Timeline and facts abouts the Kings and Queens who have ruled England, Wales and (from the time of James I) Scotland.
Timeline of the Kings and Queens of England
from 1066 to 1603 |
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Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom
from 1603 to the present day |
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Interesting Fact |
The only time when there was no King or Queen in Britain was when the country was a republic between 1649 and 1660. (In 1649 King Charles I was executed and Britain became a Republic for eleven years. The monarchy was restored in 1660.) |
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 1 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 (Bloody Mary) 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 House of Hanoverians
(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 - present day
To the The Normans
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