Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom

The seize quartiers of Elizabeth II are as follows:

1. Elizabeth II Queen of United Kingdom b 1926

2. George VI King of United Kingdom 1895-1952
3. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1900-2002

4. George V King of United Kingdom 1865-1936
5. Mary of Teck 1867-1953
6. Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl of Strathmore 1855-1944
7. Cecila Cavendish-Bentinck 1862-1938

8. Edward VII King of United Kingdom 1841-1910
9. Alexandra of Denmark 1844-1925
10. Franz, Duke of Teck 1837-1900
11. Mary of Great Britain 1833-1897
12. Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl of Strathmore 1824-1904
13. Frances Dora Smith 1832-1932
14. Rev Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 1817-1865
15. Caroline Burnaby 1832-1918

16. Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1819-1861
17. Victoria Queen United Kingdom 1819-1901
18. Christian IX King Denmark 1818-1906
19. Louise of Hesse-Cassel 1817-1897
20. Alexander of Wurttemburg 1804-1885
21. Claudine Rhedey von kis-Rhede 1812-1841
22. Adolphus Duke of Cambridge 1774-1850
23. Augusta of Hesse-Cassel 1797-1889
24. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord of Glamis 1801-1834
25. Charlotte Grimstead 1798-1881
26. Oswald Smith 1794-1863
27. Henrietta Hodgson 1796-1891
28. Charles Bentinck 1780-1826
29. Anne Wellesley 1795-1875
30. Edwyn Burnaby 1799-1867
31. Anne Salisbury 1806-1881


A few comments follow. Elizabeth II is currently 83 and in good health. By taking an average of her 16 2g-grandparents, the average age they lived to is 69, pretty good going for people born in that period. Two of them are sovereign monarchs. 5 are German, 1 is Hungarian, and the others are British – pretty unusual for a British monarch. Number 26 is fairly closely related to George Washington. No 31 is the neice of the Duke of Wellington. My favourite is No 21, a beautiful countess who made a morganatic marriage with No 20, founding the House of Teck. 16 and 17 are first cousins. 22 is the uncle of 2. 18 and 19 are second cousins. 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 are all descended from George I of Great Britain, some several times over.
For my next seize quartiers, I shall take the King of Spain, where we will find a more Catholic ancestry.

Seize Quartiers

The Seize Quartiers (SQ) were the sixteen quarters that those of noble birth had to demonstrate to prove their nobility. Every person has sixteen great-great-grandparents in the fifth generation of ancestors, and so it important to show that all sixteen were of noble birth.

In this occasional series, I shall look at the SQ of various figures, to see what of interest comes up.....

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