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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.
King of the United Kingdom r. 1820–1830: William IV 1765–1837 King of the United Kingdom r. 1830–1837: Edward 1767–1820 Duke of Kent and Strathearn: Victoria 1819–1901 Queen of the United Kingdom r. 1837–1901: House of Windsor (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) Edward VII 1841–1910 King of the United Kingdom r. 1901–1910: George V 1865–1936
See Family tree of English monarchs, Family tree of Scottish monarchs, and Family tree of Welsh monarchs. This also includes England, Scotland and Wales; all part of the United Kingdom as well as the French Norman invasion. For a simplified view, see: Family tree of British monarchs.
Over the 1200+ years history, many of their monarchs had titles such as: Kings of Dal Riada, Kings of the Anglo-Saxons, Kings of the Picts, Kings of Alba, Kings of the English, Kings of England, Kings of the Scots, Kings of Scotland and in the prensent time Kings of the United Kingdom to name but a few. The chart begins with England and ...
Listed in red are The Heptarchy, the collective name given to the seven main Anglo-Saxon petty kingdoms located in the southeastern two-thirds of the island that were unified to form the Kingdom of England. This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven ...
The entire royal family tree, explained in one easy chart. Claire Nowak. May 28, 2018 at 5:11 AM. ... Princess Royal is the title given to a British monarch’s eldest daughter, but her husband ...
(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.
The longest-lived British monarch and ruler was Queen Elizabeth II, who was aged 96 years, 140 days, having surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria on 21 December 2007, who had held the record since 18 January 1901, surpassing her own grandfather George III—just four days before her own death on 22 January 1901.