There are reports in the media that Queen Elizabeth II (b. 21 April 1926) is a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE).
True or false?
She might be the head of the Church of England but we believe the blood of Mohammed flows in the veins of the British Queen. Actually Muhammad could well be Elizabeth’s forty-three-times-great-grandfather. We have traced Queen Elizabeth’s potential family tree which we present below.
Paternal Ancestry
Muhammed ibn ABDULLAH, PROPHET of ALLAH
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Fatima (al-ZAHRA) bint MUHAMME
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al-Hasan al-Sibt ibn ‘ALI (Caliph)
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Husain (Husayn ibn) al-HASA
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Zahra’ bint HUSAYN al-HIRAH [HASAN]
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Na’im al-LAKHMI
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Na’im II al-LAKHM
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Itlaf ibn NA’IM
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Amr ibn ITAF
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Aslan ibn AMR
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Amr ibn ASLAN
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Abbad ibn AMR
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Qarais ibn ABBAD
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Ismail ibn QARAIS
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Muhammad I Kadi Abu Kasim Muhammad I (ibn ISMAIL)
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Abu Amr Abbad ben Muhammad al-MU’TADID
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Abul-Kasim Muhammad ben ABBAD al-MU’TAMID
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Zaida (Isabella) of DENIA
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Elvira Alphonsez de CASTILE (& LEON)
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Roger III de HAUTEVILLE
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Tancred de HAUTEVILLE
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Marie Albine d’ BRIENNE [HAUTEVILLE]
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Walter `the Great’ IV de BRIENNE
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Hugh (Hugues) de BRIENNE
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Walter (Gauthier) V de BRIENNE
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Isabel (Isabeau) (Countess?) de ENGHIEN [BRIENNE]
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Louis d’ ENGHIEN
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Marguerite d’ LUXEMBOURG [ENGHIEN]
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Pierre I (Peter) de LUXEMBOURG
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Jacquette de Woodville [LUXEMBOURG]
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Elizabeth Woodville
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Elizabeth of York Tudor
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Margaret Tudor
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Margaret Stuart [Douglas]
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Henry Stuart
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James I Stuart
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Elizabeth Stuart
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Sophia Hanover WITTELSBACH
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George I Hanover
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George II Hanover
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Frederick Louis Hanover
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George III Hanover
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Adolphus of Cambridge Hanover
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Mary Adelaide “Fat Mary”
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Mary of Teck (May) Windsor
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George VI Windsor
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Elizabeth II
Maternal Ancestry
Muhammed ibn ABDULLAH, PROPHET of ALLAH
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Fatima (al-ZAHRA) bint MUHAMMED
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al-Hasan al-Sibt ibn ‘ALI (Caliph)
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Husain (Husayn ibn) al-HASAN
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Zahra’ bint HUSAYN al-HIRAH [HASAN]
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Na’im al-LAKHMI
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Na’im II al-LAKHMI
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Itlaf ibn NA’IM
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Amr ibn ITAF
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Aslan ibn AMR
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Amr ibn ASLAN
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Abbad ibn AMR
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Qarais ibn ABBAD
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Ismail ibn QARAIS
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Muhammad I Kadi Abu Kasim Muhammad I (ibn ISMAIL)
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Abu Amr Abbad ben Muhammad al-MU’TADID
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Abul-Kasim Muhammad ben ABBAD al-MU’TAMID
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Abu Amr Abbad II
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Gwrgi le Grand
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Guyon GRANT
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Gwrgi GRANT
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Jenkin (ap GWRGI) GRANT
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Gwilym (ap JENKIN) GRANT
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Anne (verch GWILLM) GRUFFUDD [GRANT]
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Margred verch RHYS [HWYEL]
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Efa verch LLEISION [LLEWELLYN]
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Joan verch IEUAN KEMEYS
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William (John) KEMEYS
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Gwilym (Lord) (William) KEMEYS
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William KEMEYS
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Elizabeth LUCAS [Keymess]
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John LUCAS
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Thomas (Sir; of St.John’s Colchester) LUCAS
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Anne THROCKMORTON [LUCAS]
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Mary (of Paulerspury) WOTTON [THROCKMORTON (See alternate below)
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Hester NOEL [WOTTON]
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Edward NOEL
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Wriothesley Baptist (Sir) NOEL
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Elizabeth (Lady of Gainsborough) BENTINCK [NOEL]
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William (2nd Duke of PORTLAND) BENTINCK
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William Henry BENTINCK (CAVENDISH-BENTINCK)
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William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentin
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Charles Cavendish-Bentin
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Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon [Cavendish-Bentin]
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Windsor [Bowes-Lyon]
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Queen Elizabeth II
Alternatively from above:
Mary (of Paulerspury) WOTTON [THROCKMORTON
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Katherine STANHOPE [WOOTON (WOTTON)]
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Philip STANHOPE
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Elizabeth (Lady of Chesterfield) Lyon [STANHOPE]
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Thomas Lyon
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John Lyon-Bowes
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Thomas BOWES Lyon-Bowes
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Thomas George Lyon-Bowes
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Claude Bowes-Lyon
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Claude George Bowes-Lyon
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Windsor [Bowes-Lyon]
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Queen Elizabeth II
Thus Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George, the next three expected Kings of England, are also descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
If you can link your family tree to any of the above ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II, then you too could be descended from the Prophet Muhammad just like me!