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{{Information |Description=This map shows kingdoms in the island of Great Britain at about the year 800. |Source=self-made. Vectorized version of en:Image:British kingdoms c 800.gif, based on Image:Uk-map.svg (both images are in public domain) |D
Date: 17 June 2012, 10:42: Source: Own work using: File:Britain peoples circa 600.png by User:IMeowbot; Border data: CIA; People locations: The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1926 edition, with clarifications supplied by en:User:Everyking per references used in en:Penda of Mercia.
In 1604 James I, who had inherited the English throne the previous year, adopted the title (now usually rendered in English rather than Latin) King of Great Britain. The English and Scottish parliaments, however, did not recognise this title until the Acts of Union of 1707 under Queen Anne (who was Queen of Great Britain rather than king). [l]
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.
The first monarch to rule over what would later become Great Britain was King Alfred the Great, who was crowned as the King of England in 871 A.D. ... Unlike past predecessors, Henry VII had a ...
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King of the English r. 1013–1014: Gunhild of Wenden c. 960–1014: Queen Ælfgifu wife of King Eadwig: King Eadwig All-Fair d. 959 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 ...
King of Great Britain r. 1727–1760: Frederick 1707–1751 Prince of Wales: George III 1738–1820 King of Great Britain, then the United Kingdom r. 1760–1820: