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Monarchs of the United Kingdom

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  • Period: Dec 25, 1013 to Feb 3, 1014

    House of Denmark

  • Period: Feb 3, 1014 to Nov 30, 1016

    House of Wessex

  • Period: Oct 18, 1016 to Jun 8, 1042

    House of Denmark

  • Period: Jun 9, 1042 to Dec 25, 1066

    House of Wessex

  • Period: Dec 25, 1066 to Dec 21, 1135

    House of Normandy

  • Period: Dec 22, 1135 to Dec 19, 1154

    House of Blois

  • Period: Dec 19, 1154 to Sep 29, 1399

    House of Plantagenet

  • Period: Sep 30, 1399 to Mar 4, 1461

    House of Lancaster

  • Period: Mar 4, 1461 to Oct 2, 1470

    House of York

  • Period: Oct 30, 1470 to Apr 11, 1471

    House of Lancaster

  • Period: Apr 11, 1471 to Jun 26, 1485

    House of York

  • Period: Aug 22, 1485 to

    House of Tudor

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    House of Stuart

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    Interregnum

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    House of Stewart

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    House of Orange-Nassau

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    Kingdom of Great Britain

  • George I Hanover

    George I Hanover
    1. Elector of Hanover
    2. Took the throne because he was the closest protestant to the throne
    3. Saw parlememnt take over the powers of the king.
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    House of Hanover

  • George II Hanover

    George II Hanover
    1. Born in Germany
    2. Left domestic policy to Parlememnt
    3. Lead armies personally in the War of Spanish Succession.
    4. Quelled the final Jacobite rebelion

  • George III Hanover

    George III Hanover
    1. Used English and distanced himself from German roots.
    2. Lead the country to victory in the Seven Years War.
    3. Saw the loss of the American Colonies
    4. Gained notablity with victory in the Napolionic Wars.
    5. Went mad later on.
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    The United Kingdom

  • George IV Hanover

    George IV Hanover
    1. Regent from 1811
    2. Seen as obese and inefective as King
    3. Saw Catholics regain political rights/

  • William IV Hanover

    William IV Hanover
    1. Took over when brother died without living issue.
    2. Balked at taking measures to help parlement reform.
    3. Took anti-French stance and supported cration of Belgium.

  • Victoria Hanover

    Victoria Hanover
    1. Grandaughter of George III
    2. Created and symbolized the social norms of the upperclass of the day.
    3. Became Empress at the higth of British Neo-Colonial power.
    4. Matriarch of subsequent European monarchy

  • Edward VII Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

    Edward VII Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    1. Worked to improve relations through the world as both prince and king
    2. Modernized the navy and took actions to perserve colonial presence.
    3. Oversaw the the reduction of the power of the House of Lords due to constitutional crisis before his death
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    House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

  • George V Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Windsor after 1917)

    George V Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Windsor after 1917)
    1. Saw Ireland leave the United Kingdom
    2. King durring WWI
    3. He changed the royal family's dynastic name to the House of Windsor and relenquished all German titles to disconect from the German Empire.
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    House of Windsor

  • Edward VIII Windsor

    Edward VIII Windsor
    1. Engaged commoner and divoercee Wallis Simpson
    2. Her marital status conflicted with Edward's role as head of the Church of England. 3.Abdicated to wed Simpson

  • George VI Windsor

    George VI Windsor
    1. Reluctently took the throne after his brother's abdication.
    2. Served as a patriotic figure in WWII
    3. Saw the change from empire to commonwealth with the loss of India

  • Elizabeth II Windsor

    Elizabeth II Windsor
    1. Oversaw the end of colonial power.
    2. Taken many important diplomatic trips such as to Ireland, and the Vatican
    3. Still serving
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    Kingdom of England