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
|
| Aethelberht |
860-866
|
| Aethelred I |
866-871
|
| Alfred the Great |
871-899
|
| Edward the Elder |
899-925
|
| Athelstan |
925-939
|
| Edmund the Magnificent |
939-946
|
| Eadred |
946-955
|
| Eadwig (Edwy) All-Fair |
955-959
|
| Edgar the Peaceable |
959-975
|
| Edward the Martyr |
975-978
|
| Aethelred 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 - 2022
|
| Charles III |
2022 - present
|
See also:
Burial places of English monarchs
Facts about English monarchs
