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English Rulers

The document provides a timeline of monarchs of England from 802 to the present day, listing each monarch's name and reign period. It covers the houses of Wessex, Danish, Saxons, Normans, Plantagenets, Lancaster, York, Tudors, Stuarts, Commonwealth, restored Stuarts, Hanover, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and Windsor. The timeline shows that after the Act of Union in 1707 unifying England and Scotland, the monarch was more correctly referred to as the monarch of Great Britain rather than just England.

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English Rulers

The document provides a timeline of monarchs of England from 802 to the present day, listing each monarch's name and reign period. It covers the houses of Wessex, Danish, Saxons, Normans, Plantagenets, Lancaster, York, Tudors, Stuarts, Commonwealth, restored Stuarts, Hanover, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and Windsor. The timeline shows that after the Act of Union in 1707 unifying England and Scotland, the monarch was more correctly referred to as the monarch of Great Britain rather than just England.

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Monarchs of England – Timeline

After the act of Union in 1707 the king or queen is more correctly called the
monarch of Great Britain

Monarch Reign
HOUSE OF WESSEX
Egbert 802–839
Aethelwulf 839–858
Aethelbald 858–860
Aethelbert 860–866
Aethelred 866–871
Alfred the Great 871–899
Edward the Elder 899–925
Athelstan 925–940
Edmund the Magnificent 940–946
Eadred 946–955
Eadwig (Edwy) All–Fair 955–959
Edgar the Peaceable 959–975
Edward the Martyr 975–978
Ethelred II (Ethelred the 979–1013 and
Unready) 1014–1016
Edmund II (Ironside) 1016
DANISH
Svein Forkbeard 1014
Cnut (Canute) 1016–1035
Harold I 1035–1040
Hardiknut 1040–1042
SAXONS
Edward (the Confessor) 1042–1066
Harold II 1066
NORMANS
William I 1066–1087
William II 1087–1100
Henry I 1100–1135
Stephen 1135–1154
Empress Matilda (Queen
1141
Maud)
PLANTAGENETS
Henry II 1154–1189
Richard I 1189–1199
John 1199–1216
Henry III 1216–1272
Edward I 1272–1307
Edward II 1307–1327
Edward III 1327–1377
Richard II 1377–1399
HOUSE OF LANCASTER
Henry IV 1399–1413
Henry V 1413–1422
Henry VI 1422–1461
HOUSE OF YORK
Edward IV 1461–1483
Edward V 1483
Richard III 1483–1485
TUDORS
Henry VII 1485–1509
Henry VIII 1509–1547
Edward VI 1547–1553
Jane Grey 1553
Mary I 1553–1558
Elizabeth I 1558–1603
STUARTS
James I 1603–1625
Charles I 1625–1649
COMMONWEALTH
Oliver Cromwell 1649–1658
Richard Cromwell 1658–1659
STUARTS (restored)
Charles II 1660–1685
James II 1685–1688
William III 1689–1702
Mary II 1689–1694
Anne 1702–1714
HOUSE OF HANOVER
George I 1714–1727
George II 1727–1760
George III 1760–1820
George IV 1820–1830
William IV 1830–1837
Victoria 1837–1901
SAXE–COBURG–GOTHA
Edward VII 1901–1910
WINDSOR
George V 1910–1936
Edward VIII 1936–1936
George VI 1936–1952
Elizabeth II 1952 – present

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