Sunday, November 21, 2010

Timeline of Britians Kings & Queens

Historical Fiction is my favorite genra to read because I'm mezmorized by the history behind it. History has always been a part of who I am ever since I was a little girl. I acquired my love of history from my dad. It was the one thing we had in common and ever since then I've been obsessed with learning everything I can about the past. So that's why I like to incorporate history into my blog whenever I'm not posting reviews or anything else that pertains to books.

Everytime I'm reading about a King or Queen I always want to know a little more about them and what all they accomplished during their reign. So I find myself constantly looking them up on the internet while I'm reading about them. I stumbeld across a really good website that listed the timeline of all of Britains monarchs and I found it to be very useful. So I thought if it was useful to me, then it may be useful to others. So here I am posting the entire British monarchy. Hope it's useful and enjoy!

The Normans (1066 - 1154)

•King William I, the Conqueror 1066 - 1087
•King Henry I 1100 - 1135
•King Stephen 1135 - 1154
•Empress Matilda 1141

Plantagenets (1154 - 1399)
•King Henry II 1154 - 1189
•King Richard I the Lionheart 1189 - 1199
•King John 1 1199 - 1216
•King Henry III 1216 - 1272
•King Edward I 1272 - 1307
•King Edward II 1307 - 1327
•King Edward III 1327 - 1377
•Richard II 1377 - 1399

The House of Lancaster (1399 - 1461)
•Henry IV 1399 - 1413
•Henry V 1413 - 1422
•Henry VI 1422 - 1461, 1470 - 1471

The House of York (1461 - 1485)
•King Edward IV 1461 -1470, 1471 - 1483
•King Edward V 1483 - 1483
•King Richard III 1483 - 1485

The Tudors (1485 -1603)
•King Henry VII 1485 - 1509
•King Henry VIII 1509 - 1547
•King Edward VI 1547 - 1553
•Jane Grey 1554
•Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) 1553 - 1558
•Queen Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603

The Stuarts (1603 - 1649) (1660 - 1714)
•James I 1603 - 1625
•Charles I 1625 - 1649
•Charles II 1660 - 1685
•James II 1685 - 1688
•William III 1688 - 1702 and Queen Mary II 1688 - 1694
•Queen Anne 1702 - 1714

The House of Hanoverians (1714 -1901)
•King George I 1714 - 1727
•King George II 1727 - 1760
•King George III 1760 - 1820
•King George IV 1820 - 1830
•King William IV 1830 - 1837
•Queen Victoria 1837 - 1901

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and The Windsors (1901 -1910) (1910 - Today)
•King Edward VII 1901 - 1910
•King George V 1910 - 1936
•King Edward VIII June 1936
•King George VI 1936 - 1952
•Queen Elizabeth II 1952 - present day


4 comments:

  1. If you're interested in this, David Starkey's "Monarchy" is a really readable introduction. And so is "The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England", edited by Antonia Fraser.

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  2. This list is amazing, Taylor! And so is the Jean Plaidy one. I've read lots of both the English historical fiction and non-fiction as well as Jean Plaidy in my day. It's great to see it all listed here in one place as you've done.
    I'm new to Book Blogs and found your blog site listed there. Glad I came to see you. Good luck with everything. I'll be back...

    Deb/BookishDame

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  3. Thanks so much for visiting! I appreciate the nice comment. Welcome to book blogs Deborah!

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