Heirs presumptive to the English throne

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture, gave name to the Elizabethan era.

Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567.

Scottish Queen consort (1489-1541)

Duke of Normandy

disputed King of England

Electress consort of the Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662)

Princess of the Palatinate, Electress of Hanover, heir presumptive and ancestor of British monarchs following the Act of Settlement 1701

King of the Romans, Earl of Cornwall, English royalty

Third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English Kings Edward IV and Richard III (1449-1478)

British duke

Second son of King Edward IV of England, younger of the princes in the Tower

Breton noble, posthumous son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany

15th-century English nobleman (1390-1447)

noblewoman; Potential successor to the English throne (1540-1568)

Prince of England

English prince and earl

English countess (1355-1382)

heir presumptive to Richard II of England between 1385 and 1398

English noble

English Earl

Heir presumptive to King Richard II of England

Countess of Castlehaven

English countess