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Monarchs since the Norman Conquest in 1066
showing the dates of their reigns
House of Normandy House of Stuart
1066-1087 William I 1603-1625 James I
1087-1100 William II 1625-1649 Charles I
1100-1135 Henry I
1135-1154 Stephen 1649-1653 Commonwealth/protectorate
1653-1658 Protectorate of
House of Plantagenet Oliver Cromwell
1154-1189 Henry II 1658-1659 Protectorate of
1189-1199 Richard I Richard Cromwell
1199-1216 John House of Stuart restored
1216-1272 Henry III 1660-1685 Charles II
1272-1307 Edward I 1685-1688 James II
1307-1327 Edward II 1689-1694 William and Mary (jointly)
1327-1377 Edward III
1377-1399 Richard II House of Orange
1694-1702 William III (sole ruler)
House of Lancaster 1702-1714 Anne
1399-1413 Henry IV
1413-1422 Henry V House of Hanover
1422-1461 Henry VI 1714-1727 George I
1727-1760 George II
House of York 1760-1820 George III
1461-1483 Edward IV 1820-1830 George IV
1483 Edward V 1830-1837 William IV
1483-1485 Richard III 1837-1901 Victoria
House of Tudor House of Saxe-Coburg
1485-1509 Henry VII 1901-1910 Edward VII
1509-1547 Henry VIII
1547-1553 Edward VI House of Windsor
1553-1558 Mary I 1910-1936 George V (a Saxe-Coburg until 1917)
1558-1603 Elizabeth I 1936 Edward VIII
1936-1952 George VI
1952- Elizabeth II
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Please note
Anne has the peculiar distinction of having been Queen of England and of Scotland
until 1707 and of Great Britain thereafter.
The Georges and William IV were Kings of Great Britain.
From James I & VI to Anne, all were both English and Scottish monarchs.
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Kings of England
Alfred the Great, King of England. (849-901)
Athelstan, King of England. (c895-940)
Canute, the Dane, King of England. (c994-1035)
Charles I., King of England. (1600-1649)
Charles II., King of England. (1660-1685)
Edgar, King of England. (944-975)
St.Edmund, King of the East Angles. (?-870)
Edmund I., Edmund the Elder, King of England. (c922-946)
Edmund II., Edmund Ironside, King of England. (c981-1016)
Edred, King of England. (?-955)
Edwy, King of England. (c940-959)
Egbert, King of England. (?-837)
Ethelbert, King of Kent. (c552-616)
Ethelbert, King of England. (?-866)
Ethelred I., King of England (?-871)
Ethelred II., King of England, the Unready. (c968-1016)
Ethelwolf, King of England. (?-857)
Edward the Elder, King of England. (?-925)
Edward the Martyr, King of England. (c962-978)
Edward the Confessor, King of England. (c1005-1066)
Edward I., King of England. (1239-1307)
Edward II., King of England. (1284-1327)
Edward III., King of England. (1312-1377)
Edward IV., King of England. (1441-1483)
Edward V., Prince of Wales, Earl of Ludlow, King of England. (1470-1483)
Edward VI., King of England. (1537-1553)
Edwin, King of Northumbria. (?-638)
George I., Lewis, King of England. (1660-1727)
George II., Augustus, King of England. (1683-1760)
George III., William Frederick, King of England. (1738-1820)
George IV., Augustus Frederick, King of England. (1762-1830)
Hardicanute King of England and Denmark. (1018-1041)
Harold I., Harefoot, King of England. (?-1039)
Harold II., King of England. (c1026-1066)
Henry I., King of England. (1068-1135)
Henry II., King of England. (1133-1189)
Henry III., King of England. (1207-1272)
Henry IV., King of England. (1366-1413)
Henry V., King of England. (1388-1422)
Henry VI., King of England. (1421-1471)
Henry VII., King of England. (1456-1509)
Henry VIII., King of England. (1491-1547)
Ina, King of the West Saxons. (6??-7??)
James I. of England, and VI of Scotland. (1566-1625)
James II., King of England. (1633-1701)
John, King of England. (1166-1216)
Offa, King of Mercia. (?-794)
Oswald, King of Northumbria. (?-642)
Penda, King of Mercia. (c580-655)
Richard I., the Lionheart, King of England. (1157-1199)
Richard II., King of England. (1366-1400)
Richard III., King of England, Duke of Gloucester. (1450-1485)
Stephen, King of England. (c 1096-1154)
William I., the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy. (1027-1087)
William II., Rufus, King of England. (c1060-1100)
William III., King of England (with Mary) Prince of Orange. (1650-1702)
William IV., King of England. (1765-1837)
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Kings of Scots
Alexander I., King of Scots. (?-1124)
Alexander II., King of Scots. (1198-1249)
Alexander III., King of Scots. (1241-1285)
David I., King of Scots. (1084-1153)
David II., King of Scots. (1324-1371)
James I, King of Scots. (1394-1437)
James V, King of Scots. (1512-1542)
John de Baliol, King of Scots. (1249-1315)
Malcolm III, King of Scots. (?-1093)
Robert I., King of Scots. (c1274-1328)
Robert II., King of Scots. (1316-1390)
William, King of Scots. (1143-1214)
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Queens
Anne, Queen of Great Britain. (1664-1714)
Elizabeth, Queen of England. (1533-1603)
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (Queen Consort). (1596-1662)
Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England. (1537-1554)
Mary, Queen of England. (1516-1558)
Mary II., Queen of England. (1662-1694)
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. (1542-1587)
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Archbishops
St. Augustine (or St. Austin), Archbishop of Canterbury
St. Thomas A Becket, archbishop of Canterbury. (1119-1170)
St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury.
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. (1573-1644/5)
Odo, Arhcbishop of Canterbury. (?-958)
Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Bishops
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent. (c1032-1096)
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Dukes
George Monk, duke of Albemarle. (1608-1670)
George, Duke of Clarence, Lieutenant of Ireland. (1449-1478)
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. (1721-1765)
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. (1592-1628)
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. (1627-1688)
John, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France. (1390-1435)
Charles, the last Duke of Burgundy, Count of Charolais. (1433-1477)
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton. (1736-1811)
Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, Lord High Constable of England. (?-1397)
John of Gaunt, Earl of Derby, Duke of Lancaster. (1340-1399)
James, Duke of Monmouth. (1649-1685)
Henry, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Derby. (?-1362)
John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale. (1616-1682)
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Viscount Lisle, Earl of Warwick. (1502-1553)
Richard, third Duke of York, Regent of France, Lieutenant of Ireland.(?-1460)
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Earls
John Stuart; Earl of Bute, English Statesman.
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham; (1708-1778)
John Pitt, Earl of Chatham; &c. (1756-1835)
Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans. (1209-1272)
Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall. (?-1312)
Henry Stuart, Earl of Darnley. (1546-1567)
Godwin, Earl of Kent.
Simon de Montfort, 4th Count, Earl of Liecester. (?-1218)
Simon de Montfort, Earl of Liecester. (?-1265)
Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. (1287-1330)
Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers. (1442-1483)
Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. (1593-1641)
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, "The King Maker". (c1428-1471)
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Emperors and Empresses
Matilda, or Maud, The Empress. (1098-1165)
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Knights
Sir John de Baliol (?-1269)
Sir Anthony Cooke, tutor of Edward VI. (1508-1576)
Sir John Cheke, tutor of Edward VI. (1514-1557)
Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England. (1480-1535)
Sir Walter Raleigh, Statesman and warrior. (1552-1618)
Sir William Wallace, national hero of Scotland. (c1270-1305)
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Lords
Frederick North, Earl of Guildford, Lord North. (1732-1792)
Sir William Howard, Viscount Stafford. (1612-1680)
Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham. (1730-1782)
Lord William Russell, Viscount Stafford. (1638-1683)
George Byng, Admiral and first Viscount Torrington. (1668-1733)
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Eminent Men
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England. (1599-1658)
George Grenville, English Statesman. (1712-1770)
John Hampden, Statesman. (1594-1643)
Algernon Sidney, English Republican. (1620-1683)
Charles Edward Stuart, The Young Pretender. (1721-1788)
James Francis Edward Stuart, The Old Pretender. (1688-1765)
Edward Vernon, British Admiral. (1684-1757)
Wat Tyler, insurrection leader. (?-1381)
John Wickliffe, the 'Morning Star of the Reformation,' (1324-1384)
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Popes
Gregory I. "the Great", Pope. (c544-604)
Gregory IX., Pope Ugolino. (?-1241)
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Princes
Edgar Atheling, or Prince Edgar. (105?-11??)
Edward, Prince of Wales, the Black Prince. (1330-1376)
George, Prince of Denmark. (1653-1708)
Prince Rupert, or Robert, Prince of Bavaria. (1619-1682)
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Queens of Kings
Anne of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII. (1515-1557)
Anne Boleyn, Queen of Henry VIII. (1507-1536)
Catherine of Aragon, Queen of Henry VIII. (1483-1536)
Catherine Parr, Queen of Henry VIII. (1512-1548)
Elizabeth Grey, Queen of Edward IV. (?-1402)
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I. (1609-1669)
Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Henry VI. (c1425-1482)
Matilda, Queen William the Conqueror. (?-1083)
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