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Name of King
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Lineage
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Reign Began
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Reign Ended
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Birth
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Death
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ANGLO-SAXON KINGS
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Egbert
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First King of all England
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827
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830
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775?
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839
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Ethelwulf
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Son of Egbert
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839
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857
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?
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858
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Ethelbald
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Son of Ethelwulf
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857
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860
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?
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860?
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Ethelbert
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Second son of Ethelwulf
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860
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866
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?
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866?
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Ethelred I
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Third son of Ethelwulf
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866
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871
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?
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871
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Alfred the Great
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Fourth son of Ethelwulf
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871
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899
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849
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899
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Edward the Elder
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Son of Alfred
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899
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925
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870?
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925
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Athelstan
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Eldest son of Edward
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925
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940
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895?
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941
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Edmund I
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Brother of Athelstan
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940
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946
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923
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946/8
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Edred
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Brother of Edmund I
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946
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955
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?
|
955
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Edwy
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Son of Edmund I
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955
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959
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939?
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959
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Edgar
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Second son of Edmund I
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959
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975
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943?
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975
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Edward the Martyr
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Son of Edgar
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975
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978
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961?
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978
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Ethelred II
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Half-brother of Edward
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978
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1016
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968
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1016
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Edmund Ironside
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Eldest son of Ethelred
|
1016
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1017
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989
|
1017
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DANISH KINGS
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|
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Canute
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By conquest and election
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1017
|
1035
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995
|
1035
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Harold I (Harefoot)
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Son of Canute
|
1035
|
1040
|
?
|
1040
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Hardicanute
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Another son of Canute
|
1040
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1042
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1019
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1042
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SAXON KINGS
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Edward the Confessor
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Son of Ethelred II
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1042
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1066
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1004
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1066
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Harold II
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Brother-in-law of Edward
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1066
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?
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1022
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1066
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NORMAN KINGS
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|
|
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William I
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Second cousin to Edward the Confessor; by conquest
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1066
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1087
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1027
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1087
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William II
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Third son of William I
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1087
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1100
|
1056
|
1100
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Henry I
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Youngest son of William I
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1100
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1135
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1068
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1135
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Stephen
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Third son of Stephen, Count of Blois
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1135
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1154
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1105
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1155
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|
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THE PLANTAGENETS
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|
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Henry II
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Son of Geoffrey Plantagenet by Matilda, daughter of Henry I
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1154
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1189
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1133
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1189
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Richard I, the Lionhearted
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Eldest surviving son of Henry II
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1189
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1199
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1157
|
1199
|
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John
|
Youngest son of Henry II
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1199
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1216
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1166
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1216
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Henry III
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Eldest son of John
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1216
|
1272
|
1207
|
1272
|
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Edward I
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Eldest son of Henry III
|
1272
|
1307
|
1239
|
1307
|
|
Edward II
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Eldest surviving son of Edward I
|
1307
|
1327
|
1284
|
1327
|
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Edward III
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Eldest son of Edward II
|
1327
|
1377
|
1312
|
1377
|
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Richard II
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Son of the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III
|
1377
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1399
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1366
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1400
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|
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HOUSE OF LANCASTER
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|
|
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Henry IV
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Son of John of Gaunt, 4th son of Edward III
|
1399
|
1413
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1367
|
1413
|
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Henry V
|
Edlest Son of Henry IV
|
1413
|
1422
|
1387
|
1422
|
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Henry VI
|
Only son of Henry V
|
1422
|
1461
|
1421
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1471
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HOUSE OF YORK
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|
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Edward IV
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His grandfather was Richard, son of Edmund, son of Edward III
|
1461
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1483
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1441
|
1483
|
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Edward V
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Eldest son of Edward IV
|
1483
|
?
|
1470
|
1483
|
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Richard III
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Younger brother of Edward IV
|
1483
|
1485
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1452
|
1485
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HOUSE OF TUDOR
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|
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Henry VII
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Son of Edmund, eldest son of Owen Tudor, by Katharine, widow of Henry V. Mother was great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt
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1485
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1509
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1457
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1509
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Henry VIII
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Only surviving son of Henry VII
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1509
|
1547
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1491
|
1547
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Edward VI
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Son of Henry VIII by Jane Seymour
|
1547
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1553
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1537
|
1553
|
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Mary I
|
Daughter of Henry VIII by Katharine of Aragon
|
1553
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1558
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1516
|
1558
|
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Elizabeth I
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Daughter of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn
|
1558
|
1603
|
1533
|
1603
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HOUSE OF STUART
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|
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James I
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Son of Mary Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret
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1603
|
1625
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1566
|
1625
|
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Charles I
|
Only surviving son of James I (executed)
|
1625
|
1649
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1600
|
1649
|
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Commonwealth
|
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
|
1649
|
1658
|
1599
|
1658
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& Protectorate
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Richard Cromwell, 3rd son of Oliver
|
1658
|
1659
|
1626
|
1712
|
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Charles II
|
Eldest son of Charles I
|
1660
|
1685
|
1630
|
1685
|
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James II
|
Second son of Charles I
|
1685
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1689
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1633
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1701
|
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William III
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Son of William, Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I
|
1689
|
1702
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1650
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1702
|
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& Mary II
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Eldest daughter of James II
|
1689
|
1694
|
1662
|
1694
|
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Anne
|
Second daughter of James II
|
1702
|
1714
|
1665
|
1714
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|
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HOUSE OF HANOVER
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|
|
|
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George I
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Son of Elector of Hanover, by Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, daughter of James I
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1714
|
1727
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1660
|
1727
|
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George II
|
Only son of George I
|
1727
|
1760
|
1683
|
1760
|
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George III
|
Grandson of George II
|
1760
|
1820
|
1738
|
1820
|
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George IV
|
Eldest son of George III
|
1820
|
1830
|
1762
|
1830
|
|
William IV
|
Third son of George III
|
l830
|
1837
|
1765
|
1837
|
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Victoria
|
Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III
|
1837
|
1901
|
1819
|
1901
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|
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HOUSE OF WINDSOR*
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|
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Edward VII
|
Son of Victoria
|
1901
|
1910
|
1841
|
1910
|
|
George V
|
Son of Edward VII
|
1910
|
1936
|
1865
|
1936
|
|
Edward VIII
|
Son of George V
|
1936
|
**1936
|
1894
|
1972
|
|
George VI
|
Son of George V
|
1936
|
1952
|
1895
|
1952
|
|
Elizabeth II
|
Daughter of George VI
|
1952
|
?
|
1926
|
?
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