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Kings - Queens of England
 


Time Line - Monarchs and their reigns

 

NORMANS William the Conqueror
William I The Conqueror
 1066-1087
William II
 1087-1100
Henry I
 1100-1135
Stephen
 1135-1154

PLANTAGENETS
Henry II 
 1154-1189
Richard I Coeur de Lion
 1189-1199
John
 1199-1216 Richard I Coeur de Lion
Henry III 
 1216-1272
Edward I
 1272-1307
Edward II 
 1307-1327
Edward III 
 1327-1377
Richard II 
 1377-1399 (deposed)

LANCASTRIANS
Henry IV
 1399-1413 Henry VI King of England
Henry V 
 1413-1422
Henry VI 
 1422-1461 (deposed)

YORKISTS
Edward IV 
 1461-1483
Edward V 
 1483-1483
Richard III 
 1483-1485
 
TUDORS Henry VIII King of England
Henry VII 
 1485-1509
Henry VIII 
 1509-1547
Edward VI 
 1547-1553
Jane Lady Jane Grey
 1553-1553
Mary I
 1553-1558
Elizabeth I
 1558-1603

STUART Charles I King of England
James I James VI of Scotland
 1603-1625
Charles I 
 1625-1649 (executed)
COMMONWEALTH
 1649-1653
THE PROTECTORATE
Oliver Cromwell
 1653-1658
Richard Cromwell
 1658-1659
STUARTS (restored) Charles II King of Engand
Charles II 
 1660-1685
James II 
 1685-1688 (deposed)
William III (ruled jointly)
 1689-1702
Mary II (ruled jointly)
 1689-1694
Anne 
 1702-1714

HANOVERIANS Queen Victoria
George I 
 1714-1727
George II 
 1727-1760
George III 
 1760-1820
George IV 
 1820-1830
William IV 
 1830-1837
Victoria  
 1837-1901
SAXE-COBURG
Edward VII 
 1901-1910 King Edward VII

WINDSORS
George V 
 1910-1936
Edward VIII later styled Duke of Windsor
 1936-1936 (abdicated)
George VI 
 1936-1952
Elizabeth II 
 1952 - present

See Buckingham Palace

       St. James's Palace

       Tower of London

        Kensington Palace



Royal Houses
 

London Under The Normans

  • Importance of Westminster confirmed
  • London merchants organised into guilds to protect their interests
  • Huge influx of immigrant workers settled in London
  • Domesday (Book) survey was  ordered by the government in1085

London Under the Plantagenets and Lancastrians

  • System of law with trial by jury established
  • Inns of Court built  between the City of London and Westminster for the training of law students
  • French  remained the language of polite society in London

London Under the Tudors

  • London's  population was around 33.000 at the start of the Tudor Reign
  • Palaces and inns along the Strand link the City of London with the Westminster Court
  • Religious Buildings in London were converted to mansions for favoured courtiers of the King
  • London Bridge was so popular with Londoners that it was heavily congested most of the time
  • London's first ever planning law was proclaimed in 1580 to deal with London's rapidly increasing population

 

 

 

 






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