TIMELINE – British Monarchy (1066 – Present)
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Timeline of the Kings and Queens of Englandfrom 1066 to 1603
The Normans
(1066 - 1154)
Plantagenets
1154-1216 / 1216-1399
The House of Lancaster
(1399 - 1461) / The House of York
(1461 - 1485)
The Tudors
(1485 -1603)
Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom
from 1603 to the present day
The Stuarts
(1603 - 1649) (1660 - 1714)
The House of Hanoverians
(1714 -1901)
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and The Windsors
(1901 -1910) (1910 - Today)
Royal Family Today / History of London / Timeline of British History
Interesting Fact
The only time when there was no King or Queen in Britain was when the country was a republic between 1649 and 1660. (In 1649 King Charles I was executed and Britain became a Republic for eleven years. The monarchy was restored in 1660.)
The Normans
(1066 - 1154)
· King William I, the Conqueror 1066 - 1087
· King Henry I 1100 - 1135
· King Stephen 1135 - 1154
· Empress Matilda 1141 / Plantagenets
(1154 - 1399)
· King Henry II 1154 - 1189
· King Richard I the Lionheart 1189 - 1199
· King John 1 1199 - 1216
· King Henry III 1216 - 1272
· King Edward I 1272 - 1307
· King Edward II 1307 - 1327
· King Edward III 1327 - 1377
· Richard II 1377 - 1399 / The House of Lancaster
(1399 - 1461)
· Henry IV 1399 - 1413
· Henry V 1413 - 1422
· Henry VI 1422 - 1461, 1470 - 1471
The House of York
(1461 - 1485)
· King Edward IV 1461 -1470, 1471 - 1483
· King Edward V 1483 - 1483
· King Richard III 1483 - 1485 / The Tudors
(1485 – 1603)
1585 -1603
**(American Colonies)**
King Henry VII 1485 - 1509
· King Henry VIII 1509 - 1547
· King Edward VI 1547 - 1553
· Jane Grey 1554
· Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) 1553 - 1558
· Queen Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603 / The Stuarts
(1603 - 1649) / (1660 - 1714)
**(American Colonies)**
· James I 1603 - 1625
· Charles I 1625 - 1649
· Charles II 1660 - 1685
· James II 1685 - 1688
· William III 1688 - 1702 and Queen Mary II 1688 - 1694
· Queen Anne 1702 - 1714
Interesting Fact: The only time when there was no King or Queen in Britain was when the country was a republic between 1649 and 1660. (In 1649 King Charles I was executed and Britain became a Republic for eleven years. The monarchy was restored in 1660.) [Monarch was replaced by Oliver Cromwell].
The House of Hanoverians
(1714 -1901)
1714 -
**(American Colonies)**
· King George I 1714 - 1727
· King George II 1727 - 1760
· King George III 1760 – 1820
(Declaration of Independence – 1776)
· King George IV 1820 - 1830
· King William IV 1830 - 1837
· Queen Victoria 1837 - 1901 / Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and The Windsors
(1901 -1910) (1910 - Today)
· King Edward VII 1901 - 1910
· King George V 1910 - 1936
· King Edward VIII June 1936
· King George VI 1936 - 1952
· Queen Elizabeth II 1952 - present day
SOURCE: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/kings.htm