Alternative History
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Name Reign Notes
The Saxons
Offa 757-796  
Egbert 802-839  
Ethelwulf 839-856 Egbert's son
Ethelbald 856-860 Ethelwulf's son
Ethelbert 860-865 Ethelwulf's son
Ethelred I 865-871 Ethelwulf's son
Alfred the Great 871-899 Ethelwulf's son
Edward the Elder 899-924 Alfred's son
Ethelweard 924 Edward's son
Athelstan 924-939 Edward's son
Edmund I 939-946 Edward's son
Edred 946-955 Edward's son
Edwy 955-959 Edmund's son
Edgar the Peaceful 959-975 Edmund's son
St Edward II the Martyr 975-978 Edgar's son
Ethelred II 978-1013
1014-1016
Edgar's son
Edmund II 1016 Ethelred II's son
The Danish Kings
For a period of time, both the Saxons and the Danish claimed the English throne.
Sweyn Forkbeard 1013-1014  
Canute the Great 1016-1035 Sweyn's son
Harold I 1035-1040 Canute's illegitimate son
Harthacanute 1040-1042 Canute's son
The Saxon Restoration
St Edward III the Confessor 1042-1066 Ethelred II's son
Harold II 1066-1066 Edward the Confessor's brother-in-law
Edgar Ætheling 1066-1066 Grandson of Edmund Ironside
The Normans
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, numbering of kings (a French tradition applied to the Saxons only by historians) begins anew, although this affects only the Edwards.
William I 1066-1087 known as William the Conqueror
William II 1087-1100 William I's son
Henry I 1100-1135 William I's son
Stephen 1135-1154 William I's grandson
The Angevins or Plantagenets
The Royal House name changed to reflect Matilda's marriage to Geoffrey Plantagenet.
Matilda (Empress Maud) 1141 Henry I's daughter
Henry II 1154-1189 Matilda's son
Richard I "Lionheart" 1189-1199 Henry II's son
Monarchs of England and Ireland
In 1199, John, already Lord of Ireland, inherited the English throne. The title "Lord of Ireland" was used until it was replaced by "King of Ireland" in 1564.
John "Lackland" 1199-1216 Henry II's son
Henry III 1216-1272 John's son
Edward I "Longshanks" 1272-1307 Henry III's son
Edward II 1307-1327 Edward I's son
Edward III 1327-1377 Edward II's son
Richard II 1377-1399 Edward III's grandson
The House of Lancaster
Henry Bolingbroke deposed Richard II, and the Royal House name came to reflect Henry's father's title, Duke of Lancaster.
Henry IV 1399-1413 Edward III's grandson
Henry V 1413-1422 Henry IV's son
Henry VI 1422-1461
1470-1471
Henry V's son
The House of York
The Houses of Lancaster and York had fought the Wars of the Roses, and the Yorkists took the throne.
Edward IV 1461-1470
1471-1483
Edward III's great-great-grandson
Edward V 1483 Edward IV's son
Richard III 1483-1485 Edward IV's brother
The House of Tudor
The Lancastrian Henry Tudor reclaimed the throne from the Yorkists.
Henry VII 1485-1509 Edward III's great-great-grandson
Arthur I of England 1509-1557 Henry VII's son, Edward IV's grandson
Mary I of England 1557-1564 Arthur I's daughter
Francis I of England 1564-1576 Mary I's son
Arthur II of England 1576-1606 Arthur I's grandson
Henry VIII of England 1606-1616 Arthur II's son
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