Who is the First Queen of England? - Explained

Welcome back to Chit Chat History.
This chat is going to be all about Queens. Specifically, how these Queens came to be Queens at all… These are Queen Consorts, Queen Regents and Queen Regnants.

Last video, I asked who was the first King of England which remains a complex debate, but what about the first Queen. Surprisingly this is also an interesting question to answer. So we have 6 officially crowned Queen Regnants BUT 8 Queens in total.

We will be covering different titles of early Queens of England. How they came in to power and how did their powers change over time.
In this chat, we are discussing Queen Matilda, Lady Jane Grey, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I.

British Royalty history is expansive and ever growing. If you have any questions let us know!
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Sources:
Ashley, Michael. A Brief History of British Kings & Queens. Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 2008.

Jasper Godwin Ridley. A Brief History of the Tudor Age. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002.

Waller, Maureen. Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006.

[thomasbooth]

Great video! I love the bulldog on your side table also!

Very good production, also filled with info 👏🏼👏🏼

[callmeodd]

The story of Jane Grey always sat really close to me, especially because she was executed on my birthday. She was just a you child! It was just as surprising to her as to anyone else. Imagine being raised in a normal household, expected to marry wealthy and live a good like. You suddenly become queen, without a warning. And just nine days later you are executed by your cousin, the rightful heir to the throne. Must have been terrifying :/

[nicoles]

Great presentation ! Keep it up and keep posting

[bianca]

I believe the first Queen of England was Seaburg of Wessex. Sorry if I misspelled it but I believe she was the first Queen of England in the House of Wessex

[alvacron]

Hi, I have just discovered your channel and like it very much. Something I don´t understand is the difference between being "proclaimed" and crowned. I once read an explanation of why Edward V was counted as king but not Jane Grey which said that Edward had been "proclaimed" but Jane had not. Is this correct? and if so, what does being proclaimed actually mean?

[beth]

Great explanation :) If Matilda & Jane don't count cos they never had a coronation, then neither do Edward V or Edward VIII.

[theophrastus.]

It was Freddy Mercury! Everyone knows that.

[tartariathelostworld]

I just found out I am a distant relative of Anne hyde who was queen I believe the first queen of great Britain.
Her father was Edward Hyde . Her children anne who became queen and also Mary all family

[JFW]

Actually, the correct plurals are Queens Consort, Queens Regent and Queens Regnant

[briandorsett]

Matilda was my 24th Grandmother. Very proud of that!!

[Shane-Flanagan]

Queen Mary I, England's first undisputed Queen regnant.

[chuckery]

“That must be why they call it the dark ages”
🤣🤣🤣 I just imagined England as one big man pad. That explains the sanitation standards of the time.

[KITTY]

Wait....but wasn't Matilda crowned? She was crowned and after refused to sign a coronation oath limiting her power, and Stephen was brought back into the picture.

[raumaanking]

Could the lady Jane grey could have been queen in 1603