BRITISH MONARCHY Name Dates Events/Change
Henry VII 1485-1509 Restored royal authority after the War of Roses/ first monarch of the House of Tudor
Henry VIII 1509-1547 Separation of the Church of England from the Catholic Church/ six marriages/ Supreme Head of the Church of England
Edward VI 1547-1553 Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour/ first English monarch raised as Protestant/ marked by economic problems and social unrest Jane 1553-1553 “Lady Jane Grey”/ “Nine Days Queen”/Noblewoman/ De facto queen of England from July 10 to July 19 1553/granddaughter of VII Mary 1553-1558 Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Argon/ Bloody Mary/killed Protestants
Elizabeth I 1558-1603 Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn/Elizabethan Era/Started British Colonization/ Protestant /Act of Sumpremacy 1559/Never married/ No kids James I 1603-1625 King of Scots and King of England/ruled through regents/Sponsored the King James version of the Bible Charles I 1625-1649 Struggled to keep power from Parliament/marked by religious conflict/absolutism/ protestant/ reigned during the 30 years war
Oliver Cromwell 1644-1658 Lord Protector of the Common Wealth of England/Roundhead in English Civil War/Rump Parliament/Interregnum
Richard Cromwell 1658-1660 2nd Lord Protector of England/ Succeeded his father Oliver
Charles II 1660-1685 Became King at his father’s execution/secret Treaty of Dover with Louis XIV/birth of Whig and Tory parties
James II 1685-1688 Last Roman Catholic monarch to rule over Britain/pro-French and Pro-Catholic/Devine Right of Kings/English Bill of Rights/ Hanoverian Succession William III and Mary II 1689-1702 Ruled jointly with Mary/Protestant/
Anne 1702-1714 Died without surviving children/ last monarch of the House of Stuart/Act of Union/two party politics
George I 1714-1727 Born in Hanover/first monarch of the House of Hanover/Creation of the Triple Alliance/in Hanover was absolute ruler/ in Britain had to rule with Parliment George II 1727-1760 Son of George I/ House of Hanover/War of Austrian Sucession/