Monarchs of England

House of Wessex


Eadgar the Peaceable (959-75)
Edward the Martyr (975-78)
Æthelred II "the Unready" (978-1016)
Edmund II "Ironside" (1016) no coinage

Danish Line


Cnut I "the Great" (1016-35)
Harold "Harefoot" (1035-40)
Harthacnut (Cnut II) (1040-42)

House of Wessex, Restored


Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Harold II (1066)

Norman Line


William I "the Conqueror" (1066-87)
William II "Rufus" (1087-1100)
Henry I "Beauclerc" (1100-35)
Stephen (1135-54)
Empress Matilda (1141) -uncrowned-

Plantagenet, Angevin Line


Henry II "Curtmantle" (1154-89)
Richard I "the Lionheart" (1189-99)
John I "Lackland" (1199-1216)
Henry III (1216-72)
Edward I "Longshanks" (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-27)
Edward III (1327-77)
Richard II (1377-99)

Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line


Henry IV "Bolingbroke" (1399-1413)
Henry V (1413-22)
Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-1)

Plantagenet, Yorkist Line


Edward IV (1461-70, 1471-83)
Edward V (1483) -uncrowned-
Richard III Crookback (1483-5)

House of Tudor


Henry VII Tudor (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509-47)
Edward VI (1547-53)
Lady Jane Grey (1553) -uncrowned-
Mary I (1553-58)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

House of Stuart


James I (1603-25)
Charles I (1625-49)

Monarchs of Great Britain

The Commonwealth


Oliver Cromwell (1649-58)
Richard Cromwell (1658-59)

House of Stuart, Restored


Charles II (1660-85)
James II (1685-88)

House of Orange and Stuart


William III, Mary II (1689-1702)

House of Stuart


Anne (1702-14)

House of Brunswick, Hanover Line


George I (1714-27)
George II (1727-60)
George III (1760-1820)
George IV (1820-30)
William IV (1830-37)
Victoria (1837-1901)

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha


Edward VII (1901-10)

House of Windsor


George V (1910-36)
Edward VIII (1936) -uncrowned-
George VI (1936-52)
Elizabeth II (1952-present)