All English Kings and Queens animated documentary

***Corrections and clarifications: Robert Catesby led the Gunpowder Plot, not Guy Fawkes. Lady Jane Grey was declared Queen for nine days, but was not crowned and never truly reigned, hence she is not mentioned here. The same could be said for Edward V (except he was in the direct line of succession). Finally, Queen Anne did have children, though tragically none survived to succeed her.***

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Who came before King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II?

Who were the Kings and Queens of England? This video explores 64 of them - a timeline of 62 Kings and Queens and two Lord Protectors, to be precise.

Get set for a quick wizz through every single English monarch (and other rulers) from King Egbert, right the way through to the most famous member of the British Royalty, Queen Elizabeth II.

00:00 Introduction: Celtic Tribes and Romans
00:53 Anglo-Saxon and Danish Kings (802-1066)
05:00 The Norman Kings (1066-1154)
06:01 The Plantagenets (1154-1485)
10:32 The Tudors (1485-1603)
11:54 The Stuarts (1603-1714)
14:39 The House of Hannover (1714-1901)
16:31 The Windsors (1901-present)

History is peppered with fascinating facts about Kings and Queens who ruled England and who it’s fair to say, have had a significant impact - good and bad - on the world we live in.

History Box is currently taking a look at individual Kings and Queens, but in this video, we’re going to wizz through history taking a very brief look at 64 of them.

From the Wessex King Egbert who was crowned King in 802, right the way up to the current Queen of England Elizabeth II, who was crowned 1,150 years later.

The aforementioned Egbert was one of the last in a long line of Wessex Kings.

He was succeeded by his son AEthelwulf, who ruled from 839-858 and was the father of one of England’s most famous early Kings …. Alfred the Great.

Alfred was his youngest son though, so before he could take over, his older brothers AEthelbald, AEthelbert and Athelstan ruled as Wessex Kings.

His son Edward the Elder, who ruled from 899 to 924, defeated the Vikings and pushed the Vikings back further by conquering the southern part of Danelaw.

Edward’s son Athelstan, who ruled from 924-939 is our first King of the English and obtained that title after conquering Danelaw, sending the Vikings packing and uniting all Anglo-Saxons.

AEthelstan didn’t produce an heir so he was followed by his brother Edmund I who ruled from 939-946 and who initially lost part of the north of his kingdom before regaining it.

Edmund did produce a male heir called Eadwig, but at six years of age, he was too young to take the crown, so instead Edmund’s brother Eadred reigned next, from 946-955. After Eadred passed away, Eadwig took the reins, ruling from 955 until 959.

Edgar the Peaceful came next, ruling from 959-975 and is famous for being the father of two English kings, Edward and AEthelred. Though AEthelred ruled until 1016, in 1013 the King of Denmark Sweyn Forkbeard invaded. Unfortunately he had to fight Sweyn Forkbeard’s son Canute for the crown and passed away after just seven months.

After that the way was open for Canute, who reigned from 1016 to 1035. His son Harold Harefoot reigned after he passed away from 1035 to 1040, then Canute’s other son Hathacanute ruled until 1042, before keeling over at a friend’s wedding and passing. Edward the Confessor would be the last king from Egbert’s House of Wessex dynasty and ruled from 1042 to 1066.

Edward was followed by these Kings and Queens: William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward III, Richard II, Henrys IV, V & VI, Edward IV & V, Richard III, Henrys VII & VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, Oliver & Richard Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and finally the current Queen of England, Elizabeth II.

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[madgds]

Missed opportunity to mention Lady Jane Grey, QUEEN of England for 9 whole days!

[dustinprewitt]

I wish there were similar videos like this for the other European monarchies.

[Crusty_Camper]

My favourite Royal story is how James II escaped from house arrest by regularly playing hide and seek in the garden with the guards. When all was ready, he ran to hide but slipped out the unlocked gate and into a waiting boat. Legend says the guards are still looking.

[whatsanenigma]

I admit, I was skeptical. I thought, there is no way you can talk about literally every monarch in less than 20 minutes. You will be skipping some. But wow! You did exactly what you said you would. Every single monarch - and more than just the names, interesting details too and in a coherent story. This is a work of art and you should be proud!

[harrisonfry]

Fun fact that you forget to point out, all the kings and queens after William the conqueror aren’t just descended from him and his house, but also that of Alfred the Great through his descendants as well. So they are all descended from both the Norman and Anglo-Saxons kings, making it even more legitimate.

[Kerriangel]

Interviewer: So what skills can you bring to the job?
Me: I’m glad you asked… *inhale* WILLIAM
WILLIAM
HENRY
STEPHEN
HENRY
RICHARD
JOHN - OI

[koiyune]

get your 'here after the queen died' ticket here

[ThePierre]

This is an outstanding piece of history. Thanks for a clear presentation.

[edenjay]

I've always found the beginning of England and the tudor dynasty to be my favorite points in English real history

[MattSinz]

Correction: Robert Catesby was the leader of the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes just the one one caught guarding the gunpowder.

[beeurd]

I appreciate it's tricky to cover everything, but it's worth mentioning that the title King/Queen of England became defunct when Scotland and England were united in 1707, making Anne the last Queen of England.

[justMe.M]

I love your videos! You make it fun and interesting... if you ever want to create videos for other countries, I'd love to see Iberia/Spain. Thank you for the amazing video!

[fredvaladez]

Well done. I am going to watch this several times to absorb all the fascinating information but what a great presentation.

[Yeeleaf]

Great video, very straight forward and easy. Please make more videos like this

[ruthie_chie]

I’ve always wanted to know this!! 👏🏽😃 thank you so much. The video is well made easy to understand and listen too and the graphics are cute and the voice is good to listen to as well. Which you can’t always say for YouTube history videos 🎉

[boris]

I love this! Amazing! This is just amazing! When you go through those monarchs it seem that wasn't long time ago from the first one to the last one, but that's more than a thousand-year gap there! Whoever made this is a legend. It's captivating and funny. ❤❤❤❤

[CalumOH]

You should do a video covering all royals in the British Isles. Might be a bit of work with Wales and especially Ireland due to the various petty Kings and High kings but scotland would be pretty straight forward.

[MeowAdi_]

Wonderful... But you didn't mention that even Mary II was James II's daughter...

[sr]

You skipped over the fact that Mary II was James II's daughter too and it was her who they invited to reign, not William. He just couldn't handle his wife being more important than him and insisted on being co-monarch.

You also erroneously called Anne childless, but she wasn't. She had children, but they pre-deceased her.

[tillyct]

Personally I find the time of queen Elizabeth 1st really interesting and her feud with Mary queen of scots