How many royal generations have passed since

Dave G | 11:09 Fri 28th Dec 2007 | History

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How many royal generations have there been since the eldest son was crowned King
regards Dave G

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saxy_jag

Just three, I believe. The last was Edward VII, Queen Victoria's eldest son.

Edward's second son became George V. George's eldest, Edward VIII was never crowned, and his second son became George VI, the present Queen's father.

JockSporran

The 'royal' system of crowning the eldest son of the tribal chief or king as the next king goes back about 8000 years. If we take a generation as 25 years (based on average age of when a young king will father a son), then it would be 4x8000, so your answer is 32,000 generations.

DSJ

The answer depends on how you interpret the question. I would go with Saxy's answer.

Dave G

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Hi all many thanks
I was under the impression that it was a longer "king" line
but I obviosly was wrong
regards Dave

jno

surprising how many monarchs have not been the eldest child of the last ruler (even Edward VII had an older sister). Before that, I think George IV in 1820 was the next most recent.

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