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Pedigree for Queen Elisabeth II of Great Britain & N. Ireland d 64. Pedigree for Queen Elisabeth II of Great Britain & N. Irelan Albert, Prince of Saxe Coburg & Gotha 32. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe Coburg & Gotha Franz, Duke of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld (1750-1806) 16. * 26 August 1819 in Coburg, Germany *1784 in Coburg, Germany †1844 in Gotha, Germany 65. Augusta, Countess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1757-1831) † 14 Dec. 1861 at Windsor Castle, England 66. Edward VII, King of Great Britain & Ireland 33. Luise, Duchess of Saxe Gotha Altenburg August, Duke of Saxe Gotha Altenburg (1772-1822) 8. * 9 Nov. 1841 at Buckingham Palace, England married 10 February 1840 at St James Palace *1800 in Gotha, Germany †1831 in Paris, France 67. Luise, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1779-1801) † 6 May 1910 at Buckingham Palace, England 68. 34. Edward, Prince of Great Britain & Ireland Same as ancestor no. 44 married 10 March 1863 at Windsor, England Victoria, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland *1767 in London, England †1820 in Sidmouth, England 69. Same as ancestor no. 45 * 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace, England 17. 70. † 22 Jan. 1901 at Osborne House, Isle of Wight 35. Victoria, Duchess of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Same as ancestor no. 64 George V, King of Great Britain & Ireland *1786 in Coburg, Germany †1861 in Windsor, England 71. Same as ancestor no. 65 4. * 3 June 1865 at Marlborough House, England 72. † 20 January 1936 at Sandringham House, England Christian IX, King of Denmark 36. Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig Holstein Sonderb. Beck (1757-1816) married 6 July 1893 in London, England 18. * 8 April 1818 at Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany *1785 at Lindenau, Königsberg †1831 at Gottorp, Germany 73. Friederike, Countess of Schlieben (1757-1827) † 29 January 1906 at Amalienborg, Denmark 74. 37. Louise, Princess of Hesse-Cassel Carl, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1744-1836) Alexandra, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland married 26 May 1842 at Amalienborg, Denmark *1789 at Gottorp, Germany †1867 at Ballenstedt, Germany 75. Louise, Princess of Denmark (1750-1831) * 1 December 1844 in Copenhagen, Denmark 9. † 20 Nov. 1925 at Sandringham House, England 38. Wilhelm, Prince of Hesse-Cassel 76. Same as ancestor no. 46 Louise, Queen of Denmark *1787 in Biebrich, Germany †1867 in Copenhagen, Denmark 77. Same as ancestor no. 47 * 7 September 1817 in Cassel, Germany George VI, King of Great Britain & Ireland 19. † 29 September 1898 at Bernstorff, Denmark 39. Charlotte, Princess of Denmark 78. Frederik, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753-1805) 2. * 14 December 1895 at York Cottage, England *1789 at Christiansborg †1864 in Copenhagen, Denmark 79. Frederikke, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758-1794) † 6 Feb. 1952 at Sandringham House, England Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg 80. Friedrich Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1732-1797) married 26 April 1923 in London, England Alexander, Duke of Württemberg 40. 20. * 9 September 1804 in St Petersburg, Russia *1756 in Treptow †1817 in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany 81. Friederike, Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-1798) † 4 July 1885 in Tüffer, Styria 41. Henriette, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg 82. Karl, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735-1788) Franz, Duke of Teck married 2 May 1835 in Vienna, Austria *1780 in Kirchheimbolanden †1857 in Kirchheim unter Teck 83. Carolina, Princess of Orange & Nassau-Dietz (1743-1787) 10. * 27 August 1837 in Vienna, Austria 84. † 20 Jan. 1900 at White Lodge, Surrey, England 42. Laszlo, Count Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde Michael, Count Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde ( -1791) married 12 June 1866 at Kew Palace, England Claudine, Countess von Hohenstein * 29 September 1775 † 22 November 1835 85. Thereas de Losoncz (1756-1807) * 21 Sep. 1812 in Erdöszentgyörgy, Transylvania 21. 86. † 1 October 1841 in Pettau, Styria 43. Agnes, Baroness Inczédy de Nágy Várad Gregor, Baron Inczédy de Nágy Várad Mary, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland *1788 †1856 87. Agnes de Malomviz * 26 May 1867 at Kensington Palace, London, England 5. George III, King of Great Britain & Ireland 88. Frederick, Prince of Great Britain & Ireland (1707-1751) † 24 March 1953 at Marlborough House, England Adolphus, Prince of Great Britain & Ireland 44. 22. * 24 Feb. 1774 at Buckingham House, England *1738 at Norfolk House, England †1820 at Windsor, England 89. Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1719-1772) † 8 July 1850 at Cambridge House, England Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland 90. Karl, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708-1752) Mary Adelaide, Princess of Great Britain & I. married 1 June 1818 at Buckingham Palace 45. * 27 November 1833 in Hannover, Germany *1744 in Mirow, Germany †1818 at Kew Palace, Surrey, England 91. Elisabeth Albertine, Princess of Saxe Hildburghausen (1713-1761) 11. † 27 October 1897 at White Lodge, England 46. Friedrich, Prince of Hesse-Cassel 92. Friedrich II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1720-1785) 1. Augusta, Princess of Hesse-Cassel *1747 in Cassel, Germany †1837 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 93. Mary, Princess of Great Britain & Ireland (1723-1772) * 25 July 1797 at Rumpenheim, Fulda, Germany Elisabeth II, Queen of Great Britain & N. Ireland 23. † 6 April 1889 at St James Palace, England 47. Caroline, Princess of Nassau-Usingen 94. Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen * 21 April 1926 in London, England *1762 in Biebrich, Germany †1823 at Rumpenheim, Germany 95. Caroline Felicitas, Countess of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Heidesheim Lives at Buckingham Palace, London, England married 20 November 1947 in London, England 48. 96. to: Philip, Prince of Great Britain & N. Ireland 24. 97. 49. 98. 99. 12. 50. 100. 101. 25. 102. 51. 103. Claude George, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 6. * 14 March 1855 52. 104. † 7 November 1944 in Glamis, Scotland 26. 105. married 16 July 1881 in Petersham, Surrey, England 53. 106. 107. 54. 108. 13. 109. 27. 55. 110. Elisabeth, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland 111. * 4 August 1900 in London, England 112. 3. 56. Lives in London, England 28. 113. 57. 114. 115. 14. 116. 58. 117. 29. 59. 118. Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady of Str. & K. 119. * 11 September 1862 120. 7. 60. † 23 June 1938 in London, England 121. 30. 61. 122. 123. 15. 124. 62. 125. 31. 63. 126. 127. Copyright © 1998 Knud Højrup, Denmark Example from: http://www.knotsystem.suite.dk/ Made by Reunion: http://www.LeisterPro.com/.
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