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)

1702-1714

Anne

1714-1727

George I

1727-1760

George II

1760-1820

George III

1820-1830

George IV

1830-1837

William IV

1837-1901

Victoria

1901-1910

Edward VII

1910-1936

George V

1936

Edward VIII

1936-1952

George VI

1952-Present

Elizabeth II