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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".
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 ...
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.
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 ...
In 1419, he conquered Normandy—the first time an English king ruled Normandy since King John lost it in 1204. [194] In 1420, the Treaty of Troyes recognised Henry as heir and regent of the incapacitated King Charles VI of France. The new peace was sealed by Henry's marriage to the French princess Catherine of Valois.
This led to a years long war, in which her son Henry II, was eventually declared Stephen's heir. This period is known as the Anarchy. Henry the Young King, who was crowned junior king in 1170 at the age of 15, led a revolt against his father Henry II for several months in 1173–74 and controlled much of 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 ...
The Constitutional History of Medieval England from the English Settlement to 1485 (4th ed.). Adams and Charles Black. Keynes, Simon (1998). "Alfred and the Mercians". In Blackburn, Mark A.S.; Dumville, David N. (eds.). Kings, currency, and alliances: history and coinage of southern England in the ninth century.