Immediate and "Slightly Extended" Peerage Relations of King Charles III

[bx...@yahoo.com]

I tried to figure out how many living hereditary peers the new king is related to.  I didn't want to go back hundreds of years, as it would be too numerous, so my starting point was King Edward VII.

This is what I came up with:

1. Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge 

2. Duke of Sussex 

3. Duke of York 

4. Earl of Wessex 

5. Earl of Snowdon 

6. Duke of Gloucester 

7. Duke of Kent

That first group is fairly straightforward.

Then, from the Duke of Edinburgh's side:

8. Marquess of Milford Haven

9. Earl Mountbatten of Burma 

From his grandmother the Queen Mother's Bowes-Lyon side:

10. Earl Granville

11. Earl of Lichfield

12  Earl of Stair

13. Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn

14..Lord Elphinstone

From their mutual ancestor King George V:

15. Earl of Harewood 

From their mutual ancestor King Edward VII:

16. Duke of Fife 

Any additions, corrections, etc. are welcome.

Brooke

[malcolm davies]

Just a reminder that all Dukes are kinsmen of the King as they are all descended from John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster,son of Edward III.The same applies to the Catholic monarchs and ex monarchs of Europe insofar as they have no recent lines of descent.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Yes, thanks for the reminder.  

That's why I specifically stated from Edward VII on.  I'm sure there would be other peers, besides the Dukes , who would qualify if we went back to those times.

Brooke

[BREMENMURRAY]

He is related to the Duke of Wellingtons heir Marquess Duro who is a descendant of Queen Victoria and Lady Saltoun  by maariage

[bx...@yahoo.com]

BREMEN, thanks for that.

I really just wanted to look at "close" relationships.  If we begin looking further and further back, he's probably related to at least half the peerage, if not more.

Brooke

[BREMENMURRAY]

The King probably has quite a close relationship with the Wellington family bearing in mind they still have a residence just behind Buckingham Palace. Probably the closest of the entire peerage. 

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Interesting.  

I always wondered which peers the members of the Royal Family were closest to.  

The only one I can actually recall reading about is the Queen's close relationship with the Earl of Carnarvon, mostly over their mutual love of horses.

Brooke

[BREMENMURRAY]

The new Prince of Wales is more closely related to several families through his mother

[bx...@yahoo.com]

The Prince of Wales is obviously closely related to:

1. Earl Spencer

Through Diana's "immediate" extended family (but not going back countless generations) he is also related to:

2. Duke of Abercorn

3. Earl of Lucan

4. Baron Fermoy

5. Baron Revelstoke

Of course, there are many others if we go further back, but this is a thumbnail sketch of his relations.

Brooke

[rich...@googlemail.com]

The King is very close to the Devonshires at Chatsworth.