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Currently the British monarch is styled the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Although the monarch plays an important ceremonial role and must formally assent to all acts of Parliament, in practice the powers of the British monarchy are greatly limited by convention.
There are two situations in which the monarch may have political power. By convention, the monarch dissolves parliament and issues a writ for new elections at the request of the Prime Minister, however it is an open question as to whether the monarch must always grant such a dissolution. Another possible situation is if no party gains a majority in Parliament. The monarch would by convention offer the post of Prime Minister to the head of the party most likely to form a government, but it is possible that this may not be the party with the most seats.
See also Misplaced Pages's other lists of incumbents.
Names are followed by dates of reign.
The Scottish Monarchs
The kingdom of Scotland is taken to have begun when Kenneth I became king of the Picts and the Scots.
- Kenneth mac Alpin 843 - 858
- Donald I 858 - 862
- Constantine I 862 - 877
- Aed 877 - 878
- Eochaid 878 - 889
- Donald II 889 - 900
- Constantine II 900 - 943
- Malcolm I 943 - 954
- Indulf 954 - 962
- Dubh 962 - 966
- Culen 966 - 971
- Kenneth II 971 - 995
- Constantine III 995 - 997
- Kenneth III 997 - 1005
- Malcolm II 1005 - 1034
- Duncan I 1034 - 1040
- Macbeth 1040 - 1057
- Lulach 1057 - 1058
- Malcolm III (Canmore) 1058 - 1093
- Donald Ban 1093 - 1094
- Duncan II 1094 - 1094
- Donald Ban (second reign) 1094 - 1097
- Edgar 1097 - 1107
- Alexander I 1107 - 1124
- David I 1124 - 1153
- Malcolm IV 1153-1165
- William I (The Lion) 1165-1214
- Alexander II 1214-1249
- Alexander III 1249-1286
- Margaret (the Maid of Norway) 1286-1290
- No king from 1290-1292
- John Balliol 1292-1296
- No king from 1296-1306
- Robert I (the Bruce) 1306-1329
- David II 1329-1371
- Robert II (Stewart) 1371-1390
- Robert III 1390-1406
- James I 1406-1437
- James II 1437-1460
- James III 1460-1488
- James IV 1488-1513
- James V 1513-1542
- Mary (Queen of Scots) 1542-1567
- James VI of Scotland and I of England 1567-1625
The Anglo-Saxon Monarchs
- see also Bretwalda for the period before 871
- Ethelberht of Kent (560-616
- Offa of Mercia (757-796)
- Ethelred I 865-871
- Alfred I (871-c.900)
- Edward the Elder (c.900-924)
- Athelstan (925-939)
- Edmund I of England (936-946)
- Edred (946-955)
- Edwy (956- 959)
- Edgar (959-July 8,975
- Edward the Martyr (975-978)
- Ethelred the Unready (978-1016)
- Svein Haraldsson (1013-1014
- Edmund II (1016
- Canute (1016-1035)
- Harold Harefoot (1035-1040)
- Harthacanute (1040-1042)
- Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)
- Harold Godwinson (January 6, 1066 - October 14 1066)
Norman Monarchs
The Angevins
The Plantagenets
- Henry III (1216-1272)
- Edward I (1272-1307)
- Edward II (1307-1327)
- Edward III (1327-1377)
- Richard II ( 1377- 1399)
The Lancastrians
The Yorkists
The Tudors
- Henry VII (1485 - 1509)
- Henry VIII born: January 28, 1491 (1509- January 28, 1547]])
- Edward VI (1547-1553)
- Mary I (1553-1558)
- Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603)
The Stuarts
The Commonwealth and Protectorate
- Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1653-1658)
- Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector (1658-1659)
The Stuarts
- Charles II (1660-1685)
- James II (1685-1688)
- William III (1689-March 8 1702) Mary II (1689-1694) Known as "William and Mary"
- Anne I (1702-1714)
The Hanovers
- George I (1714-1727)
- George II (1727-1760)
- George III (1760-1820)
- George IV (1820-1830)
- William IV (1830-1837)
The Saxe-Coburg-Gothas
The Windsors
Note: The name of the royal house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was changed to Windsor in 1917 due to anti-German feelings aroused by World War I.
- George V (1910-January 20, 1936)
- Edward VIII (reigned January 21, 1936 - December 10, 1936)
- George VI (December 11, 1936-February 6, 1952)
- Elizabeth II (1952 - Present)
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