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English monarchs

In 886, king Alfred of Wessex united the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, marking the beginning of a unified English monarchy. Two centuries later, William of Normandy launched his invasion, seizing control from the native population. The royal family died out several times over the following centuries, but each time a new line was chosen.
In 1603, the House of Tudor died out and the crown was offered to the Scottish House of Stuart. About a century later, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland were united, becoming the Kingdom of Great Britain. Do you know the English monarchs up to 1707?
Regnal numbers must be used, unless an epithet is used instead.
Junior co-rulers only included during periods of disputed succession.
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House of Wessex
Reign
Alfred the Great
886 - 899 (king of
Wessex from 871)
Edward the Elder
899 - 924
Ælfweard
924
Æthelstan
924 - 939
Edmund I
939 - 946
Eadred
946 - 955
Eadwig
955 - 959
Edgar the Peaceful
959 - 975
Edward the Martyr
975 - 978
Æthelred the Unready
978 - 1013
(first time)
 
 
House of Denmark
Reign
Sweyn Forkbeard
1013 - 1014
 
 
House of Wessex
Reign
Æthelred the Unready
1014 - 1016
(second time)
Edmund II Ironside
1016
 
 
House of Denmark
Reign
Cnut the Great
1016 - 1035
Harold I Harefoot
1035 - 1040
Harthacnut
1040 - 1042
 
 
House of Wessex
Reign
Edward the Confessor
1042 - 1066
 
 
House of Godwin
Reign
Harold II Godwinson
1066 (disputed)
 
 
House of Wessex
Reign
Edgar Ætheling
1066 (disputed)
 
 
House of Normandy
Reign
William I the Conqueror
1066 -1087
William II
1007 - 1100
Henry I
1100 - 1135
 
 
House of Blois
Reign
Stephen
1135 - 1154
(disputed)
 
 
House of Normandy
Reign
Empress Matilda
1141 (disputed)
 
 
House of Anjou
Reign
Henry II
1154 - 1189
Richard I the Lionheart
1189 - 1199
John Lackland
1199 - 1216
 
 
House of Capet
Reign
Louis the Lion
1216-1217
(disputed)
House of Plantagenet
Reign
Henry III
1216 - 1272
Edward I Longshanks
1272 - 1307
Edward II
1307 - 1327
Edward III
1327 - 1377
Richard II
1377 - 1399
 
 
House of Lancaster
Reign
Henry IV of Bolingbroke
1399 - 1413
Henry V
1413 - 1422
Henry VI
1422 - 1461
(first time)
 
 
House of York
Reign
Edward IV
1461 - 1470
(first time)
 
 
House of Lancaster
Reign
Henry VI
1470 - 1471
(second time)
 
 
House of York
Reign
Edward IV
1471 - 1483
(second time)
Edward V
1483
Richard III
1483 - 1485
 
 
House of Tudor
Reign
Henry VII
1485 - 1509
Henry VIII
1509 - 1547
Edward VI
1547 - 1553
Lady Jane Grey
1553 (disputed)
Mary I
1553 - 1558 (co-ruled
with below from 1554)
 
 
House of Habsburg
Reign
Philip
1554 - 1558
(co-ruled with above)
 
 
House of Tudor
Reign
Elizabeth I the Virgin Queen
1558 - 1603
 
 
House of Stuart
Reign
James VI and I
1603 - 1625
Charles I
1625 - 1649
Interregnum (Common-
wealth of England)
1649 - 1660
Charles II
1660 - 1685
James VII and II
1685 - 1688
Mary II
1689 - 1694
(co-ruled with below)
William III of Orange
1689 - 1702 (co-ruled
with above until 1694)
Anne
1702 - 1707 (then queen
of Great Britain until 1714)
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