English monarchs

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This is a list of the Kings and Queens of the Kingdom of England from 871 until England and Scotland joined together in 1707.

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[edit] West Saxons

  • Alfred the Great (871 - 899)
  • Edward the Elder (899 - 924)
  • Ælfweard (924), King of Wessex only.
  • Athelstan (924 - 939)
  • Edmund I (939 - 946
  • Edred (946 - 955)
  • Edwy the Fair (955 - 959)
  • Edgar the Peaceable (959 - 975)
  • St Edward the Martyr (975 - 978)
  • Ethelred the Unready (978 - 1013, 1014 - 1016)
  • Edmund Ironside (1016)

[edit] Danish Kings

  • Sweyn Forkbeard (1013 - 1014)
  • Canute the Great (1016 - 1035)
  • Harold Harefoot (1035 - 1040)
  • Harthacanute (1040 - 1042)

[edit] West Saxon Restoration

[edit] Normans

In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy invaded England. He defeated King Harold II and became King.

[edit] Plantagenets

[edit] Angevins

[edit] Lancastrians

[edit] Yorkists

[edit] Tudors

The Tudors were from Wales and in 1535 Wales became part of England. England had controlled Wales since 1284.

[edit] Stuarts

The Stuarts were also Kings of Scotland, with which kingdom England was in personal, but not legislative, union until 1707.

[edit] Interregnum

There was a civil war in England from 1642 until 1652. In 1649, King Charles I was executed and England became a Commonwealth. In 1653 Oliver Cromwell made himself Lord Protector and England became a Protectorate. Cromwell died in 1658 and his son, Richard, became Lord Protector. In 1660 the Monarchy was given back power.

[edit] Stuarts (restored)

In 1707, England and Scotland joined together. For Kings and Queens after 1707, see British monarchs.

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