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| | Date Reign began | Name of English Kings | Years Reigned |
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| | 871 | Alfred the Great | 871-899 |
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| | 899 | Edward the Elder (son of Alfred) | 899-924 |
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| | 924 | Aethelstan (first son of Edward the Elder) | 924-939 |
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| | 939 | Edmund I (second son of Edward the Elder) | 939-946 |
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| | 946 | Eadred (third son of Edward the Elder) | 946-955 |
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| | 955 | Edwig (first son of Edmund I) | 955-959 |
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| | 959 | Edgar (second son of Edmund I) | 959-975 |
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| | 975 | Edward the Martyr (first son of Edgar) | 975-978 |
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| | 978 | Ethelred the Unready (second son of Edgar) | 978-1016 |
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| | 1016 | Edmund Ironside | 1016 |
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| | 1016 | King Canute | 1016-1035 |
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| | 1035 | Alfred (son of Aethelred II) | 1035-1036 |
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| | 1036 | King Harold Harefoot | 1036-1040 |
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| | 1040 | Hardicanute | 1040-1042 |
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| | 1042 | Edward the Confessor | 1042-1066 |
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| | 1066 | King Harold Godwinson | 1066 |
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| | 1066 | King William the Conqueror | 1066-1087 |
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| | 1066 | King William the Conqueror | 1066-1087 |
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| | 1087 | King William Rufus (son of William) | 1087-1100 |
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| | 1100 | King Henry I (William Rufus brother) | 1100-1135 |
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| | 1135 | King Stephen (nephew of Henry I) | 1135-1154 |
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| | 1154 | King Henry II (grandson of Henry I) | 1154-1189 |
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| | 1189 | King Richard I (third son of Henry II) | 1189-1199 |
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| | 1199 | King John (fifth son of Henry II) | 1199-1216 |
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| | 1216 | King Henry III (son of John) | 1216-1272 |
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| | 1272 | King Edward I (son of Henry III) | 1272-1307 |
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| | 1307 | King Edward II (son of Edward I) | 1307-1327 |
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| | 1327 | King Edward III (son of Edward II) | 1327-1377 |
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| | 1377 | King Richard II (grandson of Edward III, son of the Black Prince) | 1377-1399 |
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| | 1399 | King Henry IV (grandson of Edward III, son of John of Gaunt) | 1399-1413 |
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| | 1413 | King Henry V (son of Henry IV) | 1413-1422 |
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| | 1422 | King Henry VI (son of Henry V) | 1422-1461 |
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| | 1461 | King Edward IV ( youngest son of Edward III ) | 1461-1483 |
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| | 1483 | King Richard III (uncle of Edward V) | 1483-1485 |
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| | 1485 | Henry VII (grandson of Henry V) | 1485-1509 |
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| | 1509 | Henry VIII ( son of Henry VII) | 1509-1547 |
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| | 1547 | Edward V (Henry's son by Jane Seymour) | 1547-1553 |
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| | 1553 | Mary (Henry's daughter by Queen Katherine of Aragon) | 1553-1558 |
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| | 1558 | Elizabeth I (Henry's daughter by Anne Boleyn) | 1558-1603 |
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| | 1603 | James I (great-great-grandson of Henry VII) | 1603-1625 |
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| | 1625 | Charles I (second son of James) | 1625-1649 |
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| | 1649 | The Commonwealth under the Cromwell rule | 1649 - 1659 |
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| | 1660 | Charles II (oldest son of Charles I) | 1660-1685 |
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| | 1685 | James II (brother of Charles II) | 1685-1688 |
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| | 1689 | William of Orange (grandson of Charles I) and Mary (daughter of James II) | 1689-1694 |
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| | 1694 | William III - Ruled alone after death of Mary | 1694 - 1702 |
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| | 1702 | Anne (sister of Mary) | 1702-1714 |
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| | 1714 | George I (great-grandson of James I) | 1714-1727 |
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| | 1727 | George II (son of George I) | 1727-1760 |
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| | 1760 | George III (grandson of George II) | 1760-1820 |
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| | 1820 | George IV (son of George III) | 1820-1830 |
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| | 1830 | William IV (brother of George IV) | 1830-1837 |
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| | 1837 | Victoria (niece of William IV) | 1837-1901 |
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| | 1901 | Edward VII (son of Victoria and Albert) | 1901-1910 |
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| | 1910 | George V (second son of Edward VII) | 1910-1936 |
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| | 1936 | Edward VIII (son of George V) | |
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| | 1936 | George VI (second son of George V) | 1936-1952 |
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| | 1952 | Elizabeth II (daughter of George VI) | |
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