British Monarchs

Up until James I the list is only of the rulers of England, Ireland and Wales. After George V they are only the rulers of England, Scotland, and Wales. The pre-union monarchs of Scotland and Wales are not yet listed here.

Names are followed by dates of reign.

The Anglo-Saxon Kings

• see also Bretwalda for the period before 871
• [Ethelberht of Kent]? (560-616?
• [Offa of Mercia]? (757-796)
• Alfred I (871?-899)
• [Edward the Elder]? (899-924?)
• Athelstan? (925?-939?)
• Edmund? (936?-946?)
• Edred? (946?-955)
• Edwy? (956?- 959?)
• Edgar? (959?-July 8,975?
• Edward? (975?-978?)
• Ethelred? (978?-1016)
• Canute? (1016-1035?)
• [Edward the Confessor]? (1042?-1066)
• [Harold II]? (January 6, 1066 - October 14 1066)

Norman Kings

• William I (October 14, 1066- 1087)
• William II (1087- 1100?)
• Henry I (1100?-1135)
• Stephen I(1135-1154)

The Angevins

• Henry II (1154-1189?)
• Richard I (1189?-1199?)
• [John I]? (1199?-1216?)

The Plantagenets

• [Henry III]? (1216?-1272?)
• [Edward I]? (1272?-1307)
• [Edward II]? (1307-1327?)
• [Edward III]? (1327?-1377?)
• [Richard II]? ( 1377?- 1399?)

The Lancastrians

• [Henry IV]? (1399? - 1413?)
• [Henry V]? (1413?-1422?)
• [Henry VI]? (1422?-1461? and 1470?-1471)

The Yorkists

• [Edward IV]? (1461?-1470? and 1471-1483)
• [Edward V]? (April-June 1483)
• Richard III (June 1483- 1485?)

The Tudors

• Henry VII (1485? - 1509?)
• Henry VIII born: January 28, 1491? (1509?- January 28, 1547]])
• Edward VI (1547?-1553?)
• Mary I (1553?-1558?)
• Elizabeth I (1558? - 1603)

The Stuarts

• James I (1603- 1625)
• Charles I (1625-1649)

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Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell (1649-1659?)

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The Stuarts

• [Charles II]? (1660?-1685)
• James II (1685-1688)
• William III (1689-March 8 1702?) Mary II (1689-1694?) Known as "William and Mary"
• [Anne I]? (1702?-1714?)

The Hanovers

• [George I]? (1714?-1727)
• [George II]? (1727-1760)
• [George III]? (1760-1820)
• [George IV]? (1820-1830)
• [William IV]? (1830-37)

The Saxe-Coburg-Gothas

• Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
• [Edward VII]? (1901-1910)

The Windsors

• [George V]? (1910-1936)
• [Edward VIII]? (reigned January 1936 - December 10, 1936)
• [George VI]? (1936-February 6, 1952)
• Elizabeth II (1952 - Present)

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external links:

http://www.royal.gov.uk/history/crown.htm