British Monarchs

Kings and Queens of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 779 to present day

Monarchs of England (or part thereof)

779-796

Offa

Wessex

802-839

Egbert

Wessex

839-856

Aethelwulf

Wessex

856-860

Aethelbald

Wessex

860-866

Aethelbert

Wessex

866-871

Athelred I

Wessex

871-899

Alfred the Great

Wessex

899-925

Edward the Elder

Wessex

925-940

Athelstan

Wessex

940-946

Edmund

Wessex

946-955

Edred

Wessex

955-959

Edwy

Wessex

959-975

Edgar

Wessex

975-978

Edward the Martyr

Wessex

978-1016

Ethelred II the Unready

Wessex

1016

Edmund lronside

Wessex

1016-1035 

Cnut (Canute)

Denmark

1035-1040

Harold I Harefoot

Denmark

1040-1042

Harthacanut

Denmark

1042-1066 

Edward the Confessor

Wessex

1066

Harold II

Wessex

1066-1087

William I

Normandy

1087-1100

William II

Normandy

1100-1135

Henry I

Normandy

1135-1154 

Stephen

Blois

1154-1189

Henry II

Angevin

1189-1199

Richard I

Angevin

1199-1216

John

Angevin

1216-1272

Henry III

Plantagenet

Monarchs of England and Wales

1272-1307

Edward I

Plantagenet

1307-1327

Edward II

Plantagenet

1327-1377

Edward III

Plantagenet

1377-1399

Richard II

Plantagenet

1399-1413 

Henry IV

Lancaster

1413-1422

Henry V

Lancaster

1422-1461

Henry VI

Lancaster

1461-1483 

Edward IV

York

1483

Edward V

York

1483-1485 

Richard III

York

1485-1509

Henry VII

Tudor

1509-1547

Henry VIII

Tudor

1547-1553

Edward VI

Tudor

1553-1558

Mary I

Tudor

1558-1603

Elizabeth I

Tudor

Monarchs of England, Wales and Scotland

1603-1625

James I (King of Scotland as James VI 1567-1625)

Stuart

1625-1649

Charles I

Stuart

1649-1653

Commonwealth

Commonwealth

1653-1658

Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector)

Commonwealth

1658-1659

Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector)

Commonwealth

1660-1685

Charles II

Stuart

1685-1688

James II

Stuart

1689-1694

William III of Orange and Mary II (jointly)

Stuart

1694-1702

William III (alone)

Stuart

Monarchs of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
(Northern Ireland only since 1922)

1702-1714

Anne

Stuart

1714-1727

George I

Hanover

1727-1760

George II

Hanover

1760-1820

George III
(Elector, 1760-1815, and King, 1815-20, of Hanover)

Hanover

1820-1830 

George IV

Hanover

1830-1837 

William IV (King of Hanover 1830-7)

Hanover

1837-1901

Victoria (Empress of India 1876-1901)

Hanover

1901-1910 

Edward VII

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

1910-1936 

George V

Windsor 

1936

Edward VIII

Windsor 

1936-1952 

George VI

Windsor 

1952- 

Elizabeth II
(Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Head of the Commonwealth of Nations)

Windsor

Rulers of Wales

825-844

Merfyn Frych (Merfyn the Freckled)

Lord of Gwynedd

844-878

Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great)

Lord of Gwynedd

878-916

Anarawd

Lord of Gwynedd

916-942

Idwal Foel (Idwahl the bald)

Lord of Ceredigion

950-979

Iago

Lord of Ceredigion

979-985

Hywel (Hywel the bad)

Lord of Gwynedd

985-986

Cadwallon

Lord of Gwynedd

999-1005

Maredudd ap Owain

Lord of Gwynedd & Dehuebarth

1018-1023

Llywelyn ap Seisyll

Lord of Gwynedd & Dehuebarth

1039-1063

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn

Lord of Gwynedd

1081-1137

Gruffydd ap Cynan

Lord of Gwynedd

1135-1137

Gruffydd ap Rhys

Lord of Gwynedd

1137-1170

Owain Gwynedd

Lord of Gwynedd

1170-1194

Dafydd and Rhodri ap Owain

Lord of Gwynedd

1194-1240

Llywelyn ap Iorwerth

Lord of Gwynedd

1240-1246

David

Lord of Gwynedd

1246-1282

Llywelyn ap Gruffydd

Lord of Gwynedd

Rulers of Scotland

843-858