Anglo-Saxons

Alfred (the Great): 871-899

Edward (the Elder): 899-924

Athelstan: 924-939

Edmund (the Magnificent) 939-946

Edred: 946-955

Edwy: 955-959

Edgar (the peaceful): 959-975

Edward  (the Martyr): 975-978

Ethelred II (the Unready): 978-1013 and 1014-1016

Sweyn (Forkbeard): 1013-1014

Edmund (Ironside): Apr.-Nov. 1016

Cnut: 1016-1035

Harold (Harefoot): 1035-1040

Harthacnut: 1040-1042

Edward (the Confessor): 1042-1066

Harold II (Godwinson): Jan-Oct 1066

Normans

William I (The Conquerer): 1066-1087

William II (Rufus): 1087-1100

Henry I (Beauclerc): 1100-1135

Stephen: 1135-1154

Plantagenet (Name taken from Planta Genesta meaning “Broom” which they wore in their crown)

Henry II: 1154-1189

Richard  I (Coeur de Lion): 1189-1199

John (Lackland): 1199-1216

Henry III: 1216-1272

Edward I (Longshanks): 1272-1307

Edward II: 1307-1327

Edward III (The Black Prince): 1327-1377

Lancastrians and Yorkists

Richard II: 1377-1399

Henry IV (Bolingbroke): 1399-1413

Henry V: 1413-1422

Henry VI: 1422-1461 and 1470-1471

Edward IV: 1461-1470 and 1471-1483

Edward V: April-June 1483

Richard III: 1483-1485

Tudors

Henry VII (Tudor): 1485-1509

Henry VIII: 1509-1547

Edward VI: 1547-1553

Mary I (Bloody Mary): 1553-1558

Elizabeth I: 1558-1603

Stewarts

James I: 1603-1625

Charles I: 1625-1649

Oliver Cromwell: 1649-1658 (Lord protector)

Charles II: 1660-1685

James II: 1685-1688

William III: 1689-1702

Mary II: 1689-1694

Anne: 1702-1714

Hanoverians

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 Gotha

Edward VII: 1901-1910

Windsors

George V: 1910-1936

Edward VIII: Jan-Dec 1936 (never officially crowned)

George VI: 1936-1952

Elizabeth II: 1952- Present day…

Carolingians

Charles II (The Bald)                                        c. 843- 877

Louis II (The Stammerer)                              877- 879

Louis III                                                           879- 882

Carloman II  (joint ruler)                               879- 884

Charles II (The Fat)                                          885- 888

Odo                                                                 888- 898

Charles III (The Simple)                             898- 922

Robert I                                                           922- 923

Rudolph                                                           923- 936

Louis VI (Overseas)                                           936- 954

Lothair                                                             954- 986

Louis V (The Lazy)                                        986- 987

Capetians

Hugh Capet                                                      987- 996

Robert II (The Pious)                                       996-1031

Henry I                                                 1031- 1060

Philip I                                                              1060- 1108

Louis VI (The Fat)                                          1108- 1137

Louis VII (The Young)                         1137- 1180

Phillip II (Augustus)                                            1180- 1223

Louis VIII (The Lion)                                        1223- 1226

Louis IX (Saint Louis)                           1226- 1270

Philip III (The Bold)                                        1270- 1285

Philip IV (The Fair)                                         1285- 1314

Louis X (The Quarreller)                                1314- 1316

John I (The Posthumous)                             Nov. 15^th 1316- Nov. 20^th 1316

Philip V (The Tall)                                         1316- 1322

Charles IV (The Fair)                                             1322- 1328

House of Valois

Philip VI (The Fortunate)                                1328- 1350

John II (The Good)                                      1350- 1364

Charles V (The Wise)                                       1364- 1380

Charles VI (The Mad)                                            1380- 1422

Charles VII (The Victorious)                               1422- 1461

Louis XI (The Prudent)                                   1461- 1483

Charles VIII (The Affable)                            1483- 1498

House of Valois and Orleans

Louis XII (The Father of the People)                        1498- 1515

House of Valois and Angouleme

Francis I (The Father)                                     1515- 1547

Henry II                                                           1547- 1559

Francis II                                                          1559- 1560

Charles IX                                                        1560- 1574

Henry III                                                          1547- 1589

House of Bourbon

Henry IV (Good king Henry)                          1589- 1610

Louis XIII (The Just)                                         1610- 1643

Louis XIV (The Sun King)                                 1643- 1715

Louis XV (The Beloved)                                  17150 1774

Louis XVI                                                        1774- 1792

Louis XVII (de facto king in prison)                          1792- 1804

Republic of France, Bonaparte Dynasty (First Empire)

Napoleon I                                                       1804- 1814

House of Bourbon restored

Louis VXIII                                                      1814- 1815

The Empire Strikes Back

Napoleon I                                                       March 1815- June 1815

Napoleon II (Eaglet)                                                June and July 1815

House of Bourbon restored once more

Louis XVIII                                                      July 1815- 1824

Charles X                                                         1824- 1830

Louis XIX (disputed)                                             20 mins on 2^nd August 1830

Henry V                                                           2^nd- 9^th August 1830

House of Bourbon- Orleans

Louis- Philippe (The Citizen king)                 1830- 1848

The Second French Empire, Bonaparte Dynasty

Napoleon III                                                    1852- 1870