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Kings and Queens of England and Scotland


SCOTLAND

House of Alpin (Scotland)
843–859Kenneth Macalpin
860–863Donald I
864–877Constantine I
877–878Aed
878–889Eochaid
889–900Donald II
900–942Constantine II
House of Dunkeld
942–954Malcolm I
954–962Indulf
962–967Dubh
967–971Cuilean
971–995Kenneth II
995–997Constantine III
997–1005Kenneth III
1005–1034Malcolm II
1034–1040Duncan
1040–1057Macbeth
1057–1058Lulach ‘The Fool’
The House of Canmore
1058–1093Malcolm III
1093–1094Donald Ban
May to November 1094Duncan II
1094–1097Donald Ban and Edmund
1097–1107Edgar ‘The Peaceable’
1107–1124Alexander the Fierce
1124–1153David I
1153–1165Malcolm IV ‘The Maiden’
1165–1214William the Lion.
1214–1249Alexander II
1249–1286Alexander III
1286–1290Margaret (Maid of Norway) Disputed succession.
The House of Balliol
1292–1296John Balliol. Resigned his Kingdom to Edward I of England. Died In Normandy.
The House of Bruce
1306–1329Robert I (The Bruce)
1329–1371David II
The House of Stewart
1371–1390Robert II
1390–1406Robert III
1406–1437James I
1437–1460James II
1460–1488James III
1488–1513James IV
1513–1542James V
1542–1567Mary Queen of Scots
1567–1603James VI – who later became king of England in 1603 when Elizabeth I died without heirs.

ENGLAND

House of Wessex (England)
802–839Egbert
839–858Ethelwulf
858–860Ethelbald
860–866Ethelbert – first Christian king
866–871Ethelred I
871–899Alfred the Great
900–924Edward I ‘the Elder’
924–939Athelstan – first king of all England
939–946Edmund I
946–955Edred
955–959Edwig
957–975Edgar
975–978Edward II ‘the Martyr’
978–1016Ethelred II ‘the Unready’
1016Edmund II Ironside
1016–1035King Canute (Danish king by conquest)
1035–1040Harold I ‘Harefoot’
1040–1043Hardicanute
1042–1066Edward III ‘the Confessor’
1066Harold II – killed at Hastings
House of Normandy
1066–1087William I
1087–1100William II
1100–1135Henry I
1135–1154Stephen
House of Plantagenet
1154–1189Henry II
1189–1199Richard I (also King of Jerusalem)
1199–1216John
1216–1272Henry III
1272–1307Edward I
1307–1327Edward II
1327–1377Edward III
1377–1399Richard II
The House of Lancaster
1399–1413Henry IV
1413–1422Henry V
1422–1461Henry VI
House of York
1461–1483Edward IV
1483Edward V
1483–1485Richard III
House of Tudor
1485–1509Henry VII
1509–1547Henry VIII
1547–1553Edward VI
1553–1558Mary I
1558–1603Elizabeth I
House of Stuart
1603–1625James I (King of England and Scotland)
1625–1649Charles I (King of England and Scotland)
Commonwealth and Protectorate
1649–1653Government by a council of state
1653–1658Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell
1658–1659Protectorate of Richard Cromwell
House of Stuart (Restored)
1660–1685Charles II (King of England and Scotland)
1685–1688James II (King of England and Scotland)
House of Orange
1689–1694William III and Mary II (jointly)
1694–1702William III (sole ruler)
1702–1714Anne (First Queen of Great Britain after Act of Union 1707.)
House of Hanover
1714–1727George I (First King of Great Britain)
1727–1760George II
1760–1820George III
1820–1830George IV
1830–1837William IV
1837–1901Victoria (First Empress of India)
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
1901–1910Edward VII (First Emperor of India)
House of Windsor
1910–1936George V (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha until 1917)
1936Edward VIII (abdicated)
1936–1952George VI
1952–Elizabeth II

You may find it easier to remember this rhyme. Memorise it and you’ll use it and take satisfaction from the knowledge for the rest of your life.


Willie, Willie, Harry, Steve,

Harry, Dick, John, Harry Three,

Edward One, Two, Three, Dick Two,

Henry Four, Five, Six, then who?

Edward Four, Five, Dick the Bad,

Harrys twain and Ned the lad,

Mary, Bessie, James you ken,

Charlie, Charlie, James again.

William and Mary, Anne of Gloria,

Georges (4), Will Four, Victoria.

Edward Seven, Georgie Five,

Edward, George and Liz (alive).


Another excellent mnemonic is for Henry VIII’s wives. In order, he married: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. Their respective fates were: ‘Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.’



King Canute and Queen Aelgifu


Henry VIII

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