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the descendants of Edmund the Ironside
Hello,
I am not sure if this is the right sub for my question. I have this weird hobby of playing with counterfactual history and looking up the alternative lines of succession to various thrones (I have no idea why, as I am a small r republican). My latest find is that a man called Peter Kenneth Poland (born 1945, no idea if he's still alive) would be the "rightful heir" to the English throne as a descendant of Edmund the Ironside. Could someone check this line of descent to see if I have it right? I have used the traditional pre-2015 rule, i.e. male-preference primogeniture. I may have skipped a few people who died without an issue along the way. I used Wikipedia and thepeerage.com
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Edmund the Ironside
Edward the Exile
Saint Margaret of Scotland
David I
Henry of Scotland
Margaret of Huntingdon Countess of Brittany
Henry de Bohun 1st earl of Hereford
2nd earl of Hereford
3rd earl of Hereford
4th earl of Hereford
7th earl of Hereford
Eleanor de Bohun
Anne of Gloucester
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham
Henry Stafford
Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham
3rd Duke of Buckingham
Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford
3rd Baron Stafford
4th Baron Stafford
Edward Stafford
Mary Stafford
John Stafford Howard
Mary Stafford Howard
Marie Françoise Plowden
Sir William Jerningham
George William Stafford Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford
Hon. Edward Stafford-Jerningham
Emily Charlotte Stafford-Jerningham
Beatrice Mary Teresa Fitzherbert
Hester Mary Beatrice Chichele-Plowden
Trevor Peter Gordon Poland
Peter Kenneth Poland
Autocorrect - I re-checked it and realized I missed a son. So the last five entries would be
Emily Charlotte Stafford-Jerningham
Thomas Charles Fitzherbert
Basil Francis Nicholas Fitzherbert, 14th Baron Stafford
Francis Melfort William Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford
Hon. Benjamin John Basil Fitzherbert