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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 favour of "King" or "Queen of England".
Eadwig. Reign: November 23, 955 – October 1, 959 (3 years, 313 days) Eadwig was most likely 15 years or younger when he first took the throne. Many accounts say that he made love to a noblewoman ...
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.
3 years, 10 months and 24 days [5] Hatshepsut: Pharaoh New Kingdom of Egypt: c. 1479 BC c. 1458 BC c. 21 years Neferneferuaten: Pharaoh New Kingdom of Egypt: c. 1334 BC c. 1332 BC c. 2 years Twosret: Pharaoh New Kingdom of Egypt: c. 1191 BC c. 1189 BC 2 years Arsinoe II: Pharaoh (disputed) Ptolemaic Kingdom: 273 or 272 BC 270 or 268 BC 2 to 5 ...
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 Denmark: Estrid Svendsdatter 990/997–1057/1073 Danish Princess: Richard I Duke of Normandy 933–996 Comté de Rouen: King Edward ...
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 ...
King of Bohemia: Margaret Stuart 1598–1600: King Charles I 1600–1649 King of England r. 1625–1649: Henrietta Maria of France 1609–1669: Robert Stuart 1602 Duke of Kintyre and Lorne: Mary Stuart 1605–1607: Sophia Stuart 1606 of England: Louis XIII 1601–1643 King of France: House of Hanover: Charles Duke of Cornwall 1629: King Charles ...
This Women's History Month, take a look at vintage photographs that show what life was like at home and work for women in the 1920s. This Women's History Month, take a look at vintage photographs ...