Timeline of English & British Monarchs

The map shows the territory controlled by the ruler at the end of his reign.

Maps are from Ollie Bye's video "The History of the British Isles: Every Year

[normazlinrajamohamad]

Victoria: I'm the longest reigning british monarch
Elizabeth II: *Hold my tea*

[EricDec]

How many countries do you want?

Victoria: yes.

[JJTHEARTIT]

Here’s all the monarchs
1. Alfred the Great
2. Edward the Elder
3. Ælfweard
4. Æthelstan the Glorious
5. Edmund I
6. Eadred
7. Eadwig
8. Edgar the Peaceful
9. Edward the Martyr
10. Æthelred the Unready
11. Sweyn Forkbeard
12. Æthelred the Unready
13. Edmund II Ironside
14. C’nut the Great
15. Harold I Harefoot
16. Harthacnut
17. Edward the Confessor
18. Harold II Godwinson
19. Edgar II Ætheling
20. William I the Conqueror
21. William II
22. Henry I
23. Stephen of Blois
24. Empress Matilda
25. Stephen of Blois
26. Eustace IV of Boulogne
27. Henry II
28. Henry the Young King
29. Richard I the Lionheart
30. John
31. Louis VIII the Lion of France
32. Henry III
33. Edward I
34. Edward II
35. Edward III
36. Richard II
37. Henry IV
38. Henry V
39. Henry VI
40. Edward IV
41. Henry VI
42. Edward IV
43. Edward V
44. Richard III
45. Henry VII
46. Henry VIII
47. Edward VI
48. Jane
49. Mary I
50. Philip II the Prudent of Spain
51. Elizabeth I
52. James I
53. Charles I
54. Oliver Cromwell
55. Richard Cromwell
56. Charles II
57. James II
58. Mary II
59. William III
60. Anne
61. George I
62. George II
63. George III
64. George IV
65. William IV
66. Victoria
67. Edward VII
68. George V
69. Edward VIII
70. George VI
71. Elizabeth II
72. Charles III

[ryanjohnson]

When the queen is that old that she’s the only monarch to have a picture with colour

[urthtvbyjess]

"How many Edwards and Henrys do you want?"

England: Yes

[danielhanna]

That is one of the most moving pieces of music ever created.

[ping]

1:27 That painting of Stephen gets me every time

[scottpaulduncan]

3:18 My boy james the 2nd throwing up gangsigns

[itachi-kun]

RIP Elizabeth II (1926-2022) 70 Years and 214 days in the throne, God Bless

[Henry-xujg]

RIP Queen Elizabeth. Thank you so much for your service and devotion to the people of the United Kingdom.

[channelhasbeenabandonednow]

2:17 Henry VI: I’m the king
Edward IV: no I’m King now
Henry Vi: I’m King again not you
Edward IV: no u I’m King now

[finlaymacdonald]

0:42 poor Æthelred, not even his giant cucumber could prepare him

[TimeMakerDotPH]

Queen Elizabeth II
Lived from 1926-2022
Reigned from 1952-2022
Rest in peace Her Majesty the Queen 👸👑🇬🇧💂♥️😭

[danielt]

Loved this.. thank you very much for uploading 😀

[BruntPixels]

0:42 Fun fact: Aethelred means 'well advised' and his title 'Unready' was originally 'Unraed' meaning 'unadvised'. Aethelred the Unadvised. His name and title was a total pun.

[alexeig]

Now it's the turn of Charles III, rip the queen...

[zekun]

Fun fact: The last English King of England was Edgar Ætheling, born in Hungary in 1052, the son of Edward the Exile, who fled to Hungary along with his brother Edmund escaping from the Viking conqueror of England, Cnut the Great's reign. They stayed in the court of Saint Stephan of Hungary, but after assassins sent by Cnut showed up in Hungary to kill them, they fled to the Kievan Rus. In the court of Yaroslav the Wise in Kiev, where they encountered the exiled pagan princes of Hungary, Endre and Levente. After a pagan uprising in Hungary, Endre was made King of Hungary by the pagans in exchange for religious protection, which he gave them. During his reign Edward and Edmunt moved back to Hungary where Edgar Ætheling was born. After Harold Godwinson was excommunicated by the Pope and killed in battle during William the Bastard's invasion of England, Prince Edgar moved back to England and in London was elected King of England by the Witan Council, but never officially crowned, and he shortly resisted William's advances until the Normans overran England. Edgar was also accompanied by the bastard son of King Endre of Hungary named George, . After the Norman Victory, Edgar and George fled to Scotland together. Edgaw would have many more adventures and George would establish the still living Clan Drummond.

[pallesudate]

ALFRED THE GREAT
EDWARD THE ELDER
RICHARD THE LIONHEART

1:29 Stephen

[Magicboogaloo]

What I love about Æthelred the Unready is that his name wasnt given to him because he "wasnt ready", his name is actually a pun.
In old English, æthelred ment "well advised" so as a joke, people started calling him Æthelred the unred, or (loosely translated) Æthelred the poorly advised. Over time, the Unred part of his name turned into Unready and the word unred became disused and obsolete.
So even back in the 10th century, the people of, what is now, England loved a good pun

[valerian]

If anyone would like to know the music, it’s not specifically ‘Jupiter’, ‘Thaxted’, or ‘I Vow to Thee My Country’. It is actually a reworking of the music by Geoff Knorr, who composed this version for the videogame: Civilization V. It is called ‘Elizabeth’s Peace Theme’.