English Monarchs - Anglo-Saxon to British

Guess the names of every English monarch. Spans from the Anglo-Saxon era to the current United Kingdom.

Includes disputed and uncrowned claimants.

Includes Lord Protectors.

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Answer

Alfred the Great

Edward the Elder

Aelfweard

Aethelstan

Edmund I

Eadred

Eadwig

Edgar the Peaceful

Edward the Martyr

Aethelred the Unready

Sweyn Forkbeard

Aethelred the Unready

Edmund Ironside

Cnut the Great

Harold Harefoot

Harthacnut

Edward the Confessor

Harold Godwinson

Edgar the Aetheling

William I

William II

Henry I

Stephen

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Matilda

Henry II

Richard I

John

Louis

Henry III

Edward I

Edward II

Edward III

Richard II

Henry IV

Henry V

Henry VI

Edward IV

Henry VI

Edward IV

Edward V

Richard III

Henry VII

Henry VIII

Edward VI

Jane

Mary I

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Elizabeth I

James I

Charles I

Oliver Cromwell

Richard Cromwell

Charles II

James II

Mary II

William III

Anne

George I

George II

George III

George IV

William IV

Victoria

Edward VII

George V

Edward VIII

George VI

Elizabeth II

Charles III

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11 Comments

Level 68

Jan 20, 2018

Louis? I have never heard of a King Louis (in England, Great Britain, UK) before.

Level 57

Feb 14, 2018

Louis VIII was briefly a disputed claimant to the throne during the First Baron's War, and at one point controlled over half of England. However, after the death of John, the rebel barons ditched Louis in favour of John's son, Henry III. They paid Louis 10,000 marks, and, in return, Louis renounced his claim to the English throne and agreed not to attack England again.

Level 51

Jun 16, 2018

After all that hard work and it's not eligible for points.......

Level 78

Aug 13, 2019

I think you need to allow alternative spellings, and to give the answer as correct if only part of the name is given e.g. 'Alfred'. I don't think you can count the Cromwells as monarchs

Level 57

Apr 17, 2020

I enjoyed this but it really needs a lot more leeway with the Saxon spellings, as there were so many variants (Eadmund/Edmund, Eadwig/Edwy etc. etc.) - and the nicknames for the early ones probably need to be looser, as many of them had several, or variants on the same one (I've never heard of Eadgar "the peaceful" outside Wikipedia - traditionally he's "the peaceable").

Criticise, criticise, sorry! Like I say I enjoyed it.

Level 57

Apr 20, 2020

All the spellings were taken from Wikipedia.

Level 87

Sep 1, 2020

Could either do with more time, or less typing. It's a test of knowledge, not how fast we can type Henry and Edward over and over.

Level 64

Sep 18, 2021

Agree. And it would be helpful if you could specify at the top of the quiz that you're looking for numbers and/or titles as well as names, as most quizzes on jetbunk just ask for names. Which, by the way, I prefer! The numbers and titles, that is. Nice quiz idea, would be great to see it better worked out

Level 39

Apr 15, 2023

Do you mind if I borrow this idea for an “ever British monarch ever, including England” sort quiz, going all the way back to Offa, the first ever monarch of England?

Level 61

Jun 25, 2023

This is impossible. The Anglo-Saxon spellings should allow more leeway. And there was only one Alfred, so why insist on 'the Great'? And under no circumstances were the Cromwells kings, but Lord Protectors.

Level 22

Jul 17, 2024

I'm curious to know why Richard the Young King and Philip II of Spain are not in this quiz. They were at least crowned monarchs. I understand that there will always be contention as to whether or not Ælfweard, Edgar Atheling, Matilda, Lady Jane Grey, Edward V and Edward VIII qualify, given that they were not actually crowned.

Neither of the Cromwells were monarchs. They were Lords Protector.

I partially agree with other comments about names and regnal numbers. It does seem silly having to append "The Great" to Alfred and Cnut. Edmund II doesn't work for Edmund Ironside, nor Harold II for Harold Godwinson, although interestingly William I is William I, rather than The Conqueror!

Lady Jane Grey has been demoted to Jane.

I always thought that Harald Harefoot was HarAld rather than Harold. He was Danish after all.