Monarchs of England — from the Conquest
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In |
Out |
Age |
Yrs |
Notes |
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Normans |
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William 1 (the Conqueror) |
1066 |
1087 |
60 |
21 |
Buried at Caen |
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William 2 (Rufus) |
1087 |
1100 |
43 |
13 |
Shot in the New Forest |
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Henry 1 (Beauclerc) |
1100 |
1135 |
67 |
35 |
Developed the Exchequer |
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Stephen |
1135 |
1154 |
50 |
19 |
Time of turmoil & many Matildas |
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Plantagenets |
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Henry 2 |
1154 |
1189 |
56 |
35 |
Did for Thomas a Becket |
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Richard 1 (Lion-Heart) |
1189 |
1199 |
42 |
10 |
Largely absent |
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John (Lackland) |
1199 |
1216 |
50 |
17 |
Sealed the Magna Carta 1215 |
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Henry 3 |
1216 |
1272 |
65 |
56 |
Provisions of Oxford 1258 |
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Edward 1 |
1272 |
1307 |
68 |
35 |
Hammer of the Scots |
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Edward 2 |
1307 |
1327 |
43 |
20 |
1st Prince of Wales – Deposed |
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Edward 3 |
1327 |
1377 |
65 |
50 |
Crécy 1346; Black Death 1349 |
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Richard 2 |
1377 |
1399 |
34 |
22 |
Son of the Black Prince – Deposed |
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Henry 4 |
1399 |
1413 |
47 |
13 |
House of Lancaster |
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Henry 5 |
1413 |
1422 |
34 |
9 |
Agincourt 1415 |
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Henry 6 |
1422 |
1461 |
49 |
39 |
English expelled from France – Deposed |
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Edward 4 |
1461 |
1483 |
41 |
22 |
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Edward 5 |
1487?
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1487? |
13?
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One of the 'princes in the Tower' |
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Richard 3 |
1483 |
1485 |
32 |
|
Wicked uncle, or wronged by history? |
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Richard 4? |
1487 |
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|
2 |
One of the 'princes in the Tower' Recent research disputes he was murdered at 3m |
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Tudors |
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Henry 7 |
1485 |
1509 |
53 |
24 |
Pacific rule |
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Henry 8 |
1509 |
1547 |
56 |
38 |
Fresh heir fiend! |
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Edward 6 |
1547 |
1553 |
16 |
6 |
Son of Jane Seymour & Henry 8 |
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Jane (Lady Jane Grey) |
1553 |
1553 |
17 |
9d |
Rapidly deposed & disposed of |
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Mary 1 (Bloody Mary) |
1553 |
1558 |
43 |
5 |
Burned a few Bishops |
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Elizabeth 1 |
1558 |
1603 |
69 |
44 |
But was she illegitimate? |
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Stuarts |
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James 1 (6 of Scotland) |
1603 |
1625 |
59 |
22 |
Bible & Guy Fawkes |
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Charles 1 |
1625 |
1649 |
48 |
24 |
Executed |
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Commonwealth |
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declared 19 May 1649 |
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Oliver Cromwell |
1653 |
1658 |
58 |
5 |
Warts and all |
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Richard Cromwell |
1658 |
1659 |
32 |
1 |
Abdicated in May 1659 |
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Stuarts (restoration) |
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Charles 2 |
1660 |
1685 |
55 |
25 |
Nell Gwynn |
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James 2 (7 of Scotland) |
1685 |
1688 |
68 |
3 |
Deposed |
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William 3 & Mary 2 |
1689 |
1702 |
51 |
13 |
‘Glorious Revolution’ |
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1694 |
33 |
6 |
Mary died of Smallpox |
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Anne |
1702 |
1714 |
49 |
12 |
Sister of Mary 2 – Union with Scotland |
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Hanover |
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George 1 |
1714 |
1727 |
67 |
13 |
Spoke no English |
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George 2 |
1727 |
1760 |
77 |
33 |
Battle of Dettingen 1743 |
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George 3 |
1760 |
1820 |
81 |
59 |
Lost American colonies |
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George 4 |
1820 |
1830 |
67 |
10 |
also Prince Regent |
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William 4 |
1830 |
1837 |
71 |
7 |
Brother of George 4 |
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Victoria |
1837 |
1901 |
81 |
63 |
Empress of India |
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Saxe-Coburg/Windsor |
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Edward 7 |
1901 |
1910 |
68 |
9 |
Waited a long time! |
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George 5 |
1910 |
1936 |
70 |
25 |
Changed surname to Windsor |
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Edward 8 |
1936 |
1936 |
|
325d |
Abdicated |
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George 6 |
1936 |
1952 |
56 |
15 |
World War 2 |
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Elizabeth 2 |
1952 |
2022 |
96 |
70 |
Pandemic of 2020 |
| Charles 3 | 2022 | Waited a long time! |
Willy, Willy, Harry, Ste,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three,
One, two, three Neds, Richard two,
Henries four, five, six – then who?
Edwards four, five, Dick the bad,
Harries twain and Ned the lad,
Mary, Bessie, James the vain,
Charlie, Charlie, James again,
William & Mary, Anna Gloria,
Four Georges, William and Victoria,
Edward, George, then Ned the eighth
quickly goes and abdicat’th,
leaving George, then Lizzie two,
with Charles, Wills, George to see things through.
That’s the way our monarchs lie
since Harold got it in the eye!
PS. Sorry, Lady Jane Grey – you got the chop!
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