English monarchs
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This is a list of the Kings and Queens of the Kingdom of England from 871 until England and Scotland joined together in 1707.
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[edit] West Saxons
- Alfred the Great (871 - 899)
- Edward the Elder (899 - 924)
- Ælfweard (924), King of Wessex only.
- Athelstan (924 - 939)
- Edmund I (939 - 946
- Edred (946 - 955)
- Edwy the Fair (955 - 959)
- Edgar the Peaceable (959 - 975)
- St Edward the Martyr (975 - 978)
- Ethelred the Unready (978 - 1013, 1014 - 1016)
- Edmund Ironside (1016)
[edit] Danish Kings
- Sweyn Forkbeard (1013 - 1014)
- Canute the Great (1016 - 1035)
- Harold Harefoot (1035 - 1040)
- Harthacanute (1040 - 1042)
[edit] West Saxon Restoration
- St Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066)
- Harold Godwinson (1066)
- Edgar Atheling (1066)
[edit] Normans
In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy invaded England. He defeated King Harold II and became King.
- William the Conqueror (1066 - 1087)
- William II (1087 - 1100)
- Henry I (1100 - 1135)
- Stephen (1135 - 1154)
[edit] Plantagenets
[edit] Angevins
- Empress Matilda (1141)
- 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)
[edit] Lancastrians
[edit] Yorkists
- Edward IV (1461-1470 and 1471-1483)
- Edward V (uncrowned) (1483) (deposed 1483, most likely assassinated)
- Richard III (1483-1485)
[edit] Tudors
The Tudors were from Wales and in 1535 Wales became part of England. England had controlled Wales since 1284.
- Henry VII (1485-1509)
- Henry VIII (1509-1547)
- Edward VI (1547-1553)
- Jane (uncrowned) (1553) (deposed, executed 1554)
- Mary I (1553-1558) and Philip (1554-1558), as co-monarchs
- Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
[edit] Stuarts
The Stuarts were also Kings of Scotland, with which kingdom England was in personal, but not legislative, union until 1707.
- James I (1603-1625), also from 1567 King James VI of Scotland
- Charles I (1625-1649), also King of Scotland
[edit] Interregnum
There was a civil war in England from 1642 until 1652. In 1649, King Charles I was executed and England became a Commonwealth. In 1653 Oliver Cromwell made himself Lord Protector and England became a Protectorate. Cromwell died in 1658 and his son, Richard, became Lord Protector. In 1660 the Monarchy was given back power.
[edit] Stuarts (restored)
- Charles II (1660-1685), also King of Scotland (backdated the start of his reign to 1649)
- James II (1685-1688) (deposed, died 1701), also King James VII of Scotland
- William III (1689-1702) and Mary II (1689-1694), as co-monarchs, also King and Queen of Scotland
- Anne (1702-1714), though the English throne was replaced with that of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707
In 1707, England and Scotland joined together. For Kings and Queens after 1707, see British monarchs.
