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1660–1685 (England) Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of Orange: Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 Princess of Orange: Anne Hyde 1637–1671 Duchess of York: King James II [a] 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688: Mary of Modena 1658–1718 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland ...
The following is a simplified family tree of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs. ... Cnut the Great c. 985/ ... James II & VII 1633–1701 King of England ...
He was proclaimed "James the first, King of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith" in London on 24 March 1603. [194] On 20 October 1604, James issued a proclamation at Westminster changing his style to "King of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c." [ 195 ] The style was not used on English statutes, but ...
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".
King of England r. 1016–1035: Queen Ælfgifu of Northampton c. 990 – after 1040 the first wife of King Cnut: Richard II 963–1026 Duke of Normandy: Æthelstan Ætheling 980s–1014 First Son of King Æthelred the Unready: King Edmund II Ironside c. 990 –1016 King of the English r. 1016: Queen Ealdgyth c. 992-after 1016 Queen of the ...
Cnut the Great: Emma of Normandy [1] Æthelred the Unready [1] Ælfgifu of York [1] Richard II of Normandy [1] Judith of Brittany: Svein Knutsson: Harold Harefoot: Gunhilda of Denmark: Alfred Ætheling [1] Edmund Ironside [1] Ealdgyth [1] Robert I of Normandy: Herleva: Gytha Thorkelsdóttir: Godwin, Earl of Wessex: Harthacnut: Edward the Exile ...
As Danish King of England, Cnut was quick to eliminate any prospective challenge from the survivors of the mighty Wessex dynasty. The first year of his reign was marked by the executions of a number of English noblemen whom he considered suspect. Æthelred's son Eadwig Ætheling fled from England but was killed on Cnut's orders. [48]
James VI ruled in England as James I after what was known as the "Union of the Crowns". James I & VI became the first monarch to style himself "King of Great Britain" in 1604. [243] For the history of the British monarchy after 1603, see History of the monarchy of the United Kingdom.