British Monarchs

British Monarchs

House of Wessex

Egbert (802-39)

Aethelwulf (839-55)

Aethelbald (855-60)

Aethelbert (860-6)

Aethelred (866-71)

Alfred, the Great (871-99)

Edward, the Elder (899-925)

Athelstan (925-40)

Edmund, the Magnificent (940-6)

Eadred (946-55)

Eadwig (Edwy), All-Fair (955-59)

Edgar, the Peaceable (959-75)

Edward, the Martyr (975-78)

Aethelred, the Unready (978-1016)

Edmund, Ironside (1016)

Danish Line

Svein, Forkbeard (1014)

Canute, the Great (1016-35)

Harald, Harefoot (1035-40)

Hardicanute (1040-42)

House of Wessex, Restored

Edward, the Confessor (1042-66)

Harold II (1066)

Norman Line

William I, the Conqueror (1066-87)

William II, Rufus (1087-1100)

Henry I, Beauclerc (1100-35)

Stephen (1135-54)

Empress Matilda (1141)

Plantagenet, Angevin Line

Henry II, Curtmantle (1154-89)

Richard I the Lionheart (1189-99)

John, Lackland (1199-1216)

Henry III (1216-72)

Edward I, Longshanks (1272-1307)

Edward II (1307-27)

Edward III (1327-77)

Richard II (1377-99)

Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line

Henry IV, Bolingbroke (1399-1413)

Henry V (1413-22)

Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-1)

Plantagenet, Yorkist Line

Edward IV (1461-70, 1471-83)

Edward V (1483)

Richard III, Crookback (1483-85)

House of Tudor

Henry VII, Tudor (1485-1509)

Henry VIII (1509-47)

Edward VI (1547-53)

Lady Jane Grey (1553)

Mary I, Tudor (1553-58)

Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

House of Stuart

James I (1603-25)

Charles I (1625-49)

The Commonwealth

Oliver Cromwell (1649-58)