All About Priscilla and Elvis Presley's 4 Grandchildren and 1 Great-Grandchild

Priscilla and Elvis Presley welcomed one daughter together, Lisa Marie Presley, who went on to have four children of her own.

Though Elvis died before his grandchildren were born, Priscilla was able to have a close relationship with Lisa Marie’s children. The late singer, who died on Jan. 12 at the age of 54, welcomed her first daughter, Riley, with her then-husband Danny Keough in May 1989. Their second child together, Benjamin, was born shortly after in October 1992.

Lisa Marie split with Danny two years after welcoming Benjamin and remarried to Michael Lockwood in January 2006. Together, the two welcomed twins Finley and Harper in October 2008.

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Priscilla became a great-grandmother when Riley welcomed her first child, Tupelo, in August 2022 with her husband Ben Smith-Petersen.

Elvis’ former wife has worked hard at ensuring her grandchildren would grow up knowing as much about their grandfather and his legacy as they could, despite his death years before they were born. Priscilla told PEOPLE in 2017 that she would play Elvis’ music for her youngest granddaughters when they were little.

“The twins know much about their grandfather. How famous he is, his love of Graceland, his movies and his songs,” she said. “They can hear one of his songs on the radio and right away know that’s his voice.”

From how Priscilla helped raise them to their relationship with her now, here’s everything to know about Priscilla and Elvis Presley’s four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Riley and Benjamin were raised to be independent of their family legacy

Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough in a tribute Riley made after his death in July 2020.

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Lisa Marie welcomed her daughter, Danielle Riley Keough, on May 29, 1989, and her son, Benjamin Storm Keough, on Oct. 21, 1992. Though the two were born years after Elvis died, Lisa Marie and Priscilla raised them to honor his legacy, while also giving them room to grow as individuals.

In September 2007, Riley made her talk show debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she shared that she grew up with her family showing her photo albums of Elvis, but it wasn’t made into “this huge thing.”

“I didn’t want her to have that shadow where she felt competition and intimidated by anything,” Lisa Marie said at the time. “I wanted [my children] to be able to do what they wanted to do.”

Harper and Finley lived with Priscilla for some time

Riley Keough, Priscilla Presley, Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood see at Warner Bros. Special Screening of ELVIS on June 11, 2022.

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Lisa Marie welcomed her twins, Finley Aaron Love and Harper Vivienne Anne, on Oct. 7, 2008. Priscilla was present for the twins’ birth, telling Entertainment Tonight that becoming a grandmother again was “a dream come true” and “a real delight.”

“Entering into the room and seeing these two babies…it’s been pretty terrific,” she said.

When the twins were 8 years old, Lisa Marie filed for divorce from Lockwood, starting a contentious custody battle. During that time, Finley and Harper lived with Priscilla despite reports that they were in “protective custody.”

The doting grandmother cleared up the confusion with a post on Facebook, including photos of the girls enjoying their time swimming at her pool.

“There is Lots of confusion, commotion and concern from all the talk circulating,” Priscilla wrote under the photo. “Let me put this to rest … the girls have not been in foster care and never will be. The girls have been with me and will be until all this is sorted out.”

While the twins lived with Priscilla, they enjoyed going to bookstores and reading to their grandmother, she told PEOPLE in September 2017. Priscilla added that she took the time to “really listen” to her youngest grandchildren during that period.

“I’ve learned to really listen to what [the girls are] saying,” she said. “They have so much to contribute in their opinions, their viewpoints and questions. I value that very much.”

Benjamin died by suicide in 2020

Ben Keough and Lisa Marie Presley attend the World Premiere of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 on November 11, 2010 in London, England.

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On July 12, 2020, Benjamin died by suicide in Calabasas, Calif. He was 27 years old. Following his death, Roger Widynowski, Lisa Marie’s rep, told PEOPLE that she was “beyond devasted” at the loss of her son.

“She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley,” he said. “She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.”

A week later, Priscilla wrote a tribute to her grandson on Facebook, lamenting his death and how it has affected her family.

“These are some of the darkest days of my family’s life. The shock of losing Ben has been devastating,” she wrote. “Trying to put all the pieces together of all the possible whys has penetrated my soul. Each day I wake up I pray it will get better.”

She continued, “Then, I think of my daughter and the pain she is going through as she was a doting mother. Ben’s father, Danny [Keough], who is completely lost, as Ben was his only son.”

Riley is an actress

Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

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Riley started her career off as a model in 2004 but soon pivoted into acting, including roles in 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road and 2020’s The Devil All the Time. However, her big break came in 2023 when she played the titular character in the Amazon Prime Video series Daisy Jones & The Six.

Following her role as Daisy, Riley starred alongside Lily Gladstone in Hulu’s Under the Bridge. The show tells the true story of Reena Virk, who was bullied and ultimately murdered by her so-called friends.

Riley told PEOPLE ahead of the show’s premiere that the story was especially horrifying given her sisters were teens as well.

“I have sisters that are the same age that I’m very, very close to, so it totally hits close to home in that regard,” she said. “The sort of things they go through, it’s not dissimilar. It’s obviously not this horrific, but the interactions, the bullying, all of that is very much still alive and well, and I think that it certainly hits home for me with regards to them.”

Priscilla became a great-grandmother in August 2022

Riley Keough and Ben Smith-Petersen attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Prime Video’s “Daisy Jones & The Six” on February 23, 2023 in Hollywood, California.

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While Riley has mainly kept her daughter’s life private, she shared in August 2023 that she had welcomed a baby girl named Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen with her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, the previous August.

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Riley first revealed she had a baby at her mom’s Graceland memorial service in January 2023 when Smith-Petersen read a eulogy on her behalf.

“Thank you for showing me love is the only thing that matters in this life. I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters,” he read.

Seven months later, Riley revealed her daughter’s name in a cover story with Vanity Fair. She explained that Tupelo was named after Elvis’ hometown, while Storm was a tribute to her late brother’s middle name.

“It’s funny because we picked her name before the Elvis movie,” she told the outlet. “I was like, ‘This is great because it’s not really a well-known word or name in relation to my family — it’s not like Memphis or something.’ ”

“Then when the Elvis movie came out, it was like, Tupelo this and Tupelo that. I was like, ‘Oh, no,’ ” Riley added. “But it’s fine.”

She also shared that while she could “carry children,” she chose to welcome Tupelo via surrogate due to what she “had going on physically with the autoimmune stuff,” referring to her Lyme disease diagnosis.

Riley and Priscilla had a disagreement over Lisa Marie’s estate after she died

Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough attend The Humane Society of The United States’ To The Rescue gala on May 07, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

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Following Lisa Marie’s death, Riley and Priscilla engaged in a months-long legal battle over who would inherit her estate. In January 2023, Priscilla filed a petition contesting the “authenticity and validity” of a 2016 amendment Lisa Marie had made that removed her and her former business manager as co-trustees, instead naming her children as trustees.

Riley and Priscilla came to an agreement in May of the same year, putting Riley in the position of the sole trustee and in charge of the sub-trusts for her sisters. Court documents obtained by PEOPLE indicated that Riley would pay her grandmother a $1 million lump-sum payment.

Amid the legal turmoil, rumors — which both have since shut down — surfaced that Riley and Priscilla were at odds with one another. However, in June 2023, Priscilla wrote in a declaration that she was pleased with the outcome of the settlement.

“We have learned that the fans realize that we are ‘Just a Family.’ Elvis would be proud and his and Lisa’s wishes are what are most important to all of us,” she wrote.

She continued, “My granddaughter, through her counsel, along with my team worked diligently and tirelessly to resolve all misunderstandings as a family.”

Riley echoed her grandmother’s sentiments in her interview with Vanity Fair, sharing that she and Priscilla were never not on good terms.

“Things with Grandma will be happy. They’ve never not been happy,” she said. “There was a bit of upheaval, but now everything’s going to be how it was.”

Riley added, “She’s a beautiful woman, and she was a huge part of creating my grandfather’s legacy and Graceland… It’s a big responsibility she has tried to take on. None of that stuff has really ever been a part of our relationship prior. She’s just been my grandma.”

In the following weeks, Priscilla doubled down in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, again stating that she and Riley were always “on good terms.”

“Riley is now the executor, which should be right, obviously, being her daughter,” she told the outlet. “We were never not on good terms. That was all publicity.”

She added that she was having dinner with Riley that evening and that both “understand what needs to be done.”

“I’m there for her. She knows that. She wants me there for her to help her,” Priscilla said.

Riley is protective of Graceland

Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough seen at the Warner Bros. premiere of “Mad Max: Fury Road” on May 7, 2015, in Los Angeles.

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Like her grandmother, Riley is protective of Elvis’ former home, Graceland. In May 2024, Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC claimed Lisa Marie borrowed $3.8 million and gave the company a deed of trust encumbering Graceland as security before her death.

As a result, they planned to sell Graceland on May 23. However, Riley sued the company, claiming that the note was forged and fraudulent.

“The purported note and deed of trust are products of fraud and those individuals who were involved in the creation of such documents are believed to be guilty of the crime of forgery,” Riley alleged in the suit, adding that the LLC may not even be “a real entity.”

Soon after filing, a judge blocked the sale and, hours later, the LLC dropped all claims on the property.

Riley helped complete Lisa Marie’s memoir

Before Lisa Marie died, Riley had been helping her mom write her memoir — a task she carried on with after her death with the help of tapes that she’d recorded while she was still alive.

“Because my mother was Elvis Presley’s daughter, she was constantly talked about, argued over and dissected,” Riley told PEOPLE in September 2024. “What she wanted to do in her memoir, and what I hope I’ve done in finishing it for her, is to go beneath the magazine headline idea of her and reveal the core of who she was. To turn her into a three-dimensional human being: the best mother, a wild child, a fierce friend, an underrated artist, frank, funny, traumatized, joyous, grieving, everything that she was throughout her remarkable life.”

Riley went on to say that her mission in writing the memoir was to “give voice to my mother in a way that eluded her while she was alive.”

“[My mom] wanted to write a book in the hopes that someone could read her story and relate to her, to know that they’re not alone in the world. Her hope with this book was just human connection,” she added.

The memoir, titled From Here to the Great Unknown, was released on Oct. 8, 2024.

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