A genealogy of the crown of England & Britain — from Ecgberht of Wessex unto Charles, third of that name.
For more than twelve hundred years the crown has passed from head to head — a line the heralds draw as a single unbroken vine. But a line may be read two ways. Choose how you would follow it.
Mode the First
The Scroll
The crown, sovereign unto sovereign — an unbroken line of more than twelve hundred years. Tap any reign to read it.
Mode the Second
The Succession
Between every two reigns lies a seam. Click its seal to see the kinship — and the mechanism by which the crown actually changed hands.