Many years ago in the 1920's my great Aunt Hilda traced our family tree back to the Kings and Queens of England from the 7th. Century. This basically means I am related to most of the British Royal Family going back 1500 years. This has made me a great fan of English and British History and below is a list of English and British Kings and Queens.
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774-796 Offa King of the Angles and not necessarily the Saxons.
802 - 839
Egbert
839 - 856
Ethelwulf
856 - 860
Ethelbald
860 - 866
Ethelberht
866 - 871
Ethelred I
the unready
871 - 899
Alfred the Great
He who burnt cakes
899 - 924
Edward the Elder
924 - 939
Athelstan
May have been the son of his fathers mistress
939 - 946
Edmund I
Murdered
946 - 955
Edred
955 - 959
Edwy
Aged 13 when he became king
959 - 975
Edgar
His wife was the first to be crowned Queen
975 - 979
Edward the Martyr
Murdered
979 - 1013
Ethelred II the Unready
Primogeniture
1013 - 1014
Sweyn
Installed by the nobility he was Canute's father
1014 - 1016
Ethelred II the Unready
Unready means No-counsel or Unwise
1016 - 1016
Edmund II Ironside
Only ruled for 6 months
1016 - 1035
Canute
Tried to hold back the tide
1035 - 1040
Harold Harefoot
He usurped Hardicanute and murdered the only other contender
1040 - 1042
Hardicanute
Also King of Denmark he drunk himself to death
1042 - 1066
Edward the Confessor
Responsible for the building of Westminster Abbey
1066 - 1066
Harold II
Killed at Hastings - that he was shot in the eye is a myth
The Normans
1066 - 1087
William I the Conqueror
A comtemporary chronicle described him as a stern and violent man. The Bayeaux Tapestrey was created by weavers in Kent, England.
1087 - 1100
William II
Killed in hunting accident
1100 - 1135
Henry I
Died from eating too many Lampreys
1135 - 1154
Stephen
Briefly usurped by Matilda
House of Plantagenet
1154 - 1189
Henry II
died in Battle
1189 - 1199
Richard I The Lion Heart
Famous for his crusades and for leaving John as his Regent
1199 - 1216
John
The King John of Robin Hood fame who was forces to sign Magna Carta
1216 - 1272
Henry III
Unsuccessfully tried to set aside the Magna Carta
1272 - 1307
Edward I
Conquerer of the Welsh and the King Edward of Braveheart fame
1307 - 1327
Edward II
Renounced throne and later murdered
1327 - 1377
Edward III
Created the Duchy of Cornwall to support the heir to the throne
1377 - 1399
Richard II
Murdered
House of Lancaster
1399 - 1413
Henry IV
Died of Leprosy and epilepsy. His wife was later convicted of witchcraft
1413 - 1422
Henry V
Of Agincourt fame
1422 - 1461
Henry VI
Primogeniture
House of York
1461 - 1470
Edward IV
Primogeniture
House of Lancaster
1470 - 1471
Henry VI
Executed
House of York
1471 - 1483
Edward IV
1483 - 1483
Edward V
Murdered - One of the Princes in the Tower
1483 - 1485
Richard III
Killed in battle
House of Tudor
1485 - 1509
Henry VII
Won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth Field
1509 - 1547
Henry VIII
Of 6 wives fames. Formed the Protestant church
1547 - 1553
Edward VI
Tricked in to declaring Jane his heir.
1553 - 1553
Lady Jane Grey
Reigned for 9 days later executed
1553 - 1558
Mary I
Bloody Mary
1558 - 1603
Elizabeth I
Her reign is often described as the Golden Age
House of Stuart
1603 - 1625
James I
James VI of Scotland
1625 - 1649
Charles I
Executed
Interregnum
1649 - 1658
Oliver Cromwell
Lord Protector
1658 - 1660
Richard Cromwell
Lord Protector
House of Stuart
1660 - 1685
Charles II
A trouble reign that encompassed the Great Plague & the fire of London
1685 - 1688
James II
Primogeniture
1689 - 1702
Williams III & Mary II
William of Orange.Joint Sovereigns Mary died 1694
1702 - 1714
Anne
The last monarch to veto an act of Parliament.
House of Hanover
1714 - 1727
George I
Sometimes known as German George
1727 - 1760
George II
The last King to fight with his troops
1760 - 1820
George III
Sometimes called Mad George. Lost the American Colonies
1820 - 1830
George IV
Prince Regent for part of his fathers reign.
1830 - 1837
William IV
Presided over the great Parlimentry Reform Act
1837 - 1901
Victoria
The longest reigning monarch
House of Sax-Coburg-Gotha
1901 - 1910
Edward VII
House of Windsor
1910 - 1936
George V
1936 - 1936
Edward VIII
Abdicated
1836 - 1952
George V
1952 - present
Elizabeth II
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