Various families (all interrelated) have given England rulers since that time, including the houses of Anjou, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, and Windsor. After the English Civil War (1642-1648) the country was briefly governed by Oliver Cromwell and then his son Richard.
In 1707 the English and Scottish kingdoms were formally merged into the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Over the last several centuries the powers of the British monarchy have been gradually reduced, and they are now little more than figureheads.
Name | Years | |
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Æthelric of Bernicia | 568-572 | |
Beorhtric of Wessex | 786-802 | |
Egbert | 827-839 | |
Æðelwulf | 839-858 | |
Æthelweard of East Anglia | 8xx-854 | |
Æðelbald | 858-860 | |
Æðelbert | 860-865 | |
Æðelred I | 865-871 | |
Alfred the Great | 871-899 | |
Edward the Elder | 899-924 | |
Æðelstan | 924-939 | |
Edmund I the Magnificient | 939-946 | |
Eadred | 946-955 | |
Eadwig | 955-959 | |
Edgar the Peaceful | 959-975 | |
Edward the Martyr | 975-978 | |
Æðelred II the Unready | 978-1013; 1014-1016 | |
Sven Forkbeard | 1013-1014 | |
Edmund II Ironside | 1016 | |
Canute the Great | 1016-1035 | |
Harold I Harefoot | 1035-1040 | |
Harthacnut | 1040-1042 | |
Edward the Confessor | 1042-1066 | |
Harold II | 1066 | |
William I the Conqueror | 1066-1087 | |
William II Rufus | 1087-1100 | |
Henry I | 1100-1135 | |
Stephen | 1135-1154 | |
Henry II Plantagenet | 1154-1189 | |
Richard I the Lionheart | 1189-1199 | |
John | 1199-1216 | |
Henry III | 1216-1272 | |
Edward I Longshanks | 1272-1307 | |
Edward II | 1307-1327 | |
Edward III | 1327-1377 | |
Richard II | 1377-1399 | |
Henry IV | 1399-1413 | |
Henry V | 1413-1422 | |
Henry VI | 1422-1461; 1470-1471 | |
Edward IV | 1461-1470; 1471-1483 | |
Edward V | 1483 | |
Richard III | 1483-1485 | |
Henry VII Tudor | 1485-1509 | |
Henry VIII | 1509-1547 | |
Edward VI | 1547-1553 | |
Jane | 1553 | |
Mary I Tudor | 1553-1558 | |
Elizabeth I | 1558-1603 | |
James I | 1603-1625 | |
Charles I | 1625-1649 | |
Oliver Cromwell | 1653-1658 | |
Richard Cromwell | 1658-1659 | |
Charles II | 1660-1685 | |
James II | 1685-1688 | |
Mary II | 1689-1694 | |
William III of Orange | 1689-1702 | |
Anne | 1702-1714 | |
George I | 1714-1727 | |
George II | 1727-1760 | |
George III | 1760-1820 | |
George IV | 1820-1830 | |
William IV | 1830-1837 | |
Victoria | 1837-1901 | |
Edward VII | 1901-1910 | |
George V | 1910-1936 | |
Edward VIII | 1936 | |
George VI | 1936-1952 | |
Elizabeth II | 1952-2022 | |
Charles III | 2022- |