Rulers of England

Norman Kings (William I - Stephen) 1066-1154

William I (1066-1087)
William II (1087-1100)
Henry I (1100-1135)
Stephen (1135-1154)

Plantagenets (Henry II - Richard II) 1154-1399

Henry II (1154-1189)
Richard I (Richard the Lion-Hearted) (1189-1199)
John (1199-1216)
Henry III (1216-1272)
Edward I (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-1327)
Edward III (1327-1377)
Richard II (1377-1399)

House of Lancaster (Henry IV - Henry VI) 1399-1461

Henry IV (1399-1413)
Henry V (1413-1422)
Henry VI (1422-1461)

House of York (Edward IV - Richard III) 1461-1485

Edward IV (1461-1483)
Edward V (April-June 1483)
Richard III (1483-1485)

Tudors (Henry VII - Elizabeth) 1485-1603

Henry VII (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509-1547)
Edward VI (1547-1553)
Mary (1553-1558)
Elizabeth (1558-1603)

Stuarts (James I - Anne) 1603-1714

James I (1603-1625)
Charles I (1625-1649)

Commonwealth Interregnum 1649-1660  England was ruled by Parliament. The Protectorate (1653-1659) was the period when Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell (1653-1658) and his son Richard Cromwell (1658-1659) were Lord Protectors of the Commonwealth. Stuarts were restored in 1660.

Charles II (1660-1685)
James II (1685-1688)
The Bloodless Revolution (or The Glorious Revolution) (1688)
William (of Orange) and Mary (1689-1702)
Anne (1702-1714)

Hanovers (George I - Victoria) 1714-1901

George I (1714-1727)
George II (1727-1760)
George III (1760-1820)
George IV (1820-1830)
William IV (1830-1837)
Victoria (1837-1901)

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Edward VII) 1901-1910

Edward VII (1901-1910)

Windsors (George V - Elizabeth II) 1910-date
In 1917, George V changed the name Wettin, the family name of Prince Albert, to Windsor.

George V (1910-1936)
Edward VIII (1936)
George VI (1936-1952)
Elizabeth II (1952- )