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Timeline and facts abouts the Kings and Queens who have ruled England, Wales and (from the time of James I) Scotland.
| Interesting Fact |
| The only time when there was no King or Queen in Britain was when the country was a republic between 1649 and 1660. (In 1649 King Charles I was executed and Britain became a Republic for eleven years. The monarchy was restored in 1660.) |
The Normans
(1066 - 1154)
- King William I, the Conqueror 1066 - 1087
- King Henry I 1100 - 1135
- King Stephen 1135 - 1154
- Empress Matilda 1141
Plantagenets
(1154 - 1399)
- King Henry II 1154 - 1189
- King Richard I the Lionheart 1189 - 1199
- King John 1 1199 - 1216
- King Henry III 1216 - 1272
- King Edward I 1272 - 1307
- King Edward II 1307 - 1327
- King Edward III 1327 - 1377
- Richard II 1377 - 1399
The House of Lancaster
(1399 - 1461)
- Henry IV 1399 - 1413
- Henry V 1413 - 1422
- Henry VI 1422 - 1461, 1470 - 1471
The House of York
(1461 - 1485)
- King Edward IV 1461 -1470, 1471 - 1483
- King Edward V 1483 - 1483
- King Richard III 1483 - 1485
The Tudors
(1485 -1603)
- King Henry VII 1485 - 1509
- King Henry VIII 1509 - 1547
- King Edward VI 1547 - 1553
- Jane Grey 1554
- Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) 1553 - 1558
- Queen Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603
The Stuarts
(1603 - 1649) (1660 - 1714)
- James I 1603 - 1625
- Charles I 1625 - 1649
- Charles II 1660 - 1685
- James II 1685 - 1688
- William III 1688 - 1702 and Queen Mary II 1688 - 1694
- Queen Anne 1702 - 1714
The House of Hanovarians
(1714 -1901)
- King George I 1714 - 1727
- King George II 1727 - 1760
- King George III 1760 - 1820
- King George IV 1820 - 1830
- King William IV 1830 - 1837
- Queen Victoria 1837 - 1901
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and The Windsors
(1901 -1910) (1910 - Today)
- King Edward VII 1901 - 1910
- King George V 1910 - 1936
- King Edward VIII June 1936
- King George VI 1936 - 1952
- Queen Elizabeth II 1952 - present day

To the The Normans
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