Roll of the Kings of England
These are the dates for their reign, beginning to end. There are some cases where the end of the reign was not the end of their life, so I give the death date if I know it. I have tried to give some indication (where I can) of how they died (or ended their reign.) ab. = abdicated, kib. = killed in battle, as. = assassinated, ex. = executed, dep = deposed
Egbert
823-837
Æthelwolf
837-857
Æthelbald
857-860
Æthelbert
860-866
Æthelred I
866-871
Alfred the Great
899-924
Eadward the Elder
899-924
Æthelstan
924-939
Eadgar
959-975
d.
Eadward
975-978
as.
Æthelred the Unready
978-1013
dep.
Svend (of Denmark)
1013-1014
d.
also King of Denmark 985-1014
Æthelred (again)
1014-1016
d.
Eadmund Ironside
Apr-Nov 1016
d.
Knud (Canute, Cnut)
1016-1035
d.
Hardeknud
1035-1037
dep?
Harald
1037-1040
d.
Herdaknud (again)
1040-1042
d.
Edward the Confessor
1042-1066
d.
Harold Godwinson
Jan-Oct 1066
kib.
William the Conqueror
1066-1087
d.
William II
1087-1100
as. (?)
Henry I
1100-1135
d.
Stephen
1135-1141
dep.
Matilda (Maud)
Apr-Nov 1141
dep.
Stephen (again)
1141-1154
d.
Henry II
1154-1189
d.
Richard I (Lionheart)
1189-1199
kib.
John (Lackland)
1199-1216
d.
Henry III
1216-1272
d.
Edward I
1272-1307
d.
Edward II
1307-1327
dep., as.
Edward III
1327-1377
d.
Richard II
1377-1399
Dep. as. 1400
Henry IV
1399-1413
d.
Henry V
1413-1422
d.
Henry VI
1422-1461
ab.
Edward IV
1461-1470
dep.
Henry VI (again)
1470-1471
as.
Edward IV (again)
1471-1483
d.
Edward V
1483
as. (?)
Richard III
1483-1485
kib.
Henry VII
1485-1509
d.
Henry VIII
1509-1547
d.
Edward VI
1547-1553
d.
Jane
Several months in 1553
ex. 1554
Mary
1553-1558
d.
Elizabeth
1558-1603
d.
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