Dates To Names Flashcards
1066-1087
1
William 1
Norman
The conqueror
1087-1100
2
William II
Norman
Rufus
1100-1135
3
Henry I
Norman
1135-1154
4
Stephen
Norman
1154-1189
5
Henry II
Plantagenet
1189-1199
6
Richard I
Plantagenet
The Lionheart
1199-1216
7 John Plantagenet Died of over eating Worst English King
1216-1272
8
Henry III
Plantagenet
He was 9
1272-1307
9
Edward I
Plantagenet
1307-deposed 1327
10
Edward II
Plantagenet
Red-hot poker thrust up his anus
1327-1377
11 Edward III Plantagenet Hundred years war 1338 Bubonic plague, 'black death' 1348-1350 killed half England pop
1377-deposed 1399
12
Richard II
Plantagenet
Murdered by starvation after wife died and Henry IV came in
1399-1413
13
Henry IV
Lancaster
Died probably if leprosy after fighting of many rebellions
1413-1422
14 Henry V Lancaster Knighted aged 12 for fighting skills Won battle of Agincourt Lost just 400 soldiers killing more than 6,000 Died of dysentery
1422-deposed 1461 beginning of war of roses
15 Henry VI Lancaster Throne as a baby End of 100 year war in 1453 Lost civil war of roses
1461-1483
16
Edward IV
York
Had many mistresses
1483-1483
17
Edward V
York
Uncle Richard ordered their death and so only reigned for 2 months
1483-1485 end of war of roses
18
Richard III
York
Died at Battle of Bosworth Field
1485-1509
19 Henry VII Tudor Crown was put on his head Playing cards invented and wife Elizabeth of York appeared 8 times on every pack for 500 years
1509-1547
20
Henry VIII
Tudor
6 wives, 1 son, 2 daughters
1547-1553
21 Edward VI Tudor Jane Seymour son Tuberculosis Lady Jane Grey executed after 9 days
1553-1558
22 Mary I Tudor Bloody Mary daughter to Catherine of Aragon Protestant bishops burnt at stake
1558-1603
23 Elizabeth I Tudor Daughter of Anne Boleyn Shakespeare Defeat the Spanish Armada
1603-1625
24 James I and VI of Scotland Stuart First king of scot + Eng Gunpowder plot 1605 1620 pilgrim fathers to America in The Mayflower
1625-1649 English civil war
25 Charles I Stuart 1642 civil war, captured by Cromwell Beheaded Commonwealth declared
1660-1685
26 Charles II (Merry Monarch) 13 known mistresses Great plague, 1665, fire of London ,66 St. Paul's Cathedral built by Sir Christopher Wren
1685-1688
27
James II and VII of Scotland
Restoration
Parliament asked for Dutch Prince, William Of Orange to take throne
1689-1702 and 1689-1694
28
William III and Mary II
Restoration
James tried to regain throne but lost at Battle of Boyne
1702-1714
29 Anne Restoration 17 pregnancies but only one survived United Kingdom of Great Britain created by the Union of Eng + Scot
1714-1727
30 George I Hanovarian Never learned English Sir Robert Walpole
1727-1760
31
George II
Hanovarian
Last English king to lead army to battle at Dettingen in 1743
1760-1820
32 George III Hanovarian 1773 Boston tea party Became blind and insane, son ruled as prince regent from 1811
1820-1830
33 George IV Hanovarian Love of art + architecture First gentleman of Europe
1830-1837
34 William IV (sailor king) Hanovarian Served in Royal Navy for 10 years Abolished slavery in colonies in 1833
1837-1901
35 Victoria Hanovarian Married cousin Albert, virtual ruler Christmas Tree and Great Exhibition51 Saw British empire double 1876 empress of India
1901-1910
36
Edward VII
Hanovarian
Minoru won the Derby in 1909
1910-1936
37 George V Windsor WWI in 1914-1918 plus Irish free state He began royal broadcasts on Xmas32
June 1936-abdicated December 1936
38
Edward VIII
Windsor
Most popular prince of Wales England has ever had
Infatuated with Mrs Wallis Simpson already married 2, went abroad
1936-1952
39 George VI Windsor Shy nervous with a stutter WWII 1939 Start of NHS 1951 festival of Britain
1952-
40 Elizabeth II Windsor Born 21 April 1926 Married cousin Prince Philip
