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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 ...
Æthelstan is regarded as the first King of England by modern historians. [k] Although it was his successors who would achieve the permanent conquest of Viking York, Æthelstan's campaigns made this success possible. [146] His nephew Edgar called himself King of the English and revived the claim to rule over all the peoples of Britain.
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.
Reigns: King of the Anglo-Saxons (924–927) & King of the English (927–939) (14–15 years) Æthelstan is believed to be the first king to successfully govern over all of England.
Cnut, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". During the Norman period Rex Anglorum remained standard, with occasional use of Rex Anglie ("King of England"). From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of Rex or Regina Anglie. In 1604 James I, who had inherited the English throne the previous year ...
924–939) gradually expanded and consolidated their control over the rest of England. [4] Æthelstan first adopted the title "king of the English" and is considered the founder of the English monarchy. [5] While the king theoretically held all governing authority, he relied on the support of the English church and nobility to govern. [6]
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 ...
Henry was probably born in England in 1068, in either the summer or the last weeks of the year, possibly in the town of Selby in Yorkshire. [1] [nb 1] His father was William the Conqueror, the duke of Normandy who had invaded England in 1066 to become the king of England, establishing lands stretching into Wales.