RULING HOUSE,king or queen,Name,reign-began,reign -ended,years -on- thrones,Remarks SAXONS AND DANES,King,Egbert,827,839,12, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Ethelwulf,839,858,19, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Ethelbald,858,860,2, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Ethelbert,860,866,6, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Ethelred I,866,871,5, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Alfred the Great,871,899,28, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Edward the Elder,899,925,26, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Athelstan,925,940,15, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Edmund,940,946,6, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Edred,946,955,9, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Edwy,955,959,4, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Edgar,959,975,16, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Edward the Martyr,975,978,3, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Ethelred II,978,1016,38, SAXONS AND DANES,King,Edmund Ironside,1016,1016,0 SAXONS AND DANES,King,Canute (Knut) the Dane,1016,1035,19 SAXONS AND DANES,King,Harold I,1066,1066,0 NORMAN,King,William I,1066,1087,21 NORMAN,King,William II,1087,1100,13 NORMAN,King,Henry I,1035,1035,0 NORMAN,King,Stephen,1135,1154,19 PLANTAGENET,King,Henry II,1154,1189,35 PLANTAGENET,King,Richard I,1189,1199,10 PLANTAGENET,King,John,1199,1216,17 PLANTAGENET,King,Henry III,1216,1272,56 PLANTAGENET,King,Edward I,1272,1307,35 PLANTAGENET,King,Edward II,1307,1327,20 PLANTAGENET,King,Edward III,1327,1377,50 PLANTAGENET,King,Richard II,1377,1399,22 LANCASTER,King,Henry IV,1399,1413,14 LANCASTER,King,Henry V,1413,1422,9 LANCASTER,King,Henry VI,1422,1461,39 LANCASTER,King,Henry VI,1470,1471,1 YORK,King,Edward IV( 1st reign),1461,1470,9 YORK,King,Edward IV(2nd reign),1471,1483,12 YORK,King,Edward V,1483,1483,0 YORK,King,Richard III,1483,1485,2 TUDOR,King,Henry VII,1485,1509,24 TUDOR,King,Henry VIII,1509,1547,38 TUDOR,King,Edward VI,1547,1553,6 TUDOR,Queen,Jane (for only 9 days),1553,1553,0 TUDOR,Queen,Mary I,1553,1558,5 TUDOR,Queen,Elizabeth I,1558,1603,45 STUART,King,James I,1603,1625,22 STUART,King,Charles I,1625,1649,24 None,,Commonwealth Council of State,1649,1653,4 None,Protector,Oliver Cromwell (Protector),1653,1658,5 None,Protector,Richard Cromwell (Protector),1658,1659,1 STUART RESTORATION,King,Charles II,1660,1685,25 STUART RESTORATION,King,James II,1685,1688,3 ORANGE,King and Queen,William III and Mary(1694),1689,1694,5 ORANGE,King,William III ,1689,1702,13 STUART,Queen,Anne,1702,1714,12 HANOVER,King,George I,1714,1727,13 HANOVER,King,George II,1727,1727,0 HANOVER,King,George III,1760,1820,60 HANOVER,King,George IV,1820,1830,10 HANOVER,King,William IV,1830,1837,7 HANOVER,Queen,Victoria,1837,1901,64 SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA,King,Edward VII,1901,1910,9 WINDSOR,King,George V,1910,1936,26 WINDSOR,King,Edward VIII (325 days),1936,1936,0 WINDSOR,King,George VI,1936,1952,16, WINDSOR,Queen,Elizabeth II,1952,2000,48,still ruling