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Kings and Queens of the Medieval Period
Early Middle Ages
 Kings of Wessex:
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  Ruler Relationship to From To/Comments Timelines
    Predecessor      
  Aethelred I King of Wessex-866871 Timeline
  Alfred the GreatBrother871899 Timeline
  Edward the ElderSon899924 Timeline
 Kings of England:
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  Ruler Relationship to From To/Comments Timelines
    Predecessor      
  AthelstanSon924939 Timeline
  Edmund IBrother939 Oct946 Timeline
  EadredBrother946 May955 Timeline
  EadwigNephew955 Nov959 Timeline
  Edgar IBrother959 Oct975 Timeline
  Edward 'The Martyr'Son975 Jul978 Timeline
  Aethelred II 'The Unready'Step-brother978 Mar1013 Timeline

High Middle Ages

  Swein (Sweyn) 'Fork-Beard'-1013 Dec1014 Timeline
  Aethelred 'The Unready'-1014 Mar1016 Timeline
  Edmund II 'Ironside'(Son of Aethelred II)1016 Apr  Timeline
  Canute (Knut)(Son of Swein)1016 Nov1035 Timeline
  Harold I 'Harefoot'Son10351040 Timeline
  HarthacnutStep-brother1040 Jun1042 Timeline
  Edward 'The Confessor'(Son of Aethelred II)1042 Jun1066 Timeline
  Harold II 'Godwinson'-1066 Jan 23  Timeline
 The Norman Kings:
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  Ruler Relationship to From To/Comments Timelines
    Predecessor      
  William I 'The Conqueror'-1066 Dec 251087 Timeline
  William II 'Rufus'Son1087 Sep 261100 Timeline
  Henry IBrother1100 Aug 51135 Timeline
  Stephen of BloisNephew1135 Dec 221154 Timeline
  (Matilda)Cousin1141 Apr-NovMatilda was not crowned Timeline
 The Angevin (Plantagenet) Kings:
  Ruler Relationship to From To/Comments Timelines
    Predecessor      
  Henry II(Son of Matilda)1154 Dec 191189 Timeline
  Richard I 'The Lionheart'Son1189 Sep 31199 Timeline
  JohnBrother1199 May 271216 Timeline
  Henry IIISon1216 Oct 281272 Timeline
  Edward ISon1272 Nov 201307 Timeline

Late Middle Ages

  Edward IISon1307 Jul 81327 Timeline
  Edward IIISon1327 Jan 251377 Timeline
  Richard IIGrandson1377 Jun 231399 Timeline
 The Lancastrian and Yorkist Kings:
 View chart of Lancastrian, Yorkist & Tudor Kings 
 Ruler Relationship to From To/Comments Timelines
   Predecessor      
  Henry IVCousin1399 Sep 301413 Timeline
  Henry VSon1413 Mar 131422 Timeline
  Henry VISon1422 Sep 11461 Timeline
  Edward IV-1461 Mar 41470 Timeline
 (Henry VI restored) -1470 Oct 31471 Timeline
 (Edward IV restored) -1471 Apr 111483 Timeline
  Edward VSon of (Edward IV)1483 (Apr 9)A Prince in the Tower Timeline
  Richard III 1483 Jun 261485 Timeline
 The Tudor Kings and Queens:
 Ruler Relationship to From To/Comments Timelines
   Predecessor      
  Henry VII-1485 Aug 221509 Timeline

Kings and Queens of the Early Modern Period

  Henry VIIISon1509 Apr 221547 Timeline
  Edward VISon1547 Jan 221553 Timeline
  (Lady Jane Grey)-1553 July 10Jane was never crowned Timeline
  Mary I, 'Bloody Mary'Sister (of Edward VI)1553 July 191558 Timeline
  Elizabeth ISister15581603 Timeline
 The Stuart Kings and Queens:
 Ruler Relationship to From To/Comments Timelines
   Predecessor      
  James I (James VI of Scotland)???16031625 
  Charles ISon16251649 Timeline

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Instructions

Can you find 15 names related to the Kings of England in the grid on the left?

Start from the letter at the centre and move a letter at a time left, right, up or down (not diagonally). The next word follows on from the word before it. No letters are used more than once and a few are not used at all.

Clue: The first is the name of the person who became King in 1042.

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