Timelines of the British Monarchy 1066 - 2010. 

Since the year 1066 when Edward the Conqueror came to the throne as the first Norman monarch, Britain has seen 41 monarchs - 6 queens and 35 kings - from nine royal houses or dynasties.

Barring six that died of the natural causes of old age, there has also been one monarch die an accidental death and one abdicated, two monarchs were killed in battle and two were murdered, three were executed and three were deposed, with all the others dying from some form of medical condition not attributed to old age.

The longest reigning royal dynasty was that of the Plantagenets and the shortest dynasty was that of the Royal House of Saxe Coburg, although the house does in fact still exist, but it's title was changed from it's original German name to that of the more English sounding, House of Windsor, due to the two countries war history.

The longest reigning monarch was Queen Victoria, who reigned for over 63 years and the shortest reigning monarch was Queen Jane, who reigned for only nine days.

The longest reigning king was George III, who reigned for over 60 years and the shortest reigning King was Edward V, who was murdered after only three months on the throne.

The youngest monarch to take the throne was Henry VI at the age of only nine months and the oldest monarch to take the crown was Edward VII at the age of 59.

Below is a complete listology of the timelines of the British monarchy from 1066 to present day, under each monarch's royal house or dynasty  which includes lifespan if known, length of reign,cause of end of reign, and in brackets, any notable titles that the particular monarch was known by.  

THE NORMAN DYNASTY. 1066 - 1154. 

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4 monarchs over 88 years.

William I - 1027 - 1087 ( William the Bastard - so named because of his status at birth - William the Conqueror - so named because of his conquest of Britain ) 21 year reign from 1066 - 1087, .Died from injuries sustained after a fall from his horse on the 9th of September 1087.

William II - ( Rufus, so named because of his red hair which resembled the colour of fox fur). 13 year reign from 1087 - 1100. Died from a verified hunting accident in the New Forest, Hampshire on the 2nd of August 1100.

Henry I - 1068 - 1135. 35 year reign from 1100 - 1135. Died from an overindulgence of eating lamprey. ( a type of eel ) on the 2nd of December 1135.

Stephen - 1096 - 1154.19 year reign from 1135 - 1154. Died of natural causes on the 25th of October 1154. 

THE PLANTAGENET DYNASTY. 1154 - 1399. 

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8 monarchs over 245 years.

Henry II - 1133 - 1189. 35 year reign from 1154 - 1189. Died of natural causes on the 6th of July 1189.

Richard I 1157 - 1199 ( Richard the Lionheart, so named because of his prowess on the battlefield ). 10 year reign from 1189 - 1199. Died in battle at Chalus, France on the 6th of April 1199.

John - 1167 - 1216. 17 year reign from 1199 - 1216. Died from a bout of dysentery on the 18th of October 1216.

Henry III 1207 - 1272. 56 year reign from 1216 - 1272. Died from natural causes at Carlisle whilst travelling to Scotland on the 16th of November 1272.

Edward I 1239 - 1307 ( Longshanks, so named because of his great height of well over six feet, a rare phenomena in the 13th century ). 35 year reign from 1272 - 1307. Died from natural causes on the 7th of July 1307

Edward II 1284 - 1327. 20 year reign from 1307 - 1327. Murdered by his wife (Isabella of France) and her lover ( Roger Mortimer ) for having homosexual tendencies, at Berkley Castle, Gloucestershire on the 22nd of September 1327.

Edward III 1312 - 1377.( The Black Prince, so named because of the black death plague during his reign ) 50 year reign from 1327 - 1377.Died from natural causes on the 21st of June 1377.

Richard II 1367 - 1400. 22 year reign from 1377 - 1399. Died of natural causes on the 14th of February 1400. 

ROYAL HOUSE OF LANCASTER. 1399 - 1471.

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3 monarchs over 52 years.

Henry IV 1367 - 1413. 14 year reign from 1399 - 1413. Died during an epileptic seizure on the 20th of March 1413.

Henry V 1387 - 1422. 9 year reign from 1413 - 1422. Died from a bout of dysentery on the 31st of August 1422.

Henry VI 1421 - 1471. 39 year reign from 1422 - 1471. Deposed on the 11th of April 1471 due to his inability to stamp authority upon the country's feuding barons. 

ROYAL HOUSE OF YORK. 1471 - 1485. 

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3 monarchs over 24 years.

Edward IV 1442 - 1483. 22 year reign from 1471 - 1483. Died from complications of malaria and pneumonia on the 21st of May 1471.

Edward V 1470 - 1483. ( The prince in the tower,so named because of his incarceration and subsequent murder there ) 1483, 3 month reign. Murdered along with his twin brother at the Tower of London on the 3rd of September 1483.

Richard III 1452 - 1485. 2 year reign from 1483 - 1485. Died in battle at Bosworth Field, Lincolnshire on the 22nd of August 1485. 

THE TUDOR DYNASTY. 1485 - 1603. 

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6 monarchs over 118 years.

Henry VII 1457 - 1509. 24 year reign from 1485 - 1509. Died from tuberculosis on the 21st of April 1509.

Henry VIII 1491 - 1542. 38 year reign from 1509 - 1547. Died from complications of type II diabetes on the 13th of February 1542.

Edward VI 1537 - 1553. 6 year reign from 1547 - 1553.Died from congenital syphilis, probably contracted from his father, on the 6th of July 1553.

Jane 1535 - 1554, 9 day reign in May 1553. Executed on the 12th of February 1554 along with her husband Guildford Dudley.

Mary I 1516 - 1558. ( Bloody Mary so named because of the deaths of thousands of protestants during her reign ). 5 year reign from 1553 - 1558.Died from natural causes on the 7th of January 1558.

Elisabeth I 1553 - 1603. ( Good Queen Bess, The Virgin Queen - so named because she never married ). 45 year reign from 1558 - 1603. Died from ill health brought on from years of depression on the 24th of March 1603. 

THE STUART DYNASTY.  1603 - 1714.  

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6 monarchs over 89 years.

James I 1566 - 1625. 22 year reign from 1603 - 1625. Died from the effects of a stroke on the 27th of March 1625.

Charles I 1600 - 1649. 24 year reign from 1625 - 1649. Executed on the 30th of January 1649 for treason, due to his many conflicts with parliament.

Charles II 1630 - 1685. 25 year reign from 1660 - 1685. Died from a stroke brought on by a fit of temper on the 6th of February 1685.

James II 1633 - 1701. 3 year reign from 1685 - 1688. Deposed by parliament on the 23rd of December 1688.

William III 1650 - 1207 and Mary 1662 - 1694. 13 year reign from 1689 - 1702. Mary died from smallpox on the 28th of December 1689 and William died from pulmonary fever 0n the 8th of March 1702.

Anne - 1665 - 1714. 12 year reign from 1702 - 1714. Died from complications brought on by several years of ill health due to obesity on the 1st of August 1714. 

THE HANOVER DYNASTY. 1714 - 1901. 

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6 monarchs over 186 years.

George I 1660 - 1727. 13 year reign from 1714 - 1727. Died from the effects of a stroke whilst travelling in his native Germany on the 11th of June 1727.

George II 1683 - 1760. 33 year reign from 1727 - 1760. Died from a severe bout of diarrhoea on the 25th of October 1760.

George III 1738 - 1820. 60 year reign from 1760 - 1820. Died from natural causes after years of mental illness on the 29th of January 1820.

George IV 1762 - 1830. 10 year reign from 1820 - 1830. Died from obesity related medical conditions on the 26th of June 1830.

William IV 1765 - 1837. 7 year reign from 1830 - 1837. Died from porphyria on the 20th of June 1837..

Victoria - 1819 - 1901. 63 year reign from 1837 - 1901. Died from a stroke after having suffered years of depression on the 22nd of January 1901. 

ROYAL HOUSE OF SAXE COBURG. 1901 - 1910.  

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1 monarch over 9 years.

Edward VII 1841 - 1910. ( Bertie, so named because Bertie was a shortened version of his official name, Albert ). 9 year reign from 1901 - 1910. Died from a bout of bronchitis, of which he had been a sufferer of for many years due to heavy smoking, on the 6th of May 1910. 

ROYAL HOUSE OF WINDSOR. 1910 - present day.  

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4 monarchs to present day.100 years to date.

George V 1865 - 1936. 26 year reign from 1910 - 1936. Died from lung and heart disease, brought on by having been a heavy, life long smoker on the 20th of January 1936.

Edward VIII 1894 - 1972. 11 month reign in 1936. Abdicated in order to marry American, commoner and divorcee Wallis Simpson on the 10th of December 1936.

George VI 1895 - 1952. 17 year reign from 1936 - 1952. Died from a heart attack brought on by the effects and treatment of lung cancer on the 6th of February 1952.

Elisabeth II b 1926. ( Liz ) 58 year reign to date.1952 - present day.

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