Queens of England

Of the 66 monarchs who have ruled over England since the Norman conquest only 8 have been Queens. These women have had to fight to gain and hold power. Through most of English history men outranked women in the line of succession so the only way for a woman to inherit the throne was if she had no living brothers. The wives of Kings, while called Queens are not monarchs in their own right and are referred to as Queen Consorts. Some of these female monarchs who were fortunate enough to occupy the throne were less than brilliant rulers. But some reigned with wisdom and justice proving a woman could do the job just as well as a man. Here are their stories...
Matilda (1141-1148)
Jane (1553)
Mary I (1553-1558)
Elizabeth II (1558-1603)
Mary II (1689-1694)
Anne (1702-1714)
Victoria (1837-1901)
Elizabeth II (1952-)

I do not own rights to the footage, images or music. This is an educational film.

[ZoraTheberge]

It’s so awful that a widow, and former queen consort’s options were to remarry or become a nun.

[lilyluney]

Forget the kardashians, this show has all the backstabbing and drama I need

[Zohiri]

Imagine being in school and studying your own family history and your classmates teasing what your ancestors did 👁️👄👁️

[loverrlee]

Poor Jane. Everyone around her betrayed her. Her own family. She sounds like she didn’t want any part in it but they used her and murdered her. 😔😭

[alligatorinthesewer]

I like how both queen Elizabeth 1 and 2 both became queen at 25 years

[stardroplet]

Forget Game of Thrones, I want a series on these queens and royal intrigues.

[AdamMystery]

"In England, we had a queen that doesn't die"

-Tommyinnit 2020

[Kendyl_x]

Is it only me who watched this when Prince Phillip died? (Rest in peace man, the Queen loved you.)

[hannahs]

Forget Alabama. This is where everyone started marrying their cousins

[finn]

Forget the beauty community . This is the original TEA 🍵

[sassiecassie]

Fun fact, Matilda and her story is the main inspiration for Rheanyras story arc in Fire and blood (House of the Dragon)

[syd.wahab]

The British Monarch film/series:
1. The Other Boleyn Girl - about Anne Boleyn and King Henry 8th
2. Elizabeth Sequel film - about Elizabeth 1st
3. Mary of Scots - about Mary, cousin of Elizabeth 1st
4. The Favourite - about Queen Anne
5. Young Victoria - about Queen Victoria
6. The Crown - more about the family of Elizabeth 2nd

[ratticustheemperor]

Victoria became queen at: 18
and she died at the age of 81

[taheraahmed]

Poor Queen Jane. Queen for 9 days and then died at 16

[violaer]

Its so crazy to hear how so many queens in history were only between 10-17 when they married and even became mothers

[Blue-conm]

“The pair didn’t have any children, possibly because William favoured the company of young men”

[gyarugyal]

*at 11 she married a 27 year old man*

Wait, that's illegal...

[kay]

I really just randomly watched this at 3am

[invernessfan]

I would like to point out there is no longer such a thing as the Queen of England. She is the Queen of the United Kingdom. England is just a part of the United Kingdom. England, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom.

[Its_Summer]

England is always in its best era when a queen is ruling the kingdom. :)