Normans

1066-1087        William I

1087-1100        William II

1100-1135        Henry I

1135-1154        Stephen

1141                 Empress Matilda (Queen Maud)

 

Plantagenets

1154-1189        Henry II

1189-1199        Richard I

1199-1216        John

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                 Edward V

1483-1485        Richard III

 

House of Tudor

1485-1509        Henry VII, Tudor

1509-1547        Henry VIII

1547-1553        Edward VI

1553                 Lady Jane Grey

1553-1558        Mary I, Tudor

1558-1603        Elizabeth I

1559                 Introduction of the first penal laws to prevent the practice of the Catholic faith.

 

House of Stuart

1603-1625        James I

1625-1649        Charles I

 

The Commonwealth

1649-1658        Oliver Cromwell

1658-1659        Richard Cromwell

 

House of Stuart (Restored)

1660-1685        Charles II

1685-1688        James II

 

House of Orange and Stuart

1689-1702        William III (William III and Mary II ruled England jointly. William outlived Mary.)

 

House of Stuart

1689-1694        Mary II

1702-1714        Anne

1707                 Act of Union brought England and Scotland together to form Great Britain.

 

House of Brunswick, Hanover Line

1714-1727        George I

1727-1760        George II

1752                 England adopted the reformed Gregorian Calendar

1752-1763        Seven Years of War between England and France. Ended with the Treaty of Paris.

1760-1820        George III

1820-1830        George IV

1830-1837        William IV

1837-1901        Victoria

 

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

1901-1910        Edward VII

 

House of Windsor

1910-1936        George V

1914-1918        World War I

1917                 George V renamed House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to House of Windsor

1936-1936        Edward VIII

1936-1952        George VI

1939-1945        World War II

1952-present     Elizabeth II

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