2. EgbertEgbert (802-39) AethelwulfAethelwulf (839-55)AethelbaldAethelbald (855-60)AethelbertAethelbert (860-6) Aethelred (866-71) Alfred the Great (871-99) Edward the Elder (899-925) Athelstan (925-40) Saxon and Danish Kings

3. Edmund the Magnificent (940-6) Eadred (946-55) Eadwig (Edwy) (955-59) Edgar the Peaceable (959-75) Edward the Martyr (975-78) Aethelred the Unready (978-1016) Edmund Ironside (1016)

4. Harold II (1066) Edward the Confessor (1042-66) Canute the Great (1016-35) Harald Harefoot (1035-40) Hardicanute (1040-42)

5. Normans Empress Matilda (1141) William I the Conqueror (1066-87) William II Rufus (1087-1100) Henry I Beauclerc (1100-35) Stephen (1135-54)

6. Plantagenets Henry II Curtmantle (1154-89) Richard I the Lionheart (1189-99) John Lackland (1199-1216) Henry III (1216-72) Edward I Longshanks (1272-1307) Edward II (1307-27) Edward III (1327-77) Richard II (1377-99)

7. The House of Lancaster Henry IV Bolingbroke (1399-1413) Henry V (1413-22) Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-1)

8. The House of York Richard III Crookback (1483-5) Edward V (1483) Edward IV (1461-70, 1471-83)

9. Henry VII TudorHenry VII Tudor (1485-1509)Henry VIIIHenry VIII (1509-47)Edward VIEdward VI (1547-53) Lady Jane GreyLady Jane Grey (1553)Mary I TudorMary I Tudor (1553-58)Elizabeth IElizabeth I (1558-1603) The House of Tudor

10. The House of Stuart James I (1603-25) Charles I (1625-49) Charles II (1660-85) James II (1685-88) William III and Mary IIWilliam III and Mary II (1689-1702)Anne IIAnne II (1702-14)

11. The House of Hanover George IGeorge I (1714-27)George IIGeorge II (1727-60)George IIIGeorge III (1760-1820) George IVGeorge IV (1820-30) William IVWilliam IV (1830-37) VictoriaVictoria (1837-1901)

12. House of Saxe-Coburg / Windsor Edward VII (1901-10) George V (1910-36) Edward VIII (1936) George VI (1936-52) Elizabeth IIElizabeth II (1952-present)