Kings and Queens of England
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A brief introduction to England’s rulers, beginning with the only one named ‘the Great’.
At the end of the 9th century, the eastern side of England was occupied by Danish invaders with their own government (‘the Danelaw’), and King Alfred of Wessex on the south coast inherited a kingdom on the edge of extinction. Little more than a century later, his successors had united all England under them.
A quick overview of the Kings of England from Henry VI in 1422 to Henry VII in 1485.
Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Henry VI, Duke of Lancaster, who lost out to Edward IV, Duke of York, in 1471, to Henry VII, who became the last King of England to win his crown on the battlefield.
A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from the Interregnum in 1651 to Queen Anne in 1702.
Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from the Interregnum in 1649, when for eleven years England was a republic, to Queen Anne in 1702, the last of the Stuarts and the first ruler of Great Britain.