Monarch | Accession | Died | Age at Death | Years Reigned | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KINGS OF EAST ANGLIA | |||||
Wehha | c.525 | ? | ? | ? | |
Wuffinga Dynasty | |||||
Wuffa | c.540 | ? | ? | ? | |
Tyttla | c.578 | 599 | ? | ? | |
Raedwald | 599 | 625 | - | 26 | |
Earpwald | 625 | 627 | - | 2 | |
Ricbert | 627 | 630 | - | 3 | |
Sighbert | 631 | c640 | - | 5 | |
Egric or Aethelric(joint with Sighbert) | 635 | c640 | - | 1 | |
Anna | c640 | 654 | - | 18 | |
Aethelhere | 654 | 654 | - | ||
Ethelwald | 654 | 664 | - | 10 | |
Aeldwulf | 664 | 713 | - | 49 | |
Aelfwald | 713 | 749 | - | 36 | |
Uncertain, but probably Wuffing descendants | |||||
Hunbeanna or Beonna) Kingdom | 749 | 760 | - | 11 | |
Ethelbert                    ) divided | 749 | 760 | - | 11 | |
Beonna, ruling alone | c760 | 765? | - | - | |
Aethelred (Subject to Offa of Mercia from 765) | 765? | 785? | - | - | |
St Ethelbert (Also Subject to Offa) | 785? | 794 | - | - | |
Eadwald (Subject to Coenwulf of Mercia) | 794 | 815? | - | 5 | |
Ecgberht? (Subject to Coenwulf of Mercia) | 815? | 821? | - | 26 | |
Aethelstan (Subject to three different kings of Mercia) | 821 | 845 | - | 15 | |
Aethelweard | 845 | 855 | - | 15 | |
St Edmund (last Saxon King of East Anglia) | 855 | 869 | - | 14 | |
EAST ANGLIA AS PART OF THE DANELAW | |||||
Ivar the Boneless led the Danish invasion and killed King Edmund, becoming de facto ruler | 869 | 878? | - | 7 | |
The Dane Guthrum/Aethelstan took over as ruler of East Anglia under DaneLaw | 878 | 890 | - | 12 | |
Danish overlordship of East Anglia under DaneLaw continued | 890 | 917 | - | 27 | |
KINGS OF MERCIA | |||||
Aethelbold King of Mercia and S Britain | 716 | 757 | - | 41 | |
Offa (From 765 E Anglian Overlord) | 757 | 796 | - | 39 | |
Ecgfrith (also E Anglian Overlord) | 796 | 796 | - | 39 | |
Coenwulf (also E Anglian Overlord) | 796 | 821 | - | 25 | |
Coelwulf I (also E Anglian Overlord) | 821 | 823 | - | 2 | |
Beornwulf (also E Anglian Overlord) | 823 | 825 | - | 2 | |
Ludica | 825 | 827 | - | 2 | |
Wiglaf | 827 | 840 | - | 13 | |
Berhtwulf | 840 | 852 | - | 12 | |
Burgred | 852 | 874 | - | 22 | |
Coelwulf II | 874 | 880 | - | 6 | |
KINGS OF WESSEX | |||||
Beorhtric | 786 | 802 | - | 16 | |
Egbert | 827 | 839 | - | 12 | |
Ethelwulf | 839 | 858 | - | 19 | |
Ethelbald | 858 | 860 | - | 2 | |
Ethelbert | 858 | 865 | - | 7 | |
Ethelred | 865 | 871 | - | 6 | |
KINGS OF WESSEX AND ENGLAND | |||||
Alfred the Great (excluding Danelaw 878-899) | 871 | 899 | 50 | 28 | |
Edward the Elder (excluding Danelaw 899-917) | 899 | 924 | 54 | 25 | |
Athelstan | 924 | 939 | 45 | 15 | |
Edmund | 939 | 946 | 25 | 7 | |
Eadred | 946 | 955 | 32 | 9 | |
Eadwig | 855 | 959 | 18 | 3 | |
Edgar | 959 | 975 | 32 | 17 | |
Edward the Martyr | 975 | 978 | 17 | 3 | |
Etheldred II (The Unready) (In exile from 1013-1014) | 978 | 1013 | |||
DANISH KINGS OF ENGLAND TAKE OVER | |||||
Swein (Forkbeard) (Dane) | 1013 | 1014 | - | - | |
Etheldred II (The Unready) (Back from exile 1014) | 1014 | 1016 | 48 | 37 | |
Edmund Ironside | 1016 | 1016 | 27 | Apr - Nov | |
Canute (Dane) | 1016 | 1035 | 40 | 19 | |
Harold I (Harefoot) (Dane) | 1035 | 1040 | - | 5 | |
Hardicanute (Dane) | 1040 | 1042 | 24 | 2 | |
SAXON KINGS OF ENGLAND | |||||
Edward the Confessor | 1042 | 1066 | 62 | 24 | |
Harold II | 1066 | 1066 | 44 | Jan - Oct | |
KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND AFTER THE NORMAN CONQUEST | |||||
Normans | |||||
William I (The Conqueror) | 1066 | 1087 | 60 | 21 | |
William II | 1087 | 1100 | 43 | 13 | |
Henry I | 1100 | 1135 | 67 | 35 | |
Stephen, Count of Blois | 1135 | 1154 | 50 | 19 | |
Plantagenets | |||||
Henry II | 1154 | 1189 | 56 | 35 | |
Richard I (The Lionheart) | 1189 | 1199 | 42 | 10 | |
John | 1199 | 1216 | 50 | 17 | |
Henry III | 1216 | 1272 | 65 | 56 | |
Edward I | 1272 | 1307 | 68 | 35 | |
Edward II | 1307 | dep 1327 | 43 | 20 | |
Edward III | 1327 | 1377 | 65 | 50 | |
Richard II | 1377 | dep 1399 | 34 | 22 | |
Henry IV (Lancaster) | 1399 | 1413 | 47 | 13 | |
Henry V (Lancaster) | 1413 | 1422 | 34 | 9 | |
Henry VI (Lancaster) | 1422 | dep 1461 | 49 | 39 | |
Edward IV (York) | 1461 | 1483 | 41 | 22 | |
Edward V (York) | 1483 | 1483 | 13 | Apr - June | |
Richard III (York) | 1483 | 1485 | 32 | 2 | |
Tudors | |||||
Henry VII | 1485 | 1509 | 53 | 24 | |
Henry VIII | 1509 | 1547 | 56 | 38 | |
Edward VI | 1547 | 1553 | 16 | 6 | |
Jane | 1553 | 1553 | 17 | 9 days | |
Mary I | 1553 | 1558 | 43 | 5 | |
Elizabeth I | 1558 | 1603 | 69 | 44 | |
RULERS OF GREAT BRITAIN | |||||
Stuarts | |||||
James I (also James VI of Scotland 1567 - 1625) | 1603 | 1625 | ? | 22 | |
Charles I | 1625 | 1649 | ? | 24 | |
Commonwealth | 1649 | 1660 | - | 11 | |
Restoration of Stuarts | |||||
Charles II | 1660 | 1685 | ? | 25 | |
James II | 1685 | 1688 | ? | 3 | |
House of Orange | |||||
William III and Mary | 1689 | 1702 | ? | 13 | |
Anne | 1702 | 1714 | ? | 12 | |
Hanover | |||||
George I | 1714 | 1727 | ? | 13 | |
George II | 1727 | 1760 | ? | 33 | |
George III | 1760 | 1820 | ? | 60 | |
George IV | 1820 | 1830 | ? | 10 | |
William IV | 1830 | 1837 | ? | 7 | |
Victoria | 1837 | 1901 | ? | 64 | |
Saxe-Coburg | |||||
Edward VII | 1901 | 1910 | ? | 9 | |
Dynastic name changed to Windsor in 1917 | |||||
George V | 1910 | 1936 | ? | 26 | |
Edward VIII | 1936 | 1936 | Abdicated | - | |
George VI | 1936 | 1952 | ? | 16 | |
Elizabeth II | 1952 | 2022 | 96 | 70 | |
Charles III | 2022 |
Prepared for the St Edmundsbury website
by David Addy, August 1998
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