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Reign |
Name |
Notes |
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| Monarchs of the Kingdom of Mercia (585-879) |
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585-593 |
Creoda |
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Existence disputed |
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593-606 |
Pybba |
Creoda’s son |
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606-626 |
Cearl |
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626-655 |
Penda |
Pybba’s son (killed in battle) |
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626-642 |
Eowa |
Pybba’s son (killed in battle) |
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Co-ruler with Penda as King of Northern Mercia |
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653-656 |
Peada |
Penda’s son (murdered) |
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Co-ruler with Penda as King of Southern Mercia |
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655-658 |
Oswiu of Northumbria |
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Acted as overlord |
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658-675 |
Wulfhere |
Penda’s son |
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675-704 |
Æthelred |
Penda’s son (abdicated) |
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704-709 |
Coenred |
Wulfhere’s son (abdicated) |
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709-716 |
Ceolred |
Æthelred’s son |
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716 |
Ceolwald |
Æthelred’s son |
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Uncertain if he ruled at all |
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716-757 |
Æthelbald |
Eowa’s grandson (murdered) |
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757 |
Beornred |
(deposed) |
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757-796 |
Offa |
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787-796 |
Ecgfrith |
Offa’s son |
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Ruled jointly with his father |
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796-821 |
Cœnwulf |
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798-812 |
Cynehelm |
Cœnwulf’s son |
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Ruled jointly with his father |
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821-823 |
Ceolwulf I |
Cœnwulf’s brother (deposed) |
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823-826 |
Beornwulf |
(killed in battle) |
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826-827 |
Ludeca |
(killed in battle) |
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827-829 |
Wiglaf |
(deposed) |
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829-830 |
Egbert (of Wessex) |
(deposed) |
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830-839 |
Wiglaf |
(reinstated) |
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840 |
Wigstan |
(murdered) |
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840-852 |
Beorhtwulf |
(deposed) |
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852-874 |
Burgred |
(deposed) |
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874-879 |
Ceolwulf I |
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Monarchs of the Kingdom of the West Saxons / Wessex (519-879)
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519-534 |
Cerdic |
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534-560 |
Cynric |
Cerdic’s son |
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560-592 |
Ceawlin |
Cynric’s son (deposed) |
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592-597 |
Coel |
Cynric’s grandson |
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597-611 |
Ceolwulf |
Cynric’s grandson |
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611-643 |
Cynegils |
Possibly Coel’s son or Ceolwulf’s son |
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643-645 |
Cenwalh |
Cynegils’s son |
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645-648 |
Penda of Mercia |
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648-672 |
Cenwalh |
(reinstated) |
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672-674 |
Cenwalh |
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Ruled jointly as King and Queen |
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Seaxburh |
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674-676 |
Æscwine |
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676-685 |
Centwine |
Cynegils’s son |
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685-688 |
Cædwalla |
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688-726 |
Ine |
(abdicated) |
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726-740 |
Æthelheard |
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740-756 |
Cuthred |
possibly Æthelheard’s brother |
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756-757 |
Sigeberht |
(deposed) |
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757-786 |
Cynewulf |
(murdered) |
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786-802 |
Beorhtric |
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802-839 |
Egbert |
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839-858 |
Æthelwulf |
Egbert’s son |
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858-860 |
Æthelbald |
Æthelwulf’s son |
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860-865 |
Æthelbert |
Æthelwulf’s son |
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865-871 |
Æthelred I |
Æthelwulf’s son |
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871-879 |
Alfred the Great |
Æthelwulf’s son |
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| N.B. Much of the early history of the Kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex is poorly documented. |
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| Monarchs of the Anglo-Saxons |
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|
879-899 |
Alfred the Great |
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899-924 |
Edward I (the Elder) |
Alfred’s son |
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924 |
Æthelweard |
Edward I’s son (uncrowned, ruled for 16 days) |
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924-927 |
Æthelstan |
Edward I’s son |
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Monarchs of the English
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The Saxons |
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927-939 |
Æthelstan |
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939-946 |
Edmund I |
Edward I’s son |
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946-955 |
Eadred |
Edward I’s son |
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955-959 |
Eadwig |
Edmund I’s son |
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959-975 |
Edgar (the Peaceful) |
Edmund I’s son |
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975-978 |
St Edward II (the Martyr) |
Edgar’s son |
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978-1013 |
Æthelred II (the Unready) |
Edgar’s son |
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The Danish Kings |
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1013-1014 |
Sweyn Forkbeard |
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The Saxons |
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1014-1016 |
Æthelred II (the Unready) |
(reinstated on the death of Sweyn Forkbeard) |
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1016 |
Edmund II (Ironside) |
Æthelred II’s son |
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The Danish Kings |
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1016-1035 |
Cnut (the Great) |
Sweyn’s son |
aka Canute |
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1035-1040 |
Harold I (Harefoot) |
Cnut’s illegitimate son |
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1040-1042 |
Harthacnut |
Cnut’s son |
aka Hardicanute |
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The Saxon Restoration |
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1042-1066 |
St Edward III (the Confessor) |
Æthelred II’s son |
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1066-1066 |
Harold II |
St Edward III’s brother-in-law
(died in battle) |
aka Harold Godwinson |
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1066-1066 |
Edgar Ætheling |
Grandson of Edmund II (deposed, uncrowned) |
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| Monarchs of England |
Queen/Prince Consort |
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The Normans |
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|
1066-1087 |
William I (the Conqueror) |
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1066-1083 |
Matilda of Flanders |
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1087-1100 |
William II (Rufus) |
William I’s son |
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Unmarried |
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|
1100-1135 |
Henry I |
William I’s son |
1100-1118 |
Edith otherwise Matilda of Scotland |
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1121-1135 |
Adeliza of Louvain |
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1135-1141 |
Stephen |
William I’s grandson (deposed) |
1135-1141 |
Matilda of Boulogne |
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1141 |
Matilda, Empress of Germany |
Henry I’s daughter (deposed, uncrowned) |
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[Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou] |
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|
1141-1154 |
Stephen |
(reinstated) |
1141-1152 |
Matilda of Boulogne |
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The Plantagenets (also called the Angevins) |
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|
1154-1189 |
Henry II |
Matilda’s son |
1154-1189 |
Eleanor of Aquitaine |
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1170-1183 |
Henry the Young King |
Henry II’s son
(served alongside his father) |
1172-1183 |
Margaret of France |
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|
1189-1199 |
Richard I (Lionheart) |
Henry II’s son |
1191-1199 |
Berengaria of Navarre |
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|
1199-1216 |
John (Lackland) |
Henry II’s son |
1200-1216 |
Isabella of Angoulême |
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1216-1272 |
Henry III |
John’s son |
1236-1272 |
Eleanor of Provence |
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1272-1307 |
Edward I (Longshanks) |
Henry III’s son |
1272-1290 |
Eleanor of Castile |
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1299-1307 |
Margaret of France |
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1307-1327 |
Edward II |
Edward I’s son (abdicated) |
1308-1327 |
Isabella of France |
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|
1327-1377 |
Edward III |
Edward II’s son |
1328-1369 |
Philippa of Hainault |
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|
1377-1399 |
Richard II |
Edward III’s grandson (abdicated / deposed) |
1383-1394 |
Anne of Bohemia |
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1396-1399 |
Isabella of Valois |
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The House of Lancaster |
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|
1399-1413 |
Henry IV |
Edward III’s grandson |
1403-1413 |
Joan of Navarre |
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|
1413-1422 |
Henry V |
Henry IV’s son |
1420-1422 |
Catherine of Valois |
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1422-1461 |
Henry VI |
Henry V’s son (deposed) |
1445-1461 |
Margaret of Anjou |
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The House of York |
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|
1461-1470 |
Edward IV |
Edward III’s great-great-grandson (deposed) |
1464-1470 |
Elizabeth Woodville |
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The House of Lancaster (restored) |
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1470-1471 |
Henry VI |
(reinstated and later deposed) |
1470-1471 |
Margaret of Anjou |
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The House of York (restored) |
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1471-1483 |
Edward IV |
(reinstated) |
1471-1483 |
Elizabeth Woodville |
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1483 |
Edward V |
Edward IV’s son (deposed, uncrowned) |
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Unmarried |
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1483-1485 |
Richard III |
Edward IV’s brother (died in battle) |
1483-1485 |
Anne Neville |
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The House of Tudor |
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1485-1509 |
Henry VII |
Edward III’s great-great-grandson |
1486-1503 |
Elizabeth of York |
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1509-1541 |
Henry VIII |
Henry VII’s son |
1509-1533 |
Catherine of Aragon |
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1533-1536 |
Anne Boleyn |
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1536-1537 |
Jane Seymour |
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1540-1540 |
Anne of Cleves |
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1540-1541 |
Catherine Howard |
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| Monarchs of England and Ireland (following the Crown of Ireland Act 1542) |
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1542-1547 |
Henry VIII |
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1543-1547 |
Catherine Parr |
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1547-1553 |
Edward VI |
Henry VIII’s son |
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Unmarried |
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1553 |
Lady Jane Grey |
Henry VII’s great-granddaughter
(deposed, after 9 days, uncrowned) |
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[Lord Guildford Dudley] |
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1553-1558 |
Mary I |
Henry VIII’s daughter |
|
[Philip II of Spain] |
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1558-1603 |
Elizabeth I |
Henry VIII’s daughter |
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Unmarried |
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| Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (following the Union of England and Scotland Act 1603) |
|
The House of Stuart |
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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 |
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|
1625-1649 |
Charles I |
James I’s son (executed by Parliament) |
1625-1649 |
Henrietta Maria of France |
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| The Commonwealth and Protectorate |
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1653-1658 |
Oliver Cromwell |
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[Elizabeth Bourchier] |
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1658-1659 |
Richard Cromwell |
Oliver Cromwell’s son |
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[Dorothy Maijor] |
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| Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland |
|
The House of Stuart (restored) |
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|
1660-1685 |
Charles II |
Charles I’s son |
1662-1685 |
Catherine of Braganza |
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|
1685-1688 |
James II |
Charles I’s son (deposed) |
1685-1688 |
Mary of Modena |
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1689-1694 |
Mary II |
James II’s daughter |
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Ruled jointly as William and Mary |
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William III |
Mary II’s husband |
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1694-1702 |
William III |
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Ruled on his own after Mary’s death |
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1702-1707 |
Anne |
James II’s daughter |
1702-1707 |
Prince George of Denmark |
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| Monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland (following the Acts of Union 1707) |
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1707-1714 |
Anne |
|
1707-1708 |
Prince George of Denmark |
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The House of Hanover |
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|
1714-1727 |
George I |
James I’s great-grandson |
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[Sophia Dorothea of Celle] |
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1727-1760 |
George II |
George I’s son |
1727-1737 |
Caroline of Ansbach |
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1760-1800 |
George III |
George II’s grandson |
1760-1800 |
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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1801-1820 |
George III |
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1801-1818 |
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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1820-1830 |
George IV |
George III’s son |
1820-1821 |
Caroline of Brunswick |
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|
1830-1837 |
William IV |
George III’s son |
1830-1837 |
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen |
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|
1837-1840 |
Victoria |
George III’s granddaughter |
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The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (following Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) |
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1840-1901 |
Victoria |
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1840-1861 |
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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1901-1910 |
Edward VII |
Victoria’s son+ |
1901-1910 |
Alexandra of Denmark |
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|
1910-1917 |
George V |
Edward VII’s son |
1910-1917 |
Mary of Teck |
|
The House of Windsor |
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|
1917-1927 |
George V |
|
1917-1927 |
Mary of Teck |
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| Monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (following the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927) |
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1927-1936 |
George V |
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1927-1936 |
Mary of Teck |
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1936 |
Edward VIII |
George V’s son (abdicated, uncrowned) |
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Unmarried until after his abdication |
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1936-1952 |
George VI |
George V’s son |
1936-1952 |
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
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1952-2022 |
Elizabeth II |
George VI’s daughter |
1952-2021 |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
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2022- |
Charles III |
Elizabeth II’s son |
2022- |
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall |