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House
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Reign
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Epithet
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Clue
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Answer
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Wessex
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871–899
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"the Great"
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King of Wessex
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Alfred the Great
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Wessex
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899–924
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"the Elder"
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Edward the Elder
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Wessex
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924–939
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The first "King of the English" in 927
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Æthelstan
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Wessex
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939–946
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"the Elder", "the Deed-doer", "the Just", "the Magnificent"
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Edmund I
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Wessex
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946–955
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Eadred
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Wessex
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955–959
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All-Fair or "the Fair"
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Eadwig
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Wessex
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959–975
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"the Peaceful" or "the Peaceable"
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Edgar the Peaceful
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Wessex
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975–978
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"the Martyr"
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Considered a martyr and saint
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Edward the Martyr
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Wessex
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978–1013, 1014–1016
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"the Unready"
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Reign interrupted by next monarch
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Æthelred the Unready
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Denmark
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1013–1014
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Forkbeard
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Also King of Denmark and Norway
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Sweyn Forkbeard
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Wessex
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1016
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Ironside
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Edmund II
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Denmark
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1016–1035
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"the Great"
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Also King of Denmark and Norway
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Cnut
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Denmark
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1035–1040
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Harefoot
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Also King of Denmark and Norway
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Harold Harefoot
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Denmark
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1040–1042
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Also King of Denmark
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Harthacnut
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Wessex
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1042–1066
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"the Confessor"
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A confessor and saint
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Edward the Confessor
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Wessex
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1066
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Godwinson
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Won the Battle of Stamford Bridge and lost the Battle of Hastings
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Harold Godwinson
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Wessex
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1066
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"the Ætheling"
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Never crowned
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Edgar the Ætheling
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Normandy
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1066–1087
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"the Bastard", "the Conqueror"
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Won the Battle of Hastings
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William I
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Normandy
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1087–1100
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Rufus or "the Red"
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William II
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Normandy
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1100–1135
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Beauclerc
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Henry I
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Blois
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1135–1154
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of Blois
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Fought against Empress Matilda in the Anarchy
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Stephen
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Anjou
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1154–1189
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FitzEmpress, Curtmantle
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Co-ruled with his son
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Henry II
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Anjou
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1170–1183
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"the Young King"
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Co-ruled with his father as Junior King (unnumbered)
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Henry the Young King
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Anjou
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1189–1199
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"the Lionheart", "Oc e No" ("Yes and No")
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Fought in the Third Crusade
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Richard I
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Anjou
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1199–1216
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Lackland
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A villain to Robin Hood
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John
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Plantagenet
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1216–1272
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of Winchester
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Henry III
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Plantagenet
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1272–1307
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Longshanks, "The Hammer of the Scots"
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Conquered Wales
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Edward I
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Plantagenet
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1307–1327
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of Caernarfon
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Edward II
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Plantagenet
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1327–1377
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Won the Battle of Crécy
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Edward III
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Plantagenet
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1377–1399
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of Bordeaux
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Richard II
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Lancaster
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1399–1413
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Bolingbroke or of Bolingbroke
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Henry IV
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Lancaster
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1413–1422
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"The Star of England"
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Won the Battle of Agincourt
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Henry V
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Lancaster
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1422–1461, 1470–1471
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The War of the Roses began during his reign.
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Henry VI
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York
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1461–1470, 1471–1483
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Edward IV
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York
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1483
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One of the "Princes in the Tower"
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Edward V
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York
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1483–1485
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Portrayed in Shakespeare's play as a hunchback; lost the Battle of Bosworth Field
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Richard III
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Tudor
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1485–1509
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Won the Battle of Bosworth Field and thus the War of the Roses
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Henry VII
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Tudor
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1509–1547
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The first "Defender of the Faith"
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Had six wives; initiated the English Reformation
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Henry VIII
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Tudor
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1547–1553
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Died at 15
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Edward VI
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Tudor
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1553–1558
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"Bloody"
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Co-ruled with her husband
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Mary I
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Habsburg
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1554–1558
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"the Prudent"
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Co-ruled with his wife; also King of Naples, Sicily and Spain
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Philip
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Tudor
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1558–1603
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"The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana", "Good Queen Bess"
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Defeated the Spanish Armada
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Elizabeth I
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Stuart
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1603–1625
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Also King of the Scots
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James I
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Stuart
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1625–1649
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Overthrown during the English Civil War
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Charles I
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Stuart
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1660–1685
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"The Merry Monarch"
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Became king after the Restoration of the monarchy
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Charles II
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Stuart
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1685–1688
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The last Catholic monarch of England; deposed during the Glorious Revolution
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James II
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Stuart
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1689–1694
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Co-ruled with her husband
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Mary II
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Orange-Nassau
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1689–1702
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of Orange, "King Billy"
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Co-ruled with his wife
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William III
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Stuart
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1702–1707
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Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1707–1714
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Anne
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