How did the current Queen Elizabeth get to be queen?

Question

Like her line of ascendants

Yes, I mean ascendants

going up from the Queen

Answer 1

Elizabeth II is the daughter of

George VI who is the son of

George V who is the son of

Edward VII who is the son of

Victoria who is the granddaughter of

George III who is the son of

George II who is the son of

George I...

(not sure how far you want...she can trace her line back to William the Conqueror)

Answer 2

She was the oldest of two daughters of King George and Queen Elizabeth. She became the monarch when her father died. (her mother. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of Scotland,  was known as the Queen Mum and died a few years ago.)

Her father became King when his older brother David (King Edward  VIII) gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson.

David became king when his father (also called King George) died; his mother was Queen Mary.

Answer 3

Queen Elizabeth became the "Heiress Presumptive" when her father became King in 1936 upon the abdication of her uncle, King Edward VIII, she became and was thenceforth known as "Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth".  

Line of Predecessor:

George VI of the United Kingdom (her father)

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (her uncle)

George V of the United Kingdom (her paternal grandfather)

Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (her paternal great-grandfather)

Victoria (her paternal great-great grandmother)

The line of succession to the British Throne is an ordered list of the people in line to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom. The succession is regulated by the Act of Settlement 1701, which limits it to the heirs of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, as determined by male-preference primogeniture, religion, and legitimate birth:

- A person is always immediately followed in the succession by his or her own legitimate descendants (his or her "line"). Birth order and gender matter: older sons (and their lines) come before younger sons (and theirs); a person's sons (and their lines), irrespective of age, all come before his or her daughters (and their lines).

- Anyone who is Roman Catholic, becomes Roman Catholic, or marries a Roman Catholic is permanently excluded from the succession; this provision removing "papists" from the succession has never been tested.

- A person born to parents who are not married to each other at the time of birth is not included in the line of succession. The subsequent marriage of the parents does not alter this.

Answer 4

Edward the VIII abdicated the throne of Great Britain to marry twice divorced American Wallis Simpson which created a crisis within the Royal Family in the 1930's. His Brother Bertie who later became King George VI who ruled with his wife Queen Elizabeth who later became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. King George VI died on 6th of February 1952 his eldest daughter Princess Elizabeth succeeded the title and became Queen. The Queen and Prince Philip were on vacation at the time in Kenya and had to cut their vacation short and return home. Queen Elizabeth was crowned Queen of Great Britain Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth in Westminster Abbey on June, 2nd 1953. This Coronation became the first major international television broadcast.

Answer 5

The line of succession to the British Throne is an ordered list of the people in line to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom. The succession is regulated by the Act of Settlement 1701, which limits it to the heirs of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, as determined by male-preference primogeniture, religion, and legitimate birth:

A person is always immediately followed in the succession by his or her own legitimate descendants (his or her 'line'). Birth order and gender matter: older sons (and their lines) come before younger sons (and theirs); a person's sons (and their lines), irrespective of age, all come before his or her daughters (and their lines).

A person born to parents who are not married to each other at the time of birth is not included in the line of succession. The subsequent marriage of the parents does not alter this.

By the provisions of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the line of succession in each of the fifteen other Commonwealth Realms is legally separate from that in the United Kingdom (unless that country's constitution defers succession rules to the United Kingdom); but to date they have all remained identical.

Apart from identifying the next monarch, the line of succession is also used to select the Counsellors of State (and a regent if the need arises) under the provisions of the Regency Act 1937.

Answer 6

She was lucky to be born in the right place, right time and right circumstances. a lot like winning the lottery but with a bigger jackpot prize.

Answer 7

For Americans she is just a woman

Answer 8

the king george has not a succesor to the english crown so she was crowned queen of england...good lucky

Answer 9

There were no male heirs and she was the older child when her father, George VI died.

Answer 10

The Queen was heir to her father,King George VI,son of her grandfather,King George V, who was son of her great-grandfather, King Edward VI, who was son of Queen Victoria ( that makes Victoria the current queen's great-great-grandmother).Her Majesty is 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert (c. 775-839), King of Wessex from 802 and of England 827 to 839.

Try http://www.royal.gov/uk

click on members of The Royal Family,then quick on The Queen,and on the second page of her listings there is a link to her family tree.