Complete List Of Kings And Queens Of Britain From King Egbert To Queen Elizabeth II And King Charles III

Full List Of Kings And Queens Of Britain: The British monarchy is one of the oldest and still existing royal families in the world. The sovereignty has witnessed almost over a thousand years of history, including conquests, marriages, and the building of the constitution. Since the early Anglo-Saxon rulers like Egbert of Wessex in 802 to the current Windsor dynasty under King Charles II, here is a complete list of 62 monarchs of Britain, through wars, reform and change of culture, along with the formation of England, Scotland and the United Kingdom.

The list of Kings and queens of Britain begins with the consolidation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms by Egbert, moves on to the Norman Conquest by William I in 1066, which also includes key houses like Plantagenet, Tudor, Stuart, and Hanover. The major ones are the Wars of the Roses, the Tudor golden age of Henry and Elizabeth I and the modern constitutional monarchy that was established after the Glorious Revolution.

Complete List Of Kings And Queens Of Britain:

Kings of Wessex (West Saxons)

name	dynasty or house	reign
Egbert	Saxon	802–839
Aethelwulf (Ethelwulf)	Saxon	839–856/858
Aethelbald (Ethelbald)	Saxon	855/856–860
Aethelberht (Ethelbert)	Saxon	860–865/866
Aethelred I (Ethelred)	Saxon	865/866–871
Alfred the Great	Saxon	871–899
Edward the Elder	Saxon	899–924

Sovereigns of England

name	dynasty or house	reign
Athelstan	Saxon	925–939
Edmund I	Saxon	939–946
Eadred (Edred)	Saxon	946–955
Eadwig (Edwy)	Saxon	955–959
Edgar	Saxon	959–975
Edward the Martyr	Saxon	975–978
Ethelred II the Unready (Aethelred)	Saxon	978–1013
Sweyn Forkbeard	Danish	1013–14
Ethelred II the Unready (restored)	Saxon	1014–16
Edmund II Ironside	Saxon	1016
Canute	Danish	1016–35
Harold I Harefoot	Danish	1035–40
Hardecanute	Danish	1040–42
Edward the Confessor	Saxon	1042–66
Harold II	Saxon	1066
William I the Conqueror	Norman	1066–87
William II	Norman	1087–1100
Henry I	Norman	1100–35
Stephen	Blois	1135–54
Henry II	Plantagenet	1154–89
Richard I	Plantagenet	1189–99
John	Plantagenet	1199–1216
Henry III	Plantagenet	1216–72
Edward I	Plantagenet	1272–1307
Edward II	Plantagenet	1307–27
Edward III	Plantagenet	1327–77
Richard II	Plantagenet	1377–99
Henry IV	Plantagenet: Lancaster	1399–1413
Henry V	Plantagenet: Lancaster	1413–22
Henry VI	Plantagenet: Lancaster	1422–61
Edward IV	Plantagenet: York	1461–70
Henry VI (restored)	Plantagenet: Lancaster	1470–71
Edward IV (restored)	Plantagenet: York	1471–83
Edward V	Plantagenet: York	1483
Richard III	Plantagenet: York	1483–85
Henry VII	Tudor	1485–1509
Henry VIII	Tudor	1509–47
Edward VI	Tudor	1547–53
Mary I	Tudor	1553–58
Elizabeth I	Tudor	1558–1603

Sovereigns of Great Britain and the United Kingdom

name	dynasty or house	reign
James I (VI of Scotland)	Stuart	1603–25
Charles I	Stuart	1625–49

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Commonwealth (1653–59)

name	dynasty or house	reign
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector		1653–58
Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector		1658–59

name	dynasty or house	reign
Charles II	Stuart	1660–85
James II	Stuart	1685–88
William III and Mary II	Orange/Stuart	1689–1702
Anne	Stuart	1702–14
George I	Hanover	1714–27
George II	Hanover	1727–60
George III	Hanover	1760–1820
George IV	Hanover	1820–30
William IV	Hanover	1830–37
Victoria	Hanover	1837–1901
Edward VII	Saxe-Coburg-Gotha	1901–10
George V	Windsor	1910–36
Edward VIII	Windsor	1936
George VI	Windsor	1936–52
Elizabeth II	Windsor	1952–2022
Charles III	Windsor	2022–

Source: Britannica

Notable Eras Britain Monarchy:

1. Medieval Period (802-1485): All About the rule of the Normans and Plantagenets, the Magna Carta and the Black Death of King John and the Black Death respectively.

2. Tudor and Stuart (1485-1714): The reformation of Henry VIII, the conquest of the Spanish Armada by Elizabeth I and the union of crowns under James I were marked.

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3. Hanoverian to Windsor (1714-present): Characterised by the expansion of the Victoria Empire, two world wars during the reign of George V and VI, and Elizabeth II, who was the longest-serving monarch since 1714 until 2022.

At last, the long list of Kings and Queens of Britain, mentioned above, showcases the long-standing institution of continuity and its evolution from a head of state to a ceremonial head of state in the current democracy.

Complete List Of Kings And Queens Of Britain: From King Egbert To Queen Elizabeth II And King Charles III