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Timeline of the Kings and Queens of England

A list of the Kings and Queens of England since 1066 until the present day.

The Normans
(1066 – 1154)

  • King William I, the Conqueror 1066 – 1087
  • King William II, Rufus 1087 – 1100
  • King Henry I 1100 – 1135
  • King Stephen 1135 – 1154
  • Empress Matilda 1141

Plantagenets
(1154 – 1399)

  • King Henry II 1154 – 1189
  • King Richard I the Lionheart 1189 – 1199
  • King John I 1199 – 1216
  • King Henry III 1216 – 1272
  • King Edward I 1272 – 1307
  • King Edward II 1307 – 1327
  • King Edward III 1327 – 1377
  • Richard II 1377 – 1399

The House of Lancaster
(1399 – 1461)

  • Henry IV 1399 – 1413
  • Henry V 1413 – 1422
  • Henry VI 1422 – 1461, 1470 – 1471

The House of York
(1461 – 1485)

  • King Edward IV 1461 -1470, 1471 – 1483
  • King Edward V 1483 – 1483
  • King Richard III 1483 – 1485

The Tudors
(1485 -1603)

  • King Henry VII 1485 – 1509
  • King Henry VIII 1509 – 1547
  • King Edward VI 1547 – 1553
  • Jane Grey 1554
  • Queen Mary I  1553 – 1558
  • Queen Elizabeth I 1558 – 1603

The Stuarts*
(1603 – 1649) (1660 – 1714)

  • James I 1603 – 1625
  • Charles I 1625 – 1649
  • Charles II 1660 – 1685
  • James II 1685 – 1688
  • William III 1688 – 1702 and Queen Mary II 1688 – 1694
  • Queen Anne 1702 – 1714

* The only time there was no King or Queen of England was following the English Civil War when the country was a republic between 1649 – 1660.

The House of Hanover
(1714 -1901)

  • King George I 1714 – 1727
  • King George II 1727 – 1760
  • King George III 1760 – 1820
  • King George IV 1820 – 1830
  • King William IV 1830 – 1837
  • Queen Victoria 1837 – 1901

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and The Windsors
(1901 -1910) (1910 – Today)

  • King Edward VII 1901 – 1910
  • King George V 1910 – 1936
  • King Edward VIII June 1936
  • King George VI 1936 – 1952
  • Queen Elizabeth II 1952 – 2022
  • King Charles III 2022 – present

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