Daryl Lees © 2009
This page was last updated: 28/04/2009
Here are all the monarchs of England and the United Kingdom from the first King of England to be titled in the hereditary list, William the Conqueror, through to the present Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II.
| HOUSE
OF NORMANDY |
| 1066
- 1087 William I (William the Conqueror) |
| 1087
- 1100 William II |
| 1100
- 1135 Henry I |
| 1135
- 1154 Stephen |
| HOUSE
OF PLANTAGENET |
| 1154
- 1189 Henry II |
| 1189
- 1199 Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) |
| 1199
- 1216 John (signed the Magna Carta) |
| 1216
- 1272 Henry III |
| 1272
- 1307 Edward I |
| 1307
- 1327 Edward II |
| 1327
- 1377 Edward III |
| 1377
- 1399 Richard II |
| HOUSE
OF LANCASTER |
| 1399
- 1413 Henry IV |
| 1413
- 1422 Henry V |
| 1422
- 1461 Henry VI |
| HOUSE
OF YORK |
| 1461
- 1483 Edward IV |
| 1483
- 1483 Edward V |
| 1483
- 1485 Richard III (the Hunchback) |
| HOUSE
OF TUDOR |
| 1485
- 1509 Henry VII |
| 1509
- 1547 Henry VIII (had six wives - split from Rome) |
| 1547
- 1553 Edward VI |
| 1553
- 1558 Mary I (first Sovereign Queen - Bloody Mary) |
| 1158
- 1603 Elizabeth I (known as the Virgin Queen) |
| HOUSE
OF STUART |
| 1603
- 1625 James I (King James VI of Scotland) |
| 1625
- 1649 Charles I (only Sovereign to be executed) |
| COMMONWEALTH
(REPUBLIC OF ENGLAND) |
| 1649
- 1653 Commonwealth Protectorate |
| 1653
- 1658 Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell |
| 1658
- 1659 Lord Protector Richard Cromwell |
| HOUSE
OF STUART (RESTORATION) |
| 1660
- 1685 Charles II |
| 1685
- 1688 James II (deposed by William of Orange) |
| COMMONWEALTH
(REPUBLIC OF ENGLAND) |
| 1688
- 1689 Commonwealth Protectorate |
| HOUSE
OF STUART & ORANGE (SECOND RESTORATION) |
| 1689
- 1694 William III & Mary II (Joint Sovereigns) |
| 1694
- 1702 William III (alone) |
| 1702
- 1714 Anne |
| HOUSE
OF HANOVER |
| 1714
- 1727 George I (couldn’t speak a word of English!) |
| 1727
- 1760 George II |
| 1760
- 1820 George III (known as the Mad King - lost the Colonies) |
| 1820
- 1830 George IV (was Prince Regent during his father’s illnesses) |
| 1830
- 1837 William IV |
| 1837
- 1901 Victoria (first Empress of India) |
| HOUSE
OF SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA |
| 1901
- 1910 Edward VII (was Prince of Wales for over 60 years) |
| HOUSE
OF WINDSOR |
| 1910
- 1936 George V (was King during World War One) |
| 1936
- 1936 Edward VIII (Abdicated - See Instrument of Abdication ↓ ) |
| 1936
- 1952 George VI (was King during World War Two) |
| 1952
- Elizabeth II (present Sovereign
- read about her)
|
The Instrument of Abdication
of
His Majesty King Edward VIII of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India
on
10 December 1936
