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What was the line of succession after queen Victoria?
Queen Victoria succeeded her uncle, King William IV.
Why was Queen Victoria choose to be queen?
because she was next in the blood line
Who will be next queen after Queen Elizabeth?
The next in line for the British throne is Prince Charles, the son of Queen Elizabeth. If anything should happen to him, Prince William would be next in line for the throne. Since these are men and will be a king, not a queen, obviously, there will be not be another queen in England for the foreseeable future. The next female in the line of succession would be HRH Princess Beatrice of York (number 5 in the line of succession).
Can a person in the UK become a sovereign?
You have to be born into the line of succession. Even if you marry the reigning King or Queen, you will only be a Queen consort or Prince Consort, not a sovereign in your own right, and you are not included in the line of succession, so will never inherit the throne.
Are Queen Victoria and King Juan Carlos of Spain relatives?
Yes, they are relatives. Queen Victoria's youngest daughter Beatrice married Prince Henry of Battenberg in 1885. Their eldest daughter Victoria-Eugenie married King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906. One of the sons of Alfonso XIII and Victoria-Eugenie was Juan, Count of Barcelona, which is the father of Juan Carlos I. As a result, King Juan Carlos is a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria and the 499 number in the line of succession to the British throne, though he can't accede it as he was raised a Catholic.
Did the queen offer throne to Prince William?
No. She cannot as Williams father is Prince Regent and he is next in line for succession
What is the present line of succession if the president should die in office?
Vice president, speaker of the house, etc.
What has Victoria got to do with Hanover?
Queen Victoria was the last English monarch from the House of Hanover. A line commenced in England by George I in 1714.
Why did queen Victoria serve as an appropriate embodiment of the ideals of the period during which she reigned in great Britain?
Queen Victoria was not chosen to be Queen. She became Queen because of genetics. Her father was the third child of George III. 1837 when her Uncle William died she was the next in line and became Queen.
What was the cunard line and some of their ships?
The most famous Cunard ship is the Queen Mary 2. They also famously own the Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Victoria.
Who was King George V mum?
King George V of Great Brittan's grandmother was the indefatigable monarch whose reign defined much of the nineteenth century; Queen Victoria. King George was the second of the five children of Victoria's heir, The Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Ironically, George was not the first in line to succeed the throne rather his brother, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale. When Albert Victor passed away from Typhoid Fever in 1894 his place in succession passed to George, then the Duke of York along with his Duchess; May of Teck who became Queen Mary, the present monarchs Grandmother.
What was the line of sussecion from the days of Henry v111to the present?
The line of succession from the days of Henry VIII to the present goes as follows: Henry VIII was succeeded by his son Edward VI, who was then succeeded by his half-sister Mary I. After Mary I's reign, her half-sister Elizabeth I took the throne. Elizabeth I did not have any children, so she was succeeded by James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England. From James I, the line of succession continues through various monarchs to the present queen, Elizabeth II.
