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English/British/UK Monarchs Flashcards

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Alfred the Great

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886 - 899

House Wessex

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Edward the Elder

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899 - 924
House Wessex
Son of Alfred

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Æthelstan

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924 - 939
House Wessex
Son of Edward the Elder

First to be styled King of the English, instead of Anglo-Saxons

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Edmund I

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939 - 946
House Wessex
Son of Edward the Elder

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Eadred

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946 - 955
House Wessex
Son of Edward the Elder

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Eadwig

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955 - 959
House Wessex
Son of Edmund I

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Edgar the Peaceable

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959 - 975
House Wessex
Son of Edmund I

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Edward the Martyr

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975 - 978
House Wessex
Son of Edgar the Peaceable

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Æthelred the Unready

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978 - 1013; 1014 - 1016
House Wessex
Son of Edgar the Peaceable

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Sweyn Forkbeard

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1013 - 1014
House of Denmark
Conquered England

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Edmund Ironside

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April - November 1016
House of Wessex
Son of Æthelred

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Cnut

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1016 - 1035
House of Denmark
Son of Sweyn Forkbeard

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Harold I

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1035 - 1040
House of Denmark
Son of Cnut

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Harthacnut

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1040 - 1042
House of Denmark
Son of Cnut

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Edward the Confessor

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1042 - 1066
House of Wessex
Son of Æthelred

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Harold II (Godwinson)

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January - October 1066
House of Godwin
Disputed heir of Edward the Confessor

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Edgar Ætheling

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October - December 1066
House of Wessex
Grandson of Edmund Ironside
Disputed claim to throne

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William I

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1066 - 1087
House of Normandy
Conquered England, disputed heir of Edward the Confessor

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William II

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1087 - 1100
House of Normandy
Son of William I

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Henry I

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1100 - 1135
House of Normandy
Son of William I

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Stephen

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1135 - 1154
House of Blois
Grandson of William I, usurped throne in The Anarchy

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Empress Matilda

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~ 1141, no official reign
House of Normandy
Daughter of Henry I

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Henry II

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1154 - 1189
House of Anjou
Grandson of Henry I

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Richard I

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1189 - 1199
House of Anjou
Son of Henry II

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John

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1199 - 1216
House of Anjou
Son of Henry II

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Henry III

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1216 - 1272
House of Plantagenet
Son of John

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Edward I

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1272 - 1307
House of Plantagenet
Son of Henry III

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Edward II

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1307 - 1327
House of Plantagenet
Son of Edward I

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Edward III

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1327 - 1377
House of Plantagenet
Son of Edward II

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Richard II

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1377 - 1399
House of Plantagenet
Grandson of Edward III

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Henry IV

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1399 - 1413
House of Lancaster
Grandson of Edward III, usurper

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Henry V

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1413 - 1422
House of Lancaster
Son of Henry IV

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Henry VI

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1422 - 1461; 1470 - 1471
House of Lancaster
Son of Henry V

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Edward IV

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1461 - 1470; 1471 - 1483
House of York
Great-great grandson of Edward III, usurpation

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Edward V

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April - June 1483
House of York
Son of Edward IV, murdered by Richard III

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Richard III

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1483 - 1485
House of York
Brother of Edward IV, usurpation

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Henry VII

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1485 - 1509
House of Tudor
Great-great-great grandson of Edward III, seized crown after killing Richard III at Battle of Bosworth

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Henry VIII

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1509 - 1547
House of Tudor
Son of Henry VII

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Edward VI

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1547 - 1553
House of Tudor
Son of Henry VIII

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Mary I

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1553 - 1558
House of Tudor
Daughter of Henry VIII

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Elizabeth I

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1558 - 1603
House of Tudor
Daughter of Henry VIII

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James I

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1603 - 1625
House of Stuart
Great-great grandson of Henry VII, succeeded in the Union of the Crowns (James VI in Scotland)

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