Kings of England have ruled England itself for nearly a thousand years, from 757 to 1603 AD. In that time, English Kings have also ruled Wales and Ireland (forced). Then in 1603 the English and Scottish Crowns united, making James VI of Scotland (James I of England) King of both England and Scotland. Forming the new Monarchy of the United Kingdom until 1 January 1801, when the Kingdom of Ireland united with the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Monarchy would become the Monarchy of the United Kingdom and Ireland, until 5/6 parts of Ireland left the union on 6 December 1922. After which, the Monarchy changed again to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, which is how it remains today.
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Kings of England |
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House of Mercia |
| 757-796 – Offa | |
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House of Wessex |
| 802-839 – Egbert | |
| 839-856 – Aethelwulf | |
| 856-860 – Aethelbald | |
| 860-866 – Aethelbert | |
| 866-871 – Aethelred | |
| 871-899 – Alfred (the Great) | |
| 899-925 – Edward (the Elder) | |
| 925-940 – Athelstan | |
| 940-946 – Edmund I (Eadmund) | |
| 946-955 – Edred (Eadred) | |
| 955-959 – Edwy (Eadwig) | |
| 959-975 – Edgar (the Peaceful) (Eadgar) | |
| 975-978 – Edward II (the Martyr) | |
| 978-1016 – Ethelred II (the Unready) (AEthelred) | |
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House of Denmark |
| 1013-1014 – Sweyn Forkbeard | |
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House of Wessex |
| 1014-1016 – Ethelred II (the Unready) (Aethelred) second reign | |
| 1016 – Edmund II (Ironside) | |
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House of Denmark |
| 1016-1035 – Cnut (the Great) | |
| 1035-1040 – Harold Harefoot | |
| 1040-1042 – Harthacnut (Harthacanute) | |
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House of Wessex |
| 1042-1066 – Edward III (the Confessor) | |
| 1066 – Harold II Godwinson | |
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House of Normandy |
| 1066-1087 – William I (the Conqueror) | |
| 1087-1100 – William II (Rufus) | |
| 1100-1135 – Henry I (Beauclerc) | |
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House of Blois |
| 1135-1141 – Stephen | |
| 1141 – Matilda (disputed claim) | |
| 1141-1154 – Stephen | |
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House of Angevin |
| 1154-1189 – Henry II (Plantagenet) | |
| 1170-1183 – Henry the Young co-ruler with his father | |
| 1189-1199 – Richard I (the Lionheart) | |
| 1199-1216 – John (Lackland) | |
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House of Plantagenet |
| 1216-1272 – Henry III (of Winchester) | |
| 1272-1307 – Edward I (Longshanks) | |
| 1307-1327 – Edward II (of Caernarfon) | |
| 1327-1377 – Edward III | |
| 1377-1399 – Richard II | |
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House of Lancaster |
| 1399-1413 – Henry IV (Bolingbroke) | |
| 1413-1422 – Henry V (The Star of England) | |
| 1422-1461 – Henry VI | |
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House of York |
| 1461-1470 – Edward IV | |
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House of Lancaster |
| 1470-1471 – Henry VI (restored) | |
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House of York |
| 1471-1483 – Edward IV (second reign) | |
| 1483 – Edward V | |
| 1483-1485 – Richard III | |
Here marks the end of the Middle Ages |
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House of Tudor |
| 1485-1509 – Henry VII | |
Kings of England, Wales and Ireland |
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House of Tudor |
| 1509-1547 – Henry VIII | |
| 1547-1553 – Edward VI | |
| 1553-1558 – Mary I | |
| 1558-1603 – Elizabeth I | |
Kings of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland (United Kingdom) |
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House of Stuart |
| 1603-1625 – James I (King of Scotland as James VI 1567-1625) | |
| 1625-1649 – Charles I | |
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Commonwealth |
| 1649-1653 – Commonwealth No monarch reigned between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. Instead, from 1653, the Cromwells held power as Lord Protector, during the period known as the Protectorate, when the monarchy was overthrown. | |
| 1653-1658 – Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector) (Old Ironsides) | |
| 1658-1659 – Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector) (Tumbledown Dick) | |
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House of Stuart (The Restoration) |
| 1660-1685 – Charles II | |
| 1685-1688 – James II | |
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House of Orange |
| 1689-1694 – William III (of Orange) and Mary II (jointly) | |
| 1694-1702 – William III (of Orange) (alone) | |
| 1702-1714 – Anne | |
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House of Hanover |
| 1714-1727 – George I | |
| 1727-1760 – George II | |
| 1760-1820 – George III | |
| 1820-1830 – George IV | |
| 1830-1837 – William IV (King of Hanover) | |
| 1837-1901 – Victoria (Empress of India 1876-1901) | |
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House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
| 1901-1910 – Edward VII | |
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House of Windsor |
| 1910-1936 – George V | |
| 1936 – Edward VIII | |
| 1936-1952 – George VI | |
| 1952-Present – Elizabeth II (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Head of the Commonwealth of Nations) | |
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