The Kings and Queens of Anglia are normally dated from Sweyn I's rule, even though Anglia did not become independent from Wessex until the defeat of Edmund II Ironside by Cnut I a few years later.
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Sweyn I Forkbeard (Sweyn I of Denmark-Viken) |
December, 1013 | February, 1014 | Conquest from Aethelred II |
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Aethelred II | February, 1014 | 23rd April, 1016 | Resumption of rule over all England following death of Sweyn I Forkbeard |
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Edmund II Ironside | 23rd April, 1016 | 25th December, 1016 | Son of Aethelred II |
Division of England into Wessex and Anglia after battle of Assandun.
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Cnut I | 25th December, 1016 | 12th August, 1032 | Son of Sweyn I, conquest from Edmund II |
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Harald I Harefoot | 12th August, 1032 | 8th April, 1059 | Son of Cnut I |
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Aelfwine | 8th April, 1059 | 14th November, 1074 | Son of Harald I Harefoot |
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Sweyn II | 14th November, 1074 | 28th May, 1097 | Son of Aelfwine |
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Harald II Godwinsson | 28th May, 1097 | 19th October, 1098 | Election by Witenage |
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Cnut II (Cnut IV of Denmark-Viken) | 19th October, 1098 | 14th September, 1099 | Great-grandson of Sweyn I Forkbeard, conquest |
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Charles I | 14th September, 1099 | 3rd May, 1130 | Son of Cnut II |
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Cnut III | 3rd May, 1130 | 6th December, 1161 | Son of Charles I |
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Cnut IV | 6th December, 1161 | 8th February, 1191 | Son of Cnut III |
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Harold III | 8th February, 1191 | 16th December, 1212 | Cnut IV |
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Charles II | 16th December, 1212 | 17th July, 1236 | Brother of Harold III |
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John I | 17th July, 1236 | 1st July, 1241 | Son of Charles II |
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Conrad | 1st July, 1241 | 12th August, 1275 | Brother of John I |
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Charles III | 12th August, 1275 | 14th March, 1310 | Son of Conrad |
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Henry I | 14th March, 1310 | 3rd March, 1347 | Son of Charles III |
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Henry II | 3rd March, 1347 | 26th May, 1390 | Son of Henry I |
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Charles IV | 26th May, 1390 | 3rd April, 1423 | Son of Henry II |
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Henry III | 3rd April, 1423 | 8th July, 1437 | Son of Charles IV |
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Richard I | 8th July, 1437 | 7th January, 1451 | Brother of Henry III |
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William I | 7th January, 1451 | 14th March, 1486 | Brother of Richard I |
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William II | 14th March, 1486 | 17th April, 1493 | Son of William I |
William II spends the last years of his reign preparing the way for his sole heir, his sister Anna of Norfolk, to pass the throne on to a as yet unborn son. However at his death, she still does not have a son. Flemish lords argue that she is unable to inherit, or pass on, Anglia's continental properties due to Salian law. This unleashes the War of Anglian Succession as her cousins Eric IX of Denmark and Sigismund I of Luxembourg fight for the crown. Through mutual consent she acts as regent for the Danish claimants in Anglia itself.
Portrait | Name | Rule from | Rule Until | Relationship with predecessor/ method of succession |
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Anna I | Regency 17th April, 1493 | 8th July, 1517) | Sister of William II |
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Eric
(Eric IX of Denmark-Viken-Svealand) |
17th April, 1493 | 15th May, 1509 | Great-grandson of Charles IV |
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Christopher I
(Christopher II of Denmark-Viken-Svealand) |
15th May, 1509 | 20th June, 1517 | Son of Eric |
Denmark renounces the Anglian crown. After a short interegnum Anglian nobles pick John III of Luxembourg after Anna I's death late in 1517. Her son William of Norfolk governs on John III's behalf.
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John II
(John III of Luxembourg) (William III regent) |
20th June, 1517 | 4th April, 1523 | Great-great-grandson of Charles IV |
Luxembourg renounces the Anglian crown to end the war but takes its continental properties. Anna I's son William is elected king in his own right, marries Elizabeth of Luxembourg and receives Fryslân as a dowry.
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William III | 4th April, 1523 | 18th February, 1540 | Son of Anna I, son-in-law of John II, Election by Witenage |
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Henry IV | 18th February, 1540 | 3rd December, 1563 | Son of William III |
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John III | 3rd December, 1563 | 4th August, 1574 | Brother of Henry IV |
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Richard II | 4th August, 1574 | 25th June, 1577 | Brother of John III, seized throne in Civil War |
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John III
Restored |
June, 1577 | September, 1577 | Seized throne in Civil War |
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Richard III | September, 1577 | 12th June, 1580 | Son of Richard II, seized throne in Civil War |
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John III 2nd Restoration |
12th June, 1580 | 23rd October, 1581 | Seized throne in Civil War |
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Richard III Restored |
23rd October, 1581 | 28th April, 1590 | Seized throne in Civil War |
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William IV | 28th April, 1590 | 9th April, 1603 | Son of John III, seized throne in Civil War |
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Anna II | 9th April, 1603 | 24th September, 1610 | Daughter of William IV |
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John IV | 24th September, 1610 | 12th September, 1649 | Great-grandson of William III |
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John V | 12th September, 1649 | 30th March, 1670 | Son of John IV |
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Louis | 30th March, 1670 | 11th March, 1686 | Grandson of Anna II |
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Henry V | 11th March, 1686 | 7th September, 1715 | Son of Louis |
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Henry VI | 7th September, 1715 | 3rd February, 1718 | Son of Henry V |
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Henry VII | 3rd February, 1718 | 4th August, 1763 | Son of Henry VI |
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Charles V | 4th August, 1763 | 1784 | Son of Henry VII |
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Alexandria | 1784 | 1825 | Sister of Charles V |
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