List of English Monarchs

House of Wessex (of Wessex, not England)

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Name Reign Portrait
Alfred the Great (Wessex)

Ruled as king of Wessex and

fought many battles against the

Vikings. Traditionally the first

king of England when in

reality it was his grandson

Athelstan.

871-899

as king of Wessex

not England

 
Edward the Elder (Wessex)

Ruled also as king of Wessex,

last monarch of the Anglo Saxons

before Athelstan. Last king

to only reign as king of Wessex,

son of Alfred and father of

Athelstan and Alfweard.

899-924

as king of Wessex

not England

 
Alfweard (Wessex) (disputed)

May not of even ruled as king of

Wessex, son of Edward the

Elder and older brother of

Athelstan. May of ruled for up

to 16 days in 924.

924

as king of Wessex

not England

No known depictions of Alfweard

in the 1000+ years since his

reign. May be one in existence, it

is currently unknown and also

unknown what he looked like.

Athelstan (Wessex and England)

Athelstan was the last king of

Wessex and first king of the

English. He ruled for 3 years as

the Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex

but gained the whole of England

by 927 and was named king by

Wales and Scotland.

924-927

as king of Wessex

not England

927-939

as king of the

English

 

House of Wessex (of the English)

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Name Reign Portrait
Edmund I

Edmund I was the first king to only

rule England and not Wessex, he

was known as Edmund the Great

and is named Edmund I

as Edmund Ironside

would go on to rule later

as Edmund II.

939-946

as king of

the English

 
Eadred

Also known as Edred,

he ruled as king following

his brothers murder on

May 26th 946

946-955

as king of the English

 
Eadwig

Also known as Edwig,

ruled after the death of

his brother Eadred,

also another son

of king Edward.

955-959

as king of the English

 
Edgar I

Also known as Edgar

the Peaceful he was

son of Edmund I and

would also be known

as Edgar the Peacable.

His death in 975 is know by

many as the end

of the Anglo-Saxon era

when in reality it lasted

until 1066.

959-975

as king of the English

 
Edward the Martyr

Sometimes labeled as

Edward I or II, king of

the English from 975-978,

murdered in his castle, sometimes

labeled as St. Edward the Martyr.

975-978

as king of the English

 
Athelred the Unready (first reign)

Sometimes labeled as Ethelred II

as their was an Ethelred/Athelred

of Wessex from 865-871 just

before Alfred who is sometimes

labeled as an English king

making this king Athelred II.

978-1013

as king of the English

(first reign)

 

House of Denmark (as king of England)

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Name Reign Portrait
Sweyn Forkbeard

King of Denmark, Norway and England.

Deposed Ethelred to become king but

Ethelred took back the throne after

Sweyn's death.

1013-1014

as king of the English

 

House of Wessex (as king of England)

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Name Reign Portrait
Athelred the Unready (second reign)

Took back the throne after the

death of Sweyn Forkbeard and

was re-crowned in 1014 and reigned

until his death in 1016.

1014-1016

as king of the English

(second reign)

 
Edmund Ironside

Became king after the death of his

father but after his death Cnut

would become king of England

founding the North Sea

Empire.

1016

as king of the English

 

House of Denmark (as king of England)

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Name Reign Portrait
Cnut the Great

Cnut became king in 1016

and founded the North Sea

Empire, ruling Denmark,

Norway some of Germany,

Sweden and all of England.

He died in 1035.

1016-1035

as king of the English

 
Harold Harefoot

Harold was the younger son

of Cnut and became king of

England after his fathers death.

1035-1040

as king of the English

 
Harthacnut

Harthacnut was the last

Anglo-Danish monarch

and was suceeded by king

Edward the Confessor.

1040-1042  

House of Wessex (as king of England)

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Name Reign Portrait
Edward the Confessor

Reigned as king from

1042-1066 and promised

the throne to William I

and Harold Godwinson

starting the battle

of Hastings after his

death in 1066. Last

true Wessex

king of England.

1042-1066

as king of the English

 
Harold Godwinson

Ruled as king until

murdered in battle

by king William the

Conqueror on the 25th

of October 1066.

1066

as king of the English

 
Edgar II

Ruled until Christmas

of 1066, died 1126.

1066

as king of the English

 

House of Normandy (tbc)

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Name Reign Portrait
William I

First Norman king to rule England. Also known as "William the Conqueror".

1066-1087

as king of England

 

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