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Alan Bennett quotes and adapts the verse in his 1968 play Forty Years On. The scene with the verse is set during the Second World War, before the accession of Elizabeth II, and Bennett's version stops at Victoria. [2] The 1991 film King Ralph includes a brief section of the verse. [citation needed]
The Thrissil and the Rois is a Scots poem composed by William Dunbar to mark the wedding, in August 1503, of King James IV of Scotland to Princess Margaret Tudor of England. The poem takes the form of a dream vision in which Margaret is represented by a rose and James is represented variously by a lion , an eagle and a thistle . [ 1 ]
Queen of England r. 1553–1558: Philip II of Spain 1527–1598 King of England r. 1554–1558: Margaret Douglas 1515–1578: James V 1512–1542 King of Scots r. 1513–1542: Jane 1536/1537–1554 Queen of England Disputed r. 1553: Edward VI 1537–1553 King of England r. 1547–1553: Elizabeth I 1533–1603 Queen of England r. 1558–1603 ...
Queen of England: King Richard I King of England 1157–1199 r. 1189–1199: Isabella of Angoulême 1188–1246 Queen of England: King John King of England 1166–1216 r. 1199–1216: Isabel c. 1173 –1217 Countess of Gloucester: Eleanor of Brittany c. 1184 –1241 Fair Maid of Brittany: Matilda of Brittany 1185– before 1189: Arthur I 4th ...
This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England. Alfred styled himself king of the Anglo-Saxons from about 886, and while he was not the first king to claim to rule all of the English, his rule ...
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom—2022 marks 70 years since her ascension to the throne. Next in line on the royal family tree is Prince Charles, her son ...
1660–1685 (England) Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of Orange: Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 Princess of Orange: Anne Hyde 1637–1671 Duchess of York: King James II [a] 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688: Mary of Modena 1658–1718 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland ...
With the premiere of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, take a closer look at Queen Charlotte's family tree. (Yes, she really did have 15 children.)