Kings and Queens of EnglandWorldwide hotels from Smooth Hound


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 II1066

Normans
William I (the Conqueror) 1066-87
William II (Rufus)1087-1100
Henry I1100-35
Stephen1135-54

House of Plantagenet (Angevin)
Henry II1154-89
Richard I (Lionheart)1189-99
John1199-1216
Henry III1216-72
Edward I1272-1307
Edward II1307-27
Edward III1327-77
Richard II1377-99

House of Lancaster
Henry IV (Bolingbroke)1399-1413
Henry V1413-22
Henry VI1422-61 and 1470-71

House of York
Edward IV1461-70 and 1471-83
Edward V1483
Richard III1483-85

(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 VIII1509-47
Edward VI1547-53
Mary I1553-58
Elizabeth I1558-1603

Stuarts
James I1603-25
Charles I1625-49

The Commonwealth
Oliver Cromwell1649-58
Richard Cromwell1658-59

Stuart Restoration
Charles II1660-85
James II1685-88
William III (of Orange) and Mary II1689-1702
Anne1702-14

House of Hanover
George I1714-27
George II1727-60
George III1760-1820
George IV1820-30
William IV1830-37

House of Saxe-Coburg
Victoria1837-1901
Edward VII1901-10

House of Windsor
George V1910-36
Edward VIII1936
George VI1936-52
Elizabeth II 1953-




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