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The Commonwealth of England was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, [1] were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I.
Jones, Dan (2012). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England (revised ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1-101-60628-5. Jones, Dan (2014). The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780698170322. Lyon, Ann (2016). Constitutional History of the UK (2nd ed.). Routledge.
This Wikipedia page provides a comprehensive list of English monarchs from the House of Wessex to present.
Overview; State United Kingdom Leader: Prime Minister (Keir Starmer): Appointed by: Monarch of the United Kingdom (Charles III): Main organ: Cabinet of the United Kingdom: Ministries: 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British constitution.
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.
In Malaysia, the federal king, called the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or Paramount Ruler, is elected for a five-year term from among and by the hereditary rulers (mostly sultans) of nine of the federation's constitutive states, all on the Malay peninsula. The United Arab Emirates also chooses its federal leaders from among emirs of the federated states.
Jones, Dan (2012). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England (revised ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1-101-60628-5. Jones, Dan (2014). The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780698170322. Loyn, H. R. (1984). The Governance of Anglo-Saxon England, 500–1087 ...