Monarchs of England Timeline

Monarchs of England

After the act of Union in 1707 the king or queen is more correctly called the monarch of Great Britain

Monarch                                           Reign

HOUSE OF WESSEX

Egbert                                                802-839

Aethelbald                                          855-860

Aethelbert                                          860-866

Aethelred                                           866-871

Alfred the Great                                  871-899

Edward the Elder                                899-925

Athelstan                                            925-940

Edmund the Magnificent                      940-946

Eadred                                               946-955

Eadwig (Edwy) All-Fair                      955-959

Edgar the Peaceable                           959-975

Edward the Martyr                             975-978

Æthelred II (Ethelred the Unready)      979-1013 and 1014-1016

Edmund II (Ironside)                          1016

DANISH

Svein Forkbeard                                 1014

Cnut (Canute)                                     1016-1035

Harold I                                             1035-1040

Hardicnut                                           1040-1042

SAXONS

Edward (the Confessor)                      1042-1066

Harold II                                            1066

NORMANS

William I                                             1066-1087

William II                                           1087-1100

Henry I                                               1100-1135

Stephen                                              1135-1154

Empress Matilda (Queen Maud)         1141

PLANTAGENETS

Henry II                                             1154-1189

Richard I                                            1189-1199

John                                                   1199-1216

Henry III                                            1216-1272

Edward I                                            1272-1307

Edward II                                           1307-1327

Edward III                                         1327-1377

Richard II                                           1377-1399

HOUSE OF LANCASTER

Henry IV                                            1399-1413

Henry V                                             1413-1422

Henry VI                                            1422-1461

HOUSE OF YORK

Edward IV                                         1461-1483

Edward V                                          1483

Richard III                                          1483-1485

TUDORS

Henry VII                                           1485-1509

Henry VIII                                         1509-1547

Edward VI                                         1547-1553

Jane Grey                                           1553

Mary I                                                1553-1558

Elizabeth I                                          1558-1603

STUARTS

James I                                               1603-1625

Charles I                                            1625-1649

COMMONWEALTH

Oliver Cromwell                                 1649-1658

Richard Cromwell                               1658-1659

STUARTS (restored)

Charles II                                           1660-1685

James II                                             1685-1688

William III                                          1689-1702

Mary II                                              1689-1694

Anne                                                  1702-1714

HOUSE OF HANOVER

George I                                             1714-1727