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Kings and Queens of Britain

Kingdom of England1
House of Wessex
  Egbert (829-839)  King of Wessex from 802&nbsp
  Æthelwulf (839-856)&nbsp
  Æthelbald (856-860)&nbsp
  Æthelbert (860-865)&nbsp
  Æthelred I (865-871)&nbsp
  Alfred ‘the Great’ (871-899)&nbsp
  Edward ‘the Elder’ (899-924)&nbsp
  Ælfweard (924)&nbsp
  Æthelstan (924-939)&nbsp
  Edmund I (939-946)&nbsp
  Eadred (946-955)&nbsp
  Eadwig (955-957)&nbsp
  Edgar ‘the Peaceful’ (957-975)&nbsp
  St. Edward ‘the Matyr’ (975-978)&nbsp
  Æthelred II ‘the Unready’ (978-1016)&nbsp
  Edmund II ‘Ironside’ (1016)&nbsp
House of Denmark
  Sveyn I ‘Forkbeard’ (1013-1014)&nbsp
  Cnut ‘the Great’ (1016-1035)&nbsp
  Harold I ‘Harefoot’ (1035-1040)&nbsp
  Harthacnut (1040-1042)&nbsp
House of Wessex
  St. Edward ‘the Confessor’ (1042-1066)&nbsp
  Harold II (1066)&nbsp
House of Normandy
  William I ‘the Conqueror’ (1066-1087)&nbsp
  William II ‘Rufus’ (1087-1100)&nbsp
  Henry I (1100-1135)&nbsp
House of Blois
  Stephen (1135-1154)&nbsp
House of Plantagenet
  Henry II (1154-1189)&nbsp
  Henry (1170-1183) co-regent&nbsp
  Richard I ‘the Lion-Hearted’ (1189-1199)&nbsp
  John (1199-1216)&nbsp
  Henry III (1216-1272)&nbsp
  Edward I (1272-1307)&nbsp
  Edward II (1307-1327)&nbsp
  Edward III (1327-1377)&nbsp
  Richard II (1377-1399)&nbsp
House of Lancaster
  Henry IV (1399-1413)&nbsp
  Henry V (1413-1422)&nbsp
  Henry VI (1422-1461, 1470-1471)&nbsp
House of York
  Edward IV (1461-1470, 1471-1483)&nbsp
  Edward V (1483)&nbsp
  Richard III (1483-1485)&nbsp
House of Tudor
  Henry VII (1485-1509)&nbsp
  Henry VIII (1509-1547)&nbsp
  Edward VI (1547-1553)&nbsp
House of Suffolk
  Jane I (1553)&nbsp
House of Tudor
  Mary I (1553-1558)&nbsp
  Elizabeth I (1558-1603)&nbsp
House of Stuart
  James I (1603-1625)&nbsp
  Charles I (1625-1649)&nbsp
Commonwealth and Protectorate
  Commonwealth (1649-1653)&nbsp
  Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1653-1658)&nbsp
  Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector (1658-1659)&nbsp
  Commonwealth (1659-1660)&nbsp
House of Stuart
  Charles II (1660-1685)&nbsp
  James II (1685-1688)&nbsp
House of Orange
  William III (1689-1702)&nbsp
  Mary II (1689-1695)&nbsp
House of Stuart
  Anne (1702-1707)&nbsp

Kingdom of Great Britain2
House of Stuart
  Anne (1707-1714)&nbsp
House of Hanover
  George I (1714-1727)&nbsp
  George II (1727-1760)&nbsp
  George III (1760-1801)

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland2
House of Hanover
  George III (1801-1820)
  George IV (1820-1830)&nbsp
  William IV (1830-1837)&nbsp
  Victoria I (1837-1901) and Empress of India from 1876&nbsp
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Windsor from 1917)
  Edward VII (1901-1910) and Emperor of India&nbsp
  George V (1910-1922) and Emperor of India&nbsp

Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland2
House of Windsor
  George V (1922-1936) and Emperor of India&nbsp
  Edward VIII (1936) and Emperor of India&nbsp
  George VI (1936-1952) and Emperor of India until 1948&nbsp
  Elizabeth II (1952-2022)&nbsp
  Charles III (2022- )&nbsp

Kingdom of Scotland3
House of Alpin
  Kenneth I (842-858)&nbsp
  Donald I (858-862)&nbsp
  Constantine I (862-876)&nbsp
  Aedh (876-878)&nbsp
  Giric (878-889)&nbsp
  Donald II (889-900)&nbsp
  Constantine II (900-943)&nbsp
  Malcolm I (943-954)&nbsp
  Indulf (954-962)&nbsp
  Duff (962-966)&nbsp
  Culén (966-971)&nbsp
  Kenneth II (971-995)&nbsp
  Constantine III (995-997)&nbsp
  Kenneth III (997-1005)&nbsp
  Malcolm II (1005-1034)&nbsp
House of Dunkeld
  Duncan I (1034-1040)&nbsp
House of Moray
  Macbeth (1040-1057)&nbsp
  Lulach (1057-1058)&nbsp
House of Dunkeld
  Malcolm III (1058-1093)&nbsp
  Donald III (1093-1094, 1094-1097)&nbsp
  Duncan II (1094)&nbsp
  Edgar (1097-1107)&nbsp
  Alexander I (1107-1124)&nbsp
  St. David I (1124-1153)&nbsp
  Malcom IV (1153-1165)&nbsp
  William ‘the Lion’ (1165-1214)&nbsp
  Alexander II (1214-1249)&nbsp
  Alexander III (1249-1286)&nbsp
House of Margaret
  Margaret (1286-1290)&nbsp
House of Balliol
  John (1290-1296)&nbsp
House of Bruce
  Robert I (1296-1329)&nbsp
  David II (1329-1371)&nbsp
House of Balliol
  Edward (1371-1356)&nbsp
House of Stewart
  Robert II (1371-1390)&nbsp
  Robert III (1390-1406)&nbsp
  James I (1406-1437)&nbsp
  James II (1437-1460)&nbsp
  James III (1460-1488)&nbsp
  James IV (1488-1513)&nbsp
  James V (1513-1542)&nbsp
  Mary (1542-1567)&nbsp
  James VI (1567-1625)&nbsp

Principality of Wales5
Kingdom of Gwynedd
  Merfyn ‘the Freckled’ (825-844)&nbsp
  Rhodri I ‘the Great’ (844-878)&nbsp
  Anarawd (878-916)&nbsp
  Idwal ‘the Bald’ (916-942)&nbsp
  Hywed I (942-950)&nbsp
  Iago I (950-979)&nbsp
  Hywed II (979-985)&nbsp
  Cadwallon (985-986)&nbsp
  Maredudd (986-999)&nbsp
  Cynan I (999-1005)&nbsp
  Llywelyn I (1005-1023)&nbsp
  Lago II (1023-1039)&nbsp
  Gruffydd I (1039-1063)&nbsp
  Bledwyn ap Cynfyn (1063-1075)&nbsp
  Trahaearn ap Caradog (1075-1081)&nbsp
  Gruffydd II (1081-1137)&nbsp
  Owain (1137-1170)&nbsp
  Hywel ap Owain (1137-1170)&nbsp
  David I (1170-1194)&nbsp
  Rhodri II (1170-1190)&nbsp
  Llywelyn II ‘the Great’ (1195-1240)&nbsp
Principality of Wales
  David II (1240-1246)&nbsp
  Llywelyn III ‘the Last’ (1246-1282)&nbsp
  David III (1282-1283)&nbsp

  1. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 69-70.
  2. [S38] ibid., page 71.
  3. [S38] ibid., page 72-73.
  4. [S38] ibid., page 75-76.
  5. [S38] ibid., page 74.