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Queen Anne became monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain after the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. She had ruled England, Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland since 8 March 1702. She continued as queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Her total reign lasted 12 years and 147 days.
By royal proclamation, James styled himself "King of Great Britain", but no such kingdom was actually created until 1707, when England and Scotland united during the reign of Queen Anne to form the new Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single British parliament sitting at Westminster. This marked the end of the Kingdom of England as a sovereign ...
Monarchies listed under 'Queen' only had Elizabeth II as their sovereign, and thus never had a reigning king. Dates indicate the year the monarchy was formed and the year of its dissolution. Monarch of the Irish Free State/Ireland — 1931-37 (in practice), -1949 (legally) Queen of Ceylon — 1948-72; King of India — 1947-1950; Queen of Fiji ...
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: Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650: Anne Stuart 1637–1640: Henry ...
of York 1466–1503 Queen of England: King Henry VII 1457–1509 r. 1485–1509 King of England: Anne of York 1470: Edward Plantagenet 1475–1499 17th Earl of Warwick: Richard of York 1476–1477: George of York 1477–1479 1st Duke of Bedford: Thomas Howard 1473–1554 3rd Duke of Norfolk: Anne of York 1475–1511 Lady Howard: Bridget of York ...
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: Henry Stuart 1545–1567 Lord Darnley: Mary I 1542–1587 Queen of Scots r. 1542–1567: James VI and I 1566–1625 King of Scots r. 1567–1625 King of England r. 1603–1625: Elizabeth 1596–1662 ...
For centuries, English official public documents have been dated according to the regnal years of the ruling monarch.Traditionally, parliamentary statutes are referenced by regnal year, e.g. the Occasional Conformity Act 1711 is officially referenced as "10 Ann. c. 6" (read as "the sixth chapter of the statute of the parliamentary session that sat in the 10th year of the reign of Queen Anne").
Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch, reigned from 6 February 1952 until her death on 8 September 2022.. The following is a list, ordered by length of reign, of the monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927–present), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801), the Kingdom of England (871 ...