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House of Plantagenet

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Portrait Name From Until Relationship with predecessor
Henry II of England
(Curtmantle)
19 December 1154 6 July 1189 son of Empress Matilda, heir to the English throne but was usurped by his cousin, Stephen I of England.
Henry the Young King 14 June 1170 11 June 1183 coregent at age 15 onwards with his father, Henry II of England.
Richard I of England
(Richard the Lionheart)
3 September 1189 6 April 1199 son of Henry II of England.
John of England
(John Lackland)
27 May 1199 19 October 1216 son of Henry II of England. Brother of issueless Richard I of England.
Henry III of England 28 October 1216 16 November 1272 son of John of England.
Edward I of England
(Edward Longshanks)
20 November 1272 7 July 1307 son of Henry III of England.
Edward II of England 7 July 1307 25 January 1327 son of Edward I of England.
Edward III of England 25 January 1327 21 June 1377 son of Edward II of England.
Richard II of England 21 June 1377 29 September 1399 son of Edward, the Black Prince and grandson of Edward III of England.

House of Lancaster

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Portrait Name From Until Relationship with predecessor
Henry IV of England
(Henry Bolingbroke)
30 September 1399 20 March 1413 cousin of Richard II of England, whom he had murdered. Son of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and grandson of Edward III.
Henry V of England 20 March 1413 31 August 1422 son of Henry IV of England.
Henry VI of England 31 August 1422 4 March 1461 son of Henry V of England.
30 October 1470 11 April 1471

House of York

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Portrait Name From Until Relationship with predecessor
Edward IV of England 4 March 1461 30 October 1470 cousin of Henry VI of England. Son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, common heir-general of Lionel of Antwerp and Edmund of Langley, both sons of Edward III
11 April 1471 9 April 1483
Edward V of England 9 April 1483 25 June 1483 son of Edward IV of England.
Richard III of England 26 June 1483 22 August 1485 uncle of Edward V of England. Son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York.

Six Tudor monarchs

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Portrait Name Birth Accession date Marriages Death Claim
Henry VII Henry VII 28 January 1457
Pembroke Castle
22 August 1485
(crowned at Westminster Abbey on 30 October 1485)
Elizabeth of York 21 April 1509
Richmond Palace
aged 52
Descent from Edward III of England through his mother Lady Margaret Beaufort.
Henry VIII Henry VIII
(first King of Ireland)[1]
28 June 1491
Greenwich Palace
21 April 1509
(crowned at Westminster Abbey on 24 June 1509)
(1) Catherine of Aragon
(2) Anne Boleyn
(3) Jane Seymour
(4) Anne of Cleves
(5) Catherine Howard
(6) Catherine Parr
28 January 1547
Palace of Whitehall
aged 55
Son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Edward VI Edward VI1 12 October 1537
Hampton Court Palace
28 January 1547
(crowned at Westminster on Abbey 20 February 1547)
6 July 1553
Greenwich Palace
aged 15
Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
Lady Jane Grey Jane1
(disputed)
1537
Bradgate Park
10 July 1553
(never crowned)
Lord Guildford Dudley 12 February 1554
executed at the Tower of London
aged 16-17
Great granddaughter of Henry VII; granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister, Mary Brandon (née Tudor), Duchess of Suffolk; first-cousin once removed of Edward VI
Mary I Mary I1 18 February 1516
Palace of Placentia
19 July 1553
(crowned at Westminster Abbey on 1 October 1553)
Philip II of Spain 18 November 1558
St James's Palace
aged 42
Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
Elizabeth I Elizabeth I1 7 September 1533
Greenwich Palace
17 November 1558
(crowned at Westminster Abbey on 15 January 1559)
24 March 1603
Richmond Palace
aged 69
Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

1. ^ To the Tudor period belongs the elevation of the English-ruled state in Ireland from a Lordship to a Kingdom (1541) under Henry VIII.

  • while lords oscillate between decisions
  • Where is the confrontation? The future of our collective identity
  • The present ought not be distorted by searching the past for wrong doing.
  • questionable activities
  • rowdy with indignation on her behalf, her fragile reputation, sweetness of temper
  • tales of bad faith are ambiguous and masquerade as reasons to oppose
  • inclinations of using harsh tones toward monarchs
  • far more skeptical than I. Repudiate her
  • a formative moment in the history of the realm.
  • w/ the queen it once rejected.
  • a coherent queen, never subversive, always consistent and compelling.
  • Mistranslate, missappropriate, all to often, mis-attribute the doing of others

Seven Stuart Monarchs

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These seven used the title "King/Queen of Great Britain", although that title had no basis in law until the Acts of Union 1707 came into effect on 1 May 1707.



Portrait Name From Until Relationship with predecessor
James VI of Scotland
and
James I of England
24 July 1567
and
24 March 1603
27 March 1625 son of Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. King of Scotland alone, 1567—1603, until inheriting the titles King of England and Ireland, including claim to France from the extinct Tudors.
Charles I of England, Scotland & Ireland 27 March 1625 30 January 1649 (executed) son of James VI of Scotland & I of England & Ireland.
Charles II of England, Scotland & Ireland 30 January 1649 6 February 1685 son of Charles I of England, Scotland & Ireland. In exile from 1649 to 1660, during a republican period of government known as the Commonwealth of England.
James VII of Scotland
and
James II of England and Ireland
6 February 1685 13 February 1689 brother of Charles II of England, Scotland & Ireland, who died with no legitimate issue. Son of Charles I. Overthrown at the Revolution of 1688.
Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland 13 February 1689 28 December 1694 daughter of James II of England and Ireland & VII of Scotland, who was still alive and pretending to the throne. Co-monarch was William III & II who outlived his wife.
Anne of Great Britain and Ireland 8 March 1702 1 May 1707 sister of Mary II. daughter of James II of England and Ireland & VII of Scotland. Name of state changed to Great Britain with the political Acts of Union 1707, though family has used title since James I & VI. Died issueless, rights pass to House of Hanover.
  • Anne (1707–1714) ·

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover and Countess Sophia of Hanover's son, George I became the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.[1]: 13 

Of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland:

  • George I (1 Aug 1714–11 June 1727) · (Georg Ludwig = George Louis)
  • George II (11/22 June 1727–25 Oct 1760) · (Georg August = George Augustus)
  • George III (25 Oct 1760–29 Jan 1820) · [2]

Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:

George I, George II, and George III also served as electors and dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, informally, Electors of Hanover (cf. personal union). From 1814, when Hanover became a kingdom, the British monarch was also King of Hanover.

In 1837, however, the personal union of the thrones of the United Kingdom and Hanover ended. Succession to the Hanoverian throne was regulated by Salic law, which forbade inheritance by a woman, so that it passed not to Queen Victoria but to her uncle, the Duke of Cumberland.[1]: 13, 14  In 1901, when Queen Victoria died, her son and heir Edward VII became the first British Monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward taking his family name from that of his father, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.[1]: 14 

The House of Windsor is the current royal house of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V by royal proclamation on 17 July 1917, when he changed the name of his family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor, due to the anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom during World War I.

  • George V (1910–1936) · (until 1917 when the name was changed and the royal house and family were to be known as Windsor).
  • Edward VIII (1936) ·
  • George VI (1936–1952) ·
  • Elizabeth II (1952–) ·
    • If Elizabeth II is succeeded by her child (or a child of one of her sons), the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha will be succeeded patrilineally by the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg. However, by a 1960 Order in Council, her children also bear the name of Windsor and therefore the reigning dynasty will continue under that name unless changed.
    • According to the official website of the British monarchy, however, "the only British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was King Edward VII, who reigned for nine years. The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha survived in other European realms, including the former monarchy of Bulgaria and in the Belgian royal family until 1920."[3]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Picknett, Lynn; Prince, Clive; Prior, Stephen; Brydon, Robert (2002), War of the Windsors: A Century of Unconstitutional Monarchy, Mainstream Publishing, ISBN 1-84018-631-3.
  2. ^ In 1801, the British and Irish kingdoms merged, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. ^ Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on the official website of the British monarchy
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