| The Saxons |
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| Ælfred the Great |
878-899 |
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| Edward the Elder |
899-924 |
Ælfred's son |
| Ethelweard |
924 |
Edward's son |
| Athelstan |
925-940 |
Edward's son |
| Edmund I |
939-946 |
Edward's son |
| Edred |
946-955 |
Edward's son |
| Edwy |
955-959 |
Edmund's son |
| Edgar the Peaceful |
959-975 |
Edmund's son |
| St Edward the Martyr |
975-978 |
Edmund's son |
| Ethelred II |
978-10131014-1016 |
Edgar's son |
| Edmund II |
1016 |
Ethelred II's son |
| **The Danelaw**For a period of time, both the Saxons and the Danish claimed the English throne. |
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| Sweyn Forkbeard |
1013-1014 |
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| Canute the Great |
1016-1035 |
Svein's son |
| Harold I |
1035-1040 |
Canute's illegitimate son |
| Harthacanute |
1040-1042 |
Canute's son |
| The Saxon Restoration |
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| St Edward the Confessor |
1042-1066 |
Ethelred II's son |
| Harold II |
1066 |
Edward the Confessor's brother-in-law |
| The NormansAfter the Norman Conquest in 1066, numbering of kings (a French tradition applied to the Saxons only by historians) begins anew, although this affects only the Edwards. |
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| William I |
1066-1087 |
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| William II |
1087-1100 |
William I's son |
| Henry I |
1100-1135 |
William I's son |
| Stephen |
1135-1154 |
William I's grandson |
| **The Angevins or Plantagenets**The Royal House name changed to reflect Matilda's marriage to Geoffrey Plantagenet. |
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| Matilda (Empress Maud) |
1141 |
Henry I's daughter |
| Henry II |
1154-1189 |
Matilda's son |
| Richard I |
1189-1199 |
Henry II's son |
| John |
1199-1216 |
Henry II's son |
| Henry III |
1216-1272 |
John's son |
| Edward I |
1272-1307 |
Henry III's son |
| Edward II |
1307-1327 |
Edward I's son |
| Edward III |
1327-1377 |
Edward II's son |
| Richard II |
1377-1399 |
Edward III's grandson |
| The House of LancasterHenry Bolingbroke deposed Richard II, and the Royal House name came to reflect Henry's father's title, Duke of Lancaster. |
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| Henry IV |
1399-1413 |
Edward III's grandson |
| Henry V |
1413-1422 |
Henry IV's son |
| Henry VI |
1422-1461 |
Henry V's son |
| **The House of York**The Houses of Lancaster and York had fought the War of the Roses, and the Yorkists took the throne. |
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| Edward IV |
1461-1483 |
Edward III's great-great-grandson |
| Edward V |
1483 |
Edward IV's son |
| Richard III |
1483-1485 |
Edward IV's brother |
| **The House of Tudor**The Lancastrian Henry Tudor reclaimed the throne from the Yorkists. |
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| Henry VII |
1485-1509 |
Edward III's great-great-grandson |
| Henry VIII |
1509-1547 |
Henry VII's son |
| Edward VI |
1547-1553 |
Henry VIII's son |
| Lady Jane Grey |
1553 |
Henry VII's great-granddaughter |
| Mary I |
1553-1558 |
Henry VIII's daughter |
| Elizabeth I |
1558-1603 |
Henry VIII's daughter |