KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND

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ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOMS

 Kings of Kent
Kings of the South Saxons (Sussex)
Kings of the West Saxons (Wessex)
Kings of the East Saxons (Essex)
Kings of East Anglia
Kings of Mercia
Kings of Deira
Kings of Bernicia
Kings of Northumbria
Scandinavian Kings of York
Saxon Kings of England

NORMAN CONQUEST onwards

 Medieval
Tudor
Georgian

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ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOMS

 Little is known about the early Saxon kings; some may be mythical. Anonymous coins were issued from c. 575 A.D. Attributed coins were issued by the Kings of Northumbria, starting around 670 A.D.

Kings of Kent

      HENGIST c. 455-c. 488.
     HORSA c. 455.
     OISC (or ESC, or OERIC) 488-c. 512.
     OCTA c. early 6th century.
     EORMENRIC died c. 560.
     AETHELBERT I 560 - 24th Feb 616.
     EADBALD Feb 616 - 20 Jan 640.
     EARCONBERT Jan 640 -14th Jul 664.
     EGBERT I (or ECGBRIHT I) Jul 664 - 4th Jul 673.
     HLOTHERE (or LOTHERE) Jul 673 - 6th Feb 685.
     EADRIC Feb 685 - Aug 686.
     SUAEBHARD (or WEBHERD) c. 690's.
     OSWINI c. late 680's.
     WIHTRED late 690 - 23rd Apr 725.
     EADBERT 725 - 748 or 762.
     AETHELBERT II 725 - 762.
     EARDWULF c.747.
     SIGERED c.762.
     HEABERHT c.765.
     EGBERT II (or ECGBRIHT II) c. 765 - c. 780.
     EALHMUND c.784.
     EADBERT PRAEN 796 - 798.
     CUTHRED c. 798 - 807.
     EADWALD 798 or 807.
     BALDRED ? - 825.

Kings of the South Saxons (Sussex)

      AELLE (or AELLA) c. 477 - 491 or later.
     CISSA c. 500.
     AETHELWALH (or AETHELWALCH) before 674 - c. 685.
     BERTHUN c. 685.
     ANDHUN c. 685.
     NOTHELM (or NUNNA) c. 700.
     WATT c.700.
     AETHELSTAN c. 714.
     AETHELBERT c. 725 - c. 750.
     OSMUND c. 758 - c. 772.
     OSWALD c. 772.
     OSLAC c. 772.
     EALDWULF c. 772 - c. 791.
     AELFWALD c. end of 8th century.

Kings of the West Saxons (Wessex)

      CERDIC 519 - 534.
     CYNRIC 519 - 560.
     CEAWLIN 560 - 591.
     CEOL 591 - 597.
     CEOLWULF 597 - 611.
     CYNEGILS 611 - 643l.
     CWICHELM c. 626 - 636.
     CUTHRED ? - 643; died 661.
     CENWALH 643 - 645; 648 - 674.
     SEAXBURH (Queen) 672-674.
     AESCWINE 674 - 676.
     CENTWINE 676 - 685.
     CAEDWALLA 685 - 688.
     INE (or INA) 688 - 726.
     AETHELHEARD 726 - c. 740.
     CUTHRED 740 - 756.
     SIGEBERHT 756 - 757.
     CYNEWULF 757 - 786.
     BEORHTRIC 786 - 802.
     EGBERT 802 - 839.
     AETHELWULF 839 - 855.
     AETHELBALD 855 - 860.
     AETHELBERT 860 - 866.
     AETHELRED I 866 - 871.
ALFRED 871 - 899.
     EDWARD the Elder 899 - 925.
     ATHELSTAN 925 - 927.

Kings of the East Saxons (Essex)

      SAEBERHT before 604 - 616 or 617.
     SEXRED 616 or 617 - 617.
     SAEWEARD 616 or 617 - 617.
     SIGEBERHT I before c. 653.
     SIGEBERHT II (Saint) c. 653 - 664.
     SWITHELM c. 653 - 664.
     SIGHERE 664 - 675.
     SEBBI 664 - c. 694.
     SIGEHEARD c. 694 - c. 709.
     SWAEFRED c. 694 - c. 709.
     OFFA c.709.
     SAELRED c. 709 - 746.
     SWAEFBERHT died 738.
     SWITHRED c. 746 - 758.
     SIGERIC c. late 8th century.
     SIGERED c. 799 - 823.

Kings of East Anglia

      REDWALD c. 600 - 616 or 627.
     EARPWALD c. 616 or 627 - 627 or 628.
     SIGEBERHT 630 or 631 - ?
     ECGRIC c. first half of 7th century.
     ANNA ? - 654.
     AETHELHERE 654 - 15th Nov. 654.
     AETHELWOLD late 654 - 664.
     ALDWULF 663 or 664 - 713.
     ALFWOLD c. 713 - 749.
     BEORNA (or BEONNA) c. late 8th century.
     HUN c. late 8th century.
     ALBERHT c. late 8th century.
     AETHELRED c. late 8th century.
     AETHELBERT ? - 794.
     ATHELSTAN c. early 9th century.
     AETHELWEARD c. mid 9th century.
     EDMUND (Saint) 855 - 20th Nov. 870.
     OSWALD c. late 9th century.

DANISH KINGS OF EAST ANGLIA

      ATHELSTAN (or GUTHRUM) 880-890.
     ERIC (Eohric) c. 890 - 902.

Kings of Mercia

      PENDA c. 626 or late 632 - 15th Nov. 654.
     EOWA ? - 641.
     WULFHERE 657 - 674.
     AETHELRED 674 - 704.
     BERHTWALD c. 685.
     COENRED 704 - 709.
     CEOLRED 709 - 716.
     AETHELBALD 716 - 757.
     BEONRED 757.
     OFFA 757 - Jul 796.
     EGFRITH 787 - Dec. 796.
     COENWULF Dec. 796 - 821.
     CEOLWULF I 821 - 823.
     BEORNWULF 823 - 825.
     LUDECAN 825 - 827.
     WIGLAF 827 - 829.
     BEORHTWULF 840 - 852.
BURGRED (or BURHRED) 852 - 874.
     CEOLWULF II 874 - ?.

Kings of Deira

 Deira was between the rivers Tees and the Humber, was eventually absorbed by its more powerful northern neighbour, Bernicia, to form the Kingdom of the Northumbria.

     AELLI 559 or 560 - c. 589.
     OSRIC late 632 - summer 633.
     OSWINE 644 - 20th Aug. 651.
     AETHELWALD 651 - 654 or 655

Kings of Bernicia

 Bernicia, which stretched north from the Firth of Forth to Deira in the south, which it absorbed to form the Kingdom of the Northumbria.

     IDA 547 - 559.
     GLAPPA (or CLAPPA.)
     ADDA
     THEODRIC (or DEORIC.)
     FRIDUUALD (or FRITHEWLF.)
     HUSSA
     EATHELRIC (or AEDILRIC), the King who united Deira and Bernicia in 588.
     AETHELFRITH 592 or 593 - 616.
     EANFRITH late 632 - 633.
     OSWALD (Saint) 633 - 5th Aug. 641.

Kings of Northumbria

      OSWIU King of Bernicia late 641 - 654: King of Northumbria 654 - 15th Feb. 670.
     EGFRITH Feb 670 - 20th May 685.
     EALDFRITH May 685 - 14 Dec 704.
     EADWULF late 704 - early 705.
     OSRED I 705 - 716.
     COENRED 716 - 718.
     OSRIC 718 - 9th May 729.
     CEOLWULF 729 - 731 briefly deposed; restored 731 - 737 or 738.
     EADBERT 737 - 757 or 758.
     OSWULF (or OSULF) 757 or 758 - July 758
     AETHELWALD MULL 758 or 759 - 30th Oct 765.
     ALCHRED 765 - Easter 774.
     AETHELRED I 774 - 778 or 779.
     ELFWALD I 778 or 779 - 23rd Sep. 788.
     OSRED II 788 - 790.
     AETHELRED I 790 - 18th Apr. 796.
     OSBALD 796 - for 27 days.
     EARDWULF 14th May 796 - 806 or 808.
     ELFWALD II 806 or 808 - 808 or 810.
     EANRED 808 or 810 - 840 or 841.
AETHELRED II 840 or 841 - 844.
     REDWULF 844.
     AETHELRED II 844 - c. 849.
     OSBERT c. 849 - 862 or 863.
     AELLE 862, 863 or 867 - 21st Mar. 867.
     OSBERT 867.
     EGBERT I 867 - 872 or 873.
     RICSIGE 873 - 876.
     EGBERT II 876 - c. 873.

Scandinavian Kings of York

      HALFDAN I 875 or 876 - 877 or 883.
     GUTHFRITH I 883 - 894 or 896.
     SIEFRED - dates unknown.
     CNUT - dates unknown.
     AETHELWALD c. 899 - 902.
     HALFDAN II c. 902 - 910.
     EOWILS ? - 910.
     IVAR ? - 910.
     RAGNALD 919 - 921.
     SIHTRIC CAOCH 921 - 927.
     GUTHFRITH II 927.
     ANLAF GUTHFRITHSON late 939 or early 940 - 941.
     RAGNALD GUTHFRITHSON 943 - 944.
     ERIC (nicknamed Bloodaxe) 948.
     ANLAF SIHTRICSON (OLAF SIHTRICSON) 949 - 952.
     ERIC 952 - 954.

THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND

SAXON KINGS

      ATHELSTAN 927 - 27th Oct 939.
     EDMUND I 939 - 20th May 946.
     EADRED May 946 - 23rd Nov. 955.
     EADWIG Nov 955 - 1st Oct. 959.
EADGAR Oct 959 - 8th July 975.
     EDWARD the Martyr July 975 - Mar. 978.
AETHELRED II(1) the "Unready" Mar. 978 - 1013.

DANISH KING

      SWEGN (or SVEN) 1013 - 3rd Feb. 1014.

SAXON KINGS

      AETHELRED II(2) Feb. 1014 - 23rd Apr. 1016.
     EDMUND II Apr. 1016 - 16 Nov. 1016.

DANISH KINGS

 CNUT (CANUTE) Dec. 1016 - 12th Nov. 1035.
     HAROLD I Nov 1035 -17th Mar. 1040.
     HARTHACNUT 1040 - 8th June 1042.

SAXON KINGS

 EDWARD the Confessor June 1042 - 5th Jan. 1066.
     HAROLD II 6th Jan.-14th Oct. 1066.

NORMAN CONQUEST

HOUSE OF NORMANDY

 WILLIAM I 25th Dec. 1066 - 9th Sep. 1087.
     WILLIAM II 26th Sep. 1087 - 2nd Aug. 1100.
     HENRY I 5th Aug. 1100 - 1st Dec. 1135.

HOUSE OF BLOIS

 STEPHEN 22nd Dec. 1135 - Apr. 1141.

HOUSE OF NORMANDY

      MATILDA (Queen) Apr. - Nov. 1141.

HOUSE OF BLOIS

 STEPHEN Nov. 1141 - 25th Oct 1154.

HOUSE OF ANJOU

 HENRY II 19th Dec. 1154 - 6th July 1189.
RICHARD I 3rd Sep. 1189 - 6th April 1199.
JOHN 27th May 1199 - Oct. 1216.
HENRY III 28th Oct. 1216 - 16th Nov. 1272.
EDWARD I 20th Nov. 1272 - 7th July 1307.
EDWARD II 8th July 1307 - 20th Jan. 1327.
EDWARD III 25th Jan. 1327 - 21st June 1377.
     RICHARD II 22nd June 1377 - 30th Sep. 1399.
     HENRY IV 30th Sep. 1399 - 20th Mar. 1413.
HENRY V 21st Mar. 1413 - 31st Aug. 1422.
HENRY VI 1st Sep. 1422 - 4th Mar. 1461.
EDWARD IV 4th Mar. 1461 - 6th Oct. 1470.
HENRY VI 6th Oct. 1470 - 11th Apr. 1471.
EDWARD IV 11th Apr. 1471 - 9th Apr. 1483.
     EDWARD V 9 th Apr.-25th June 1483.
     RICHARD III 26th June 14th 1483 - 22nd Aug. 1485.

HOUSE OF TUDOR

 HENRY VII 21st Aug. 1485 - 21st Apr. 1509.
HENRY VIII 22nd Apr. 1509 - 28th Jan. 1547.
EDWARD VI 28th Jan. 1547 - 6th July 1553.

HOUSE OF GREY

      JANE (Queen) 10th -19th July 1553.

HOUSE OF TUDOR

 MARY I (Queen) 19th July 1553 - 17th Nov. 1558.
ELIZABETH I (Queen) 17th Nov. 1558 - 24th Mar. 1603.

HOUSE OF STUART

 JAMES I 24th Mar. 1603 - 27th Mar. 1625.
CHARLES I 27th Mar. 1625 - 30th Jan. 1649.

THE COMMONWEALTH

Lords Protector of the Commonwealth

 OLIVER CROMWELL 16th Dec. 1653 - 3rd Sep. 1658.
     RICHARD CROMWELL 3rd Sep. 1658 - 25th May 1659.

THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND

HOUSE OF STUART

 CHARLES II 30th Jan. 1649 - 6th Feb. 1685.
JAMES II 6th Feb. 1685 - 11th Dec. 1688.

HOUSE OF ORANGE AND STUART

 MARY II (Queen) co-ruler 13th Feb. 1689 - 28th Dec. 1694.
WILLIAM III co-ruler 13th Feb. 1689 - 28th Dec. 1694; sole ruler 28th Dec. 1694 - 8th Mar. 1702.

HOUSE OF STUART

 ANNE (Queen) 8th Mar. 1702 - 1st Aug. 1714.

HOUSE OF HANOVER

 GEORGE I 1st Aug. 1714 - 11th June 1727.
GEORGE II 11th June 1727 - 25th Oct. 1760.
GEORGE III 25th Oct. 1760 - 29th Jan. 1820.
GEORGE IV 29th Jan. 1820 - 26th June 1830.
WILLIAM IV 26th June 1830 - 20th June 1837.
VICTORIA (Queen) 20th June 1837 - 22nd Jan. 1901.

HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA

 EDWARD VII 22nd Jan. 1901 - 6th May 1910.

HOUSE OF WINDSOR

 GEORGE V 6th May 1910 - 20th Jan. 1936.
     EDWARD VIII 20th Jan. - 11th Dec. 1936.
GEORGE VI 11th Dec. 1936 - 6th Feb. 1952.
ELIZABETH II 6th Feb. 1952 -

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