Alfred the Great - Saxon House, King of Wessex, Kept England from the worst of the Dark Ages by fostering literacy., William I (the Conqueror) - House of Normandy, Duke of Normandy. Promised the throne, but it was given to Harold II. William invaded England, killed Harold, defeating the Anglo-Saxons at Battle of Hastings. , Henry II - House of Plantagenet, While King developed the common law and due process., Richard I (the lion-Hearted) - House of Plantagenet, third son of Henry II, Absent from throne a lot, went on the third Crusade to Jerusalem. , John Lackland - House of Plantagenet. Tried to seize the crown from his brother Richard I. Forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede, beginning development of the British constitution, Richard III - House of York, Duke of Gloucester when his Brother Edward IV deposed Henry VI as part of the Wars of Roses. Likely had his nephew Edward V murdered in the Tower of London., Henry VIII - House of Tudor, Named himself the head of the Church of England so he could divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn, executed Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More, Married six times. Only son Edward VI, Elizabeth I - House of Tudor, Virgin Queen - she never married. Daughter of Henry VII and Anne Boleyn. Declare England a Protestant state. Executed her sister Mary, Queen of Scots. Expansion of English Navy and emergence of William Shakespeare. , James I - House of Stuart, succeeded his mother Mary as King James VI of Scotland, Claim the English throne upon death of Elizabeth I. R , Charles I - House of Stuart, Personal Rule - rule without Parliament his critic called this time Eleven Years of Tyranny., Charles II - House of Stuart. Was King of Scotland while Oliver Cromwell ruled the Commonwealth. Took the English throne after cromwell's death.No legitimates heirs, but has a many 14 illegitimate children., James II - House of Stuart. William of Orange deposed James in the Glorious Revolution. , George III - House of Hanover. Lost the American Colonies.Empire expanded during his reign.suffered from porphyria, causing the madness. led to Regency period of his son George IV., Victoria - House of Hanover, Second longest-reigning monarch. Husband Albert. minsters Lord Malbourne, Robert Peel and Benjamin Disraeli. Reform Act of 1867 - doubled the number of Britons who could vote., Elizabeth II - House of Windsor, modern ceremonial monarchy. Husband Prince Philip Mountbatten. Longest reigning British monarch,

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