Monarchs since the Norman Conquest in 1066

House of ..and Blois, 1066-1135

1066-1087 William I - defeated Harold II (last Anglo-Saxon king) at Hastings.
1087-1100 William II
1100-1135 Henry I
1135-1154 Stephen
House of ..
1154-1189 Henry II murder of Samuel Becket, Archbishop or Canterbury
1189-1199 Richard I Lionheart - Third Crusade.
1199-1216 John - The Lackland He signed the Magna Carta
1216-1272 Henry III Kings great Council became known as Parliament.
1272-1307 Edward I He created the title of Prince of Wales for his fourth son.
1307-1327 Edward II
1327-1377 Edward III Outbreak of Hundred Years War (with France). Black death.
1377-1399 Richard II he patronized Geoffrey Chaucer author of The Canterbury Tales
House of . - red rose
1399-1413 Henry IV
1413-1422 Henry V France is invaded. Battle of Agincourt.
1422-1461 Henry VI End of the Hundred Years war. The War of the roses start. St. Albans
battle.
House of .. white rose
1461-1483 Edward IV
1483
Edward V
1483-1485 Richard III the two little princes were murdered in the tower.
House of .
1485-1509 Henry VII battle of Bothworth end of the War of the Roses
1509-1547 Henry VIII Church of England
1547-1553 Edward VI - son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour (Third wife) Henry VIII and Catherine
of Aragon (First wife).
1558-1603 Elizabeth I daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyne (Second wife).
House of ..
1603-1625 James I son of Mary Stuart, King of Scotland. Divine Right.
1625-1649 Charles I Civil War.
1649-1653 Commonwealth/protectorate Execution of Charles I
1653-1658 Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell
1658-1659 Protectorate of Richard Cromwell
House of .
1660-1685 Charles II The Restoration. Death of Milton.
1685-1688 James II
1689-1694 William III of Orange and Mary II (jointly), H. Purcell as Court Musician.

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House of
1694-1702 William III (sole ruler after Marys death)
1702-1714 Anne
House of
1714-1727 George I Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister (Whig)
1727-1760 George II
1760-1820 George III Cooks first voyage to Australia.
1820-1830 George IV
1830-1837 William IV Abolition of Slavery.
1837-1901 Victoria married Albert Saxe-Coburg Gotha
House of ..
1901-1910 Edward VII
House of Windsor
until 1917 when England declares War to Germany
1936 Edward VIII abdicated to marry a divorced woman, Wally Simpson.
1936-1952 George VI - second World War.
1952- present Elizabeth II