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Period: 1952 BCE to 1952 BCE
Queen Elizabeth II
On the death of George VI in 1952 she succeeded to the throne while in Kenya with her husband and was crowned on 2 June 1953.
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Period: 1936 BCE to 1936 BCE
King Edward VIII
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Period: 1936 BCE to 1952 BCE
King George VI
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Period: 1910 BCE to 1936 BCE
King George V
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Period: 1901 BCE to 1910 BCE
King Edward VII
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Period: 1837 BCE to 1901 BCE
Queen Victoria
The queen Victoria ascended to the throne when she was eighteen and she remained in it longer than any other sovereign of Europe. -
Period: 1830 BCE to 1837 BCE
King William IV
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Period: 1820 BCE to
King George IV
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Period: 1760 BCE to 1820 BCE
King George III
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Period: 1727 BCE to 1760 BCE
King George II
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Period: 1714 BCE to 1727 BCE
King George I
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Period: 1702 BCE to 1714 BCE
Queen Anne
Anne was the second daughter of James, Duke of York, who became James II, and his first wife, Anne Hyde, daughter of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon. Anne and her elder sister Mary received a Protestant upbringing although their father James converted to Catholicism and remarried. -
Period: 1689 BCE to 1702 BCE
King William III and Queen Mary II
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Period: 1689 BCE to 1702 BCE
King William III and Queen Mary II
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Period: 1685 BCE to 1688 BCE
King James II
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Period: 1660 BCE to 1685 BCE
King Charles II
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Period: 1625 BCE to 1649 BCE
King Charles I
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Period: 1603 BCE to 1625 BCE
King James I
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Period: 1558 BCE to 1603 BCE
Queen Elizabeth I
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Period: 1553 BCE to 1558 BCE
Queen Mary I
Queen of England from 1553. She was the eldest daughter of Henry VIII by Catherine of Aragón. When Edward VI died, Mary secured the crown without difficulty in spite of the conspiracy to substitute Lady Jane Grey. In 1554 Mary married Philip II of Spain, and as a devout Roman Catholic obtained the restoration of papal supremacy and sanctioned the persecution of Protestants. The number of executions earned her the name 'Bloody Mary' -
Period: 1547 BCE to 1553 BCE
King Edward VI
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Period: 1509 BCE to 1547 BCE
King Henry VIII
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Period: 1485 BCE to 1509 BCE
King Henry VII
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Period: 1483 BCE to 1483 BCE
King Edward V
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Period: 1483 BCE to 1485 BCE
King Richard III
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Period: 1461 BCE to 1483 BCE
King Edward IV
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Period: 1422 BCE to 1461 BCE
King Henry VI
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Period: 1413 BCE to 1422 BCE
King Henry V
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Period: 1399 BCE to 1413 BCE
King Henry IV
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Period: 1377 BCE to 1399 BCE
King Richard II
King of England from 1377, effectively from 1389, son of Edward the Black Prince. He reigned in conflict with Parliament; they executed some of his associates in 1388, and he executed some of the opposing barons in 1397, whereupon he made himself absolute. Two years later, forced to abdicate in favour of Henry IV, he was jailed and died. -
Period: 1327 BCE to 1377 BCE
King Edward III
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Period: 1307 BCE to 1327 BCE
King Edward II
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Period: 1272 BCE to 1307 BCE
King Edward I Longshanks
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Period: 1216 BCE to 1272 BCE
King Henry III
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Period: 1199 BCE to 1216 BCE
King John
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Period: 1189 BCE to 1199 BCE
King Richard I The Lion Heart
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Period: 1154 BCE to 1189 BCE
King Henry II
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Period: 1135 BCE to 1154 BCE
King Stephen
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Period: 1100 BCE to 1135 BCE
King Henry I
Henry vas the king of England from 1100 to 1135.
He ascended to the throne with 31 and reigned for 35 years.
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Period: 1087 BCE to 1100 BCE
King William II Rufus
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Period: 1066 BCE to 1066 BCE
King Harold II
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Period: 1066 BCE to 1087 BCE
King William I The Conqueror
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Period: 1042 BCE to 1066 BCE
King Edward The Confessor
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Period: 1040 BCE to 1042 BCE
King Harthacnut
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Period: 1035 BCE to 1040 BCE
King Harold I Harefoot
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Period: 1016 BCE to 1035 BCE
King Cnut (Canute)
King of England from 1016, having invaded England in 1013 with his father, Sweyn, king of Denmark, he was acclaimed king on Sweyn's death in 1014 by his Viking army. -
Period: 1016 BCE to 1016 BCE
King Edmund II lronside
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Period: 978 BCE to 1016 BCE
King Aethelred II The Unready
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Period: 975 BCE to 978 BCE
King Edward The Martyr
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Period: 959 BCE to 975 BCE
King Edgar
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Period: 955 BCE to 959 BCE
King Edwy (Eadwig)
King 955-959. Reportedly murdered by Canute. Historians have not treated Eadwig well, and it is unfortunate for him that he ran afoul of the influential Bishop Dunstan early in his reign. Legend has it that his coronation had to be delayed while Dunstan dislodged him from a bed where he was lying between his sweetheart and her equally amorous Mother. -
Period: 946 BCE to 955 BCE
King Edred
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Period: 940 BCE to 946 BCE
King Edmund
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Period: 924 BCE to 940 BCE
King Athelstan
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Period: 899 BCE to 924 BCE
King Edward The Elder
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Period: 871 BCE to 899 BCE
King Alfred the Great
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Period: 866 BCE to 871 BCE
King Aethelred I
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Period: 860 BCE to 866 BCE
King Aethelbert
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Period: 856 BCE to 860 BCE
King Aethelbald
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Period: 839 BCE to 856 BCE
King Aethelwulf
Aethelwulf was the son of Egbert and a sub-king of Kent. He assumed the throne of Wessex upon his father's death in 839. His reign is characterized by Viking invasions and repulsions common to all English rulers of the time, but the making of war was not his chief claim to fame. Aethelwulf is remembered, however dimly, as a highly religious man who cared about the establishment and preservation of the church. He was also a wealthy man and controlled vast resources. -
Period: 802 BCE to 839 BCE
King Egbert
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Period: 757 BCE to 796 BCE
King Offa
During his reign in England, with a total duration of nearly 40 years, had the introduction in the monetary system of the penny.
His long reign marked strongly to the point that he was the first to be called "King of the English".