English Monarchs

There is a poem to help you remember the names of some of these monarchs of England.

House of Wessex

• Egbert (802-39)
• Aethelwulf (839-55)
• Aethelbald (855-60)
• Aethelbert (860-6)
• Aethelred (866-71)
• Alfred the Great (871-99)
• Edward the Elder (899-925)
• Athelstan (925-40)
• Edmund the Magnificent (940-6)
• Eadred (946-55)
• Eadwig All-Fair (955-59)
• Edgar the Peaceable (959-75)
• Edward the Martyr (975-78)
• Aethelred Unraed (the Unready) (978-1016)
• Edmund Ironside (1016)

Danish Line

• Svein Forkbeard (1014)
• Canute the Great (1016-35)
• Harald Harefoot (1035-40)
• Hardicanute (1040-42)

House of Wessex (Restored)

• Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
• Harold Godwinson (1066)

Norman Line

• William the Conqueror (1066-87)
• William Rufus (1087-1100)
• Henry I Beauclerc (1100-35)
• King Stephen (1135-54)
• Empress Matilda (1141)

Plantagenet, Angevin Line

• Henry II (1154-89)
• Richard I the Lionheart (1189-99)
• John Lackland (1199-1216)
• Henry III (1216-72)
• Edward I Longshanks (1272-1307)
• Edward II (1307-27)
• Edward III (1327-77)
• Richard II (1377-99)

Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line

• Henry IV Bolingbroke (1399-1413)
• Henry V (1413-22)
• Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-1)

Plantagenet, Yorkist Line

• Edward IV (1461-70, 1471-83)
• Edward V (1483)
• Richard III (1483-5)

Tudor Line

• Henry VII Tudor (1485-1509)
• Henry VIII (1509-47)
• Edward VI (1547-53)
• Lady Jane Grey (1553)
• Bloody Mary I (1553-58)
• Elizabeth I (1558-1603)