1066 – William the Conqueror

1087 – William Rufus (son of William)

House of Plantagenet – 12^th, 13^th & 14^th Century

1100 – Henry I (brother of William Rufus)

1135 – Stephen (nephew of Henry I)

1154 – Henry II (grandson of Henry I)

1189 – Richard I (third son of Henry II)

1199 – John (fifth son of Henry II)

1216 – Henry III (son of John)

1272 – Edward I (son of Henry III)

1307 – Edward II (son of Edward I)

1327 – Edward III (son of Edward II)

1377 – Richard II (grandson of Edward III, son of the Black Prince)

House of Lancaster – 14^th & 15^th Century

1399 – Henry IV (grandson of Edward III, son of John of Gaunt)

1413 – Henry V (son of Henry IV)

1422 – Henry VI (son of Henry V)

House of York – 15^th Century

1461 – Edward IV (youngest son of Edward III)

1483 – Richard III (uncle of Edward V)

*House of Tudor* – 15^th – 17^th Century

1485 – Henry VII (grandson of Henry V)

1509 – *Henry VIII* (son of Henry VII)

1547 – Edward VI (Henry’s son by Jane Seymour)

1553 – Mary I (Henry’s daughter by Katherine of Aragon)

1558 – *Elizabeth I* (Henry’s daughter by Anne Boleyn)

House of Stuart – 17^th Century

1603 – James I (great-great-grandson of Henry VII)

1625 – Charles I (second son of James)

1649 – The Commonwealth under the Cromwell rule

1660 – Charles II (oldest son of Charles I)

1685 – James II (brother of Charles I)

House of Orange-Nassau and Stuart – 17^th – 18^th Century

1689 – William of Orange (grandson of Charles I) and Mary II (daughter of James II)

1694 – William III – Ruled alone after death of Mary

1702 – Anne (sister of Mary)

House of Hanover – 18^th – 19^th Century

1714 – George I (great-grandson of James I)

1727 – George II (son of George I)

1760 – George III (grandson of George II)

1820 – George IV (son of George III)

1830 – William IV (brother of George IV)

1837 – Victoria (niece of William IV)

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – 20^th Century

1901 – Edward VII (son of Victoria and Albert)

House of Windsor – 20^th – 21^st Century

1910 – George V (second son of Edward VII)

1936 – Edward VIII (son of George V)

           – George VI (second son of George V)

1952 – Elizabeth II (daughter of George VI)       

20 – William V (grandson of Elizabeth II)