Anglo Saxons:
Kings Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig and Edgar the Peaceful were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th sons of King Edward the Elder.
Ethelred II the Unrhaed was the 2nd son of Edgar the Peaceful and succeeded his elder half-brother Edward the Martyr.
Anglo-Danes:
Harthacanute succeeded his elder half-brother Harold I Harefoot.
Anglo-Saxons (cont.):
Edward the Confessor was the 2nd son of Ethelred II (his older half-brother Edmund II Ironside had reigned briefly as king.
Normans:
William II and Henry I were the 2nd and 4th sons of William I (the Conqueror).
Blois:
Stephen was the 4th son of his parents Count Stephen of Blois and Adela of Normandy (sister of the above).
Plantagenet:
Richard I and John were the 2nd and 4th adult sons of Henry II.
York:
Richard III was the 4th adult son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York.
Tudor:
Henry VIII was the 2nd son of Henry VII (his elder brother died as a teenager).
Elizabeth I was the 2nd adult daughter of Henry VIII.
Stuart:
Charles I was the 2nd adult son of James VI & I.
James II & VII was the 2nd adult son of Charles I.
Anne was the 2nd adult daughter of James II & VII.
UK:
Hanover:
William IV was the 3rd adult son of George III and 2nd surving son at time of accession.
Saxe Coburg & Gotha:
George V was the 2nd adult son of Edward VII.
Windsor:
George VI was the 2nd adult son of George V.
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