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An early-adopter of artillery, James was killed when a cannon exploded while attacking one of the last Scottish castles still held by the English after the Wars of Independence. Richard III: House of York (England) 2 October 1452 1483–1485 22 August 1485 Killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Last English king to be killed in battle. James III
Roman emperors killed in battle (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Monarchs killed in action" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 255 total.
King of England r. 1189–1199: Geoffrey II Duke of Brittany: Eleanor: Alfonso VIII King of Castile: Joan: William II King of Sicily: John King of England r. 1199–1216: Louis VIII King of France: Otto IV Holy Roman Emperor: Arthur I Duke of Brittany: Blanche of Castile Queen of France: Henry III King of England r. 1216–1272: Richard of ...
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
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".
Henry, left alone but unwilling to return Boulogne to the French, continued to fight until 1546, when the Treaty of Ardres finally restored peace between France and England. The deaths of King Francis of France and King Henry VIII of England, in early 1547 left the resolution of the Italian Wars to their successors.
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.
William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...