List of English monarchs facts for kids
This is a list of the Kings and Queens of the Kingdom of England from 924 until England and Scotland joined together in 1707.
Contents
First kings
- Athelstan (924–939)
- Edmund I (939–946)
- Edred (946–955)
- Edwy the Fair (955–959)
- Edgar the Peaceable (959–975)
- St Edward the Martyr (975–978)
- Ethelred the Unready (978 – 1013, 1014 – 1016)
- Edmund Ironside (1016)
Danish Kings
- Sweyn Forkbeard (1013–1014)
- Canute the Great (1016–1035)
- Harold Harefoot (1035–1040)
- Harthacanute (1040–1042)
House of Wessex Restoration
- St Edward the Confessor (1042–1066)
- Harold Godwinson (1066)
- Edgar Ætheling (1066) (uncrowned)
Normans
In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy invaded England. He defeated King Harold II and became King.
- William the Conqueror (1066–1087)
- William II (1087–1100)
- Henry I (1100–1135)
- Stephen (1135–1154)
Plantagenets
Angevins
- Empress Matilda (1141)
- Henry II (1154–1189)
- Richard I, the Lionheart (1189–1199)
- John (1199–1216)
- Henry III (1216–1272)
- Edward I (1272–1307)
- Edward II (1307–1327) (deposed, died 1327)
- Edward III (1327–1377)
- Richard II (1377–1399) (deposed, died 1400)
Lancastrians
Yorkists
- Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483)
- Edward V (uncrowned) (1483) (deposed 1483 possibly assassinated)
- Richard III (1483–1485)
Tudors
The Tudors were from Wales. In 1536, Wales became part of England. England had controlled Wales since 1284.
- Henry VII (1485–1509)
- Henry VIII (1509–1547)
- Edward VI (1547–1553)
- Jane (uncrowned) (1553) (deposed, beheaded 1554)
- Mary I (1553–1558)
- Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
Stuarts
The Stuarts were also Kings of Scotland, with which kingdom England was in personal, but not Legal union until 1707.
- James I (1603–1625), also from 1567 King James VI of Scotland
- Charles I (1625–1649), also King of Scotland
Interregnum
There was a civil war in England from 1642 until 1652. In 1649, King Charles I was executed and England became a Commonwealth. In 1653 Oliver Cromwell made himself Lord Protector and so England became a protectorate. Cromwell died in 1658 and his son, Richard, became Lord Protector. In 1660 power was given back to the Monarchy.
Stuarts (restored)
- Charles II (1660–1685), also King of Scotland (backdated the start of his reign to 1649)
- James II (1685–1688) (deposed, died 1701), also King James VII of Scotland
- William III (1689–1702) and Mary II (1689–1694), as co-monarchs, also King and Queen of Scotland
- Anne (1702–1714), though the English throne was replaced with that of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707
Related pages
- In 1707, England and Scotland joined together. For Kings and Queens after 1707, see British monarchs.
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Reyes de Inglaterra para niños