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61 Cards in this Set
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Alfred the Great
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871-899
West Saxon (b.849) |
Son of King Ethelwulf. Became king of Wessex after his 3 older brothers reigned and died. Fought repeated battles with Danish invaders.Developed a new law code.Instituted military and education reforms. Translated important books into English. Began the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Suffered from illness, possibly Crohn's diseas.
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Edward the Elder
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899-924
West Saxon (Son of Alfred, b. 874-7) |
<< Alfred the Great
>> Athelstan |
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Athelstan
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924-939
West Saxon (son of Edward, b. 893/5) |
<< Edward the Elder
>> Edmund the Magnificent |
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Edmund the Magnificent
(Edmund I) |
939-946
West Saxon (Son of Edward, b. 922) |
<< Athelstan
>> Edred |
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Eadred
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946-955
West Saxon (Son of Edward, b. 923) |
<< Edmund the Magnificent
>> Eadwig the Fair |
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Eadwig (Edwy) the Fair
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955-959
West Saxon (Son of Edmond, b. 941?) |
<< Eadred
>> Edgar the Peaceable |
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Edgar the Peaceable
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959-975
West Saxon (Son of Edmond, b. 943/4) |
<< Eadwig the Fair
>> St Edward the Martyr |
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St Edward the Martyr
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975-978
West Saxon (Son of Edgar, b. 962) |
<< Edgar the Peaceable
>> Ethelred the Unready |
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Ethelred the Unready
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978-1016
West Saxon (Son of Edgar, b. 968) |
<< St Edward the Martyr
>> Edmund Ironside (m.(3) Emma of Normandy) |
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Sweyn Forkbeard
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1013-1014
Dane |
<< Ethelred the Unready
>> Ethelred the Unready |
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Edmund Ironside
(Edmund II) |
April-Nov 1016
West Saxon (Son of Ethelred, b. 989) |
<< Ethelred the Unready
>> Cnut |
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Cnut the Great
(Canute) |
1016-1035
Dane (Son of Sveyn, b. 985/995) |
<< Edmund Ironside
>> Harold Harefoot (m. (2) Emma of Normandy) |
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Harold Harefoot
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1035-1040
Dane (Son of Cnut, b. 1015) |
<< Cnut
>> Harthacanute |
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Harthacanute
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1040-1042
Dane (Son of Cnut, b. 1018) |
<< Harold Harefoot
>> St Edward the Confessor |
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St Edward the Confessor
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1042-1066
West Saxon (restored) (Son of Ethelred, b. 1003) |
<< Harthacanute
>> Harold Godwinson |
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Harold Godwinson
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5 Jan - 14 Oct 1066
West Saxon (restored) (Son of Godwin, b. 1022) |
<< St Edward the Confessor
>> Edgar the Atheling |
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Edgar the Atheling
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15 Oct- 10 Dec 1066
West Saxon (restored) (Grandson of Edmund Ironside, b. 1051) |
<< Harold Godwinson
>> William the Conqueror |
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William I
(William the Conqueror) |
1066-1087
Norman (b. 1028) |
<< Edgar the Atheling
>> William II |
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William II (Rufus)
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1087-1100
Norman (Son of William I, b. 1056) |
<< William I
>> Henry I |
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Henry I (Beauclerc)
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1100-1135
Norman (Son of William I, b. 1068) |
<< William II
>> Stephen (m. (1) Edith of Scotland) |
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Stephen
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1135-1154
Norman (Grandson of William I, b. 1092?) |
<< Henry I
>> Henry II |
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Mathilda
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1141
Norman (Daughter of Henry I, b. 1102) |
<< Stephen
>> Stephen (m. Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou) |
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Henry II
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1154-1189
Plantagenet (Son of Mathilda, b. 1133) |
<< Stephen
>> Richard I |
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Richard the Lionheart
(Richard I) |
1189-1199
Plantagenet (Son of Henry II, b.1157) |
<< Henry II
>> John |
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John
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1199-1216
Plantagenet (Son of Henry I, b. 1166) |
<< Richard I
>> Henry III |
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Henry III
(Henry of Winchester) |
1216-1272
Plantagenet (Son of John, b. 1207) |
<< John
>> Edward I |
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Edward I
(Edward Longshanks) |
1272-1307
Plantagenet (Son of Henry III, b. 1239) |
<< Henry III
>> Edward II |
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Edward II
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1307-1327
Plantagenet |
<< Edward I
>> Edward III |
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Edward III
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1327-1377
Plantagenet Edward II << **** >> Richard II |
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Richard II
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1377-1399
Plantagenet Edward III << **** >> Henry IV |
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Henry IV (Bollingbroke)
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1399-1413
Plantagenet (Lancaster) Richard II << **** >> Henry V |
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Henry V
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1413-1422
Plantagenet (Lancaster) Henry IV << **** >> Henry VI |
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Henry VI
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1422-1461 (1470-71)
Plantagenet (Lancaster) Henry V << ***** >> Edward IV |
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Edward IV
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1461-70 1471-83
Plantagenet (York) Henry VI << **** >> Edward V |
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Edward V
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April - June 1483
Plantagenet (York) Edward IV << **** >> Richard III |
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Richard III
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1483-1485
Plantagenet (York) Edward IV's brother Edward V << **** >> Henry VII |
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Henry VII
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1485-1509
Tudor Richard III << **** >> Henry VIII |
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Henry VIII
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1509-1547
Tudor CAJAKC Henry VII << **** >> Edward VI |
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Edward VI
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1547-1553
Tudor Never proper King, always under council of regency Henry VIII << **** >> Mary I |
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Mary I
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1553-1558
Tudor Edward VI << **** >> Elizabeth I |
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Elizabeth I
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1558-1603
Tudor Mary I << **** >> James I |
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James I
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1603-1625
Stewart Guy Fawkes: 5 November 1605 King James Bible 1611 Elizabeth I << **** >> Charles I |
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Charles I
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1625-1649
James I << **** >> ... Charles II |
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Oliver Cromwell Lord's Protector
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1653-1658
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Richard Cromwell Lord's Protector
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1658-1659
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Charles II
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1660-1685
Stewart Charles I ... << **** >> James II |
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James II
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1685-1688
Stewart Charles II << **** >> William III & Mary II |
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William III
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1689-1702
Stewart James II << **** >> Anne |
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Mary II
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1689-1694
Stewart James II << **** >> William III |
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Anne
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1702-1714
Stewart William III << **** >> George I |
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George I
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1714-1727
Hanover Anne << **** >> George II |
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George II
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1727-1760
Hanover George I << **** >> George III |
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George III
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1760-1820
Hanover George II << **** >> George IV |
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George IV
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1820-1830
Hanover George III << **** >> William IV |
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William IV
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1830-1837
Hanover George IV << **** >> Victoria |
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Victoria
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1837-1901
Hanover William IV << **** >> Edward VII |
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Edward VII
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1901-1910
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Victoria << **** >> George V |
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George V
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1910-1936
Windsor Edward VII << **** >> Edward VIII |
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Edward VIII
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11 December 1936
Windsor George V << **** >> George VI |
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George VI
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1936-1952
Windsor Edward VIII << **** >> Elizabeth II |
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Elizabeth II
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1952-...
Windsor George VI << **** >> ... |
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