Kings and Queens of England


The English throne has seen many kings and queens through the ages.

This chart traces the royal lineage, starting with a few significant names from the early eleventh century, and then all the kings and queens that followed.



Saxons and Danes
Canute (Cnut) 1016-35
Edward the Confessor (Edward I) 1042-66
Harold II 1066

Normans
William I (the Conqueror) 1066-87
William II (Rufus) 1087-1100
Henry I 1100-35
Stephen 1135-54

House of Plantagenet (Angevin)
Henry II 1154-89
Richard I (Lionheart) 1189-99
John 1199-1216
Henry III 1216-72
Edward I 1272-1307
Edward II 1307-27
Edward III 1327-77
Richard II 1377-99

House of Lancaster
Henry IV (Bolingbroke) 1399-1413
Henry V 1413-22
Henry VI 1422-61 and 1470-71

House of York
Edward IV 1461-70 and 1471-83
Edward V 1483
Richard III 1483-85

(The change of throne between the House of Lancaster and the House of York indicates the power struggle that has become known as the War of the Roses).

Tudors
Henry VII (Tudor) 1485-1509
Henry VIII 1509-47
Edward VI 1547-53
Mary I 1553-58
Elizabeth I 1558-1603

Stuarts
James I 1603-25
Charles I 1625-49

The Commonwealth
Oliver Cromwell 1649-58
Richard Cromwell 1658-59

Stuart Restoration
Charles II 1660-85
James II 1685-88
William III (of Orange) and Mary II 1689-1702
Anne 1702-14

House of Hanover
George I 1714-27
George II 1727-60
George III 1760-1820
George IV 1820-30
William IV 1830-37

House of Saxe-Coburg
Victoria 1837-1901
Edward VII 1901-10

House of Windsor
George V 1910-36
Edward VIII 1936
George VI 1936-52
Elizabeth II 1953-




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