Reigns of
Kings and Queens of Great Britain

All dates are in the Gregorian calendar.

Monarch	Descent	Birth	Dates of Reign		Death
House of Stuart
James I	grandson of Henry VII; grandson of James V	1566	1603	1625	1625
Charles I	son of James I	1600	1625	1649	executed, 1649
Commonwealth and Protectorate
Commonwealth			1649	1653
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector		1599	1653	1658	1658
Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector		1626	1658	1659	abdicated; died 1712
Commonwealth			1659	1660
House of Stuart
Charles II	son of Charles I	1630	1660	1685	1685
James II	brother of Charles II	1633	1685	1688	deposed; 1701
House of Orange
William III & Mary II	Wm: grandson of Charles I; Mary: daughter of James II	Wm. 1650; Mary, 1662	1689	1702	Mary, 1694; William, 1702
House of Stuart
Anne	sister of Mary II	1665	1702	1714	1714
House of Hanover
George I	great-grandson of James I	1660	1714	1727	1727
George II	son of George I	1683	1727	1760	1760
George III	grandson of George II	1738	1760	1820	1820
George IV	son of George III	1762	1820	1830	1830
William IV	brother of George IV	1765	1830	1837	1837
Victoria	niece of William IV	1819	1837	1901	1901
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (after 1917, House of Windsor)
Edward VII	son of Victoria	1841	1901	1910	1910
George V	son of Edward VII	1865	1910	1936	1936
Edward VIII	son of George V	1894	1936	1936	abdicated; died 1972
George VI	brother of Edward VIII	1895	1936	1952	1952
Elizabeth II	daughter of George VI	1926	1952

Reigns ofKings and Queens of Great Britain