into the hands of what today would be termed insurgents - and its been there ever since.

May I ask someone with historical knowledge to confirm this from the book of records or whatever!

Conversely, the house of Windsor has ruled thru more wars, has millions of deaths to atone for and generations of mistreatment of its peoples - than the entire gone / forgotten old Royal families of Europe

Even today Elizabeth II still cannot identify with her people - she still lives in a closeted world far, far removed from her subjects.

When she's gone, on can only hope the outmoded outdated regime of the Windsors will pass away / be consigned to history with her.

Like Victoria, she rules as in the past - no sense or tolerance for the future!

Answer 6

presented my ancestors with continual artwork, oh and Queen Mary (of Teck) gave my large Grandfather a nickname that to his annoyance caught for something of his existence. And Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mum) despatched some gorgeous plant existence and touching letter of condolence whilst my Grandmother died in 1938.

Answer 7

the queen's "descendants" only go as far back as the queen, obviously.

i think you mean her ancestors.

the history of our royal family is complex, our current family is of german descent - there have been changes.

have a look on wikipedia/google for more info.

Answer 8

Focus descendants do not go backward the ones that descend are children etc. She has grandchildren so that is settled.

You are sitting in front of a computer type "history house of Windsor" in the search engine and then read it all there for yourself.

Answer 9

there has been changes, like Queen Elizabeth, Henri the 8th daughter by Anne Boleyn didn't have any kids so the family changed from the Tudors to the Stewards, I believe.