England and Scotland have shared a common monarch since 1603. Since the Act
of Union in 1707 when the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged, the monarch
was known as the King (or Queen) of Great Britain, and then later it changed to
King (or Queen) of the United Kingdom.
871-899
Alfred the Great
899-924
Edward the Elder
924
Ethelweard
924-939
Athelstan
939-946
Edmund the Magnificent
946-955
Edred
955-959
Edwy the Fair
959-975
Edgar the Peaceable
975-978
Edward the Martyr
978-1013
Ethelred the Unready
1013-1014
Sweyn Forkbeard
1014-1016
Ethelred the Unready
1016
Edmund Ironside
1016-1035
Canute
1035-1037
Harthacanute
1037-1040
Harold Harefoot
1040-1042
Harthacanute
1042-1066
Edward the Confessor
1066
Harold Godwinson
1066
Edgar the Atheling
1066-1087
William I (the Conqueror)
1087-1100
William II
1100-1135
Henry I
1135-1141
Stephen
1141
Matilda
1141-1154
Stephen
1154-1189
Henry II
1189-1199
Richard I (the Lionheart)
1199-1216
John
1216-1272
Henry III
1272-1307
Edward I (Longshanks)
1307-1327
Edward II
1327-1377
Edward III
1377-1399
Richard II
1399-1413
Henry IV
1413-1422
Henry V
1422-1461
Henry VI
1461-1470
Edward IV
1470-1471
Henry VI
1471-1483
Edward IV
1483
Edward V
1483-1485
Richard III
1485-1509
Henry VII
1509-1547
Henry VIII
1547-1553
Edward VI
1553
Jane
1553-1558
Mary
1558-1603
Elizabeth I
1603-1625
James I (aka James VI of Scotland)
1625-1649
Charles I
1649-1660
There was no reigning monarch between the execution of Charles I
in 1649 and the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 when his son,
Charles II took the throne. This period is known as the Commonwealth and
then later the 'Protectorate'.
1660-1685
Charles II
1685-1688
James II (aka James VII of Scotland)
1688-1702
William III of Orange (reigned jointly with Mary II as co-monarch)
1688-1694
Mary II (reigned jointly with William III as co-monarch)
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