Rulers of England and Great Britain
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Find the name, birth date, and the number of years each monarch ruled England and Great Britain.
| Name | Born | Ruled1 |
|---|---|---|
| SAXONS2 | ||
| Egbert3 | c. 775 | 802–839 |
| Ethelwulf | ? | 839–858 |
| Ethelbald | ? | 858–860 |
| Ethelbert | ? | 860–865 |
| Ethelred I | ? | 865–871 |
| Alfred the Great | 849 | 871–899 |
| Edward the Elder | c. 870 | 899–924 |
| Athelstan | 895 | 924–939 |
| Edmund I the Deed-doer | 921 | 939–946 |
| Edred | c. 925 | 946–955 |
| Edwy the Fair | c. 943 | 955–959 |
| Edgar the Peaceful | 943 | 959–975 |
| Edward the Martyr | c. 962 | 975–978 |
| Ethelred II the Unready | 968 | 978–1016 |
| Edmund II Ironside | c. 993 | 1016 |
| DANES | ||
| Canute | 995 | 1016–1035 |
| Harold I Harefoot | c.1016 | 1035–1040 |
| Hardecanute | c.1018 | 1040–1042 |
| SAXONS | ||
| Edward the Confessor | c.1004 | 1042–1066 |
| Harold II | c.1020 | 1066 |
| HOUSE OF NORMANDY | ||
| William I the Conqueror | 1027 | 1066–1087 |
| William II Rufus | c.1056 | 1087–1100 |
| Henry I Beauclerc | 1068 | 1100–1135 |
| Stephen of Boulogne | c.1100 | 1135–1154 |
| HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET | ||
| Henry II | 1133 | 1154–1189 |
| Richard I Coeur de Lion | 1157 | 1189–1199 |
| John Lackland | 1167 | 1199–1216 |
| Henry III | 1207 | 1216–1272 |
| Edward I Longshanks | 1239 | 1272–1307 |
| Edward II | 1284 | 1307–1327 |
| Edward III | 1312 | 1327–1377 |
| Richard II | 1367 | 1377–13994 |
| HOUSE OF LANCASTER | ||
| Henry IV Bolingbroke | 1367 | 1399–1413 |
| Henry V | 1387 | 1413–1422 |
| Henry VI | 1421 | 1422–14615 |
| HOUSE OF YORK | ||
| Edward IV | 1442 | 1461–14835 |
| Edward V | 1470 | 1483–1483 |
| Richard III | 1452 | 1483–1485 |
| HOUSE OF TUDOR | ||
| Henry VII | 1457 | 1485–1509 |
| Henry VIII | 1491 | 1509–1547 |
| Edward VI | 1537 | 1547–1553 |
| Jane (Lady Jane Grey)6 | 1537 | 1553–1553 |
| Mary I (“Bloody Mary”) | 1516 | 1553–1558 |
| Elizabeth I | 1533 | 1558–1603 |
| HOUSE OF STUART | ||
| James I7 | 1566 | 1603–1625 |
| Charles I | 1600 | 1625–1649 |
| COMMONWEALTH | ||
| Council of State | — | 1649–1653 |
| Oliver Cromwell8 | 1599 | 1653–1658 |
| Richard Cromwell8 | 1626 | 1658–16599 |
| RESTORATION OF HOUSE OF STUART | ||
| Charles II | 1630 | 1660–1685 |
| James II | 1633 | 1685–168810 |
| William III11 | 1650 | 1689–1702 |
| Mary II11 | 1662 | 1689–1694 |
| Anne | 1665 | 1702–1714 |
| HOUSE OF HANOVER | ||
| George I | 1660 | 1714–1727 |
| George II | 1683 | 1727–1760 |
| George III | 1738 | 1760–1820 |
| George IV | 1762 | 1820–1830 |
| William IV | 1765 | 1830–1837 |
| Victoria | 1819 | 1837–1901 |
| HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG12 | ||
| Edward VII | 1841 | 1901–1910 |
| HOUSE OF WINDSOR12 | ||
| George V | 1865 | 1910–1936 |
| Edward VIII | 1894 | 193613 |
| George VI | 1895 | 1936–1952 |
| Elizabeth II | 1926 | 1952– |
1. Year of end of rule is also that of death, unless otherwise indicated.
2. Dates for Saxon kings are still controversial.
3. Became king of West Saxons in 802; considered (from 828) first king of all England.
4. Died 1400.
5. Henry VI reigned again briefly 1470–1471.
6. Nominal queen for 9 days; not counted as queen by some authorities. She was beheaded in 1554.
7. Ruled in Scotland as James VI (1567–1625).
8. Lord Protector.
9. Died 1712.
10. Died 1701.
11. Joint rulers (1689–1694).
12. Name changed from Saxe-Coburg to Windsor in 1917.
13. Was known after his abdication as the Duke of Windsor, died 1972.
