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Monarchs of England  

Because Alfred the Great unified most of the various English kingdoms under one rule, the English monarchy traditionally begins with him. However, the House of Wessex, from which Alfred hailed and which served as the nucleus of the future kingdom, is sometimes considered the first royal house, with Egbert of Wessex regarded as "the first king of all England"; so it is included here as well.

	The House of Wessex
802-839	Egbert
839-855	Ethelwulf
855-860	Ethelbald
860-866	Ethelbert
866-871	Ethelred
	The Anglo-Saxons
871-899	Alfred the Great
899-925	Edward the Elder
925-939	Athelstan
939-946	Edmund
946-955	Edred
955-959	Eadwig
959-975	Edgar the Peacable
975-978	Edward the Martyr
978-1016	Ethelred the Unready (interrupted by Danish conquest)
1016	Edmund Ironside
	The Danes
1014	Swein Forkbeard
1016-1035	Canute
1035-1040	Harold Harefoot
1040-1042	Harthacanute
	The Anglo-Saxons, Restored
1042-1066	Edward the Confessor
1066	Harold II (Godwinson)
	The Normans
1066-1087	William I (the Conqueror)
1087-1100	William II (Rufus)
1100-1135	Henry I
1135-1154	Stephen
	The Angevins (Plantaganets)
1154-1189	Henry II
1189-1199	Richard I
1199-1216	John
1216-1272	Henry III
1272-1307	Edward I
1307-1327	Edward II
1327-1377	Edward III
1377-1399	Richard II
	The Lancastrians
1399-1413	Henry IV
1413-1422	Henry V
1422-1461	Henry VI
	The Yorkists
1461-1483	Edward IV
1483	Edward V (never crowned)
1483-1485	Richard III
	The Tudors
1485-1509	Henry VII
1509-1547	Henry VIII
1547-1553	Edward VI
1553	Lady Jane Grey (queen for nine days)
1553-1558	Mary I
1559-1603	Elizabeth I

 

Please note: all the individuals above can also be found through the index of Royalty and the geographical index for Britain.

 

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