Kings and Queens

Reign Name Notes
The Saxons
757-796 Offa
802-839 Egbert
839-856 Ethelwulf Egbert’s son
856-860 Ethelbald Ethelwulf’s son
860-865 Ethelbert Ethelwulf’s son
865-871 Ethelred I Ethelwulf’s son
871-899 Alfred the Great Ethelwulf’s son
899-924 Edward I the Elder Alfred’s son
924 Ethelweard Edward’s son (uncrowned, ruled 16 days)
925-940 Athelstan Edward’s son
939-946 Edmund I Edward’s son
946-955 Edred Edward’s son
955-959 Edwy Edmund’s son
959-975 Edgar the Peaceful Edmund’s son
975-978 St Edward II the Martyr Edgar’s son
978-1013 Ethelred II Edgar’s son
1014-1016
1016 Edmund II Ethelred II’s son
The Danish Kings
1013-1014 Sweyn Forkbeard
1016-1035 Canute the Great Sweyn’s son
1035-1040 Harold I Canute’s illegitimate son
1040-1042 Harthacanute Canute’s son
The Saxon Restoration
1042-1066 St Edward III the Confessor Ethelred II’s son
1066-1066 Harold II Edward the Confessor’s brother-in-law
(died in battle)
1066-1066 Edgar Atheling Grandson of Edmund Ironside
(deposed, uncrowned)
The Normans
1066-1087 William I known as William the Conqueror
1087-1100 William II William I’s son
1100-1135 Henry I William I’s son
1135-1154 Stephen William I’s grandson (deposed and restored 1141)
1141 Matilda, Empress of Germany Henry I’s daughter (deposed, uncrowned)
The Plantagenets also called the Angevins
1154-1189 Henry II Matilda’s son
1189-1199 Richard I (Lionheart) Henry II’s son
1199-1216 John (Lackland) Henry II’s son
1216-1272 Henry III John’s son
1272-1307 Edward I Henry III’s son
1307-1327 Edward II Edward I’s son (abdicated)
1327-1377 Edward III Edward II’s son
1377-1399 Richard II Edward III’s grandson (abdicated)
The House of Lancaster
1399-1413 Henry IV Edward III’s grandson
1413-1422 Henry V Henry IV’s son
1422-1461 Henry VI Henry V’s son (deposed)
The House of York
1461-1470 Edward IV Edward III’s great-great-grandson (deposed)
The House of Lancaster (restored)
1470-1471 Henry VI Henry V’s son (deposed)
The House of York (restored)
1471-1483 Edward IV Edward III’s great-great-grandson
1483 Edward V Edward IV’s son (deposed, uncrowned)
1483-1485 Richard III Edward IV’s brother (died in battle)
The House of Tudor
1485-1509 Henry VII Edward III’s great-great-grandson
1509-1547 Henry VIII Henry VII’s son
1547-1553 Edward VI Henry VIII’s son
1553 Lady Jane Grey Henry VII’s great-granddaughter
(deposed, after 9 days, uncrowned)
1553-1558 Mary I Henry VIII’s daughter
1558-1603 Elizabeth I Henry VIII’s daughter
The House of Stuart Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland
1603-1625 James I (England) James VI (Scotland)  – Henry VII of England’s great-great-grandson / Mary of Scotland’s son
1625-1649 Charles I James I’s son (executed by Parliament)
The Commonwealth and Protectorate
1653-1658 Oliver Cromwell
1658-1659 Richard Cromwell Oliver Cromwell’s son
The House of Stuart (restored) Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland
1660-1685 Charles II Charles I’s son
1685-1689 James II Charles I’s son (deposed)
1689-1694 Mary II James II’s daughter / Jointly with William III
1689-1702 William III (England) Mary II’s husband / Jointly with his wife
1702-1714 Anne James II’s daughter
The House of Hanover
1714-1727 George I James I’s great-grandson
1727-1760 George II George I’s son
1760-1820 George III George II’s grandson
1820-1830 George IV George III’s son
1830-1837 William IV George III’s son
1837-1840 Victoria George III’s granddaughter
The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
1840-1901 Victoria George III’s granddaughter
1901-1910 Edward VII Victoria’s son
1910-1917 George V Edward VII’s son
The House of Windsor
1917-1936 George V Edward VII’s son
1936 Edward VIII George V’s son (abdicated, uncrowned)
1936-1952 George VI George V’s son
1952- Elizabeth II George VI’s daughter

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