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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".
(see List_of_monarchs_of_Wessex) As to the medieval histories of Scotland and Wales: The family tree of Scottish monarchs covers the same period in Scotland and, equally as shown, directly precedes the family tree of the British royal family. The family tree of Welsh monarchs is relevant before the 1282 conquest by England.
King of England r. 1040–1042: Harold I Harefoot c. 1015 –1040 King of England r. 1037–1040: Lulach the fool before 1033–1058 King of Alba r. 1057–1058: House of Normandy: William I the Conqueror c. 1028 –1087 King of England r. 1066–1087: Saint Margaret of Scotland c. 1045 –1093: Malcolm III Canmore c. 1031 –1093 King of Scots ...
King of Denmark 1534–1588: Henry IV King of France 1553–1610: King James VI and I [a] 1566–1625 r. 1567–1625 (Scotland) r. 1603–1625 (England) Anne of Denmark 1574–1619 Queen of England and Ireland: John IV 1604–1656 King of Portugal: Henry Frederick 1594–1612 Prince of Wales: Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662 Queen of Bohemia ...
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.
List of British monarchs (1707–present) This page was last edited on 23 November 2019, at 15:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Henry VI, King of England 1421–1471: Margaret Beaufort 1443–1509: Edward IV, King of England 1442–1483: Edmund, Earl of Rutland 1443–1460: George, Duke of Clarence 1449–1478: Richard III, King of England 1452–1485: Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk 1444–c.1503: House of Tudor: Edward, Prince of Wales 1453–1471: Henry VII, King of ...
Family tree of British monarchs; L. Kings of the Angles This page was last edited on 9 December 2023, at 13:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...