ENGLISH DYNASTIES
NAME DYNASTY ACCES. DIED AGE RGD
  House of Normandy        
William I Duke of Normandy; obtained crown by his conquest
over Harold at the Battle of Hastings		 1066 1087 60 21
William II Third son of William 1; surnamed Rufus 1087 1100 43 13
Henry I Youngest son of William I; surnamed Beauclerc 1100 1135 67 35
  House of Blois        
Stephen Third son of Stephen, Count of Blois
by Adela, the fourth daughter of William I		 1135 1154 50 19
  House of Plantagenet        
Henry II Son of Henry Plantagenet
by Matilda the only daughter of Henry I		 1154 1189 56 35
Richard I Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Acquitaine;
surnamed Coeur de Lion		 1189 1199 42 10
John Sixth son of Hens It; surnamed Lackland 1199 1216 50 17
Henry III Son of John; first king buried at Westminster 1216 1272 65 56
Edward I Son of Henry III; surnamed Longshanks 1272 1307 68 35
Edward II Son of Edward I; deposed January 7,1327 1307 1327 43 20
Edward III Eldest son of Edward II and Isabella 1327 1377 65 50
Richard II Son of the Black Prince and grandson of Edward III.
Deposed 1399.		 1377 1400 33 22
  House of Lancaster        
Henry IV Son of John of Gaunt (Ghent) the fourth son of Edward III.
Surnamed Bolingbroke.		 1399 1413 47 13
Henry V Son of Henry IV; hero of Agincourt 1413 1422 34 9
Henry VI Only son of Henry V; deposed 1461 1422 1471 49 39
  House of York        
Eduard IV Grandson of Richard who was the son of Edmund,
the fifth son of Edward III.
His grandmother, Ann, was the great-granddaughter
of Lionel, the third son of Edward III		 1461 1483 41 22
Edward V Eldest son of Edward IV, murdered in the Tower 1483 1485 13 2
Richard III "Crookback" Brother of Edward IV.
Killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field.		 1483 1485 35 2
  House of Tudor        
Henry VII Son of Edmund, eldest son of Owen Tudor by Katherine, widow of Henry V. His mother, Margaret Beaufort, was great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt. 1485 1509    
Henry VIII Only surviving son or Henry VII; had six queens 1509 1547    
Edward VI Henry VIII's son by Jane Seymour, his third queen 1547 1553    
Mary I 1 Daughter of Henry VIII by Catherine of Arragon 1553 1558    
Elizabeth I Daughter of Henry VIII by AMe Boleyn 1558 1603    
  House of Stuart        
James I Son of Mary Queen of Scots, the granddaughter of James IV of Scotland.
James I had been King James VI of Scotland		 1603 1625 59 22
Charles I Son of James I; beheaded by Puritans 1625 1649 48 24
  Commonwealth        
The Cromwells Olkivr Cromwell, Lord Protector 1653 1658 58 -
  Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector;
resigned 25 May 1659		 1658 1712 86 -
  House of Stuart (Restored)        
Charles II Eldest son of Charles I; no issue 1660 1685 55 25
James II Second son of Charles I; deposed 1688
--Interregnum -
11 December 1688 to 13 February 1689--		 1685 1701 68 3
William III
& Mary Il 2		 Son of William, Prince of Orange by Mary,
daughter of Charles I. Mary was the eldest daughter
of James II, and was William IIl's wife.		 1689 1702 51 15
Anne Second daughter of James II 1702 1714 49 12
  House of Hanover        
George I Son of Elector of Hanover by Sophia, the daughter of Elizabeth, daughter of James I 1714 1727 67 13
George II Only son of George I; married Caroline of Brandenburg 1727 1760 77 33
George III Grandson of George II.
His son, later George IV, was Prince Regent from 1811 until 1820 owing to the mental condition of George III		 1760 1820 81 59
George IV Eldest son of George III 1820 1830 67 10
William IV Third son of George III 1830 1837 71 7
Victoria Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent,
the 4th son of George III 		1837 1901 81 63
  House of Saxe-Coburg        
Edward VII Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra,
Princess of Denmark 		1901 1910 68 9
  House of Windsor 3        
George V Second son of Edward VII,
married Princess Mary of Teck		 1910 1936 70 25
Edward VIII Eldest son of George V,
proclaimed King but never crowned;
acceded 20 January 1936;
abdicated under date of 11 December 1936;
he was later created His Royal Highness,
Duke of Windsor		 1936 1972 78 0
George VI Second son of George V; born 14 December 1895;
married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

1936

1952

57

12
Elizabeth II 4 Elder daughter of George VI; born 1925

1952

      
  1. Lady Jane Grey was named by Edward VI, just before his death, as his successor to the crown,
    and she was proclaimed Queen (10 July 1553) by the Council of State.
    The Council later (19 July 1553) proclaimed Mary as Queen.
    Lady Jane and her husband pleaded guilty to charges of treason and were beheaded.
  2. Mary II died in 1694, and the reign was continued by William III.
  3. The name of the royal family was changed to Windsor by a proclamation, 17 July 1917
  4. The heirs apparent to the throne are Charles (as Charles III), eldest son of Elizabeth II
    and after him, his eider son (William V).
Source: MEETING # 1601
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