Monarchs of England

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
Æthelred II (Ethelred the Unready)	979-1013 and 1014-1016
Edmund II (Ironside)	1016
DANISH
Svein Forkbeard	1014
Cnut (Canute)	1016-1035
Harold I	1035-1040
Hardicnut	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 Maud)	1141
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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