1291
A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Henry VII in 1485 to Mary I in 1553.
Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Henry VII, the last English monarch to win the crown by right of battle, to his grand-daughter Mary I, the country’s first undisputed Queen regnant.
Picture: © David Dixon, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted August 31 2016
1292
A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Mary I in 1553 to James I in 1603.
Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Mary I, who almost let England fall into the hands of Spain, to James I, a Scottish King who inherited the English crown.
Picture: © Sue Sandy, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted August 31 2016
1293
A quick overview of the Kings of England from James I in 1603 to the Interregnum in 1651.
Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from James I in 1603, in whose reign the first American colonies were established, to the Interregnum in 1649, when for eleven years England was a republic.
Picture: © Kim Traynor, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted August 31 2016
1294
A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from the Interregnum in 1651 to Queen Anne in 1702.
Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from the Interregnum in 1649, when for eleven years England was a republic, to Queen Anne in 1702, the last of the Stuarts and the first ruler of Great Britain.
Picture: © Chris Morgan, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted August 31 2016
1295
A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Queen Anne in 1702 to George III in 1760.
Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from Queen Anne in 1702, the last of the Stuarts and the first ruler of Great Britain, to the reign of George III and the upheavals of the French Revolution in 1789 and American independence in 1776.
Picture: © Peter Tarleton, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted August 31 2016
1296
A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from George III in 1760 to Victoria in 1837.
Below is a brief overview of the Kings of England from King George III in 1760, who lost the American colonies but encouraged the Industrial Revolution, to Queen Victoria in 1837, in whose day Britain became a worldwide trading Empire and ushered in the modern world.
Picture: © Andrew Dunn, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted August 31 2016