List of English monarchs

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This is a list of the Kings and Queens of the Kingdom of England from 924 until England and Scotland joined together in 1707.

First kingsEdit

Danish KingsEdit

House of Wessex RestorationEdit


In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy invaded England. He defeated King Harold II and became King.



Edward III as he was portrayed in the late 14th century.




The Tudors were from Wales. In 1536, Wales became part of England. England had controlled Wales since 1284.


The Stuarts were also Kings of Scotland, with which kingdom England was in personal, but not Legal union until 1707.

  • James I (1603–1625), also from 1567 King James VI of Scotland
  • Charles I (1625–1649), also King of Scotland


The Civil War in England from 1642 until 1652 stemming from a growing enmity between King and Parliament, led to the execution of King Charles I in 1649. After the execution, England became a Commonwealth eventually led by Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector after successive interim governments failed and handed Cromwell power, and so England became a protectorate.[1] Furthermore, both Ireland and Scotland became subjugated states under England and Cromwell at the end of the war. Cromwell died in 1658 and his son, Richard, became Lord Protector. This was short lived though as he failed to gain the support of the army and so the nation, in 1660 power was given back to the Monarchy and the King In Exile, Charles II, was invited back to England[2]

Stuarts (restored)Edit

  • Charles II (1660–1685), also King of Scotland (backdated the start of his reign to 1649)
  • James II (1685–1688) (deposed, died 1701), also King James VII of Scotland
  • William III (1689–1702) and Mary II (1689–1694), as co-monarchs, also King and Queen of Scotland
  • Anne (1702–1714), though the English throne was replaced with that of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707

Related pagesEdit

  • In 1707, England and Scotland joined together. For Kings and Queens after 1707, see British monarchs.


  1. The Cromwellian Protectorate, ed. Barry Coward (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002), p. 7
  2. Jacob Abbott, History of King Charles II of England (Auckland: The Floating Press, 2014), p. 124