Ruling monarch
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Dates
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Legitimate heir
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Ecgbehrt
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802-839
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Aethelwulf (only known son of Ecgbehrt)
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Aethelwulf
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839-858
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Aethelbald (2nd son of Aethelwulf)
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Aethelbald
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858-860
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Aethelbehrt (3rd son of Aethelwulf)
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Aethelbehrt
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860-865
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Aethelred (4th son of Aethelwulf)
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Aethelred I
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865-871
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Aethelhelm (1st son of Aethelred)
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Alfred the Great
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871-899
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Edward (1st son of Alfred, 'the Elder')
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Edward the Elder
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899-924
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Aelfweard (1st legitimate son of Edward the Elder)
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Aelfweard
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924
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Edwin of Wessex (2nd legitimate son of Edward the Elder)
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Aethelstan
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924-939
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Edmund (3rd legitimate son of Edward the Elder)
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Edmund I the Magnificent
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939-946
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Eadwig (1st son of Edmund I)
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Eadred
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946-955
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Eadwig (1st son of Edmund I)
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Eadwig
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955-959
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Edgar (2nd son of Edmund I)
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Edgar I the Peaceful
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959-975
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Edward (1st son of Edgar I, 'the Martyr')
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Edward the Martyr
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975-978
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Aethelred (2nd son of Edgar I)
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Aethelred II the Unready
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978-1013
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Aethelstan Aetheling (1st son of Aethelred II)
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Sweyn Forkbeard
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1013-1014
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Cnut (son of Sweyn Forkbeard)
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Aethelred II the Unready
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1014-1016
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Edmund Ironside (3rd son of Aethelred II)
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Edmund II Ironside
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1016
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Edmund Aetheling (1st son of Edmund II Ironside)
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Cnut the Great
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1016-1035
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Harold (2nd son of Cnut the Great)
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Harold I Harefoot
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1035-1040
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Harthacnut (3rd son of Cnut the Great)
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Harthacnut
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1040-1042
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Estrid Svendsdatter (daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard)
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Edward the Confessor
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1042-1066
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Edgar the Aetheling (grandson of Edmund II Ironside)
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Harold II Godwinson
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1066
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Godwin (1st son of Harold II Godwinson)
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Edgar II Aetheling
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1066
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Margaret of Wessex (granddaughter of Edmund II Ironside)
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William I the Conqueror
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1066-1087
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Robert Curthose (1st son of William I)
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William II Rufus
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1087-1100
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Robert Curthose (1st son of William I)
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Henry I Beauclerc
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1100-1135
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Empress Matilda (Daughter of Henry I)
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Stephen
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1135-1154
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William I, Count of Boulogne (2nd son of Stephen)
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Matilda
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1141
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Henry Plantagenet (son of Matilda, grandson of Henry I)
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Henry II Curtmantle
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1154-1189
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Richard (son of Henry II)
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Richard I Lionheart
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1189-1199
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Arthur of Brittany (grandson of Henry II)
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John Lackland
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1199-1216
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Henry (1st son of John)
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Louis the Lion
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1216-1217
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Louis (1st son of Louis the Lion)
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Henry III
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1216-1272
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Edward (1st son of Henry III)
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Edward I Longshanks
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1272-1307
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Edward (5th son of Edward I)
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