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Who have been the kings and queens of England since Henry VIII?
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the Monarchs of England in order were:
House of Mercia:King Offa Born circa 747 Reigned 774-796 Died 26 or 29 July 796, Was King of Mercia from 757 claimed to be King of Angles in 774 House of Wessex:King Egbert Born circa 775 Reigned 829-839 Died 4 February 839King Æthelwulf Born 795 Reigned 839-856 Died 13 January 858
King Æthelbald Born circa 834 Reigned 856-860 Died 20 December 860
King Æthelberht Born circa 835 Reigned 860-865 Died 865
King Æthelred Born circa 837 Reigned 865-871 Died 23 April 871
King Alfred the Great Born circa 849 Reigned 871-899 Died 26 October 899
King Edward the Elder Born circa 871-877 Reigned 899-924 Died 17 July 924
King Athelstan the Glorious Born 895 Reigned 924-939 Died 27 October 939
King Edmund the Magnificent Born circa 921 Reigned 939-946 Died 26 May 946
King Eadred Born circa 923 Reigned 946-955 Died 23 November 955
King Eadwig Born circa 940 Reigned 955-959 Died 1 October 959
King Edgar the Peaceable Born circa 943 Reigned 959-975 Died 8 July 975
King Saint Edward the Martyr Born circa 962 Reigned 975-978 Died 18 March 978 Canonized 1001
King Æthelred the Unready Born circa 968 Reigned 978-1013 Died 23 April 1016
House of Denmark(Also the Kings of Denmark):King Sweyn Forkbeard Born circa 960 Reigned 1013-1014 Died 3 February 1014 House of Wessex(restored):King Æthelred the Unready Born circa 968 Reigned 1014-1016 Died 23 April 1016King Edmund Ironside Born circa 993 Reigned 1016 Died 30 November 1016
House of Denmark(restored):King Canute Born circa 995 Reigned 1016-1035 Died 12 November 1035King Harold Harefoot Born circa 1016/7 Reigned 1035-1040 Died 17 March 1040
King Harthacanute Born 1018 Reigned 1040-1042 Died 8 June 1042
House of Wessex(second restoration):King Saint Edward the Confessor Born circa 1003 Reigned 1042-1066 Died 5 January 1066 Canonized 1161King Harold Godwinson Born circa 1020 Reigned 1066 Died 14 October 1066
King Edgar the Atheling Born circa 1053 Reigned 1066 Died circa 1125
House of Normandy(also the Dukes of Normandy):King William I The Conqueror Born circa 1028 Reigned 1066-1087 Died 9 September 1087King William II Rufus Born circa 1060 Reigned 1087-1100 Died 2 August 1100
King Henry I Beauclerc Born September 1068 Reigned 1100-1135 Died 1 December 1135
Henry I left the Crown to his daughter Matildahowever the Barons disliked how Henry I had underminded their powers and saw a Queen as a good way to take back power from the Crown thus backed a coup under Matilda's CousinStephen
King Stephen Born circa 1096 Reigned 1135-1141 Died 25 October 1154
Empress Matilda Born 7 February 1102 Reigned 1141 Died 10 September 1167
King Stephen Born circa 1096 Reigned 1141-1154 Died 25 October 1154
House of Plantagenet:King Henry II Curtmantle Born 5 March 1133 Reigned 1154-1189 Died 6 July 1189King Richard I the Lionheart Born 8 September 1157 Reigned 1189-1199 Died 6 April 1199
King John Lackland Born 24 December 1166 Reigned 1199-1216 Died 19 October 1216
King Henry III Born 1 October 1207 Reigned 1216-1272 Died 16 November 1272
King Edward I Longshanks Born 17 June 1239 Reigned 1272-1307 Died 7 July 1307
King Edward II Born 25 April 1284 Reigned 1307-1327 Died 21 September 1327
King Edward III Born 13 November 1312 Reigned 1327-1377 Died 21 June 1377
King Richard II Born 6 January 1367 Reigned 1377-1399 Died 14 February 1400
House of Lancaster:King Henry IV Bolingbroke Born 3 April 1366/7 Reigned 1399-1413 Died 20 March 1413King Henry V Born 9 August 1387 (or 16 September) Reigned 1413-1422 Died 31 August 1422
King Henry VI Born 6 December 1421 Reigned 1422-1461 Died 21 May 1471
House of York:King Edward IV Born 28 April 1442 Reigned 1461-1470 Died 9 April 1483 House of Lancaster(restored):King Henry VI Born 6 December 1421 Reigned 1470-1471 Died 21 May 1471 House of York(restored):King Edward IV Born 28 April 1442 Reigned 1471-1483 Died 9 April 1483King Edward V Born 2 November 1470 Reigned 1483 Died circa 1483
King Richard III Born 2 October 1452 Reigned 1483 - 1485 Died 22 August 1485
House of Tudor:King Henry VII Born 28 January 1457 Reigned 1485-1509 Died 21 April 1509King Henry VIII Born 28 June 1491 Reigned 1509-1547 Died 28 January 1547
King Edward VI Born 12 October 1537 Reigned 1547-1553 Died 6 July 1553
Fearing a Catholic Monarch leading Nobles lead a coup against Mary I and made Lady Jane Grey queen for 9 days
Lady Jane Grey Born October 1537 Reigned 1553 Died 12 February 1554
Queen Mary I Born 18 February 1516 Reigned 1553-1558 Died 17 November 1558
Queen Elizabeth I Born 7 September 1533 Reigned 1558-1603 Died 24 March 1603
House of Stuart(also Kings of Scotland):King James I Born 19 June 1566 Reigned 1603-1625 Died 27 March 1625King Saint Charles I The Martyr Born 19 November 1600 Reigned 1625-1649 Died 30 January 1649 Canonized 1660
the Monarchy was over thrown in 1649, starting in 1653 a monarch like position the Lord Protector was made
Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell Born 25 April 1599 Reigned 1653-1658 Died 3 September 1658
Lord Protector Richard Cromwell Born 4 October 1626 Reigned 1658-1659 Died 12 July 1712
House of Stuart(restored):King Charles II Born 29 May 1630 Reigned 1660-1685 Died 6 February 1685
King James II Born 14 October 1633 Reigned 1685-1688 Died 16 September 1701
King James II was over thrown in a anti-Catholic Coup by his Son-in-law and daughter William and Mary making them the first and only joint monarchs in British history
Queen Mary II Born 30 April 1662 Reigned 1689-1694 Died 28 December 1694
King William III Born 4 November 1650 Reigned 1689-1702 Died 8 March 1702
Queen Anne Born 6 February 1665 Reigned 1702-1707 Died 1 August 1714
on 1 May 1707 the Kingdoms of Scotland and England united into the Kingdom of Great Britain making Queen Anne that last Monarch of England.
Queen Anne Born 6 February 1665 Reigned 1707-1714 Died 1 August 1714
House of Hanover(also rulers of Hanover):King George I Born 28 May 1660 Reigned 1714-1727 Died 11 June 1727
King George II Born 30 October 1683 Reigned 1727-1760 Died 25 October 1760
King George III Born 4 June 1738 Reigned 1760-1820 Died 29 January 1820
King George IV Born 12 August 1762 Reigned 1820-1830 Died 26 June 1830
King William IV Born 21 August 1765 Reigned 1830-1837 Died 20 June 1837
Queen Victoria Born 24 May 1819 Reigned 1837-1901 Died 22 January 1901
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha:King Edward VII Born 9 November 1841 Reigned 1901-1910 Died 6 May 1910
King George V Born 3 June 1865 Reigned 1910-1936 Died 20 January 1936
the royal house changed it's name to Windsor in 1917 due to Anti-German feeling
House of Windsor:King George V Born 3 June 1865 Reigned 1910-1936 Died 20 January 1936
King Edward VIII Born 23 June 1894 Reigned 1936 Died 28 May 1972
King George VI Born 14 December 1895 Reigned 1936-1952 Died 6 February 1952
Queen Elizabeth II Born 21 April 1926 Reigning 1952-present
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Elizabeth II The political structure of the British Isles has changed several times through history.
This has meant a change to the name of the country and also a change to the title of the monarch.
The title "King (or Queen) of England" has not existed for over 300 years, full details in the related question link below.
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How many English kings where beheaded?
2 Another answer Since King Offa in 774 and King William III in 1702 there have been about 53 Kings of England. After 1707 and the Union with Scotland, Kings and Queens ruled Great Britain. The link below had more information about the list of English Monarchs
Can a Catholic be king or queen of England?
No, since the 1700's no Catholic can be King or Queen of England. Before this time it was different. Until Henry VIII broke with the Church of Rome all Kings and Queens were Catholic. After Henry his daughter Mary burned Protestants and later Charles I married French Catholic Henrietta Maria who raised their children in the faith. Charles and Henrietta's sons Charles and James were both Catholic and it was because of James and the "Glorious Revolution" that they came up with the rule that only Protestant descentants of Sophia of Hanover (The Grandaughter of King James I) could be in line to the throne of England.
What country did Jane Seymour come from?
Jane Seymour is from England, and has been an actress since 1969. The Jane Seymour that was a wife of King Henry VIII was also from England.
What was the impact of Queen Matilda of the medieval times?
There are eight people this question might refer to, the first seven of whom were medieval:Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, was queen of England.Matilda of Scotland, wife of Henry I of England, was queen of England.Matilda (or Maud) of England, wife of Emperor Henry V, and later of Geoffrey of Anjou became a monarch of England. She was sometimes called Queen of the Romans, or Empress Matilda.Saint Matilda, wife Henry I of Germany, was queen of the Romans.Matilda of Boulogne, wife of King Stephen, was queen of EnglandMatilda (or Maud) of Savoy, wife of King Alfonso I, was queen of PortugalMatilda of Frisia was wife of King Henry I of the Franks.Matilda (or Maud) of Wales was wife of King Haakon VII of Norway.
Who is Eleanor of Aquitaine and who did she give birth to?
Eleanor was the wife of 2 kings and the mother of two kings. She was the grandmother of a queen. Very few could compare the power she held. As the heiress of the duchy of Aquitaine she was a trend setter in the medieval world. She went on the second crusade while married to King Louis VII of France and the marriage was annulled. She left her two daughters by him to be raised in the French court. Her second marriage was to Henry of Anjou who became King Henry II of England in 1154. She bore Henry 5 sons and 3 daughters. Two of her sons Richard and John will become Kings of England. Eleanor was an independent ruler in her own right since she inherited the huge Duchy of Aquitaine and Poitiers from her father when she was 15. In 1173 she led three of her sons in a rebellion against Henry. The rebellion was put down and she was imprisoned by Henry for 15 years. In 1189 Henry died and her son Richard I became king. She died after many years of travel and political power in 1204.
How do you put governors general in a sentence?
The kings and queens of England have appointed the governors general in Canada since the 1860s.
Why does the US not have nobility?
because we are a democracy and have always been since we separated from england. we have never had queens or kings because we have almos always had presidents instead.
Where are the Kings and Queens of England crowned?
Westminster Abbey, London, England.See the Related Link.
Do brazil people still have kings and queens?
No, Brazil has been a republic since 1889.
How many kings and queens have the united kingdom had since 1500?
30 counting every last one
Are the kings and queens of England also the kings and queens of Scotland?
There has not been a King or Queen of England (or Scotland) since 1707. In that year, the crowns of England and Scotland were united and the Monarch (Queen Anne) became Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain. More details on the related question link below.
How many English kings where beheaded?
2 Another answer Since King Offa in 774 and King William III in 1702 there have been about 53 Kings of England. After 1707 and the Union with Scotland, Kings and Queens ruled Great Britain. The link below had more information about the list of English Monarchs
Dose france have a queen?
No.France hasn't been a monachy for ages, they did away with their kings and queens in a revolutionseveral hundred years ago.not since 1848, and a Republic since 1870.
Can a Catholic be king or queen of England?
No, since the 1700's no Catholic can be King or Queen of England. Before this time it was different. Until Henry VIII broke with the Church of Rome all Kings and Queens were Catholic. After Henry his daughter Mary burned Protestants and later Charles I married French Catholic Henrietta Maria who raised their children in the faith. Charles and Henrietta's sons Charles and James were both Catholic and it was because of James and the "Glorious Revolution" that they came up with the rule that only Protestant descentants of Sophia of Hanover (The Grandaughter of King James I) could be in line to the throne of England.
When did the last successful invasion of England take place?
1066 AD, by Normans (People of Normandy, in Northern France) Since then, it's had Kings and Queens from different countries - Scotland, Wales, Holland - but since they're all from the same British Royal Family and inherited the country rather than invaded it, they don't count.
What were King Henry of England's children called?
Which King Henry? There have been 8 diffrent kings named Henry in England, since 1066, if one includes Henry the Young King.If, however, we assume that the question refers to the FIRST king to bear the regnal name Henry, then the answer would, in order or birth, be:Matilda, born in 1102, died 1167.William Adelin, born in 1103, died 1120.Of course, these are merely his LEGITIMATE children. He had possibly as many as 24 illegitimate ones, with a long line of mistresss.
How long has leadership been around?
Leadership has been around ever since Kings, Queens, Prime ministers, and Presidents have started to be chosen around 200 AD.
