KINGS AND QUEENS OF UK

Offa

757

House of Mercia
(757-796)

Egbert

802

House of Wessex
(802-839)

Aethelwulf

839

House of Wessex
(839-856)

Aethelbald

856

House of Wessex
(856-860)

Aethelbert

860

House of Wessex
860-866

Aethelred I

866

House of Wessex
(866-871)

Alfred the Great

871

House of Wessex
(871-899)

Edward the Elder

899

House of Wessex
(899-924)

Athelstan

924

House of Wessex
(924-939)

Edmund

939

House of Wessex
(939-946)

Edred

946

House of Wessex
(946-955)

Edwy

955

House of Wessex
(955-959)

Edgar

959

House of Wessex
959-975

Edward the Martyr

975

House of Wessex
975-978

Ethelred II the Unready

978

House of Wessex
(978-1016)

Edmund lronside

1016

House of Wessex

Cnut (Canute)

1016

House of Denmark
1016-1035

Harold I Harefoot

1035

House of Denmark
1035-1040

Harthacanut

1040

House of Denmark
1040-1042

Edward the Confessor

1042

House of Wessex
1042-1066

Harold II

1066

House of Wessex

William The Conquecor - (House of Normandy)

1066

1.At his only eight years old, he became duke of Normandy. 2. Besides he was illiterate, William had never spoke English. 3.He was also known by "The bastard" because he was born to unmarried parents.4. Because of those things, there was a lot of violent rebellions in his reign. 5. .He added French and Latin vocabulary to the English language. 6. His reign was marked by the construction of a lot of castles to show his control and the complete change in the composition of the high English clergy.

William II

1087

House of Normandy
1087-1100

Henry I

1100

House of Normandy
(1100-1135)

Stephen

1135

House of Blois.
(1135-1154)

Henry II

1154

House of Angevin
(1154-1189)

Richard I

1189

House of Angevin
(1189-1199)

John

1199

House of Angevin
(1199-1216)

Henry III

1216

House of Plantagenet
(1216-1272)

Edward I

1272

House of Plantagenet
(1272-1307)

Edward II

1307

House of Plantagenet
(1307-1327)

Edward III

1327

House of Plantagenet
(1327-1377)

Richard II

1377

House of Plantagenet
(1377-1399)

Henry IV

1399

House of Lancaster
1399-1413

Henry V

1413

House of Lancaster
1413-1422

Henry VI

1422

House of Lancaster
1422-1461

Edward IV

1461

House of York
1461-1483

Edward V

1483

House of York
1483

Richard III

1483

House of York
1483-1485

Henry VII

1485

House of Tudor
1485-1509

Henry VIII (1509-1547) House of Tudor

1509

1 Due to an accident, the king was unable to do physical exercise, which influenced his obesity. 2.Because of his high interest on art, he was considered the perfect man of the Renascense.3. With bouth of his first two wives, he requested the divorce because they couldn't "give him" a male descendent.4. Henry strengthened the Parliament as an institution and the representation of the king's citizens. 5. Henry did contradictory pacts with France, and achieved a significance at the European level.

Edward VI

1547

House of Tudor
1547-1553

Mary I

1553

House of Tudor
1553-1558

Elizabeth I

1558

House of Tudor
1558-1603

James I

1603

House of Stuart
1603-1625

Charles I

1625

House of Stuart
1625-1649

Commonwealth

1649

Commonwealth
1649-1653

Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector)

1653

Commonwealth
1653-1658

Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector)

1658

Commonwealth
1658-1659

Charles II

1660

House of Stuart
1660-1685

James II

1685

House of Stuart
1685-1688

William III of Orange and Mary II

1689

House of Orange
1689-1694

William III (alone)

1694

House of Orange
1694-1702

Anne

1702

House of Stuart.
(1702-1714)

George I

1714

House of Hanover.
(1714-1727)

George II

1727

House of Hanover.
(1727-1760)

George III

1760

House of Hanover.
(1760-1820)

George IV

1820

House of Hanover.
(1820-1830)

William IV

1830

House of Hanover.
(1830-1837)

Victoria - (1837-1901) - House of Hanover.

1837

1.Love is not a normal in royal weddings, but Victoria was in love with her cousin (future husband). 2. She had the second longest reign in the history of the United Kingdom. 3. People tried to kill her seven times, be it due to mental illness, rage at the monarchy or for wanting to attract attention.4. She had a very sad childhood because her family kept her cloistered in the Kensington Palace.5. She was known as "the mother of England" because she had nine children and a lot of them died.

Edward VII.

1901

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
(1901-1910)

George V

1910

House of Windsor.
(1910-1936)

Edward VIII

1936

House of Windsor.
1936

George VI - House of Windsor - (1936-1952)

1936

1. He acceded to the throne unexpectedly, after the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII.
2. The king was always affected by an anguished stutter.
3. Due to the stuttering, he wasn't very popular, people considered him weak and unstable and they didn't expected much from George.
4. As is importantly known, in his kingdom, the Englishman managed to capture the German spies to act as double agents, tricking Hitler.
5. After a lung cancer operation, George VI died.

Elizabeth II - House of Windsor - (1952-nowadays)

1952

1. Elizabeth ascended the throne at the age of 25, after the death of her father, King George VI, on February 6, 1952.2. In May 1979, she took charge of forming a government for the first time to a woman, the conservative Margaret Thatcher.3. On November 20, 1992, the Windsor Castle Fire occurred, which the sovereign always called "my home".4. In 2015, Elizabeth II became the longest-running monarch on the throne in British history.