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Monarchs of England and Great Britain

The first King of England was crowned in 927 when the Saxon kingdom of Wessex - previously led by Alfred the Great who had proclaimed himself King of the Anglo-Saxons - finally conquered Northumbria. In 1603 the union of the crowns occured although it wasn't untill 1707 when England underwent legislative union with Scotland and the Kingdom of Great Britain was created. Excluded are Monarchs who were only proclaimed but never crowned, Matilda (1141), Louis (1216-1217), Jane (1553). Also excluded is the boy King Henry who was crowned as co-King with his Father but died before his fathers reign ended.
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Years of Rule
Answer
House
927 - 939
Ethelstan
Wessex
939 - 946
Edmund I
Wessex
946 - 955
Eadred
Wessex
955 - 959
Eadwig
Wessex
959 - 975
Edgar the Peaceful
Wessex
975 - 978
Edward the Martyr
Wessex
978 - 1013
Ethelred the Unready (First Reign)
Wessex
1013 - 1014
Sweyn Forkbeard
Knýtlinga
1014 - 1016
Ethelred the Unready (Second Reign)
Wessex
1016
Edmund Ironside
Wessex
1016 - 1035
Cnut
Knýtlinga
1035 - 1040
Harold Harefoot
Knýtlinga
1040 - 1042
Harthacnut
Knýtlinga
1042 - 1066
Edward the Confessor
Wessex
1066
Harold Godwinson
Wessex
1066 - 1087
William the Conqueror
Normandy
1087 - 1100
William II
Normandy
1100 - 1135
Henry I
Normandy
1135 - 1154
Stephen
Blois
1154 - 1189
Henry II
Plantagenet
1189 - 1199
Richard the Lionheart
Plantagenet
1199 - 1216
John
Plantagenet
1216 - 1272
Henry III
Plantagenet
1272 - 1307
Edward Longshanks
Plantagenet
1307 - 1327
Edward II
Plantagenet
1327 - 1377
Edward III
Plantagenet
1377 - 1399
Richard II
Plantagenet
1399 - 1413
Henry IV
Lancaster
1413 - 1422
Henry V
Lancaster
1422 - 1461
Henry VI (First Reign)
Lancaster
1461 - 1470
Edward IV (First Reign)
York
1470 - 1471
Henry VI (Second Reign)
Lancaster
1471 - 1483
Edward IV (Second Reign)
York
1483
Edward V
York
1483 - 1485
Richard III
York
1485 - 1509
Henry VII
Tudor
1509 - 1547
Henry VIII
Tudor
1547 - 1553
Edward VI
Tudor
1553 - 1558
Mary I
Tudor
1554 - 1558
Philip (Husband of Mary)
Tudor
1558 - 1603
Elizabeth I
Tudor
1603 - 1625
James I
Stuart
1625 - 1649
Charles I
Stuart
1653 - 1659
Commonwealth
Commonwealth
1660 - 1685
Charles II
Stuart
1685 - 1688
James II
Stuart
1689 - 1694
Mary II
Stuart
1689 - 1702
William III
Stuart
1702 - 1714
Anne
Stuart
1714 - 1727
George I
Hanover
1727 - 1760
George II
Hanover
1760 - 1820
George III
Hanover
1820 - 1830
George IV
Hanover
1830 - 1837
William IV
Hanover
1837 - 1901
Victoria
Hanover
1901 - 1910
Edward VII
Saxe-Coburg
1910 - 1936
George V
Windsor
1936
Edward VIII
Windsor
1936 - 1952
George VI
Windsor
1952 - Present
Elizabeth II
Windsor
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9 Comments
maxd98
+2
Level 39
Nov 6, 2013
Time to look up these monarchs! (To read about them)
nanook
+7
Level 50
Aug 4, 2014
Oliver Cromwell should be allowed for Commonwealth. And Philip of Spain surely did not co-reign with Mary I?
shoogle
+4
Level 28
May 28, 2016
Lady Jane Grey has been excluded because she was never crowned. Yet Edward V and Edward VIII are included, even though they were never crowned.
Berney
+3
Level 84
Dec 1, 2016
How about accepting Canute for Cnut?
NaethanC
+5
Level 27
May 13, 2020
Oliver Cromwell or simply Cromwell should be accepted for Commonwealth.
NaethanC
+2
Level 27
May 13, 2020
He wasn't 'king', but his role was practically identical to one.
JackGillings99
+3
Level 45
Mar 31, 2022
But the Commonwealth wasn't a kingdom so Cromwell should be accepted.
Euronick61
+2
Level 69
May 5, 2024
Charles III needs to be added
Jormaseta1234
+1
Level 37
Dec 30, 2025
Why is Oliver Cromwell not accepted?

And if Philip II of Spain is included, his house should at least be correct. He was a Habsburg, not Tudor.

And obviously Charles III is missing.

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