English and British Monarchs from 1066

 

NORMANS

William I (the Conqueror) (1066-1087)
Son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy. Born ca. 1028, married Matilda of Flanders in 1053, became king and was crowned 25 December 1066, died 9 September 1087.

William II (Rufus) (1087-1100)
Son of William I and Matilda of Flanders. Born ca. 1056, became king 9 September 1087, crowned 26 September 1087, died 2 August 1100.

Henry I (Beauclerc) (1100-1135)
Son of William I and Matilda of Flanders. Born ca. 1068, became king 3 August 1100, crowned 5 August 1100, married Matilda/Edith of Scotland 11 November 1100, married Adeliza of Louvain 29 January 1121, died 1 December 1135.

Stephen (1135-1154)
Nephew of Henry I; son of Stephen II of Blois and Adela of Normandy (daughter of William I). Born ca. 1096, married Matilda of Boulogne ca. 1125, became king 22 December 1135, crowned 26 December 1135, died 25 October 1154.

Matilda (1135-1154 de jure, 1141 de facto)
Daughter of Henry I and Matilda/Edith of Scotland. Born 1102, married Holy Roman Emperor Henry V 11 January 1114, married Geoffrey of Anjou 17 June 1128, reigned as Lady of the English 7 April to 1 November 1141, never crowned, died 10 September 1167.

 

ANGEVINS

Henry II (Curtmantle, Fitzempress) (1154-1189)
Son of Matilda and Geoffrey of Anjou, nephew of Stephen. Born 5 March 1133, married Eleanor of Aquitaine 18 May 1152, became king 25 October 1154, crowned 19 December 1154, died 6 July 1189.

Henry the Young King (1170-1183)
Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Crowned as junior king in 1170 during his father’s reign, married Margaret of France 27 August 1172, died 11 June 1183.

Richard I (the Lionheart) (1189-1199)
Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Born 8 September 1157, became king 6 July 1189, crowned 3 September 1189, married Berengaria of Navarre 12 May 1191, died 6 April 1199.

John (Lackland) (1199-1216)
Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Born 24 December 1167, married Isabel of Gloucester 29 August 1189, became king 6 April 1199, crowned 27 May 1199, married Isabella of Angoulême 24 August 1200, died 18 October 1216.

 

PLANTAGENETS

Henry III (Henry of Winchester) (1216-1272)
Son of John and Isabella of Angoulême. Born 1 October 1207, became king 18 October 1216, crowned 28 October 1216 and again 17 May 1220, married Eleanor of Provence 14 January 1236, died 16 November 1272.

Edward I (Longshanks) (1272-1307)
Son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. Born 17 June 1239, married Eleanor of Castile 1 November 1254, became king 16 November 1272, crowned 19 August 1274, married Marguerite of France 8 September 1299, died 7 July 1307.

Edward II (Edward of Caernarvon) (1307-1327)
Son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. Born 25 April 1284, created Prince of Wales 7 February 1301, became king 7 July 1307, married Isabella of France 25 January 1308, crowned 25 February 1308, abdicated 20 January 1327, died (probably murdered) 11 October 1327 (disputed).

Edward III (Edward of Windsor) (1327-1377)
Son of Edward II and Isabella of France. Born 13 November 1312, became king 20 January 1327, crowned 1 February 1327, married Philippa of Hainault 24 January 1328, died 21 June 1377.

Richard II (Richard of Bordeaux) (1377-1399)
Grandson of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, son of Edward III’s oldest son Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent. Born 6 January 1367, created Prince of Wales 20 November 1376, became king 21 June 1377, crowned 16 July 1377, married Anne of Bohemia 22 January 1382, married Isabella of Valois 31 October 1396, deposed 29 September 1399, died (probably murdered) 14 February 1400 (disputed).

 

LANCASTRIANS AND YORKISTS

Henry IV (Lancaster) (Henry of Bolingbroke) (1399-1413)
Grandson of Edward III, cousin of Richard II; son of Edward III’s third surviving son John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster. Born 3 April 1366, married Mary de Bohun 27 July 1380, became king 30 September 1399, crowned 13 October 1399, married Joan of Navarre February 1403, died 20 March 1413.

Henry V (Lancaster) (Henry of Monmouth) (1413-1422)
Son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun. Born 16 September 1387, created Prince of Wales 15 October 1399, became king 21 March 1413, crowned 9 April 1413, married Catherine de Valois 2 June 1420, died 31 August 1422.

Henry VI (Lancaster) (1422-1461, readeption 1470-1471)
Son of Henry V and Catherine de Valois. Born 6 December 1421, became king 31 August 1422, crowned 6 November 1429, married Margaret of Anjou 23 April 1445, deposed 4 March 1461, restored 3 October 1470, deposed 11 April 1471, died (probably murdered) 21 May 1471.

Edward IV (York) (1461-1470, 1471-1483)
Great-great-grandson of Edward III; son of Richard Duke of York (descended from Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, and Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, the second and fourth surviving sons of Edward III) and Cecily Neville (descended from Edward III via John of Gaunt). Born 28 April 1442, became king 4 March 1461, crowned 28 June 1461, married Elizabeth Woodville 1 May 1464, deposed 3 October 1470, regained throne 11 April 1471, died 9 April 1483.

Edward V (York) (1483)
Son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. Created Prince of Wales 26 June 1471, became king 9 April 1483, never crowned, deposed 26 June 1483, date of death unknown (believed to have been murdered in the Tower of London shortly after being deposed).

Richard III (York) (1483-1485)
Brother of Edward IV; son of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Neville. Born 2 October 1452, married Anne Neville 12 July 1472, became king 26 June 1483, crowned 6 July 1483, died 22 August 1485.

 

TUDORS

Henry VII (1485-1509)
Grandson of Henry V’s consort Catherine de Valois from her marriage to Owen Tudor, great-great-great-grandson of Edward III through the Beaufort line; son of Edmund Tudor and Lady Margaret Beaufort. Born 28 January 1457, became king 22 August 1485, crowned 30 October 1485, married Elizabeth of York (daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville; Yorkist heiress to the crown) 18 January 1486, died 21 April 1509.

Henry VIII (1509-1547)
Son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Born 28 June 1491, created Prince of Wales 18 February 1504, became king 21 April 1509, married Catherine of Aragon 11 June 1509 (annulled 23 May 1533), crowned 24 June 1489, married Anne Boleyn 25 January 1533 (executed 19 May 1536), married Jane Seymour 30 May 1536 (died 24 October 1537), married Anne of Cleves 6 January 1540 (annulled 9 July 1540), married Catherine Howard 28 July 1540 (executed 13 February 1542), married Catherine Parr 12 July 1543, died 28 January 1547.

Edward VI (1547-1553)
Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Born 12 October 1537, became king 28 January 1547, crowned 20 February 1547, died 6 July 1553.

Jane (1553)
Great-granddaughter of Henry VII via the second marriage of his younger daughter Mary Tudor; daughter of Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon (daughter of Mary Tudor). Born 1536/1537, married Guilford Dudley 21 May 1553, became queen 10 July 1553, never crowned, deposed 19 July 1553, died 12 February 1554.

Mary I (Bloody Mary) (1553-1558)
Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Born 18 February 1516, became queen 19 July 1553, crowned 30 October 1553, married Philip II of Spain 25 July 1554 (he ruled as co-monarch during her lifetime), died 17 November 1558.

Elizabeth (Gloriana, the Virgin Queen) (1558-1603)
Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born 7 September 1533, became queen 17 November 1558, crowned 15 January 1559, died 24 March 1603.

 

STUARTS

James I (James VI of Scotland) (1603-1625)
Great-great-grandson of Henry VII via his elder daughter Margaret Tudor; son of Mary Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Born 19 June 1566, became king of Scotland 24 July 1567, crowned 29 July 1567, married Anne of Denmark 23 November 1589, became king of England 24 March 1603, crowned 25 July 1603, died 27 March 1625.

Charles I (1625-1649)
Son of James I and Anne of Denmark. Born 19 November 1600, created Prince of Wales 4 November 1616, became king 27 March 1625, married Henrietta Maria of France 13 June 1625, crowned 2 February 1626, executed 30 January 1649.

Interregnum (1649-1660)

Charles II (1660-1685)
Son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. Born 29 May 1630, became king 30 January 1649, republic declared 19 May 1649, restored as king 8 May 1660 (reign backdated to date of Charles I’s execution), crowned as King of Scotland 1 January 1651, crowned as King of England 23 April 1661, married Catherine of Braganza 21 May 1662, died 6 February 1685.

James II (James VII of Scotland) (1685-1688)
Son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. Born 14 October 1633, married Lady Anne Hyde 3 September 1660 (died 10 April 1671), married Mary of Modena 23 November 1673, became king 6 February 1685, crowned 23 April 1685, deposed 11 December 1688, died 16 September 1701.

William III (William II of Scotland) (1689-1702) and Mary II (1689-1694)
William was grandson of Charles I via his daughter Mary Princess of Orange, Mary was daughter of James II and Lady Anne Hyde. William was born 14 November 1650, married Mary 4 November 1677, became joint monarch with his wife 13 February 1689, crowned 11 April 1689, died 8 March 1702. Mary was born 30 April 1662, married William 4 November 1677, became joint monarch with her husband 13 February 1689, crowned 11 April 1689, died 28 December 1694.

Anne (1702-1714)
Daughter of James II and Lady Anne Hyde. Born 6 February 1665, married George of Denmark 28 July 1683, became queen 8 March 1702, crowned 23 April 1702, died 1 August 1714.

 

HANOVERIANS

George I (1714-1727)
Great-grandson of James I via his daughter Elizabeth of Bohemia; son of Ernst Augustus, Elector of Hanover, and Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth of Bohemia. Born 28 May 1660, married Sophia Dorothea of Celle 22 November 1682, became king 1 August 1714, crowned 20 October 1714, died 11 June 1727.

George II (1727-1760)
Son of George I and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. Born 10 November 1683, married Caroline of Ansbach 22 August 1705, created Prince of Wales 27 September 1714, became king 11 June 1727, crowned 11 October 1727, died 25 October 1760.

George III (1760-1820)
Grandson of George II, son of Frederick Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Born 4 June 1738, created Prince of Wales 20 April 1751, became king 25 October 1760, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 8 September 1761, crowned 22 September 1761, regency instituted 5 February 1811 with Prince of Wales as regent, died 29 January 1820.

George IV (1830-1830)
Son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Born 12 August 1762, created Prince of Wales 19 August 1762, married (illegally) Maria Fitzherbert 15 December 1785 (marriage invalid under the Royal Marriages Act), married Caroline of Brunswick 8 April 1795, became regent 5 February 1811, became king 29 January 1820, crowned 19 July 1821, died 26 June 1830.

William IV (1830-1837)
Son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Born 21 August 1765, married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 11 July 1818, became king 26 June 1830, crowned 8 September 1831, died 20 June 1837.

Victoria (1837-1901)
Granddaughter of George III; daughter of Edward Duke of Kent (son of George III) and Victoria of Leiningen (nee Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld). Born 24 May 1819, became queen 20 June 1837, crowned 28 June 1838, married Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 10 February 1840, became Empress of India 1 May 1876, died 22 January 1901.

 

SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA and WINDSOR

Edward VII (1901-1910)
Son of Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Born 9 November 1841, created Prince of Wales 8 December 1841, married Alexandra of Denmark 10 March 1863, became king 22 January 1901, crowned 9 August 1902, died 6 May 1910.

George V (1910-1936)
Son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark. Born 3 June 1865, married Princess Victoria Mary (May) of Teck 6 July 1893, created Prince of Wales 9 November 1901, became king 6 May 1910, crowned 22 June 1911, created the House of Windsor 17 July 1917, died 20 January 1936.

Edward VIII (1936)
Son of George V and Victoria Mary of Teck. Born 23 June 1894, created Prince of Wales 23 June 1910, became king 20 January 1936, abdicated 11 December 1936, never crowned, created Duke of Windsor 12 December 1936, married Wallis Warfield Simpson 3 June 1937, died 28 May 1972.

George VI (1936-1952)
Son of George V and Victoria Mary of Teck. Born 14 December 1895, married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 26 April 1923, became king 11 December 1936, crowned 12 May 1937, died 6 February 1952.

Elizabeth II (1952-present)
Daughter of George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Born 21 April 1926, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (previously Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) 20 November 1947, became queen 6 February 1952, crowned 2 June 1953.

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