Monarchs of Britain (since 1485)
House of Tudor
Henry VII, Tudor (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509-47; second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of
York)
Edward VI (1547-53; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour)
Lady Jane Grey (10 July
1553-19 July 1553; great-granddaughter of Henry VII)
Mary I, Tudor (1553-58; daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of
Aragon)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn)
House of Stuart
James I (1603-25; great-grandson of Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII)
Charles I (1635-49; second son of James I)
The Commonwealth
Oliver
Cromwell (1649-58)
Richard
Cromwell (1658-59; third son of Oliver)
House of Stuart, Restored
Charles
II (1660-85; second son of
Charles I)
James II (1685-88; third son of Charles I, brother of
Charles II)
House of Orange and Stuart
William III, Mary II (Mary II: 1689-94; daughter of James II.
William III: 1689-1702;
husband of Mary II and son of Mary Stuart, daughter of Charles I;
Mary II and William III, of Orange, were also first cousins)
House of Stuart
Anne (1702-14; second
daughter of James II)
House of Brunswick, Hanover Line
George I (1714-27; great-grandson of James I)
George II (1727-60; only son of George
I)
George
III (1760-1820; grandson of George
II)
George
IV (1820-30; son of George
III)
William
IV
(1830-37; third son of George III, younger brother of George IV)
Victoria (1837-1901; granddaughter of George
III)
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Edward VII (1901-10; eldest son of Victoria)
House of Windsor
George V (1910-36; second son of Edward VII)
Edward VIII (1936-abdicated; eldest son on George V)
George VI (1936-52; second son of George V)
Elizabeth II (1952-present; eldest daughter of George VI)