English/British/UK Monarchs

Question 1

Alfred the Great

Answer 1

886 - 899

House Wessex

Question 2

Edward the Elder

Answer 2

899 - 924
House Wessex
Son of Alfred

Question 3

Æthelstan

Answer 3

924 - 939
House Wessex
Son of Edward the Elder

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

Question 4

Edmund I

Answer 4

939 - 946
House Wessex
Son of Edward the Elder

Question 5

Eadred

Answer 5

946 - 955
House Wessex
Son of Edward the Elder

Question 6

Eadwig

Answer 6

955 - 959
House Wessex
Son of Edmund I

Question 7

Edgar the Peaceable

Answer 7

959 - 975
House Wessex
Son of Edmund I

Question 8

Edward the Martyr

Answer 8

975 - 978
House Wessex
Son of Edgar the Peaceable

Question 9

Æthelred the Unready

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Sweyn Forkbeard

Answer 10

1013 - 1014
House of Denmark
Conquered England

Question 11

Edmund Ironside

Answer 11

April - November 1016
House of Wessex
Son of Æthelred

Question 12

Cnut

Answer 12

1016 - 1035
House of Denmark
Son of Sweyn Forkbeard

Question 13

Harold I

Answer 13

1035 - 1040
House of Denmark
Son of Cnut

Question 14

Harthacnut

Answer 14

1040 - 1042
House of Denmark
Son of Cnut

Question 15

Edward the Confessor

Answer 15

1042 - 1066
House of Wessex
Son of Æthelred

Question 16

Harold II (Godwinson)

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Edgar Ætheling

Answer 17

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

Question 18

William I

Answer 18

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

Question 19

William II

Answer 19

1087 - 1100
House of Normandy
Son of William I

Question 20

Henry I

Answer 20

1100 - 1135
House of Normandy
Son of William I

Question 21

Stephen

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Empress Matilda

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Henry II

Answer 23

1154 - 1189
House of Anjou
Grandson of Henry I

Question 24

Richard I

Answer 24

1189 - 1199
House of Anjou
Son of Henry II

Question 25

John

Answer 25

1199 - 1216
House of Anjou
Son of Henry II

Question 26

Henry III

Answer 26

1216 - 1272
House of Plantagenet
Son of John

Question 27

Edward I

Answer 27

1272 - 1307
House of Plantagenet
Son of Henry III

Question 28

Edward II

Answer 28

1307 - 1327
House of Plantagenet
Son of Edward I

Question 29

Edward III

Answer 29

1327 - 1377
House of Plantagenet
Son of Edward II

Question 30

Richard II

Answer 30

1377 - 1399
House of Plantagenet
Grandson of Edward III

Question 31

Henry IV

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Henry V

Answer 32

1413 - 1422
House of Lancaster
Son of Henry IV

Question 33

Henry VI

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Edward IV

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Edward V

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Richard III

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Henry VII

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Henry VIII

Answer 38

1509 - 1547
House of Tudor
Son of Henry VII

Question 39

Edward VI

Answer 39

1547 - 1553
House of Tudor
Son of Henry VIII

Question 40

Mary I

Answer 40

1553 - 1558
House of Tudor
Daughter of Henry VIII

Question 41

Elizabeth I

Answer 41

1558 - 1603
House of Tudor
Daughter of Henry VIII

Question 42

James I

Answer 42

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