KINGS AND QUEENS OF UK

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  • 757

    Offa

    House of Mercia
    (757-796)
  • 802

    Egbert

    House of Wessex
    (802-839)
  • 839

    Aethelwulf

    House of Wessex
    (839-856)
  • 856

    Aethelbald

    House of Wessex
    (856-860)
  • 860

    Aethelbert

    House of Wessex
    860-866
  • 866

    Aethelred I

    House of Wessex
    (866-871)
  • 871

    Alfred the Great

    House of Wessex
    (871-899)
  • 899

    Edward the Elder

    House of Wessex
    (899-924)
  • 924

    Athelstan

    House of Wessex
    (924-939)
  • 939

    Edmund

    House of Wessex
    (939-946)
  • 946

    Edred

    House of Wessex
    (946-955)
  • 955

    Edwy

    House of Wessex
    (955-959)
  • 959

    Edgar

    House of Wessex
    959-975
  • 975

    Edward the Martyr

    House of Wessex
    975-978
  • 978

    Ethelred II the Unready

    House of Wessex
    (978-1016)
  • 1016

    Edmund lronside

    House of Wessex
  • 1016

    Cnut (Canute)

    House of Denmark
    1016-1035
  • 1035

    Harold I Harefoot

    House of Denmark
    1035-1040
  • 1040

    Harthacanut

    House of Denmark
    1040-1042
  • 1042

    Edward the Confessor

    House of Wessex
    1042-1066
  • 1066

    Harold II

    House of Wessex
  • William The Conquecor - (House of Normandy)
    1066

    William The Conquecor - (House of Normandy)

    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.
  • 1087

    William II

    House of Normandy
    1087-1100
  • 1100

    Henry I

    House of Normandy
    (1100-1135)
  • 1135

    Stephen

    House of Blois.
    (1135-1154)
  • 1154

    Henry II

    House of Angevin
    (1154-1189)
  • 1189

    Richard I

    House of Angevin
    (1189-1199)
  • 1199

    John

    House of Angevin
    (1199-1216)
  • 1216

    Henry III

    House of Plantagenet
    (1216-1272)
  • 1272

    Edward I

    House of Plantagenet
    (1272-1307)
  • 1307

    Edward II

    House of Plantagenet
    (1307-1327)
  • 1327

    Edward III

    House of Plantagenet
    (1327-1377)
  • 1377

    Richard II

    House of Plantagenet
    (1377-1399)
  • 1399

    Henry IV

    House of Lancaster
    1399-1413
  • 1413

    Henry V

    House of Lancaster
    1413-1422
  • 1422

    Henry VI

    House of Lancaster
    1422-1461
  • 1461

    Edward IV

    House of York
    1461-1483
  • 1483

    Edward V

    House of York
    1483
  • 1483

    Richard III

    House of York
    1483-1485
  • 1485

    Henry VII

    House of Tudor
    1485-1509
  • Henry VIII (1509-1547) House of Tudor
    1509

    Henry VIII (1509-1547) House of Tudor

    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.
  • 1547

    Edward VI

    House of Tudor
    1547-1553
  • 1553

    Mary I

    House of Tudor
    1553-1558
  • 1558

    Elizabeth I

    House of Tudor
    1558-1603

  • James I

    House of Stuart
    1603-1625

  • Charles I

    House of Stuart
    1625-1649

  • Commonwealth

    Commonwealth
    1649-1653

  • Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector)

    Commonwealth
    1653-1658

  • Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector)

    Commonwealth
    1658-1659

  • Charles II

    House of Stuart
    1660-1685

  • James II

    House of Stuart
    1685-1688

  • William III of Orange and Mary II

    House of Orange
    1689-1694

  • William III (alone)

    House of Orange
    1694-1702

  • Anne

    House of Stuart.
    (1702-1714)

  • George I

    House of Hanover.
    (1714-1727)

  • George II

    House of Hanover.
    (1727-1760)

  • George III

    House of Hanover.
    (1760-1820)

  • George IV

    House of Hanover.
    (1820-1830)

  • William IV

    House of Hanover.
    (1830-1837)
  • Victoria - (1837-1901) - House of Hanover.

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

    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.

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

  • George V

    House of Windsor.
    (1910-1936)

  • Edward VIII

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

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

    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)

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

    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.