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Rulers of Britain
DATE NAME OF RULER
Saxon Line
955-959 Edwy
959-975 Edgar
975-978 Edward the Martyr
978-1016 Ethelred the Unready
1016 Edmund Ironside
Danish Line
1017-1035 Canute (Cnut)
1035-1040 Harold I
1040-1042 Hardicanute (Harthacanute)
Saxon Line
1042-1066 Edward the Confessor
1066 Harold II (Godwinson)
House of Normandy
1066-1087 William (the Conqueror)
1087-1100 William II
1100-1135 Henry I
1135-1154 Stephen
House of Plantagenet
1154-1189 Henry II
1189-1199 Richard I (the Lionheart)
1199-1216 John
1216-1272 Henry III
1272-1307 Edward I
1307-1327 Edward II
1327-1377 Edward III
1377-1399 Richard II
House of Lancaster
1399-1413 Henry IV
1413-1422 Henry V
1422-1461 Henry VI
House of York
1461-1483 Edward IV
1483 Edward V
1483-1485 Richard III
House of Tudor
1485-1509 Henry VII
1509-1547 Henry VIII
1547-1553 Edward VI
1553-1558 Mary I
1558-1603 Elizabeth I
House of Stuart
1603-1625 James I of England and VI of Scotland
1625-1649 Charles I
Commonwealth (declared 1649)
1653-1658 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
1658-1659 Richard Cromwell
House of Stuart
1660-1685 Charles II
1685-1688 James II
1689-1702 William III and Mary II (Mary d. 1694)
1702-1714 Anne
House of Hanover
1714-1727 George I
1727-1760 George II
1760-1820 George III
1820-1830 George IV
1830-1837 William IV
1837-1901 Victoria
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
1901-1910 Edward VII
House of Windsor
1910-1936 George V
1936 Edward VIII
1936-1952 George VI
1952- Elizabeth II
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