Although she came to the throne on this day in 1952, her
coronation took place on June 2, 1953. Queen Elizabeth II is the
male-line great-granddaughter of Edward VII, who inherited the
crown from his mother, Queen Victoria. His father, Victoria's
consort, was Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Queen Elizabeth is
a patrilineal descendant of Albert's family, the German House of
Wettin. This princely house claims other notables, such as King
Albert II of Belgium and former King Simeon II of Bulgaria.
Through Victoria - and several of her great-great-grandparents,
Elizabeth is directly descended from many British royals: House
of Stuart: Mary, Queen of Scots, Robert the Bruce, and earlier
Scottish royal houses. - House of Tudor, and earlier English
royal houses as far as the 7th century House of Wessex; one
member of Wessex was Aethelflaed of Wessex's younger sister,
Elfthryth. As Queen Victoria's great-great-granddaughter, she is
related to the heads of most other reigning and former European
royal houses. Via her