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The standard title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was "King of the English". 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 ...
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.
Elizabeth II delivering a speech at the official opening of the Borders Railway, on the day she became the longest-reigning British monarch.. 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 ...
Alfred the Great. Reign: April, 23 871 – October 26, 899 (28 years, 187 days) Alfred is the only British king that’s called “The Great.” All four of his brothers were also kings before his ...
King of the English r. 1035/1037–1040: Edmund Ætheling c. 1015/1017 – before 1054 Son of King Edmund Ironside: Edward the Exile 1016–1057 Son of King Edmund Ironside: Agatha, before 1030– after 1070 Wife of Edward the Exile: King Harold II c. 1022 –1066 King of the English r. 1066: Edith of Wessex c. 1025 –1075 Queen of the English ...
Kings of Essex; Kings of Hwicce; Kings of Kent; Kings of Lindsey; Kings of Mercia; Kings of Northumbria; Kings of Sussex; Kings of Wessex; Kings of Jorvik; Earls of York; Earls of Northumbria; Kings of Dál Riata; Kings of the Picts; Lords of Galloway; Rulers of Wales; Kings of Gwynedd; Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles; Kings of the Isle ...
List of English monarchs (927–1707) List of British monarchs (1707–present) This page was last edited on 23 November 2019, at 15:44 (UTC). Text is available ...
A different mnemonic is used to remember the sequence of English and British royal houses or dynasties. No Plan Like Yours To Study History Wisely [5] The initial letters of which give the royal houses: Norman, Plantagenet, Lancaster, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, Windsor. This list of royal houses differs from the views of many historians.