King Charles III

1948 – · Generation XXXVIII · King of the United Kingdom (r. 2022– ) · House of Windsor

Charles III was born in 1948. King of the United Kingdom (r. 2022– ). Married Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981; the marriage was dissolved in 1996. Married Queen Camilla in 2005. The longest-serving heir apparent before acceding at seventy-three.

One of 48 people of House of Windsor (from 1917) in this archive. The present house — it renamed itself Windsor in 1917, setting aside the German title Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Line of descent: Owen Tudor → Edmund Tudor → King Henry VII → Margaret Tudor → King James V of Scotland → Mary Queen of Scots → King James I → Elizabeth Stuart → Sophia of Hanover → King George I → King George II → Frederick Prince of Wales → King George III → Edward Duke of Kent → Queen Victoria → King Edward VII → King George V → King George VI → Queen Elizabeth II → King Charles III.

Parents

Philip Mountbatten (1921 – 2021)
Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022)

Siblings

Anne, Princess Royal (1950 – )
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960 – )
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (1964 – )

Partners

Married Diana, Princess of Wales (1961 – 1997) in 1981; the marriage was dissolved in 1996 — 2 children together
Married Queen Camilla (1947 – ) in 2005

Children

William, Prince of Wales (1982 – )
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984 – )

Life

1948 — Born
1981 — Married Diana, Princess of Wales
1996 — Separated from Diana, Princess of Wales
2005 — Married Queen Camilla
2022 — King Charles III accedes to the throne on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II
2023 — Coronation of Kng Charles and Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey
2024 — Both King Charles and Catherine Princess of Wales reveal that they are undergoing treatment for cancer.