List of English monarchs

The King of England was the supreme head of state and head of government of the country. This is a list of the Kings and Queens of the Kingdom of England from 927 until England and Scotland joined together in 1707.

 House of Wessex 
+NamePortraitReignSpouseFactsLifespanAthelstanthumb|150x150px927-27 October 939Never marriedLast king of Wessexc.894-27 October 939Edmund Ithumb|150x150px27 October 939-26 May 946Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury m.939-944 2 children
Æthelflaed of Damerham m.944-946 childless920-26 May 946Edredthumb|151x151px26 May 946-23 November 955Never married923-23 November 955Eadwig the Fairthumb|151x151px23 November 955-1 October 959Ælfgifu m.955-957 childless940-1 October 959Edgar the Peacemakerthumb1 October 959-8 July 975Wulfthryth of Wilton 1 child
Æthelflæd Eneda m.959-963 1 child
Ælfthryth of Devon m.964-975 2 children943-8 July 975Edward the Martyrthumb|150x150px8 July 975-18 March 978Never marriedCanonized by the Pope as a Saint after his death962-18 March 978Athelred the UnreadythumbReign 1:18 March 978-1013 restored:3 February 1014-23 April 1016Ælfgifu of York m.985-1001 9 children
Emma of Normandy m.1002-1016 3 children968-23 April 1016Edmund II Ironsidethumb|151x151px23 April-30 November 1016Edith of England m.1015-1016 2 childrenKnown for the Battle of Sherston,  Brentford, Otford and Ashington990-30 November 1016Edward the Confessorthumb|286x286px8 June 1042-5 January 1066Edith of Wessex m.1045-1066 childlessHalf brother of Edmund II1004-5 January 1066Edgar II Athelingthumb|150x150px14 October-December 1066

 House of Jelling 
+NamePortraitReignSpouseFactsLifespanSwein Forkbeardthumb1013-3 February 1014Świętosława of poland
Sigrid the HaughtyKing of Denmark and Norway?-3 February 1014Cnut the Greatthumb1016-12 November 1035Ælfgifu of Northampton m.1014-1016 2 children
Emma of Normandy m.1017-1035 2 children990-12 November 1035Harold Ithumb12 November 1035-17 March 10401016-17 March 1040Harthacanutethumb|150x150px17 March 1040-8 June 10421018-8 June 1042

 House of Godwin 
+NamePortraitReignSpouseFactsLifespanHarold IIthumb5 January-14 October 1066Edith the Fair
Edith of Mercia

 House of Normandy 
+NamePortraitReignSpouseFactsLifespanWilliam I the Conquerorthumb|211x211pxDecember 1066-9 September 1087Matilda of Flanders m.1052-1083 9 children1028-9 September 1087William II Rufusthumb9 September 1087-2 August 11001057-2 August 1100Henry Beauclercthumb|195x195px2 August 1100-1 December 1135Matilda of Scotland m.1100-1118 2 children 
Adeliza of Louvain m.1121-1135 childless1068-1 December 1135

 House of Blois 
+NamePortraitReignSpouseFactsLifespanStephenthumb|175x175px1 December 1135-25 October 1154Matilda of Boulogne m.1125-1152 5 childrenCount of Boulogne1194-25 October 1154

 House of Plantagenet 

 Empress Matilda (1141)
 Henry II (1154–1189)
 Richard I, the Lionheart (1189–1199)
 John (1199–1216)
 Henry III (1216–1272)
 Edward I (1272–1307)
 Edward II (1307–1327) (deposed)
 Edward III (1327–1377)
 Richard II (1377–1399) (deposed, died 1400)

 Lancastrians 
 Henry IV (1399–1413)
 Henry V (1413–1422)
 Henry VI (1422–1461 and 1470–1471)

 Yorkists 
 Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483)
 Edward V (uncrowned) (1483) (deposed 1483 possibly assassinated)
 Richard III (1483–1485)

 Tudors 
The Tudors were from Wales. In 1536, Wales became part of England. England had controlled Wales since 1284.

 Henry VII (1485–1509)
 Henry VIII (1509–1547)
 Edward VI (1547–1553)
 Jane (uncrowned) (1553) (deposed, beheaded 1554)
 Mary I (1553–1558)
 Elizabeth I (1558–1603)

 Stuarts 
The Stuarts were also kings of Scotland, with which kingdom England was in personal, but not legal union until 1707.

 James I (1603–1625), also from 1567 King James VI of Scotland
 Charles I (1625–1649), also King of Scotland

 Interregnum 
The Civil War in England from 1642 until 1652 stemming from a growing enmity between King and Parliament, led to the execution of King Charles I in 1649. After the execution, England became a Commonwealth eventually led by Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector after successive interim governments failed and handed Cromwell power, and so England became a protectorate.The Cromwellian Protectorate, ed. Barry Coward (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002), p. 7 Furthermore, both Ireland and Scotland became subjugated states under England and Cromwell at the end of the war. Cromwell died in 1658 and his son, Richard, became Lord Protector. This was short lived though as he failed to gain the support of the army and so the nation, in 1660 power was given back to the Monarchy and the King In Exile, Charles II, was invited back to EnglandJacob Abbott, History of King Charles II of England (Auckland: The Floating Press, 2014), p. 124

 Stuarts (restored) 
 Charles II (1660–1685), also King of Scotland (backdated the start of his reign to 1649)
 James II (1685–1688) (deposed, died 1701), also King James VII of Scotland
 William III (1689–1702) and Mary II (1689–1694), as co-monarchs, also King and Queen of Scotland
 Anne (1702–1714), though the English throne was replaced with that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707

 Longest To Shortest Reigning 

 James VI (57 Years)
 Henry III of England (56 Years)
 Edward III of England (50 Years)
 Elizabeth I (44 Years)
 Henry VI of England (1st Reign 40 Years)
 Henry VIII (38 Years) 

Related pages
In 1707, England and Scotland joined together. For Kings and Queens after 1707, see British monarchs.

 References 

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