List of monarchs of England

England was first unified as a state by Alfred the Great of Wessex. It ceased to exist as a separate kingdom following unions with Scotland (1707) and Ireland (1801). Today, England exists as one of the regions of the United Kingdom, alongside Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, "Her (or His) Majesty's Peculiars", and a number of colonial holdings. Thus from 1707, the terms "King of England" and "Queen of England" are incorrect. Hence, this list runs up to 1707; for monarchs after that date, see List of British monarchs

See also: Kings of England family tree

Table of contents

1 The Saxon kings 2 The Danelaw 3 The Saxon restoration 4 The Norman kings 5 The Angevins or Plantagenets 6 The House of Lancaster 7 The House of York 8 The House of Tudor 9 The House of Stuart 10 Interregnum 11 The Stuart restoration

The Saxon kings

• Ælfred (Alfred) the Great (871-899)
• Edward the Elder (899-924)
• Athelstan (924-939)
• Edmund I (939-946)
• Edred (946-955)
• Edwy (955-959)
• Edgar (959-975)
• Edward the Martyr (975-978)
• Ethelred II (978-1016)
• Edmund II (1016)

• Svein, also King of Denmark (1013-1014)
• Canute I (1014-1035)
• Harold I (1035-1040)
• Canute II (1040-1042)

• Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)
• Harold II (1066)
• Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned (1066)

After the Norman Conquest in 1066, numbering of kings began anew; this affected only the Edwards.

• William I (1066-1087)
• William II (1087-1100)
• Henry I (1100-1135)
• Stephen (1135-1154)

• 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)

• Henry IV (1399-1413)
• Henry V (1413-1422)
• Henry VI (1422-1461 and 1470-1471)

• Edward IV (1461-1470 and 1471-1483)
• Edward V, uncrowned (1483)
• Richard III (1483-1485)

• Henry VII (1485-1509)
• Henry VIII (1509-1547)
• Edward VI (1547-1553)
• Lady Jane Grey (1553)
• Mary I (1553-1558)
• Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

• James I, (1603-1625), also from an earlier date King James VI of Scots
• Charles I (1625-1649), also King of Scots

The Stuart restoration

• Charles II (1660-1685), also King of Scots
• James II (1685-1688), also King James VII of Scots
• William III and Mary III (1689-1694), as co-monarchs, also King and Queen of Scots
• William III (1694-1702), continued as single monarch, also King of Scots
• Anne (1702-1707), also Queen of Scots, then Queen of Great Britain after 1707 until her death in 1714