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Æthelstan the Glorious

King of the Anglo-Saxons & Wessex. In 927, he conquered the last remaining Viking kingdom, York, making him the first Anglo-Saxon ruler of the whole of England. In 937 he defeated a coalition of Scots, Vikings & Irish at the Battle of Brunanburh preventing the dissolution of England

Wessex Restored

Edward the Confessor restored the rule of the House of Wessex after the period of Danish rule since Cnut conquered England in 1016. He died in January 1066 and the crown passed to his Brother in Law, Harold II

Edmund

Ironside

At the Battle of Assandun on 18 October 1016, King Edmund signed a treaty with Cnut (Canute) under which all of England except for Wessex would be controlled by Cnut.

Battle of Hastings

When King Harold died at the Battle of Hastings William I became King of England. He was First cousin once removed of Edward the Confessor.

House of Blois

Henry I left no legitimate male heirs, Henry named his eldest daughter, Matilda and had been in negotiations to name his nephew Stephen of Blois as his heir.

Richard of

Bordeaux

Richard II became King of England due to his father having died a year before Edward III Richard was 29 when he married Isabella - when she was six! The crown should have passed to Edmund Mortimer but Richard surrendered it to Henry Bolingbroke

Sir Edmund Sutton

The eldest son of Knight John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley who he fought alongside in the Wars of the Roses. Sir Edmund was Great Great Great grandfather of Dud Dudley who was instrumental in the start of the Industrial Revolution. One of his descendants was Mayflower passenger Richard More.

Before the creation of the Kingdom of England, Britain was divided into areas ruled by Britons, Picts, Angles, Jutes, Brythons and Saxons before Alfred the Great who was King of the West Saxons became King of the Anglo Saxons. His Grandson Æthelstan united the Anglo Saxons and the Mercians to conquer become recognised as the last remaining Viking kingdom, York, making him the first Anglo-Saxon ruler of the whole of England. When he died in 939 his younger brother Edmund I took over the throne until his death when Eadred became King On Eadred’s death, his nephew Eadwig became King aged about fifteen but died around the age of twenty so his younger brother Edgar the Peaceful took over the role.

Kings of England

The Middle Ages

In the medieval period, the Monarchy changed for various reasons crossing over between English, Scottish, Danish and the French - not only via battles but also by marriage. Even the first Norman King, William the Conqueror was related to Æthelred the Unready who married Emma of Normandy as well as via his wife Matilda of Flanders who was descended from Alfred the Great.

Succession

When Edward VI died aged just fifteen, there was a long period of turmoil. Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen but was beheaded just nine days later for treason. Mary I then Elizabeth I reigned before James VI of Scotland became James I of England. Following Charles I and II there were a number of changes before in 1707 the Act of Union merged the countries of England and Scotland and Queen Anne became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland.

Edmund the

Martyr

Edmund ruled East Anglia between 855 - 869. After his death Edmund was canonised by the church and became the first patron saint of England. East Anglia was absorbed by the kingdom of Wessex in 918.

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