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In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of "King" or "Queen of England".
Edmund I or Eadmund I [a] (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great.
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 England r. 955–959: Æthelflæd: King Edgar I the Peaceful c. 943 –975 King of England r. 959–975: Queen Ælfthryth c. 945 –1000/1001 wife of King Edgar I: Harald II c. 996–998 –c. 1018 King of Denmark: Estrid Svendsdatter 990/997–1057/1073 Danish Princess: Richard I Duke of Normandy 933–996 Comté de Rouen: King Edward ...
[a] He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the "greatest Anglo-Saxon kings". [6] He never married and had no children; he was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I. When Edward died in July 924, Æthelstan was accepted by the Mercians as king.
Edward the Elder (870s? – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith.When Edward succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Æthelwold, who had a strong claim to the throne as the son of Alfred's elder brother and predecessor, Æthelred I.
King of England r. 1461–1470, r. 1471–1483: Richard III 1452–1485 King of England r. 1483–1485: James III 1451–1488 King of Scots r. 1460–1488: House of Tudor: Henry VII 1457–1509 King of England r. 1485–1509: Elizabeth of York 1466–1503: Edward V 1470–1483 King of England r. 1483: Mary Tudor 1496–1533: Henry VIII 1491 ...
Restored Mercian dominance in England. First Christian king of all Mercia. 675 Æthelred I: 675–704 ... the Elder King of the Anglo-Saxons 871–924 r.899-924: Ealhhelm