Despite being from a Royal Bloodline, these folks have yet to send me a Christmas Card or invite me over for tea. LOL
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The Direct Line of Descent from Henry I to King Charles III:
Henry I (r. 1100–1135)Empress Matilda (Daughter and designated heir)
Henry II (Matilda's son, first of the Plantagenets)Passed down through the Plantagenet, Lancaster, and York dynasties, eventually reaching
Henry VII
Passed to Margaret Tudor (Henry VII's daughter), who married King James IV of ScotlandPassed to her great-grandson,
James I (James VI of Scotland), who united the crowns of England and ScotlandPassed to his granddaughter,
Sophia of HanoverPassed to her son,
George I, establishing the Hanoverian and subsequent British royal houses
Continued straight down to Queen Victoria, King George V (House of Windsor), Queen Elizabeth II, and eventually the present-day King Charles III
Why do the Royal House Names Change?In traditional European genealogy, lines of succession are determined by agnatic (male-line) descent.
Whenever a female heir married into a different royal house, her children legally belonged to her husband's family dynasty, which is why the names transitioned from Tudor -> Stuart -> Hanover -> Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (later anglicized to Windsor).
However, the genetic bloodline tracing back to Henry I remained intact.
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YOUR line, if unbroken and descended SOLELY through male heirs descended through the Plantagenets...and, unfortunately for you, the Plantagenet line is no longer considered a valid line of descent.
Henry I (r. 1100–1135)Empress Matilda (Daughter and designated heir)
Henry II (Matilda's son, first of the Plantagenets)Passed down through the Plantagenet, Lancaster, and York dynasties, eventually reaching
Henry VII
Passed to Margaret Tudor (Henry VII's daughter), who married King James IV of ScotlandPassed to her great-grandson,
James I (James VI of Scotland), who united the crowns of England and ScotlandPassed to his granddaughter,
Sophia of HanoverPassed to her son,
George I, establishing the Hanoverian and subsequent British royal houses
Continued straight down to Queen Victoria, King George V (House of Windsor), Queen Elizabeth II, and eventually the present-day King Charles III
Why do the Royal House Names Change?In traditional European genealogy, lines of succession are determined by agnatic (male-line) descent.
Whenever a female heir married into a different royal house, her children legally belonged to her husband's family dynasty, which is why the names transitioned from Tudor -> Stuart -> Hanover -> Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (later anglicized to Windsor).
However, the genetic bloodline tracing back to Henry I remained intact.
***************************************************************************************************************
YOUR line, if unbroken and descended SOLELY through male heirs descended through the Plantagenets...and, unfortunately for you, the Plantagenet line is no longer considered a valid line of descent.
