The Royal Line of Succession - Softcover

Patrick Montague-Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853724040 ISBN 13: 9780853724049

Publisher: Jarrold Publishing, 1986

Synopsis

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has a most interesting and lengthy family tree, which stretches back to a remote period in the history of the four nations which form the United Kingdom, as well as having blood ties with nearly all the royal families of Europe. Not only is she a direct descendant of William the Conqueror, but also of the ancient Royal House of England. The Queen's ancestry is traced back through the great patriot king, Alfred the Great, who heroically resisted the Danes to Egbert, who, as king of Wessex, achieved supremacy over the other kingdoms, thus laying the foundations of a united England. Egbert's line goes back through generations of shadowy kings and princes of Wessex to the Saxon invader, Cerdic, who founded his kingdom and died in 534. Nearly 1,500 years and fifty-three generations separate him from Queen Elizabeth, but continuity of kingship has remained. The family tree stretches for generations beyond Cerdic to remote Saxon chieftains who held sway in a territory near the Baltic in what is now Schleswig-Holstein. We here enter the realms of legend, for it is not possible to determine the accuracy of these ancient genealogies beyond stating that there may be some truth in them, for they were carefully handed down from generation to generation, until in the 9th century they were preserved for posterity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. For twenty-six years conquering Danish kings sat upon our throne, but this does not break the Royal Family tree. Both The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh descend from Astrid, sister of the mighty King Canute. The Danes, once our feared enemies, are now closely bound in relationship with our Royal Family. Queen Alexandra (consort of Edward VII), Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, and the Duke of Edinburgh, all members of the royal House of Denmark, have enriched the Royal Family with Viking blood. The Queen descends from the kings of Scotland and Ireland through both her parents.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jarrold Publishing
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0853724040
• ISBN 13: 9780853724049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32