Every English monarch who followed William, including Queen Elizabeth II, is considered a descendant of the Norman-born king. According to some genealogists, more than 25 percent of the English population is also distantly related to him, as are countless Americans with British ancestry.
Through the paternal line, William and Kate’s first born is destined to be the great-great-great-great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.
The first being that about 5 million people are descended from William the Conqueror so establishing myself as the true heir to the British throne could be tricky. By far the most disturbing fact to emerge, though, is that Margaret Croft, my times 11 great-grandmother was also David Cameron’s times 19 great-aunt.
Who inherited the throne from William the Conqueror?
On his deathbed, William the Conqueror accorded the Duchy of Normandy to his eldest son Robert Curthose, the Kingdom of England to his son William Rufus, and money for his youngest son Henry Beauclerc for him to buy land. Thus, with William I’s death on 9 September 1087, the heir to the throne was: William Rufus (b.
Elizabeth was born into royalty as the daughter of the second son of King George V. After her uncle Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 (subsequently becoming duke of Windsor), her father became King George VI, and she became heir presumptive. Elizabeth assumed the title of queen upon her father’s death in 1952.
William the Conqueror is the ninth-great-grandson of Charlemagne. William was the son of Robert I of Normandy. His descent from Charlemagne is from…
The first king of all of England was Athelstan (895-939 AD) of the House of Wessex, grandson of Alfred the Great and 30th great-granduncle to Queen Elizabeth II.