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RULERS OF ENGLAND
From 1066 to the Present
Norman Kings (1066-1154) (William I-Stephen)
William I (1066-1087)
William II (1087-1100)
Henry I (1100-1135)
Stephen (1135-1154)
Plantagenets (1154-1399) (Henry II-Richard II)
Henry II (1154-1189)
Richard I (Richard the Lion-Hearted) (1189-1199)
John (1199-1216)
Henry III (1216-1272)
Edward I (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-1327)
Edward III (1327-1377)
Richard II (1377-1399)
House of Lancaster (Henry IV-Henry VI) (1399-1461)
Henry IV (1399-1413)
Henry V (1413-1422)
Henry VI (1422-1461)
House of York (Edward IV-Richard III) (1461-1485)
Edward IV (1461-1483)
Edward V (April-June 1483)
Richard III (1483-1485)
Tudors (1485-1509) (Henry VII-Elizabeth)
Henry VII (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509-1547)
Edward VI (1547-1553)
Mary (1553-1558)
Elizabeth (1558-1603)
Stuarts (James I-Anne) (1603-1714)
James I (1603-1625)
Charles I (1625-1649)
1649-1660 - Commonwelath Interregnum: England is ruled by Parliament. The period from 1653-1659 when Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell (1653-1658) and his son Richard Cromwell (1658-1659) were Lord Protectors of the Commonwealth, is referred to as the Protectorate.
1660 - Stuarts Restored
Charles II (1660-1685)
James II (1685-1688)
1688 - The Bloodless Revolution (or The Glorious Revolution)
William (of Orange) and Mary (1689-1702)
Anne (1702-1714)
Hanovers (George I-Victoria) (1714-1901)
George I (1714-1727)
George II (1727-1760)
George III (1760-1820)
George IV (1820-1830)
William IV (1830-1837)
Victoria (1837-1901)
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Edward VII) (1901-1910)
Edward VII (1901-1910)
Windsors (George V-Elizabeth II)
In 1917 George V changed the name Wettin, the family name of Prince Albert, to Windsor
George V (1910-1936)
Edward VIII (1936)
George VI (1936-1952)
Elizabeth II (1952- )