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Monarch Of Great Britain

This list includes all the monarchs who ruled Great Britain, that is to say on Scotland from 843 to 1707 , on England from 878 to 1707. From 1 May 1707, following the Act of Union , Anne Stuart becomes Queen of Great Britain.

List of monarchs

Monarchs of England Monarchs of Scotland
Name Dates of reign Titles
Saxon kings
Alfred the Great (Saint) 878 - 899 King of the Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex
Edward the Elder 899 - 924 King of the Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex
Ethelweard 924 King of the Anglo-Saxons
Athelstan 924 - 939 King of the Anglo-Saxons
Edmond I. 939 - 946 King of the Anglo-Saxons
Edred 946 - 955 King of the Anglo-Saxons
Edwy 955 - 959 King of the Anglo-Saxons
Edgar the Pacific 959 - 975 King of Mercia and Northumbria , King of the Anglo-Saxons
Edward the Martyr (Saint) 975 - 978 King of England
Ethelred II 978 - 1013
1014 - 1016 		King of England
Edmond II Cotes de Fer 1016 King of England
Danish period
Sweyn 1013 - 1014 King of England, Denmark ( nine hundred and eighty-five - 1,014 ) and Norway ( 987 - 1 014 )
Knut I the Great (or Canute I, or I Canuda) 1016 - 1035 King of England, Denmark ( one thousand and eighteen - 1,035 ) and Norway ( one thousand and thirty - one thousand and thirty-five )
Harold I. Foot hare (Knud) 1035 - 1040 King of England
Canute II the Bold (or Canute, Canuda II) 1040 - 1042 King of England and Denmark ( 1,035 - 1,042 )
Saxon Restoration
Edward the Confessor (Saint) 1042 - 1066 King of the Anglo-Saxons
Harold II (Saint) 1066 King of the Anglo-Saxons
Norman Conquest , Normandy house (early dynastic system English)
William I the Conqueror 1066 - 1087 Duke of Normandy ( 1035 - one thousand and eighty-seven ), king of England
William II Rufus 1087 - 1100 King of England
Henry I Beauclerc 1100 - 1135 King of England
Stephen of Blois 1135 - 1154 King of England
Angevin dynasty or house Plantagenet
Matilda, known as the Empress Maud 1141 (Not crowned)
Henry II 1154 - 1189 King of England, Duke of Normandy in 1150 , Count of Anjou in 1151 , Duke of Aquitaine in 1152
Richard I the Lion Heart 1189 - 1199 King of England
John Lackland 1199 - 1216 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Henry III Plantagenet 1216 - 1272 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Edward I 1272 - 1307 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Edward II 1307 - 1327 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Edward III 1327 - 1377 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Richard II 1377 - 1399 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Lancastrian
Henry IV of Lancaster 1399 - 1413 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Henry V of Lancaster 1413 - 1422 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Henry VI of Lancaster 1422 - 1461 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Wars of the Roses , then House of York
Edward IV 1461 - 1483 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Edward V 1483 (Uncrowned)
Richard III 1483 - 1485 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Tudor House
Henry VII Tudor 1485 - 1509 King of England, Lord of Ireland
Henry VIII Tudor 1509 - 1547 King of England and Ireland
Edward VI 1547 - 1553 King of England and Ireland
Lady Jane Grey 1553 (Not crowned)
Mary I of England 1553 - 1558 Queen of England and Ireland
Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603 Queen of England and Ireland
Name Dates of reign Titles
Early kings
Kenneth I. 843 - 858 King of Scotland
Donald I. 858 - 862 King of Scotland
Constantine I 862 - 877 King of Scotland
Aed 877 - 878 King of Scotland
Eochaid 878 - 889 King of Scotland
Donald II 889 - 900 King of Scotland
Constantine II 900 - 943 King of Scotland
Malcolm I. 943 - 954 King of Scotland
Indulf 954 - 962 King of Scotland
Dubh 962 - 966 King of Scotland
Culen 966 - 971 King of Scotland
Kenneth II 971 - 995 King of Scotland
Constantine III 995 - 997 King of Scotland
Kenneth III 997 - 1005 King of Scotland
Malcolm II 1005 - 1034 King of Scotland
Duncan I. 1034 - 1040 King of Scotland
Macbeth 1040 - 1057 King of Scotland
Lulach 1057 - 1058 King of Scotland
Dunkeld House
Malcolm III 1058 - 1093 King of Scotland
Donald III 1093 - 1094
1094 - 1097 		King of Scotland
Duncan II 1094 King of Scotland
Edgar 1097 - 1107 King of Scotland
Alexander I 1107 - 1124 King of Scotland
David I 1124 - 1153 King of Scotland
Malcolm IV 1153 - 1165 King of Scotland
William I the Lion 1165 - 1214 King of Scotland
Alexander II 1214 - 1249 King of Scotland
Alexander III 1249 - 1286 King of Scotland
Marguerite 1286 - 1290 Queen of Scots
House of Balliol
Wars of Independence, two puppet kings to the orders of the King of England
John Balliol 1292 - 1296 King of Scotland
Edward Balliol 1332 - 1338 King of Scotland
Bruce House
Robert I. Bruce 1306 - 1329 King of Scotland
David II 1329 - 1371 King of Scotland
Stuart House
Robert Stuart II 1371 - 1390 King of Scotland
Robert III 1390 - 1406 King of Scotland
Jacques I. Stuart 1406 - 1437 King of Scotland
Jacques II 1437 - 1460 King of Scotland
Jacques III 1460 - 1488 King of Scotland
Jacques IV 1488 - 1513 King of Scotland
Jacques V 1513 - 1542 King of Scotland
Mary I Stuart 1542 - 1567 Queen of Scots
Stuart House
Jacques I of England
Jacques VI of Scotland 		1603 - 1625 King of England, Scotland, and Ireland ( one thousand five hundred sixty-seven - one thousand six hundred twenty-five )
Charles I Stuart 1625 - 1649 King of England, Scotland and Ireland
The Commonwealth and Protectorate
Oliver Cromwell 1653 - 1658 Lord Protector
Richard Cromwell 1658 - 1659 Lord Protector
Interregnum
House of Stuart (restored)
Charles II Stuart 1660 - 1685 King of England, Scotland and Ireland
Jacques II of England
Jacques VII of Scotland 		1686 - 1689 King of England, Scotland and Ireland
Mary Stuart II 1689 - 1694 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (jointly with her husband, William III).
House of Orange
William III of Nassau,
William II of Scotland 		1689 - 1702 King of England, Scotland and Ireland (jointly with his wife, Mary II), stadtholder of United Provinces ( 1672 - 1702 )
Act of Union
The thrones of England and Scotland are united in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The following monarchs are kings of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Stuart House
Anne Stuart 1702 - 1714 Queen of the United Kingdom and Ireland
House of Hanover
George I. 1714 - 1727 Elector of Hanover ( in 1698 - 1,727 ), King of the United Kingdom and Ireland
George II 1727 - 1760 King of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Elector of Hanover
1801: The thrones of the United Kingdom and Ireland , the last English possession and British since the time of King John, are united in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (after 1927, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.) The following monarchs are kings of the United Kingdom
George III 1760 - 1820 King of the United Kingdom and Ireland until 1801, then King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector ( 1760 - 1820 ) and King ( 1815 - 1820 ) Hanover
George IV 1820 - 1830 Regent ( one thousand eight hundred and eleven - 1820 ) and King of the United Kingdom and Hanover
William IV 1830 - 1837 King of the United Kingdom and Hanover
Victoria 1837 - 1901 Queen of the United Kingdom, Empress of India ( 1,876 - in 1901 )
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Edward VII 1901 - 1910 King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India
House of Windsor
The name was changed in 1917 because of anti-German feeling during the First World War
George V 1910 - 1936 King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India
Edward VIII 1936 King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India; abdicated the throne and became Duke of Windsor
George VI 1936 - 1952 King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India ( 1 936 - 1947 )
Elizabeth II 1952 - Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

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