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The Yale English Monarchs series is a series of biographies on English and British kings and queens, published by Yale University Press. The books are written by some of the leading experts within their respective fields, incorporating the latest historical research. Several books in the English Monarchs series have previously also been ...
t. e. Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex, [note 1] legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant ...
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.
Grandson of Charles I Offered the Crown by Parliament. Anne [ 87 ] 8 March 1702 [ xxvii ] – 1 May 1707 (5 years, 55 days)(Queen of Great Britain until1 August 1714)(12 years, 147 days) 6 February 1665 St James's Palace Daughter of James II and Anne Hyde. George of Denmark St James's Palace 28 July 1683 3 children.
Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch, reigned from 6 February 1952 until her death on 8 September 2022.. 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), the Kingdom of England (871 ...
Merged with England to form Great Britain. King/Queen of Ireland. 1542. 1801. Merged with Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. King/Queen of France. 1422 (disputed) 1453 (disputed) Claimed from 1340 to 1360 and 1369–1801 by the Kings of England and their successors.
Lists of monarchs in the British Isles are lists of monarchs that have reigned over the various kingdoms and other states that have existed in the British Isles throughout recorded history. They include monarchs of Britain as a whole, and monarchs of states that covered part or whole of what are now England , Ireland , Scotland , Wales and the ...
The greatest and most powerful of all Mercian kings, he proclaimed himself King of the English in 774, built Offa's Dyke, and introduced the silver penny. 29 Jul 796. Ecgfrith. 787–796. Son of Offa. Co-ruler, died suddenly a few months after his father. 17 Dec 796. Cœnwulf.