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Article History. Table of Contents. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, in which the monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government. The reigning king or queen is the country’s head of state.
- Edward VI
Edward VI, king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553. He...
- Victoria
Victoria (born May 24, 1819, Kensington Palace, London,...
- Anne
Anne was the second daughter of James, duke of York (King...
- Egbert
The son of Ealhmund, king in Kent in 784 and 786, Egbert was...
- George III
George III (born June 4 [May 24, Old Style], 1738,...
- Charles II
Charles II (born May 29, 1630, London—died February 6, 1685,...
- Henry V
Henry V (born September 16?, 1387, Monmouth, Monmouthshire,...
- Edward I
Edward I (born June 17, 1239, Westminster, Middlesex,...
- Edward VI
List of British monarchs. 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.
NamePortraitArmsBirthCharles III [18] Charles Philip Arthur ...14 November 1948 Buckingham Palace Son of ...(1) Diana Spencer St Paul's Cathedral 29 ...Living Age 75Elizabeth II [16] Elizabeth Alexandra ...21 April 1926 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair ...Philip of Greece and Denmark Westminster ...8 September 2022 Balmoral Castle Aged 96George VI [15] Albert Frederick Arthur ...14 December 1895 Sandringham House Son of ...Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Westminster Abbey 26 ...6 February 1952 Sandringham House Aged ...Edward VIII [14] Edward Albert Christian ...23 June 1894 White Lodge Son of George V ...Wallis Simpson Château de Candé 3 June ...28 May 1972 Neuilly-sur-Seine Aged 77The history of the monarchy of the United Kingdom and its evolution into a constitutional and ceremonial monarchy is a major theme in the historical development of the British constitution. The British monarchy traces its origins to the petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Scotland , which consolidated into the kingdoms of ...
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 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England.
- James II (r.1685-1688)
- James I (r. 1603-1625)
- The Stuarts.
- The Stuarts.
There have been 63 monarchs of England and Britain spread over a period of approximately 1200 years. English Kings. SAXON KINGS. EGBERT 827 – 839. Egbert (Ecgherht) was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England.
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This is a chronologically ordered list of British monarchs starting from the Act of Union of 1707—the unification of the English and Scottish kingdoms as Great Britain. Anne (1702–14) George I (1714–27) George II (1727–60) George III (1760–1820) George IV (1820–30) William IV (1830–37) Victoria (1837–1901) Edward VII (1901–10) George V (1910–36)
