| Name of King |
Lineage |
Reign |
Birth |
Death |
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ANGLO-SAXON KINGS |
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| EGBERT |
First King of all England |
802-839 |
circa 770 | 839 |
| ETHELWULF |
Son of Egbert |
839-858 |
circa 795 |
858 |
| ETHELBALD |
Son of Ethelwulf |
858-860 |
circa 840 |
860? |
| ETHELBERT |
Second son of Ethelwulf |
860-865 |
circa 836 |
866? |
| ETHELRED I |
Third son of Ethelwulf |
865-871 |
? |
871 |
| ALFRED THE GREAT |
Fourth son of Ethelwulf |
871-899 |
849 |
899 |
| EDWARD THE ELDER |
Son of Alfred |
899-924 |
870? |
925 |
| ATHELSTAN |
Eldest son of Edward |
924-939 |
895? |
941 |
| EDMUND I |
Brother of Athelstan |
939-946 |
923 |
946/8 |
| EDRED |
Brother of Edmund I |
946-955 |
? |
955 |
| EDWY |
Son of Edmund I |
955-959 |
939? |
959 |
| EDGAR |
Second son of Edmund I |
959-975 |
943? |
975 |
| EDWARD THE MARTYR |
Son of Edgar |
975-978 |
961? |
978 |
| ETHELRED II |
Half-brother of Edward (Swein Forkbeard deposed him in 1013-14) |
978-1016 |
968 |
1016 |
| EDMUND II ( Ironside) |
Eldest son of Ethelred |
1016-1016 |
989 |
1017 |
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DANISH KINGS |
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|
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| CANUTE |
By conquest and election |
1016-1035 |
995 |
1035 |
| HAROLD I (Harefoot) |
Son of Canute |
1037-1040 |
? |
1040 |
| HARDICANUTE |
Another son of Canute |
1040-1042 |
1019 |
1042 |
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SAXON KINGS |
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|
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| EDWARD THE CONFESSOR |
Son of Ethelred II |
1042-1066 |
1004 |
1066 |
| HAROLD II (Godwinson) |
Brother-in-law of Edward |
1066-1066 |
1022 |
1066 |
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NORMAN KINGS |
|
|
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| WILLIAM I (aka the bastard
or conqueror) |
Second cousin to Edward the Confessor; by conquest |
1066-1087 |
1027 |
1087 |
| WILLIAM II (Rufus) |
Third son of William I |
1087-1100 |
1056 |
1100 |
| HENRY I (Beauclerc) |
Youngest son of William I |
1100-1135 |
1068 |
1135 |
| STEPHEN |
Third son of Stephen, Count of Blois |
1135-1154 |
1105 |
1155 |
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THE PLANTAGENETS |
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|
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| HENRY II (Plantagenet, Fitzempress, Curtmantle) |
Son of Geoffrey Plantagenet by Matilda, daughter of Henry I |
1154-1189 |
1133 |
1189 |
| RICHARD I, the Lionhearted |
Eldest surviving son of Henry II |
1189-1199 |
1157 |
1199 |
| JOHN |
Youngest son of Henry II |
1199-1216 |
1166 |
1216 |
| HENRY III |
Eldest son of John |
1216-1272 |
1207 |
1272 |
| EDWARD I |
Eldest son of Henry III |
1272-1307 |
1239 |
1307 |
| EDWARD II |
Eldest surviving son of Edward I |
1307-1327 |
1284 |
1327 |
| EDWARD III |
Eldest son of Edward II |
1327-1377 |
1312 |
1377 |
| RICHARD II |
Son of the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III |
1377-1399 |
1366 |
1400 |
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HOUSE OF LANCASTER |
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|
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| HENRY IV |
Son of John of Gaunt, 4th son of Edward III |
1399-1413 |
1367 |
1413 |
| HENRY V |
Eldest Son of Henry IV |
1413-1422 |
1387 |
1422 |
| HENRY VI |
Only son of Henry V |
1422-1461 |
1421 |
1471 |
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HOUSE OF YORK |
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|
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| EDWARD IV |
His grandfather was Richard, son of Edmund, son of Edward III |
1461-1483 |
1441 |
1483 |
| EDWARD V |
Eldest son of Edward IV |
1483-1483 |
1470 |
1483 |
| RICHARD III |
Younger brother of Edward IV |
1483-1485 |
1452 |
1485 |
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HOUSE OF TUDOR |
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|
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| HENRY VII |
Son of Edmund, eldest son of Owen Tudor, by Katharine, widow of Henry V. Mother was great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt |
1485-1509 |
1457 |
1509 |
| HENRY VIII |
Only surviving son of Henry VII |
1509-1547 |
1491 |
1547 |
| EDWARD VI |
Son of Henry VIII by Jane Seymour |
1547-1553 |
1537 |
1553 |
| MARY I |
Daughter of Henry VIII by Katharine of Aragon |
1553-1558 |
1516 |
1558 |
| ELIZABETH I |
Daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn |
1558-1603 |
1533 |
1603 |
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HOUSE OF STUART |
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|
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| JAMES I |
Son of Mary Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret |
1603-1625 |
1566 |
1625 |
| CHARLES I |
Only surviving son of James I (executed) |
1625-1649 |
1600 |
1649 |
| Commonwealth |
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector |
1649-1658 |
1599 |
1658 |
| & Protectorate |
Richard Cromwell, 3rd son of Oliver |
1658-1659 |
1626 |
1712 |
| CHARLES II |
Eldest son of Charles I |
1660-1685 |
1630 |
1685 |
| JAMES II |
Second son of Charles I |
1685-1689 |
1633 |
1701 |
| WILLIAM III |
Son of William, Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I |
1689-1702 |
1650 |
1702 |
| & MARY II |
Eldest daughter of James II |
1689-1694 |
1662 |
1694 |
| ANNE |
Second daughter of James II |
1702-1714 |
1665 |
1714 |
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HOUSE OF HANOVER |
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|
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| GEORGE I |
Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, daughter of James I |
1714-1727 |
1660 |
1727 |
| GEORGE II |
Only son of George I |
1727-1760 |
1683 |
1760 |
| GEORGE III |
Grandson of George II |
1760-1820 |
1738 |
1820 |
| GEORGE IV |
Eldest son of George III |
1820-1830 |
1762 |
1830 |
| WILLIAM IV |
Third son of George III |
l830-1837 |
1765 |
1837 |
| VICTORIA |
Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III |
1837-1907 |
1819 |
1901 |
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HOUSE OF WINDSOR (ORIGINALLY SAXE-COBURG GOTHA) |
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| EDWARD VII |
Son of Victoria |
1901-1910 |
1841 |
1910 |
| GEORGE V |
Son of Edward VII |
1910-1936 |
1865 |
1936 |
| EDWARD VIII |
Son of George V |
1936-1936 |
1894 |
1972 |
| GEORGE VI |
Son of George V |
1936-1952 |
1895 |
1952 |
| ELIZABETH II |
Daughter of George VI |
1952- |
1926 |
? |
