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He was also the first English monarch to be crowned on the Stone of Scone, which Edward I had taken from Scotland. [187] In January 1400, the Epiphany Rising unsuccessfully tried to free Richard and restore him to the throne. Henry realized he would have no security as long as Richard lived, so he ordered his death, most likely by starvation. [188]
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
King of the English r. 924–939: Edmund I 921–946 King of the English r. 939–946: Eadred 923–955 King of the English r. 946–955: Malcolm I c. 900 –954 King of Alba r. 943–954: Indulf d. 962 King of Alba r. 954–962: Richard I 933–996 Duke of Normandy: Eadwig All-Fair c. 940 –959 King of the English r. 955–959: Edgar I the ...
King of the English r. 939–946: Queen Æthelflæd Queen of the English: King Eadred 923–955 King of the English r. 946–955: Eadburh of Winchester d. 960 Daughter of King Edward the Elder: Eadgyth 910–946 Queen of Germany: Otto I 912–973 Holy Roman Emperor: Eadhild d. 937 Daughter of Edward the Elder: Hugh the Great 898–956 Duke of ...
The Bill of Rights 1689 affirmed parliamentary supremacy, and declared that the English people held certain rights, including the freedom from taxes imposed without parliamentary consent. The Bill of Rights required future monarchs to be Protestants, and provided that, after any children of William and Mary, Mary's sister Anne would inherit the ...
The English Civil War began (see timeline of the English Civil War). 1649: January: Trial and execution of Charles I: 1649: Interregnum began with the First Commonwealth. 1650 4 November William III, the future king of England (r. 1689-1702), is born to parents William II of Orange and Mary of England. 1653–1659
The longest-lived British monarch and ruler was Queen Elizabeth II, who was aged 96 years, 140 days, having surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria on 21 December 2007, who had held the record since 18 January 1901, surpassing her own grandfather George III—just four days before her own death on 22 January 1901.