A | B |
William the Conqueror | Considered the first English king of England |
Edward II | Really bad king, who was disemboweled on the orders of his wife, Isabella of France. |
Richard III | Althought given a bad rap bby Shakespeare, was probably an OK king |
Henry VII | United the houses of York and Lancaster. |
Henry VIII | Divorced, behaeaded, died, divored, beheaded, survived. |
Edward VI | Henry VIII's only son, whose mother was Jane Seymour |
Mary I | Daughter of Henry VIII by his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, she was married to Phillip of Spain and called bloody. |
Elizabeth I | Daughter of Henry VIII by his second wife, Anne Boleyn, she is probably the most beloved queen of all time so far. |
James VI and I | Only son of Mary Queen of Scots by her 1st husband, Henry, Lord Darnley (although his father is disputed in some circles) |
Charles II | His most famous mistress was the famous actress Nell Gwynne, although he had many. |
Anne | Had an affair with a good friend of hers, Sarah Churchill. Although she had 17 children, only one lived past the age of two, and that one died at 12. |
George I | Could not speak a word of English upon ascending to the throne. |
George III | Although remembered for going insane, he was actually a good king until he showed the symptoms that is now believed to be Porphyria. |
Victoria | England's longest reigning queen, she might be outruled by Elizabeth II. |
Edward VIII | He abdicated the throne after a year in order to marry the American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. |
George VI | The current queen's father, he is known to have cried upon finding out he was king |
Elizabeth II | The current queen, she is married to Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, the former Prince of Greece |
Edward III | Edward the II's son, he was one of the best kings ever. |
Henry VI | Better suited for the monastery then the crown, he deplored nudity and stunk at being king. His horrible reign is sometimes sited as having started the War of the Roses |
William III | Ruled jointly in name only with Mary II. She said she was content with all his opinions. |