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Period: 802 to Oct 14, 1066
House of Wessex
This house contained 17 different monarchs, the most popular of which being King Alfred the Great. -
Period: 1016 to 1042
House of Denmark
This house had 3 kings. This house occurred because Sweyn of Denmark invaded and conquered England, leaving his son, Cnut, to be king of it. After the house dies out, it returns to Wessex. -
Period: Dec 25, 1066 to 1135
House of Normandy
The Normans defeat the English in battle, and William takes over the English throne. This house contained 3 kings. -
Period: 1135 to 1154
House of Blois
This house only contained one monarch, Stephen, who reigned for almost 19 years. -
Period: 1154 to 1216
House of Angevin
This house contained 3 monarchs. One of them, John, was the one who signed the Magna Carta in 1215. -
1215
Magna Carta is Sealed
John I agrees to seal the Magna Carta, the first actual British/English written constitution. It limits the powers of monarchs, and grants rights to others. It influenced a lot of the American Bill of Rights, and is still important now. -
Period: 1216 to 1399
House of Plantagenet
This house contained 5 monarchs. -
1284
Union with Wales
Wales united with England as one kingdom. -
Period: 1399 to 1461
House of Lancaster
This house contained 3 monarchs. -
Period: 1461 to 1485
House of York
This house contained 3 monarchs. -
Period: 1485 to
House of Tudor
This house contained Henry VIII, one of the most popular and powerful kings to rule Great Britain, who defeated the Scots, and became head of the Church of England. He did many important things, and mostly overshadowed the other monarchs of Tudor, besides Elizabeth I, who was extremely important and well known. The house has 5 monarchs. -
Period: to
House of Stuart
Despite only having 5 monarchs, many events happened while this house was in place. Oliver Cromwell started the Commonwealth, and the house of Orange briefly took over before the house of Stuart reclaimed the crown. -
The English Land in America
The English set sail and step foot into America, creating the Jamestown colony in Virginia, and starting the English colonization of America. -
Plymouth Colony is Created
The English set sail on the Mayflower, and reach Massachusetts, setting up the New Plymouth colony. -
Period: to
Commonwealth
During this period, a man named Oliver Cromwell, who fought against the King and his men, with his own men. After 7 years, Cromwell won, and Charles was executed. Cromwell became the "Lord Protector", and Great Britain was technically without a monarch for 10 years, an Interregnum happened. -
Period: to
House of Orange
This house had 2 monarchs, one ruled for all 13 years, and the other co-ruled with the other monarch for the first 5 years. -
Union with Scotland
Scotland becomes part of England and Wales as one kingdom, the Scots passed an Act of Union for this. Thus creating Great Britain. -
Period: to
House of Hanover
This house had 6 monarchs, most popular being George III, who fought the American colonies in their war for independence and in the war of 1812. -
American War of Independence Begins
The American War for Independence is begun, the American colonies eventually beat the British and George III, gaining independence in 1776. -
Period: to
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
This house only had George V, who reigned for 26 years, reigning during the outbreak of WWI. -
Period: to
House of Windsor
This house currently has 5 monarchs, the most popular being the recently passed away Queen Elizabeth II, and the current king, Charles III. This house is the current house of the monarchy of Great Britain. -
Union with Northern Ireland
Originally, all of Ireland was to be in a union with Great Britain, but in 1922, 26 of Ireland's 32 counties decided to become independent, the other 6 stayed with Great Britain.