House of Plantagenet
editPortrait | Name | From | Until | Relationship with predecessor |
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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
editPortrait | 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
editPortrait | 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. |
- Henry VII of England (1485-1509) ·
- Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) ·
- Edward VI of England (1547-1553) ·
- Lady Jane Grey (1553-1553) ·
- Mary I of England (1553-1558) ·
- Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603) ·
Six Tudor monarchs
editPortrait | Name | Birth | Accession date | Marriages | Death | Claim |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 (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 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 | |
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 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 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
- James I of England (1603-1625) ·
- Charles I of England (1625- beheaded,1649) ·
- Commonwealth of England (declared 1649-1660) ·
- FirstEnglish Council of State (14 Feb 1649-15 Dec 1653)
- Oliver Cromwell (16 Dec 1653-3 Sept 1658)
- Richard Cromwell (3 Sept 1658-25 May 1659)
- Council of State (25 May 1659-28 May 1660)
- Commonwealth of England (declared 1649-1660) ·
- Charles II of England (1660-1685) ·
- James II of England (1685-1688) ·
- Mary II of England (1689-1694) (co-Monarch w/ William III of England)
- William III of England (1689-1702) (co-Monarch w/ Mary II of England)
- Anne of Great Britain (1702-1707)
Seven Stuart Monarchs
editThese 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.
- The Union of the Crowns (March 1603) was the accession of James VI, King of Scots, to the throne of England, and the consequential unification of Scotland and England under one monarch. The Union of Crowns followed the death of James' unmarried and childless first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I of England—the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The Union was a personal or dynastic union, with the Crowns remaining both distinct and separate—despite James's best efforts to create a new "imperial" throne of "Great Britain". England and Scotland continued to be sovereign states, despite sharing a monarch, until the Acts of Union in 1707 during the reign of the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne.
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. |
- established Kingdom of Great Britain ·
- 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 IV (29 Jan 1820–26 June 1830) ·
- William IV (26 June 1830–20 June 1837) ·
- Victoria (20 June 1837–22 Jan 1901) ·
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
- Edward VII (22 Jan 1901– 6 May 1910) · 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]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ In 1801, the British and Irish kingdoms merged, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- ^ Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on the official website of the British monarchy