| Reign | Name | Notes | ||||
| Monarchs of the Kingdom of Mercia (585-879) | ||||||
| 585-593 | Creoda | Existence disputed | ||||
| 593-606 | Pybba | Creoda’s son | ||||
| 606-626 | Cearl | |||||
| 626-655 | Penda | Pybba’s son (killed in battle) | ||||
| 626-642 | Eowa | Pybba’s son (killed in battle) | Co-ruler with Penda as King of Northern Mercia | |||
| 653-656 | Peada | Penda’s son (murdered) | Co-ruler with Penda as King of Southern Mercia | |||
| 655-658 | Oswiu of Northumbria | Acted as overlord | ||||
| 658-675 | Wulfhere | Penda’s son | ||||
| 675-704 | Æthelred | Penda’s son (abdicated) | ||||
| 704-709 | Coenred | Wulfhere’s son (abdicated) | ||||
| 709-716 | Ceolred | Æthelred’s son | ||||
| 716 | Ceolwald | Æthelred’s son | Uncertain if he ruled at all | |||
| 716-757 | Æthelbald | Eowa’s grandson (murdered) | ||||
| 757 | Beornred | (deposed) | ||||
| 757-796 | Offa | |||||
| 787-796 | Ecgfrith | Offa’s son | Ruled jointly with his father | |||
| 796-821 | Cœnwulf | |||||
| 798-812 | Cynehelm | Cœnwulf’s son | Ruled jointly with his father | |||
| 821-823 | Ceolwulf I | Cœnwulf’s brother (deposed) | ||||
| 823-826 | Beornwulf | (killed in battle) | ||||
| 826-827 | Ludeca | (killed in battle) | ||||
| 827-829 | Wiglaf | (deposed) | ||||
| 829-830 | Egbert (of Wessex) | (deposed) | ||||
| 830-839 | Wiglaf | (reinstated) | ||||
| 840 | Wigstan | (murdered) | ||||
| 840-852 | Beorhtwulf | (deposed) | ||||
| 852-874 | Burgred | (deposed) | ||||
| 874-879 | Ceolwulf I | |||||
| Monarchs of the Kingdom of the West Saxons / Wessex (519-879) |
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| 519-534 | Cerdic | |||||
| 534-560 | Cynric | Cerdic’s son | ||||
| 560-592 | Ceawlin | Cynric’s son (deposed) | ||||
| 592-597 | Coel | Cynric’s grandson | ||||
| 597-611 | Ceolwulf | Cynric’s grandson | ||||
| 611-643 | Cynegils | Possibly Coel’s son or Ceolwulf’s son | ||||
| 643-645 | Cenwalh | Cynegils’s son | ||||
| 645-648 | Penda of Mercia | |||||
| 648-672 | Cenwalh | (reinstated) | ||||
| 672-674 | Cenwalh | Ruled jointly as King and Queen | ||||
| Seaxburh | ||||||
| 674-676 | Æscwine | |||||
| 676-685 | Centwine | Cynegils’s son | ||||
| 685-688 | Cædwalla | |||||
| 688-726 | Ine | (abdicated) | ||||
| 726-740 | Æthelheard | |||||
| 740-756 | Cuthred | possibly Æthelheard’s brother | ||||
| 756-757 | Sigeberht | (deposed) | ||||
| 757-786 | Cynewulf | (murdered) | ||||
| 786-802 | Beorhtric | |||||
| 802-839 | Egbert | |||||
| 839-858 | Æthelwulf | Egbert’s son | ||||
| 858-860 | Æthelbald | Æthelwulf’s son | ||||
| 860-865 | Æthelbert | Æthelwulf’s son | ||||
| 865-871 | Æthelred I | Æthelwulf’s son | ||||
| 871-879 | Alfred the Great | Æthelwulf’s son | ||||
| N.B. Much of the early history of the Kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex is poorly documented. | ||||||
| Monarchs of the Anglo-Saxons | ||||||
| 879-899 | Alfred the Great | |||||
| 899-924 | Edward I (the Elder) | Alfred’s son | ||||
| 924 | Æthelweard | Edward I’s son (uncrowned, ruled for 16 days) | ||||
| 924-927 | Æthelstan | Edward I’s son | ||||
| Monarchs of the English |
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| The Saxons | ||||||
| 927-939 | Æthelstan | |||||
| 939-946 | Edmund I | Edward I’s son | ||||
| 946-955 | Eadred | Edward I’s son | ||||
| 955-959 | Eadwig | Edmund I’s son | ||||
| 959-975 | Edgar (the Peaceful) | Edmund I’s son | ||||
| 975-978 | St Edward II (the Martyr) | Edgar’s son | ||||
| 978-1013 | Æthelred II (the Unready) | Edgar’s son | ||||
| The Danish Kings | ||||||
| 1013-1014 | Sweyn Forkbeard | |||||
| The Saxons | ||||||
| 1014-1016 | Æthelred II (the Unready) | (reinstated on the death of Sweyn Forkbeard) | ||||
| 1016 | Edmund II (Ironside) | Æthelred II’s son | ||||
| The Danish Kings | ||||||
| 1016-1035 | Cnut (the Great) | Sweyn’s son | aka Canute | |||
| 1035-1040 | Harold I (Harefoot) | Cnut’s illegitimate son | ||||
| 1040-1042 | Harthacnut | Cnut’s son | aka Hardicanute | |||
| The Saxon Restoration | ||||||
| 1042-1066 | St Edward III (the Confessor) | Æthelred II’s son | ||||
| 1066-1066 | Harold II | St Edward III’s brother-in-law (died in battle) |
aka Harold Godwinson | |||
| 1066-1066 | Edgar Ætheling | Grandson of Edmund II (deposed, uncrowned) | ||||
| Monarchs of England | Queen/Prince Consort | |||||
| The Normans | ||||||
| 1066-1087 | William I (the Conqueror) | 1066-1083 | Matilda of Flanders | |||
| 1087-1100 | William II (Rufus) | William I’s son | Unmarried | |||
| 1100-1135 | Henry I | William I’s son | 1100-1118 | Edith otherwise Matilda of Scotland | ||
| 1121-1135 | Adeliza of Louvain | |||||
| 1135-1141 | Stephen | William I’s grandson (deposed) | 1135-1141 | Matilda of Boulogne | ||
| 1141 | Matilda, Empress of Germany | Henry I’s daughter (deposed, uncrowned) | [Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou] | |||
| 1141-1154 | Stephen | (reinstated) | 1141-1152 | Matilda of Boulogne | ||
| The Plantagenets (also called the Angevins) | ||||||
| 1154-1189 | Henry II | Matilda’s son | 1154-1189 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | ||
| 1170-1183 | Henry the Young King | Henry II’s son (served alongside his father) |
1172-1183 | Margaret of France | ||
| 1189-1199 | Richard I (Lionheart) | Henry II’s son | 1191-1199 | Berengaria of Navarre | ||
| 1199-1216 | John (Lackland) | Henry II’s son | 1200-1216 | Isabella of Angoulême | ||
| 1216-1272 | Henry III | John’s son | 1236-1272 | Eleanor of Provence | ||
| 1272-1307 | Edward I (Longshanks) | Henry III’s son | 1272-1290 | Eleanor of Castile | ||
| 1299-1307 | Margaret of France | |||||
| 1307-1327 | Edward II | Edward I’s son (abdicated) | 1308-1327 | Isabella of France | ||
| 1327-1377 | Edward III | Edward II’s son | 1328-1369 | Philippa of Hainault | ||
| 1377-1399 | Richard II | Edward III’s grandson (abdicated / deposed) | 1383-1394 | Anne of Bohemia | ||
| 1396-1399 | Isabella of Valois | |||||
| The House of Lancaster | ||||||
| 1399-1413 | Henry IV | Edward III’s grandson | 1403-1413 | Joan of Navarre | ||
| 1413-1422 | Henry V | Henry IV’s son | 1420-1422 | Catherine of Valois | ||
| 1422-1461 | Henry VI | Henry V’s son (deposed) | 1445-1461 | Margaret of Anjou | ||
| The House of York | ||||||
| 1461-1470 | Edward IV | Edward III’s great-great-grandson (deposed) | 1464-1470 | Elizabeth Woodville | ||
| The House of Lancaster (restored) | ||||||
| 1470-1471 | Henry VI | (reinstated and later deposed) | 1470-1471 | Margaret of Anjou | ||
| The House of York (restored) | ||||||
| 1471-1483 | Edward IV | (reinstated) | 1471-1483 | Elizabeth Woodville | ||
| 1483 | Edward V | Edward IV’s son (deposed, uncrowned) | Unmarried | |||
| 1483-1485 | Richard III | Edward IV’s brother (died in battle) | 1483-1485 | Anne Neville | ||
| The House of Tudor | ||||||
| 1485-1509 | Henry VII | Edward III’s great-great-grandson | 1486-1503 | Elizabeth of York | ||
| 1509-1541 | Henry VIII | Henry VII’s son | 1509-1533 | Catherine of Aragon | ||
| 1533-1536 | Anne Boleyn | |||||
| 1536-1537 | Jane Seymour | |||||
| 1540-1540 | Anne of Cleves | |||||
| 1540-1541 | Catherine Howard | |||||
| Monarchs of England and Ireland (following the Crown of Ireland Act 1542) | ||||||
| 1542-1547 | Henry VIII | 1543-1547 | Catherine Parr | |||
| 1547-1553 | Edward VI | Henry VIII’s son | Unmarried | |||
| 1553 | Lady Jane Grey | Henry VII’s great-granddaughter (deposed, after 9 days, uncrowned) |
[Lord Guildford Dudley] | |||
| 1553-1558 | Mary I | Henry VIII’s daughter | [Philip II of Spain] | |||
| 1558-1603 | Elizabeth I | Henry VIII’s daughter | Unmarried | |||
| Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (following the Union of England and Scotland Act 1603) | ||||||
| The House of Stuart | ||||||
| 1603-1625 | James I (England) | James VI (Scotland) – Henry VII of England’s great-great-grandson / Mary of Scotland’s son | 1603-1619 | Anne of Denmark | ||
| 1625-1649 | Charles I | James I’s son (executed by Parliament) | 1625-1649 | Henrietta Maria of France | ||
| The Commonwealth and Protectorate | ||||||
| 1653-1658 | Oliver Cromwell | [Elizabeth Bourchier] | ||||
| 1658-1659 | Richard Cromwell | Oliver Cromwell’s son | [Dorothy Maijor] | |||
| Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland | ||||||
| The House of Stuart (restored) | ||||||
| 1660-1685 | Charles II | Charles I’s son | 1662-1685 | Catherine of Braganza | ||
| 1685-1688 | James II | Charles I’s son (deposed) | 1685-1688 | Mary of Modena | ||
| 1689-1694 | Mary II | James II’s daughter | Ruled jointly as William and Mary | |||
| William III | Mary II’s husband | |||||
| 1694-1702 | William III | Ruled on his own after Mary’s death | ||||
| 1702-1707 | Anne | James II’s daughter | 1702-1707 | Prince George of Denmark | ||
| Monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland (following the Acts of Union 1707) | ||||||
| 1707-1714 | Anne | 1707-1708 | Prince George of Denmark | |||
| The House of Hanover | ||||||
| 1714-1727 | George I | James I’s great-grandson | [Sophia Dorothea of Celle] | |||
| 1727-1760 | George II | George I’s son | 1727-1737 | Caroline of Ansbach | ||
| 1760-1800 | George III | George II’s grandson | 1760-1800 | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | ||
| Monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (following the Acts of Union 1800) | ||||||
| 1801-1820 | George III | 1801-1818 | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |||
| 1820-1830 | George IV | George III’s son | 1820-1821 | Caroline of Brunswick | ||
| 1830-1837 | William IV | George III’s son | 1830-1837 | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | ||
| 1837-1840 | Victoria | George III’s granddaughter | ||||
| The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (following Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) | ||||||
| 1840-1901 | Victoria | 1840-1861 | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |||
| 1901-1910 | Edward VII | Victoria’s son+ | 1901-1910 | Alexandra of Denmark | ||
| 1910-1917 | George V | Edward VII’s son | 1910-1917 | Mary of Teck | ||
| The House of Windsor | ||||||
| 1917-1927 | George V | 1917-1927 | Mary of Teck | |||
| Monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (following the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927) | ||||||
| 1927-1936 | George V | 1927-1936 | Mary of Teck | |||
| 1936 | Edward VIII | George V’s son (abdicated, uncrowned) | Unmarried until after his abdication | |||
| 1936-1952 | George VI | George V’s son | 1936-1952 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | ||
| 1952- | Elizabeth II | George VI’s daughter | 1952- | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | ||
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