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Dates To Names Flashcards

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1066-1087

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William 1
Norman
The conqueror

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1087-1100

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William II
Norman
Rufus

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1100-1135

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Henry I
Norman

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1135-1154

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Stephen
Norman

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1154-1189

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Henry II
Plantagenet

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1189-1199

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Richard I
Plantagenet
The Lionheart

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1199-1216

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John
Plantagenet 
Died of over eating
Worst English King
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1216-1272

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Henry III
Plantagenet
He was 9

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1272-1307

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Edward I
Plantagenet

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1307-deposed 1327

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Edward II
Plantagenet
Red-hot poker thrust up his anus

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1327-1377

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Edward III
Plantagenet 
Hundred years war 1338
Bubonic plague, 'black death' 1348-1350 killed half England pop
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1377-deposed 1399

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Richard II
Plantagenet
Murdered by starvation after wife died and Henry IV came in

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1399-1413

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Henry IV
Lancaster
Died probably if leprosy after fighting of many rebellions

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1413-1422

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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
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1422-deposed 1461 beginning of war of roses

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Henry VI
Lancaster 
Throne as a baby
End of 100 year war in 1453
Lost civil war of roses
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1461-1483

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Edward IV
York
Had many mistresses

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1483-1483

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Edward V
York
Uncle Richard ordered their death and so only reigned for 2 months

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1483-1485 end of war of roses

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Richard III
York
Died at Battle of Bosworth Field

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1485-1509

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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
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1509-1547

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Henry VIII
Tudor
6 wives, 1 son, 2 daughters

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1547-1553

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Edward VI
Tudor
Jane Seymour son
Tuberculosis 
Lady Jane Grey executed after 9 days
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1553-1558

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Mary I
Tudor
Bloody Mary daughter to Catherine of Aragon
Protestant bishops burnt at stake
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1558-1603

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Elizabeth I
Tudor
Daughter of Anne Boleyn
Shakespeare
Defeat the Spanish Armada
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1603-1625

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James I and VI of Scotland
Stuart 
First king of scot + Eng
Gunpowder plot 1605
1620 pilgrim fathers to America in The Mayflower
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1625-1649 English civil war

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Charles I
Stuart
1642 civil war, captured by Cromwell
Beheaded
Commonwealth declared
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1660-1685

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Charles II (Merry Monarch)
13 known mistresses
Great plague, 1665, fire of London ,66
St. Paul's Cathedral built by Sir Christopher Wren
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1685-1688

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James II and VII of Scotland
Restoration
Parliament asked for Dutch Prince, William Of Orange to take throne

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1689-1702 and 1689-1694

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William III and Mary II
Restoration
James tried to regain throne but lost at Battle of Boyne

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1702-1714

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Anne
Restoration
17 pregnancies but only one survived
United Kingdom of Great Britain created by the Union of Eng + Scot
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1714-1727

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George I
Hanovarian 
Never learned English
Sir Robert Walpole
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1727-1760

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George II
Hanovarian
Last English king to lead army to battle at Dettingen in 1743

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1760-1820

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George III
Hanovarian
1773 Boston tea party
Became blind and insane, son ruled as prince regent from 1811
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1820-1830

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George IV
Hanovarian
Love of art + architecture 
First gentleman of Europe
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1830-1837

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William IV (sailor king)
Hanovarian
Served in Royal Navy for 10 years
Abolished slavery in colonies in 1833
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1837-1901

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Victoria
Hanovarian
Married cousin Albert, virtual ruler
Christmas Tree and Great Exhibition51
Saw British empire double
1876 empress of India
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1901-1910

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Edward VII
Hanovarian
Minoru won the Derby in 1909

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1910-1936

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George V
Windsor
WWI in 1914-1918 plus Irish free state
He began royal broadcasts on Xmas32
38
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June 1936-abdicated December 1936

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Edward VIII
Windsor
Most popular prince of Wales England has ever had
Infatuated with Mrs Wallis Simpson already married 2, went abroad

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1936-1952

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George VI
Windsor
Shy nervous with a stutter
WWII 1939
Start of NHS
1951 festival of Britain
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1952-

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Elizabeth II
Windsor
Born 21 April 1926
Married cousin Prince Philip

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