KINGS, QUEENS, KNAVES 3

Whose bum has been on the throne for the past 1500 years? This set of pages lists all our monarchs from 519, with my own personal rating as to their performance. Dates and details of many are uncertain (that's history for you), so if you want to disagree, go somewhere else.

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From the Conquest of Wales to the Union of the Crowns

No.	Monarch	Reign	Major events	Death	Rating
50	Edward I	1272-1307	Wales and Scotland conquered	Old age	4*
51	Edward II	1307-27	Scotland lost, Gaveston	Murdered	2*
52	Edward III	1327-77	First Hundred Years' War starts	Old age	2*
53	Richard II	1377-99	Peasants' Revolt	Deposed	2*
HOUSE OF LANCASTER
54	Henry IV	1399-1413	Hotspur's rebellion	Old age	3*
55	Henry V	1413-22	Battle of Agincourt	Battle wounds	3*
56	Henry VI	1422-61	Wars of the Roses starts	Deposed	--
HOUSE OF YORK
57	Edward IV	1461-70	Marriage to Elizabeth Woodville	Deposed	3*
HOUSE OF LANCASTER
--	Henry VI (res.)	1470-1	Battles of Barnet/Tewkesbury	Murdered	1*
HOUSE OF YORK
--	Edward VI (res.)	1471-83	Drowning of brother - in sherry!	Old age	3*
58	Edward V	1483	---	Murdered?	2*
59	Richard III	1483-5	The Princes In The Tower	Battle	3*
HOUSE OF TUDOR
60	Henry VII	1485-1509	Links with Spain	Old age	4*
61	Henry VIII	1509-47	Break with Rome	Old age	1*
62	Edward VI	1547-53	Protestant ascendancy	Illness	1*
HOUSE OF GRAY
63	Jane	1553	---	Deposed	4*
HOUSE OF TUDOR
64	Mary I	1553-8	Catholicism restored	Old age	1*
65	Elizabeth I	1558-1603	Anglicanism, Spanish Armadas	Old age	5*

Almost a monarch?

Philip II of Spain (1556-98). Married to Mary I and proclaimed king by her 1554-8, but parliament would not let him wield any power, and he left her and England in 1556. Later made three failed invasion attempts (Armadas) against Elizabeth I.