british monarch lineage?

Question

could somebody describe in layman's terms the royal lineage of the British monarch starting from the very first king until now.

Answer 1

Assuming you are referring to the Norman Conquest, the order is this:

William I (the Conqueror)
William II
Henry I
Stephen
Henry II
Richard I
John
Henry III
Edward I
Edward II
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VI
Edward IV
Edward V (never crowned)
Richard III
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary I
Elizabeth I
James I
Charles I
*The Commonwealth w/ Oliver Cromwell*
Charles II
James II
William III & Mary II
Anne
George I
George II
George III
George IV
William IV
Victoria
Edward VII
George V
Edward VIII (never crowned)
George VI
Elizabeth II (who is directly descended from William I)

Answer 2

The first monarch of the whole of Great Britain was James I of England who was also James VI of Scotland.
The sequence is then
Charles I - Oliver Cromwell (Republican not a monarch) - CharlesII - James II - William III and Mary - Anne - George I - George II - George III - George IV - William IV - Victoria - EdwardVII - George V - Edward VIII - George VI - Elizabeth.

Note that the present queen Elizabeth is only considered to be Elizabeth II in England as Scotland was never ruled by Elizabeth I.

I see others have fallen into the trap of confusing England with Britain.

Answer 3

Please explain what you mean by "describe" the lineage.

Also, how far back do you want to go? Until fairly recently, Britain was not a unified country and, all in all, there have been one thousand kings and queens in Britain.

Since 1066 there have been only 43 rulers of England.

The best book on the subject is:
The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens
by Mike Ashley
Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 0-7867-0692-9

Everyone who is interested in British history should get this book.

Answer 4

"The British royal relatives had countless marriages as close because of the fact the 1st cousin, yet none nearer." source and extra suggestion: "The British royal cousin marriages are seen an occasion of endogamy, or the prepare of marrying interior a particular type and social team, usually for financial benefit or impact in political perspectives. The handful of first-cousin marriages became no longer out of the norm for their time. the marriage practices of the British monarchs is regularly incorrectly in comparison with different royal families in Europe such because of the fact the Habsburgs that have been very inbred. There has on no account been a genetic ailment interior the British royal relatives it rather is bearing directly to cousin marriages." .

Answer 5

It would be too long to describe here. But you can check out the British monarchs' family tree at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_monarchs'_family_tree