Kings and Queens of England since Edward the Confessor

Last King of the House of Wessex, super pius, became a Saint

Last Anglo-Saxon King

Born a Bastard

Died in the New Forest

First Norman King to be fluent in English

Usurper whose reign was defined by civil conflict

Former Empress of the Holy Roman Emipre

Flogged himself in public to get back into the good graces of the Church and Europe

Spent only six months of his nearly ten year reign in England

Signed the Magna Carta

Took back London from the rebellious barons led by King Louis VIII of France, obsessed with Edward the Confessor

Known as the "Hammer of the Scots"

First Prince of Wales, rumored to have died by being run up the bum with a red-hot poker

First King of England to Claim the French throne, started the 100 Years' War

Married a six year old at the age of twenty-nine

Went mad, may have died from leprosy

Completely defeated the French and forced the King to sign away his thrown to the English, married the French King's daughter, died of dysentery less than two years after Victory in France

Became King at nearly eight months old, the only English King to be crowned King of France, unconscious for eighteen months.

First King of England from the House of York

One of the Princes in the Tower, said to have been murdered by his Uncle

Last King to die in battle, believed to have killed his nephews

First Tudor King, had little claim to the throne, last King to win his throne on the Battle Field

Famous for breaking from the Pope and having six wives

Only son of Henry VIII, assumed the throne at ten and died at fifteen

Was Queen for nine days before her execution

Restored Catholicism with force, killed a lot of protestants

Restored the Church of England, executed her cousin Mary Queen of Scots after an assassination to place her on the English throne, defended England against the Spanish Armada and ushered in the Golden Age of England

Son of Mary Queen of Scots, first King of Scotland and England

One and only King of England to be tried and executed

Dug up Oliver Cromwell's body and posthumously executed him

Last Catholic King of England, was exiled from England

Invited by Parliament to become Queen of England instead of her father

Married to the aforementioned Queen, Prince of Orange

Last Stuart Monarch, oversaw the Unification of England and Scotland

First Hanoverian King, knew almost no English

Last King not born in Britain

Famous for losing the American colonies and going insane

Served as regent for his father

Joined the Navy at thirteen, was the oldest person to become King to date

Expanded the British Empire, adopting the title Empress of India, her descendants sat/sit on most European Thrones earning her the title the Grandmother of Europe

His mistress is the Great-Grandmother of the Current consort, Queen Camilla

Changed the name of the Royal Family's House from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor, was overdosed on morphine by his doctor to preserve his dignity

Only King to willingly abdicate the throne, was King for less than a year

King during World War II, last Emperor of India, was known for his stutter

Longest serving monarch of the United Kingdom, longest serving Queen Regnant in history, known as the Grandmother of Britain and the foundation that modern Britain was built on

Longest serving Prince of Wales, oldest person to become King