Timeline of the Kings and Queens in UK 英国的历届国王王后.doc

Timeline of the Kings and Queens of EnglandThe Normans (1066 - 1154) William I, duke of Normandy, the Conqueror (1066 - 1087) William II, Rufus (1087-1100), son of William I Henry I (1100 - 1135), son of William I Stephen (1135 - 1154), nephew of Henry I and grandson of William I. His accession to the throne was contested by Matilda, daughter of Henry IThe Plantagenets (1154 - 1399) Henry II (1154 - 1189), son of Matilda and her second husband, Count Geoffrey of Anjou (Plantagenet) Richard I, the Lionheart (1189 - 1199), son of Henry II John (1199 - 1216), son of Henry II Henry III (1216 - 1272), son of John Edward I (1272 - 1307), son of Henry III Edward II (1307 - 1327), son of Edward I Edward III (1327 - 1377), son of Edward II Richard II (1377 - 1399, died 1400), son of Edward, the Black Prince and grandson of Edward IIIThe Houses of York and Lancaster (1399 - 1461) Henry IV (1399 - 1413), son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster and grandson of Edward III Henry V (1413 - 1422), son of Henry IV Henry VI (born 1421, ascended throne 1433, reigned 1422-1461 and 1470-1471, died 1471), son of Henry V Edward IV (reigned 1461-1470 and 1471-1483), son of Richard, duke of York and great-great grandson of Edward III Edward V (1483, reigned 2 months), son of Edward IV Richard III (1483 - 1485), son of Richard, duke of York and brother of Edward IVThe Tudors (1485 -1603) Henry VII (1485 - 1509), son of Edmund Tudor and Lady Margaret Beaufort, great-grand daughter of Edward III Henry VIII (1509 - 1547), son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and sister of Edward V Edward VI (1547 - 1553), son of Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour Mary I (1553 - 1558), daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Katharine of Aragon Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603), daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne BoleynThe Stuarts and the Commonwealth (1603 - 1649) (1660 - 1714) James I (1603 - 1625), James VI of Scotland ascended the throne of England in 1603 (died 1625); he became James I of England; his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, was the great-grand daughter of Henry VII of England Charles I (1625 - 1649), son of JamesCharles II 1660 - 1685 The Commonwealth (1649-1660) Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1653 - Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1658-1660) Charles II (1660-1685), son of Charles I James II of England and James VII of Scotland (1685 - 1688), son of Charles I and brother of Charles II William III (1688 - 1702) and Mary II (1688 - 1694), William was the son of William II, Prince of Orange (of Holland) and husband of Mary II; Mary was the daughter of James II and VII and his first wife Anne Hyde Queen Anne (1702 - 1714), daughter of James II and VII and Anne Hyde, sister of Mary IIThe House of Hanover (1714 -1901) George I (1714 - 1727), son of Ernest, Elector of Hanover and Sophia, granddaughter of James I and VI George II (1727 - 1760), son of George I George III (1760 - 1820), son of Fredrick and grandson of George II George IV (1820 - 1830), son of George III William IV (1830 - 1837), son of George III and brother of George IV Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901), daughter of Edward, duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg; Edward was the fourth son of George II and brother of George IV and William IV; Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840The Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1901 -1910) and the Windsors (1910 - Today) Edward VII (1901 - 1910), son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert George V (1910 - 1936), son of Edward VII, assumed the family name of Windsor in 1917 Edward VIII (ascended throne 20 January 1936, abdicated 11 December 1936), eldest son of George V George VI (1936 - 1952), second son of George V and brother of Edward VIII, married the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923