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- |
|
Copyright © 1995 to 2016 Smooth Hound Systems
Smooth Hound Systems accepts no liability with regards to the accuracy of the information on this site.
Users are advised to double check information such as dates, times, prices etc.