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The Monarchs of England

A millennium of monarchs with their links to Greenwich history

 

NAME	NICKNAME	REIGNED
SAXON KINGS
Æthelred II (Ethelred)	The Unready	979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016
Edmund II	Ironside	1016
DANISH KINGS
Cnut (Canute)		1016-1035
Harold I	Harefoot	1035-1040
Hardecnut		1040-1042
SAXON KINGS
Edward	The Confessor	1042-1066
Harold II		1066-1066
NORMAN KINGS
William I	The Conqueror	1066-1087
William II	Rufus	1087-1100
Henry I	Beauclerc	1100-1135
Stephen	Count of Blois	1135-1154
PLANTAGENET KINGS
Henry II		1154-1189
Richard I	Coeur de Lion	1189-1199
John	Lackland	1199-1216
Henry III		1216-1272
Edward I	Longshanks	1272-1307
Edward II		1307-1327
Edward III		1327-1377
Richard II		1377-1399 (deposed)
LANCASTER
Henry IV	Bolingbroke	1399-1413
Henry V		1413-1422
Henry VI		1422-1461 (deposed)
YORK
Edward IV		1461-1483
Edward V		1483-1483
Richard III		1483-1485
TUDOR
Henry VII		1485-1509
Henry VIII		1509-1547
Edward VI		1547-1553
Jane	Lady Jane Grey	1553-1553
Mary I	Bloody Mary	1553-1558
Elizabeth I	Queen Bess	1558-1603
STUART
James I	James VI of Scotland	1603-1625
Charles I		1625-1649 (executed)
COMMONWEALTH
Council of State	1649-1653
Oliver Cromwell	Lord Protector	1653-1658
Richard Cromwell	Lord Protector	1658-1659
STUARTS (restored)
Charles II		1660-1685
James II		1685-1688 (deposed)
William III	(ruled jointly)	1689-1702
Mary II	(ruled jointly)	1689-1694
Anne		1702-1714
HANOVER
George I		1714-1727
George II		1727-1760
George III		1760-1820
George IV		1820-1830
William IV		1830-1837
Victoria		1837-1901
SAXE-COBURG
Edward VII		1901-1910
WINDSOR
George V		1910-1936
Edward VIII	Duke of Windsor	1936-1936 (abdicated)
George VI		1936-1952
		1952 - present

 

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