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There is a [[English Monarchs (poem)|poem]] to help you remember the names of some of these monarchs. |
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=== House of Wessex === |
=== House of Wessex === |
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Revision as of 18:04, 22 July 2004
There is a poem to help you remember the names of some of these monarchs.
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
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)
