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William V
since 8 September 2022
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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
House of Wessex
Alfred the Great, King of England
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, King of England
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
Tudor Crown (Heraldry) 1
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
Aethelstan, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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 marytr, King of England
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
AEthelred II the Unready, King of England
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, King of England
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
AEthelred II the Unready, King of England
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, King of England
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
Canute the Great, King of England
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, King of England
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
Harthacnut, King of England
(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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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
Matilda, Queen of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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, King of England
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
King Henry V from NPG
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
King Henry VI
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, King of England
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
King Henry VI
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, King of England
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
King Edward V
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, King of England
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
King Henry VII from NPG
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
After Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of Henry VIII - Google Art Project
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 of England
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
Streathamladyjayne
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, Queen of England
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
Philip II
(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, Queen of England
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
House of Stuart
James I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
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, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
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, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
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 by Samuel Cooper
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
Richard Cromwell (1626-1712), by Gerard Soest
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
House of Stuart
Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
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, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
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
After Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) - Mary II (1662-1694) - RCIN 407686 - Royal Collection
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, King of England, Ireland and Scotland
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, Queen of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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, King of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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 by Thomas Hudson
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, King of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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, King of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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, King of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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, Queen of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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, King of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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, King of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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, King of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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
King George VI
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, Queen of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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, King of the United Kingdom in Coronation Robes
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
Prince William of the United Kingdom in Garter robes
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

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