Royal Timeline

DynastyMonarch

Dates

Alfred the Great

871

899

Edward the Elder (son of Alfred)

899

924

Aethelstan (first son of Edward the Elder)

924

939

Edmund I (second son of Edward the Elder)

939

946

Eadred (third son of Edward the Elder)

946

955

Edwig (first son of Edmund I)

955

959

Edgar (second son of Edmund I)

959

975

Edward the Martyr (first son of Edgar)

975

978

Ethelred the Unready (second son of Edgar)

978

1016

Edmund Ironside

1016

1016

King Canute

1016

1035

Alfred (son of Aethelred II)

1035

1036

King Harold Harefoot

1036

1040

Hardicanute

1040

1042

Edward the Confessor

1042

1066

Normans

King Harold Godwinson

1066

1066

King William the Conqueror

1066

1087

King William Rufus (son of William)

1087

1100

King Henry I (William Rufus brother)

1100

1135

King Stephen (nephew of Henry I)

1135

1154

Plantagenets

King Henry II (grandson of Henry I)

1154

1189

King Richard I (third son of Henry II)

1189

1199

King John (fifth son of Henry II)

1199

1216

King Henry III (son of John)

1216

1272

King Edward I (son of Henry III)

1272

1307

King Edward II (son of Edward I)

1307

1327

King Edward III (son of Edward II)

1327

1377

King Richard II (grandson of Edward III, son of the Black Prince)

1377

1399

House of Lancaster

King Henry IV (grandson of Edward III, son of John of Gaunt)

1399

1413

King Henry V (son of Henry IV)

1413

1422

King Henry VI (son of Henry V)

1422

1461

House of York

King Edward IV ( youngest son of Edward III )

1461

1483

King Richard III (uncle of Edward V)

1483

1485

Tudors

Henry VII  (grandson of Henry V)

1485

1509

Henry VIII ( son of Henry VII)

1509

1547

Edward V (Henry’s son by Jane Seymour)

1547

1553

Mary (Henry’s daughter by Queen Katherine of Aragon)

1553

1558

Elizabeth I (Henry’s daughter by Anne Boleyn)

1558

1603

Stuarts

James I (great-great-grandson of Henry VII)

1603

1625

Charles I (second son of James)

1625

1649

The Commonwealth under the Cromwell rule

1649

1659

Stuarts

Charles II (oldest son of Charles I)

1660

1685

James II (brother of Charles II)

1685

1688

William of Orange (grandson of Charles I) and Mary (daughter of James II)

1689

1694

William III – Ruled alone after death of Mary

1694

1702

Anne (sister of Mary)

1702

1714

Hanovarians

George I (great-grandson of James I)

1714

1727

George II (son of George I)

1727

1760

George III (grandson of George II)

1760

1820

George IV (son of George III)

1820

1830

William IV (brother of George IV)

1830

1837

Victoria (niece of William IV)

1837

1901

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Edward VII (son of Victoria and Albert)

1901

1910

Windsors

George V (second son of Edward VII)

1910

1936

Edward VIII (son of George V)

1936

George VI (second son of George V)

1936

1952

Elizabeth II (daughter of George VI)

1952