Monarchy In The British Isles

This article lists Monarchs of England from 774, and its successor states: From 1707 the Kingdom of Great Britain, from 1801 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1927 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Mercian[edit]

From 774 styled as King/Queen of the English

• Offa (774-796)

West Saxons[edit]

• Egbert (829-839)
• Ethelwulf (839-856)
• Ethelbald (856-860)
• Ethelbert (860-865)
• Ethelred I (865-871)
• Alfred the Great (871-899)
• Edward the Elder (899-924)
• Athelstan (924-939)
• Edmund the Magnificent (939-946)
• Edred (946-955)
• Edwy the Fair (955-959)
• Edgar the Peaceable (959-975)
• Edward the Martyr (975-978)
• Ethelred the Unready (978-1013, 1014-1016)
• Edmund Ironside (1016)

Danes[edit]

• Sweyn Forkbeard (uncrowned) (1013-1014)
• Canute (1016-1035)
• Harthacanute (1035-1037, 1040-1042)
• Harold Harefoot (1037-1040)

West Saxons (restored)[edit]

• Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)
• Harold Godwinson (1066)
• Edgar the Atheling (uncrowned) (1066) (abdicated, died circa 1126)

Normans[edit]

• William I, the Conqueror (1066-1087)
• William II, Rufus (1087-1100)
• Henry I (1100-1135)
• Stephen (1135-1141, 1141-1154)
• Matilda (uncrowned) (1141) (deposed, died 1167)

Plantagenets[edit]

Angevins[edit]

• Henry II (1154-1189)
• Richard I, the Lionheart (1189-1199)
• John (1199-1216)
• Henry III (1216-1272)
• Edward I (1272-1307)
• Edward II (1307-1327) (deposed, died 1327)
• Edward III (1327-1377)
• Richard II (1377-1399) (deposed, died 1400)

Lancastrians[edit]

• Henry IV (1399-1413)
• Henry V (1413-1422)
• Henry VI (1422-1461, 1470-1471)

Yorkists[edit]

• Edward IV (1461-1470, 1471-1483)
• Edward V (uncrowned) (1483) (deposed, probably died 1483)
• Richard III (1483-1485)

Tudors[edit]

• Henry VII (1485-1509)
• Henry VIII (1509-1547)
• Edward VI (1547-1553)
• Jane (uncrowned) (1553) (deposed, died 1554)
• Mary I (1553-1558)
• Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

Stuarts[edit]

• James I (1603-1625)
• Charles I (1625-1649)

Commonwealth[edit]

• Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector, 1653-1658)
• Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector, 1658-1659) (resigned, died 1712)

Stuarts (restored)[edit]

From 1707 styled as King/Queen of Great Britain

• Charles II (1660-1685)
• James II (1685-1688) (deposed, died 1701)
• William III (1689-1702)
• Mary II (co-monarch, 1689-1694)
• Anne (1702-1714)

Hanoverians[edit]

From 1801 styled as King/Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

• George I (1714-1727)
• George II (1727-1760)
• George III (1760-1820)
• George IV (1820-1830)
• William IV (1830-1837)
• Victoria (1837-1901)

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha[edit]

• Edward VII (1901-1910)

Windsors[edit]

From 1927 styled as King/Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• George V (1910-1936)
• Edward VIII (uncrowned) (1936) (abdicated, died 1972)
• George VI (1936-1952)
• Elizabeth II (1952–present)

v • d • e English Monarchs Pre Norman conquest Offa • Egbert • Ethelwulf • Ethelbald • Ethelbert • Ethelred I • Alfred the Great • Edward the Elder • Elfward • Athelstan • Edmund I • Edred • Edwy the Fair • Edgar • Edward the Martyr • Ethelred the Unready • Edmund Ironside • Sweyn Forkbeard • Canute • Harold Harefoot • Harthacanute • Edward the Confessor • Harold Godwinson • Edgar the Atheling Post Norman conquest William I • William II • Henry I • Stephen (King of England) • Matilda • Henry II • Richard I • John • Henry III • Edward I • Edward II • Edward III • Richard II • Henry IV • Henry V • Henry VI • Edward IV • Edward V • Richard III • Henry VII • Henry VIII • Edward VI • Jane • Mary I • Elizabeth I • James I • Charles I • Oliver Cromwell • Richard Cromwell • Charles II • James II • William III • Mary II • Anne