On this page you will find links to the history related pages of the Unofficial British Royal Family site:
British Royal Flags And Standards |
Family Tree from HM Queen Victoria to HM Queen Elizabeth II |
Royal Dynasties since 802 |
Royal Profiles about current and past royals |
Royal Timeline (sorted by month) |
Royal Timeline (sorted by year) |
The Rise And Fall Of The Mighty Crown |
Wives of King Henry VIII |
The Queen's Peers |
Protectors and Regents of England |
The men who would not be King |
English Royal Heraldry |
The Windsor Dynasty Turns 90 NEW! |
802 - 1066 | Anglo-Saxons (no dynasty) | Egbert, King of Wessex, Ethelwulf, Ethelbald, Ethelbert, Ethelred, Alfred
the Great, Edward the Elder, Athelstan, Edmund I, Edred, Edwy, Edgar, Edward II the
Martyr, Ethelred II the Unready, Sweyn, Edmund II Ironside, Canute the Great, Harold
Harefoot, Hardicanute, Edward III the Confessor, Harold II, Edgar Atheling |
1066 - 1154 | House of Normandy | William I the Conqueror, William II Rufus, Henry I Beauclerc, Stephen |
1154 - 1216 | House of Angevin | Henry II Curtmantle, Richard I Coeur de Lion, John Lackland |
1216 - 1399 | House of Plantagenet | Henry III, Edward I Longshanks, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II |
1399 - 1461 | House of Lancaster | Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI |
1461 - 1470 | House of York | Edward IV |
1470 - 1471 | House of Lancaster | Henry VI |
1471 - 1485 | House of York | Edward V, Richard III |
1485 - 1603 | House of Tudor | Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane, Mary I, Elizabeth I |
1603 - 1649 | House of Stuart | James I, Charles I, Charles II |
1649 - 1660 | No monarchy | |
1660 - 1714 | House of Stuart | Charles II, James II, Mary II, William III, Anne |
1714 - 1901 | House of Hanover | George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria |
1901 - 1910 | House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Edward VII |
1910 - ... | House of Windsor | George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II |
Catharine of Aragon (1485 - 1536): Widow of Henry's brother Arthur. Mother of Queen Mary. Marriage annulled.
Anne Boleyn (1507 - 1536): Maid of honour to Catherine of Aragon. Mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Beheaded.
Jane Seymour (1509 - 1537): Lady-in-waiting to both Catherine and Anne. Died from complications after giving birth to Edward (King Edward VI). Henry VIII is buried alongside her at Windsor.
Anne of Cleves (1515 - 1557): Daughter of John, Duke of Cleves, from western Germany. Marriage annulled.
Catherine Howard (1522 - 1542): Beheaded because of extra-marital affairs.
Katherine Parr (1512 - 1548): Survived King Henry VIII.