This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England and Great Britain begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England. Alfred styled himself king of the Anglo-Saxons from about 886, and while he was not the first king to claim to rule all of the English, his rule represents the start of the first unbroken line of kings to rule the whole of England, the House of Wessex.
Arguments are made for a few different kings thought to have controlled enough Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to be deemed the first king of England. For example, Offa of Mercia and Egbert of Wessex are sometimes described as kings of England by popular writers, but it is no longer the majority view of historians that their wide dominions are part of a process leading to a unified England. Historian Simon Keynes states, for example, that "Offa was driven by a lust for power, not a vision of English unity; and what he left was a reputation, not a legacy." This refers to a period in the late 8th century when Offa achieved a dominance over many of the kingdoms of southern England, but this did not survive his death in 796. Likewise, in 829 Egbert of Wessex conquered Mercia, but he soon lost control of it.
It was not until the late 9th century that one kingdom, Wessex, had become the dominant Anglo-Saxon kingdom. Its king, Alfred the Great, was overlord of western Mercia and used the title King of the Angles and Saxons, but he never ruled eastern and northern England, which was then known as the Danelaw, having earlier been conquered by the Danes from southern Scandinavia. His son Edward the Elder conquered the eastern Danelaw, but Edward's son Æthelstan became the first king to rule the whole of England when he conquered Northumbria in 927, and he is regarded by some modern historians as the first true king of England. The title "King of the English" or Rex Anglorum in Latin, was first used to describe Æthelstan in one of his charters in 928. The standard title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was "King of the English". In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of "King" or "Queen of England".
The Principality of Wales was incorporated into the Kingdom of England under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284, and in 1301 King Edward I invested his eldest son, the future King Edward II, as Prince of Wales. Since that time, the eldest sons of all English monarchs, except for King Edward III, have borne this title.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth I without issue in 1603, her cousin King James VI of Scotland inherited the English crown as James I of England, joining the crowns of England and Scotland in personal union. By royal proclamation, James styled himself "King of Great Britain", but no such kingdom was actually created until 1707, when England and Scotland united during the reign of Queen Anne to form the new Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single British parliament sitting at Westminster. This marked the end of the Kingdom of England as a sovereign state. There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603. On 1 January 1801, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged to create the present United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
List of Monarchs[]
English Monarchs[]
Disputed Legitimacy
Portrait | Name | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death | Claim |
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House of Wessex | |||||
Alfred The Great (King of Wessex from 871) c. 886 – 26 October 899 (13 years) |
849
Son of ÆThelwulf of Wessex and Osburh |
Ealhswith of Gainsborough 868 5 children |
26 October 899 Aged about 50 |
Son of Æthelwulf of Wessex
Treaty of Wedmore | |
Edward The Elder 26 October 899 – 17 July 924 (24 years, 8 months and 21 days) |
c. 874
Son of Alfred and Ealhswith |
(1) Ecgwynn c. 893 2 children (2) Ælfflæd c. 900 8 children (3) Eadgifu of Kent c. 919 4 children |
17 July 924 Aged about 50 |
Son of Alfred | |
Ælfweard 17 July 924 – 2 August 924 (16 days) |
c. 901
Son of Edward The Elder and Ælfflæd |
Unmarried? No children | 2 August 924
Aged about 23 |
Son of Edward The Elder | |
Æthelstan the Glorious 924 – 27 October 939 (14–15 years) |
894
Son of Edward The Elder and Ecgwynn |
Unmarried | 27 October 939 Aged about 45 |
Son of Edward the Elder | |
Edmund I The Magnificent 27 October 939 – 26 May 946 (6 years, 6 months and 29 days) |
c. 921
Son of Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent |
(1) Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury 2 sons (2) Æthelflæd of Damerham 944 No children |
26 May 946 Pucklechurch Killed in a brawl aged about 25 |
Son of Edward the Elder | |
Eadred 26 May 946 – 23 November 955 (9 years, 5 months and 28 days) |
c. 923
Son of Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent |
Unmarried | 23 November 955 Frome Aged about 32 |
Son of Edward the Elder | |
Eadwig All-Fair 23 November 955 – 1 October 959 (3 years, 10 months and 8 days) |
c. 940
Son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury |
Ælfgifu No verified children |
1 October 959 Aged about 19 |
Son of Edmund I | |
Edgar I The Peaceful 1 October 959 – 8 July 975 (15 years, 9 months and 7 days) |
c. 943 Wessex Son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury |
(1) Æthelflæd c. 960 1 son (2) Ælfthryth c. 964 2 sons |
8 July 975 Winchester Aged 31 |
Son of Edmund I | |
Edward The Martyr 8 July 975 – 18 March 978 (2 years, 8 months and 10 days) |
c. 962
Son of Edgar the Peaceful and Æthelflæd |
Unmarried | 18 March 978 Corfe Castle Murdered aged about 16 |
Son of Edgar the Peaceful | |
Æthelred II The Unready (Badly advised) 18 March 978 – 25 December 1013 (35 years, 9 months and 7 days) |
c. 966
Son of Edgar the Peaceful and Ælfthryth |
(1) Ælfgifu of York 991 9 children (2) Emma of Normandy 1002 3 children |
23 April 1016 London Aged about 48 |
Son of Edgar the Peaceful | |
House of Denmark | |||||
Sweyn Forkbeard 25 December 1013 – 3 February 1014 (1 month 9 days) |
17 April 963 Denmark Son of Harald Bluetooth and either Tove or Gunhild |
(1) Gunhild of Wenden c. 990 7 children (2) Sigrid the Haughty c. 1000 1 daughter |
3 February 1014 Gainsborough Aged 50 |
Right of conquest (great-grandson of a king of Northumbria) | |
House of Wessex | |||||
Æthelred II The Unready (Badly advised) 3 February 1014 – 23 April 1016 (2 years, 2 months and 20 days) |
c. 966
Son of Edgar the Peaceful and Ælfthryth |
(1) Ælfgifu of York 991 9 children (2) Emma of Normandy 1002 3 children |
23 April 1016 London Aged about 48 |
Son of Edgar the Peaceful | |
Edmund II Ironside 23 April 1016 – 30 November 1016 (7 months and 7 days) |
c. 990
Son of Æthelred and Ælfgifu of York |
Edith of East Anglia 2 children |
30 November 1016 Glastonbury Aged 26 |
Son of Æthelred | |
House of Denmark | |||||
Cnut I The Great 18 October 1016 – 12 November 1035 (19 years, 25 days) |
c. 995
Son of Sweyn Forkbeard and Gunhilda of Poland |
(1) Ælfgifu of Northampton 2 sons (2) Emma of Normandy 1017 2 children |
12 November 1035 Shaftesbury Aged about 40 |
Son of Sweyn
Treaty of Deerhurst | |
Harold I Harefoot 12 November 1035 – 17 March 1040 (4 years, 4 months and 5 days) |
c. 1016
Son of Cnut the Great and Ælfgifu of Northampton |
Ælfgifu?1 son? | 17 March 1040 Oxford Aged about 24 |
Son of Cnut the Great | |
(Hartha) Cnut II 17 March 1040 – 8 June 1042 (2 years, 2 months and 22 days) |
1018
Son of Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy |
Unmarried | 8 June 1042 Lambeth Aged about 24 |
Son of Cnut the Great | |
House of Wessex | |||||
Edward The Confessor 8 June 1042 – 5 January 1066 (23 years, 6 months and 28 days) |
c. 1003 Islip Son of Æthelred and Emma of Normandy |
Edith of Wessex 23 January 1045 No children |
5 January 1066 Westminster Palace Aged about 63 |
Son of Æthelred | |
House of Godwin | |||||
Harold II Godwinson 6 January 1066 – 14 October 1066 (9 months and 8 days) |
c. 1022
Son of Godwin of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir |
(1) Edith Swannesha 5 children (2) Ealdgyth c. 1064 2 sons |
14 October 1066 Hastings Died in the Battle of Hastings aged 44 |
Supposedly named heir by Edward the Confessor
Elected by the Witenagemot | |
House of Wessex | |||||
Edgar II Ætheling 15 October 1066 – 17 December 1066 (2 months and 2 days) |
c. 1051
Son of Edward the Exile and Agatha |
No known marriage | 1125 or 1126 Aged about 75 |
Grandson of Edmund Ironside
Elected by the Witenagemot | |
House of Normandy | |||||
William I The Conqueror 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 (20 years, 8 months and 15 days) |
c. 1028 Falaise Castle Son of Robert the Magnificent and Herleva |
Matilda of Flanders Normandy 1053 9 children |
9 September 1087 Rouen Aged about 59 |
Supposedly named heir in 1052 by Edward the Confessor
First cousin once removed of Edward the Confessor Right of conquest | |
William II Rufus 26 September 1087 – 2 August 1100 (12 years, 10 months and 7 days) |
c. 1056 Normandy Son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders |
Unmarried | 2 August 1100 New Forest Shot with an arrow aged 44 |
Son of William I
Granted the Kingdom of England over elder brother Robert Curthose (who remained the Duke of Normandy) | |
Henry I Beauclerc 5 August 1100 – 1 December 1135 (35 years, 3 months and 26 days) |
September 1068 Selby Son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders |
(1) Matilda of Scotland Westminster Abbey 11 November 1100 2 children (2) Adeliza of Louvain Windsor Castle 29 January 1121 No children |
1 December 1135 Saint-Denis-en-Lyons Aged 67 |
Son of William I
Seizure of the Crown (from Robert Curthose) | |
House of Blois | |||||
Stephen Of Blois 22 December 1135 – 25 October 1154 (18 years, 10 months and 3 days) |
c. 1096 Blois Son of Stephen II of Blois and Adela of Normandy |
Matilda of Boulogne Westminster 1125 6 children |
25 October 1154 Dover Castle Aged about 58 |
Grandson of William I
Appointment / usurpation | |
House of Normandy | |||||
Maud Empress Matilda 7 April 1141 – 1 November 1148 (7 years, 6 months and 25 days) |
7 February 1102 Sutton Courtenay Daughter of Henry I and Edith of Scotland |
(1) Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire Mainz 6 January 1114 No children (2) Geoffrey V of Anjou Le Mans Cathedral 22 May 1128 3 sons |
10 September 1167 Rouen Aged 65 |
Daughter of Henry I
Seizure of the Crown | |
House of Plantagenet | |||||
Henry II Curtmantle 19 December 1154 – 6 July 1189 (34 years, 6 months and 17 days) |
5 March 1133 Le Mans Son of Geoffrey V of Anjou and Matilda |
Eleanor of Aquitaine Bordeaux Cathedral 18 May 1152 8 children |
6 July 1189 Chinon Aged 56 |
Grandson of Henry I
Treaty of Wallingford Great-great-great-grandson of Edmund Ironside | |
Henry II named his son, Henry the Young King (1155–1183), as co-ruler with him but this was a Norman custom of designating an heir, and the younger Henry did not outlive his father and rule in his own right, so he is not counted as a monarch on lists of kings. | |||||
Richard I The Lionheart 3 September 1189 – 6 April 1199 (9 years, 7 months and 3 days) |
8 September 1157 Beaumont Palace Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine |
Berengaria of Navarre Limassol 12 May 1191 No children |
6 April 1199 Châlus Shot by a quarrel aged 41 |
Son of Henry II
Primogeniture | |
John Lackland 27 May 1199 – 19 October 1216 (17 years, 4 months and 22 days) |
24 December 1166 Beaumont Palace Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine |
(1) Isabel of Gloucester Marlborough Castle 29 August 1189 No children (2) Isabella of Angoulême Bordeaux Cathedral 24 August 1200 5 children |
19 October 1216 Newark-on-Trent Aged 49 |
Son of Henry II
Nomination Proximity of blood | |
Henry III Of Winchester 28 October 1216 – 16 November 1272 (56 years, 19 days) |
1 October 1207 Winchester Castle Son of John and Isabella of Angoulême |
Eleanor of Provence Canterbury Cathedral 14 January 1236 5 children |
16 November 1272 Westminster Palace Aged 65 |
Son of John
Primogeniture | |
Edward I Longshanks 20 November 1272 – 7 July 1307 (34 years, 7 months and 17 days) |
17 June 1239 Palace of Westminster Son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence |
(1) Eleanor of Castile Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas 18 October 1254 16 children (2) Margaret of France Canterbury 10 September 1299 3 children |
7 July 1307 Burgh by Sands Aged 68 |
Son of Henry III
Primogeniture | |
Edward II of Caernarfon 8 July 1307 – 20 January 1327 (19 years, 6 months and 12 days) Abdicated |
25 April 1284 Caernarfon Castle Son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile |
Isabella of France Boulogne Cathedral 24 January 1308 4 children |
21 September 1327 Berkeley Castle Murdered aged 43 |
Son of Edward I
Primogeniture | |
Edward III Good King Edward 25 January 1327 – 21 June 1377 (50 years, 4 months and 27 days) |
13 November 1312 Windsor Castle Son of Edward II and Isabella of France |
Philippa of Hainault York Minster 25 January 1328 14 children |
21 June 1377 Sheen Palace Aged 64 |
Son of Edward II
Primogeniture | |
Richard II The Tyrant 22 June 1377 – 29 September 1399 (22 years, 3 months and 7 days) Overthrown |
6 January 1367 Bordeaux Son of Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent |
(1) Anne of Bohemia 14 January 1382 No children (2) Isabella of Valois Calais 4 November 1396 No children |
14 February 1400 Pontefract Castle Aged 33 |
Grandson of Edward III
Primogeniture | |
House of Lancaster | |||||
Henry IV Of Bolingbroke 30 September 1399 – 20 March 1413 (13 years, 5 months and 20 days) |
c. April 1367 Bolingbroke Castle Son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster |
(1) Mary de Bohun Arundel Castle 27 July 1380 6 children (2) Joanna of Navarre Winchester Cathedral 7 February 1403 No children |
20 March 1413 Westminster Abbey Aged 45 |
Grandson / heir male of Edward III
Usurpation | |
Henry V Of Monmouth 21 March 1413 – 31 August 1422 (9 years, 5 months and 10 days) |
16 September 1386 Monmouth Castle Son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun |
Catherine of Valois Troyes Cathedral 2 June 1420 1 son |
31 August 1422 Château de Vincennes Aged 35 |
Son of Henry IV
Agnatic primogeniture | |
Henry VI The Pious 1 September 1422 – 4 March 1461 (38 years, 6 months and 3 days) |
6 December 1421 Windsor Castle Son of Henry V and Catherine of Valois |
Margaret of Anjou Titchfield Abbey 22 April 1445 1 son |
21 May 1471 Tower of London Allegedly murdered aged 49 |
Son of Henry V
Agnatic primogeniture | |
House of York | |||||
Edward IV Of York 4 March 1461 – 3 October 1470 (9 years, 6 months and 29 days) |
28 April 1442 Rouen Son of Richard of York and Cecily Neville |
Elizabeth Woodville Grafton Regis 1 May 1464 10 children |
9 April 1483 Westminster Palace Aged 40 |
Great-great-grandson / heir general of Edward III
Seizure of the Crown Act of Accord | |
House of Lancaster | |||||
Henry VI The Pious 3 October 1470 – 11 April 1471 (6 months and 8 days) |
6 December 1421 Windsor Castle Son of Henry V and Catherine of Valois |
Margaret of Anjou Titchfield Abbey 22 April 1445 1 son |
21 May 1471 Tower of London Allegedly murdered aged 49 |
Son of Henry V
Agnatic primogeniture | |
House of York | |||||
Edward IV Of York 11 April 1471 – 9 April 1483 (11 years, 11 months and 29 days) |
28 April 1442 Rouen Son of Richard of York and Cecily Neville |
Elizabeth Woodville Grafton Regis 1 May 1464 10 children |
9 April 1483 Westminster Palace Aged 40 |
Great-great-grandson / heir general of Edward III
Seizure of the Crown Act of Accord | |
Edward V The Uncrowned 9 April 1483 – 25 June 1483 (2 months and 16 days) |
2 November 1470 Westminster Son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville |
Unmarried | Disappeared mid-1483 London Allegedly murdered aged 12 |
Son of Edward IV
Primogeniture | |
Richard III The Last Plantagenet 26 June 1483 – 22 August 1485 (2 years, 1 month 27 days) |
2 October 1452 Fotheringhay Castle Son of Richard of York and Cecily Neville |
Anne Neville Westminster Abbey 12 July 1472 1 son |
22 August 1485 Bosworth Field Killed in battle aged 32 |
Great-great-grandson of Edward III
Titulus Regius | |
House of Tudor | |||||
Henry VII The Winter King, The Huckster 22 August 1485 – 21 April 1509 (23 years, 7 months and 30 days) |
28 January 1457 Pembroke Castle Son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort |
Elizabeth of York Westminster Abbey 18 January 1486 8 children |
21 April 1509 Richmond Palace Aged 52 |
Great-great-great-grandson of Edward III
Right of conquest Marriage to Elizabeth of York | |
Henry VIII Old Coppernose 22 April 1509 – 28 January 1547 (37 years, 9 months and 6 days) |
28 June 1491 Greenwich Palace Son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York |
(1) Catherine of Aragon Greenwich 11 June 1509 1 daughter (2) Anne Boleyn Westminster Palace 25 January 1533 1 daughter (3) Jane Seymour Whitehall Palace 30 May 1536 1 son 3 further marriagesNo more children |
28 January 1547 Whitehall Palace Aged 55 |
Son of Henry VII
Primogeniture | |
Edward VI The New Josiah 28 January 1547 – 6 July 1553 (6 years, 5 months and 8 days) |
12 October 1537 Hampton Court Palace Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour |
Unmarried | 6 July 1553 Greenwich Palace Aged 15 |
Son of Henry VIII
Primogeniture | |
House of Grey | |||||
Jane Jane The Nine days queen 10 July 1553 – 19 July 1553 (9 days) |
1536 or 1537 Bradgate Park Daughter of the 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon |
Guildford Dudley The Strand 21 May 1553 No children |
12 February 1554 Tower of London Executed aged about 17 |
Great-granddaughter of Henry VII
Devise for the Succession | |
House of Tudor | |||||
Mary I Bloody Mary 19 July 1553 – 17 November 1558 (5 years, 3 months and 29 days) |
18 February 1516 Greenwich Palace Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon |
Philip II of Spain Winchester Cathedral 25 July 1554 No children |
17 November 1558 St James's Palace Aged 42 |
Daughter of Henry VIII
Third Succession Act | |
(Jure uxoris) Philip of Spain 25 July 1554 – 17 November 1558 (4 years, 3 months and 23 days) |
21 May 1527 Valladolid Son of Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Isabella of Portugal |
Mary I of England Winchester Cathedral 25 July 1554 No children 3 other marriages 7 children |
13 September 1598 El Escorial Aged 71 |
Husband of Mary I
Act for the Marriage of Queen Mary to Philip of Spain | |
Elizabeth I The Virgin Queen, Gloriana 17 November 1558 – 24 March 1603 (44 years, 4 months and 7 days) |
7 September 1533 Greenwich Palace Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn |
Unmarried | 24 March 1603 Richmond Palace Aged 69 |
Daughter of Henry VIII
Third Succession Act |
United Crown[]
Portrait | Name | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death | Claim |
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House of Stuart | |||||
James I The Vain, The Wisest Fool In Christendom 24 March 1603 – 27 March 1625 (22 years, 3 days) |
19 June 1566 Edinburgh Castle Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley |
Anne of Denmark Oslo 23 November 1589 7 children |
27 March 1625 Theobalds House Aged 58 |
Great-great-grandson / heir general of Henry VII | |
Charles I The Martyr 27 March 1625 – 30 January 1649 (23 years, 10 months and 3 days) |
19 November 1600 Dunfermline Palace Son of James I and Anne of Denmark |
Henrietta Maria of FranceSt Augustine's Abbey13 June 1625 9 children |
30 January 1649 Whitehall Palace Executed aged 48 |
Son of James I
Cognatic primogeniture | |
First Interregnum 1649–1660 | |||||
Charles II The Merry Monarch 30 January 1649 – 6 February 1685 (36 years, 7 days) King in exile 1649-1660 |
29 May 1630 St James's Palace Son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France |
Catherine of Braganza Portsmouth 21 May 1662 No children |
6 February 1685 Whitehall Palace Aged 54 |
Son of Charles I
Cognatic primogeniture | |
Oliver Cromwell 16 December 1653 – 3 September 1658 (4 years, 8 months and 18 days) |
25 April 1599 Huntingdon Son of Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward |
Elizabeth Bourchier St Giles 22 August 1620 9 children |
3 September 1658 Whitehall Aged 59 |
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Richard Cromwell 3 September 1658 – 7 May 1659 (8 months and 4 days) |
4 October 1626 Huntingdon Son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier |
Dorothy Maijor May 1649 9 children |
12 July 1712 Cheshunt Aged 85 |
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House of Stuart | |||||
Charles II The Merry Monarch 29 May 1660 – 6 February 1685 (24 years, 8 months and 8 days) |
29 May 1630 St James's Palace Son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France |
Catherine of Braganza Portsmouth 21 May 1662 No children |
6 February 1685 Whitehall Palace Aged 54 |
Son of Charles I
Cognatic primogeniture English Restoration | |
James II The Be-shitten 6 February 1685 – Overthrown 23 December 1688 (3 years, 10 months and 17 days) |
14 October 1633 St James's Palace Son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France |
(1) Anne Hyde The Strand 3 September 1660 8 children (2) Mary of Modena Dover 21 November 1673 7 children |
16 September 1701 Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye Aged 67 |
Son of Charles I
Cognatic primogeniture | |
Second Interregnum 1688–1689 | |||||
Houses of Stuart and Orange | |||||
Mary II The Glorious Mary 13 February 1689 – 28 December 1694 (5 years, 10 months and 15 days) |
30 April 1662 St James's Palace Daughter of James II and Anne Hyde |
William III of England St James's Palace 4 November 1677 No children |
28 December 1694 Kensington Palace Aged 32 |
Daughter of James II
Offered the Crown by Parliament | |
William III Of Orange 13 February 1689 – 8 March 1702 (13 years, 23 days) |
4 November 1650 The Hague Son of William II of Orange and Mary of England |
Mary II of England St James's Palace 4 November 1677 No children |
8 March 1702 Kensington Palace Aged 51 |
Grandson of Charles I
Offered the Crown by Parliament | |
Anne Good Queen Anne 8 March 1702 – 1 August 1714 (12 years, 4 months and 24 days) |
6 February 1665 St James's Palace Daughter of James VII and II and Anne Hyde |
George of Denmark St James's Palace 28 July 1683 5 children until 28 October 1708 |
1 August 1714 Kensington Palace Aged 49 |
Daughter of James VII and II
Bill of Rights 1689 | |
House of Hanover | |||||
George I Turnip-Hoer 1 August 1714 – 11 June 1727 (12 years, 10 months and 10 days) |
28 May 1660 Leineschloss Son of Sophia of the Palatinate, and Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover |
Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle 21 November 1682 2 children div. 28 December 1694 |
11 June 1727 Osnabrück Aged 67 |
Great-grandson of James VI and I
Act of Settlement 1701 | |
George II The Quarrelsome 11 June 1727 – 25 October 1760 (33 years, 4 months and 14 days) |
30 October 1683 Herrenhausen Palace Son of George I and Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle |
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach Herrenhausen Gardens 22 August 1705 8 children until 20 November 1737 |
25 October 1760 Kensington Palace Aged 76 |
Son of George I | |
George III The Mad, Farmer George 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820 (59 years, 3 months and 4 days) |
24 May 1738
Norfolk House Son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz St James's Palace 8 September 1761 15 children until 17 November 1818 |
29 January 1820 Windsor Castle Aged 81 |
Grandson of George II | |
George IV The Prince of Whales, The Fat 29 January 1820 — 26 June 1830 (10 years, 4 months and 28 days) |
12 August 1762 St James's Palace Son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel St James's Palace 8 April 1795 1 daughter until 7 August 1821 |
26 June 1830 Windsor Castle Aged 67 |
Son of George III | |
William IV Sailor King 26 June 1830 — 20 June 1837 (6 years, 11 months and 25 days) |
21 August 1765 Buckingham Palace Son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Kew Palace 13 July 1818 2 daughters |
20 June 1837 Windsor Castle Aged 71 |
Brother of George IV | |
Victoria The Great 20 June 1837 — 22 January 1901 (63 years, 7 months and 2 days) |
24 May 1819
Kensington Palace Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha St James's Palace 10 February 1840 9 children until 14 December 1861 |
22 January 1901 Osborne House Aged 81 |
Niece of William IV | |
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |||||
Edward VII The Peacemaker 22 January 1901 — 6 May 1910 (9 years, 3 months and 14 days) |
9 November 1841 Buckingham Palace Son of Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Alexandra of Denmark St George's Chapel 10 March 1863 6 children |
6 May 1910 Buckingham Palace Aged 68 |
Son of Victoria | |
House of Windsor | |||||
George V The Great 6 May 1910 — 20 January 1936 (25 years, 8 months and 14 days) |
3 June 1865 Marlborough House Son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark |
Mary of Teck St James's Palace 6 July 1893 6 children |
20 January 1936 Sandringham House Aged 70 |
Son of Edward VII | |
Edward VIII The Traitor King 20 January 1936 — 11 December 1936 (10 months and 21 days) Abdicated |
23 June 1894 White Lodge Son of George V and Mary of Teck |
Wallis Simpson Château de Candé 3 June 1937 |
28 May 1972 Neuilly-sur-Seine Aged 77 |
Son of George V | |
George VI The Victorious 11 December 1936 — 6 February 1952 (15 years, 1 month 26 days) |
14 December 1895 Sandringham House Son of George V and Mary of Teck |
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Westminster Abbey 26 April 1923 2 daughters |
6 February 1952 Sandringham House Aged 56 |
Brother of Edward VIII | |
Elizabeth II The Great 6 February 1952 — 8 September 2022 (70 years, 7 months and 2 days) |
21 April 1926 Mayfair Daughter of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
Philip of Greece and Denmark Westminster Abbey 20 November 1947 4 children until 9 April 2021 |
8 September 2022 Balmoral Castle Aged 96 |
Daughter of George VI | |
Charles III The Old 8 September 2022 — (Reigning) |
14 November 1948 Buckingham Palace Son of Elizabeth II and Philip of Greece and Denmark |
(1) Diana Spencer St Paul's Cathedral 29 July 1981 2 sons div. 28 August 1996 (2) Camilla Parker Bowles Windsor Guildhall 9 April 2005 |
Living | Son of Elizabeth II |
Image | Name | Born | Marriage(s) | Death | Claim |
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William (V) | 21 June 1982 St Mary's Hospital, London, Son of Charles III and Diana Spencer |
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton Westminster Abbey 29 April 2011 3 children |
Living | Son of Charles III |
Titles[]
Flag | Country | Monarch | Heir to the Throne |
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United Kingdom | King | Prince of Wales • Duke of Cornwall • Earl of Chester | |
England | King | Duke of Cornwall • Earl of Chester | |
Northern Ireland | King | Duke of Ulster | |
Scotland | King | Duke of Rothesay • Earl of Strathearn | |
Wales | King | Prince of Cambria • Duke of Eryri | |
Ireland | King | Prince of Munster • Earl of Tara | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Prince | Duke of Barbuda | |
Bahamas | King | Duke of Freeport | |
Barbados | Prince | Duke of Saint Michael | |
Belize | King | Duke of Corozal | |
Canada | Emperor | Prince of Nunavut, Duke of Ontario | |
Dominica | Prince | Duke of Roseau | |
Grenada | Prince | Duke of Carriacou | |
Jamaica | King | Duke of Trelawny | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Prince | Duke of Nevis | |
Saint Lucia | Prince | Duke of Dennery | |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Prince | Duke of Chateaubelair |
Trinidad and Tobago | King | Duke of Tobago | |
Guyana | King | Duke of Linden | |
Hong Kong | King | Duke of Kowloon | |
Mauritius | King | Duke of Agalega | |
Australia | Emperor | Prince of Tasmania | |
Fiji | King | Duke of Lautoka | |
New Zealand | King | Prince of Auckland, Duke of Christchurch | |
Papua New Guinea | King | Prince of Morobe, Duke of New Britain | |
Solomon Islands | King | Duke of Guadalcanal | |
Tuvalu | King | Duke of Fongafale |