With the act of Union with Scotland in 1707 the king or queen of England is more correctly called the monarch of Great Britain. The listing starts in AD 802 and continues to the present day monarch Elizabeth II.
HOUSE OF WESSEX
Monarch Reign
Egbert
802-839
Aethelbald
855-860
Aethelbert
860-866
Aethelred
866-871
Alfred the Great
871-899
Edward the Elder
899-925
Athelstan
925-940
Edmund the Magnificent
940-946
Eadred
946-955
Eadwig (Edwy) All-Fair
955-959
Edgar the Peaceable
959-975
Edward the Martyr
975-978
Æthelred II (Ethelred the Unready)
979-1013 and 1014-1016
Edmund II (Ironside)
1016
DANISH
Monarch
Reign
Svein Forkbeard
1014
Cnut (Canute)
1016-1035
Harold I
1035-1040
Hardicnut
1040-1042
SAXONS
Monarch
Reign
Edward (the Confessor)
1042-1066
Harold II
1066
NORMANS
Monarch
Reign
William I
1066-1087
William II
1087-1100
Henry I
1100-1135
Stephen
1135-1154
Empress Matilda (Queen Maud)
1141
PLANTAGENETS
Monarch
Reign
Henry II
1154-1189
Richard I
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
Monarch
Reign
Henry IV
1399-1413
Henry V
1413-1422
Henry VI
1422-1461
HOUSE OF YORK
Monarch
Reign
Edward IV
1461-1483
Edward V
1483
Richard III
1483-1485
TUDORS
Monarch
Reign
Henry VII
1485-1509
Henry VIII
1509-1547
Edward VI
1547-1553
Jane Grey
1553
Mary I
1553-1558
Elizabeth I
1558-1603
STUARTS
Monarch
Reign
James I
1603-1625
Charles I
1625-1649
COMMONWEALTH
Monarch
Reign
Oliver Cromwell
1649-1658
Richard Cromwell
1658-1659
STUARTS (restored)
Monarch
Reign
Charles II
1660-1685
James II
1685-1688
William III
1689-1702
Mary II
1689-1694
Anne
1702-1714
HOUSE OF HANOVER
Monarch
Reign
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
Monarch
Reign
Edward VII
1901-1910
WINDSOR
Monarch
Reign
George V
1910-1936
Edward VIII
1936-1936
George VI
1936-1952
Elizabeth II
1952 - present
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