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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List of Monarchs of England (Cabotia and Brasil)
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