Due to the voluminous nature of the amount of information on each King or Queen, I have opted to give you the line of succession and the years of their reign only. More biographical information may be found on each under the History button on the entrance page to this section, or by utilizing the Back button at the bottom of this page.
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Saxon Line |
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| Edwy | 955 - 959 |
| Edgar | 959 - 975 |
| Edward the Martyr | 975 -978 |
| Ethelred the Unready | 978 - 1016 |
| Edmund Ironside | 1016 |
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Danish Line |
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| Canute (Cnut) | 1016 - 1035 |
| Harold I | 1035 - 1040 |
| Hardicanute (Harthacnut) | 1040 -1042 |
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Saxon Line |
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| Edward the Confessor | 1042 - 1066 |
| Harold II (Godwinson) | 1066 |
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House of Normandy |
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| William I (The Conqueror) | 1066 - 1087 |
| William II | 1087 - 1100 |
| Henry I | 1100 - 1135 |
| Stephen | 1135 - 1154 |
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House of Plantagenet |
| Henry II (Curtmantel) | 1154 - 1189 |
| Richard (The Lionheart) | 1189 - 1199 |
| John (Lackland) | 1199 - 1216 |
| Henry III | 1216 - 1272 |
| Edward I | 1272 - 1307 |
| Edward II | 1307 - 1327 |
| Edward III | 1327 - 1377 |
| Richard II | 1377 - 1399 |
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House of Lancaster |
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| Henry IV | 1399 - 1413 |
| Henry V | 1413 - 1422 |
| Henry VI | 1422 - 1461 |
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House of York |
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| Edward IV | 1461 - 1483 |
| Edward V | 483 |
| Richard III (Crookback) | 1483 - 1485 |
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House of Tudor |
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| Henry VII | 1485 - 1509 |
| Henry VIII | 1509 - 1547 |
| Edward VI | 1547 - 1553 |
| Jane (The Nine Days Queen) | 1553 |
| Mary I (Bloody Mary) | 1553 - 1558 |
| Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen) | 1558 - 1603 |
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House of Stuart |
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| James I of England and VI of Scotland | 1603 - 1625
| | Charles I | 1625 - 1649 |
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Commonwealth (declared 1649) |
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| Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector | 1653 - 1658 |
| Richard Cromwell | 1658 - 1660 |
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House of Stuart |
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| Charles II 1660 - 1685 |
| James II of England and VII of Scotland | 1685 - 1689 |
| William III and Mary II (Mary d. 1694) | 1689 - 1702 |
| Anne 1702 - 1714 |
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House of Hanover |
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| George I | 1714 - 1727 |
| George II | 1727 - 1760 |
| George III (Farmer George) | 1760 - 1820 |
| George IV (Prinny) | 1820 - 1830 |
| William IV (Silly Billy) | 1830 - 1837 |
| Victoria | 1837 - 1901 |
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(later changed to Windsor) |
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| Edward VII | 1901 - 1910 |
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House of Windsor |
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| George V (The Sailor King) | 1910 - 1936 |
| Edward VIII (Our Smiling Prince) | 1936 |
| George VI | 1936 - 1952 |
| Elizabeth II | 1952 - Present |
 
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