Topics: Biography : British Monarchs
This category lists pages and sites that tell about the lives of British Monarchs. All sites are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.
Alfred the Great
This category lists sites and pages about Alfred the Great (d.1100) who reigned from 871-99 as King of Wessex.
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Anne
This category lists sites and pages about Queen Anne (1665 - 1714) who reigned from 1702–7 and as queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland and later as Great Britain and Ireland (1707–14).
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Boleyn, Anne
This category lists sites and pages about Anne Boleyn (1507?–1536) who reigned as the second queen consort of Henry VIII.
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Charles I
This category lists sites and pages about Charles I (1600–1649) whoreigned as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625–49), second sonofJamesI
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Charles II
This category lists sites and pages about Charles II (1630–85) whoreigned as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1660–85), eldest survivingson of Charles I and Henrietta Maria.
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Edward I
This category lists sites and pages about Edward I (1239–1307)known as Longshanks, who reigned from 1272–1307 as King of England.
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Edward II
This category lists sites and pages about Edward II (1284–1327) who reigned from 1307–27 as King of England.
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Edward III
This category lists sites and pages about Edward III (1312–77) who reigned from 1327–77 as King of England.
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Edward IV
This category lists sites and pages about Edward IV (1442–83) who reigned from 1461–70 and 1471–83 as King of England.
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Edward the Confessor
This category lists sites and pages about Edward the Confessor (d. 1066) whoreigned as king of the English (1042–66), son of Æthelred the Unready
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Edward the Martyr
This category lists sites and pages about Edward the Martyr (c.962–978) whoreigned as king of the English (975–78), son of Edgar by his first wife.
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Edward V
This category lists sites and pages about Edward V (1470–83) who reigned in 1483 as King of England.
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Edward VI
This category lists sites and pages about Edward VI (1537–53) who reigned from 1547–53 as King of England.
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Edward VII
This category lists sites and pages about Edward VII (1841–1910) whoreigned as king of Great Britain and Ireland (1901–10).
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Edward VIII
This category lists sites and pages about the life of Edward VIII (1894-1972) who ascended to the throne on Jan.
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Egbert
King of Wessex from 802 until 839. His father was Ealhmund of Kent.
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Elizabeth I
This category lists pages and sites about the life of Elizabeth I (1533-1603),the last Tudor monarch.
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Elizabeth II
This category lists sites and pages about the life of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-)who ascended to the throne on Feb.
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George I
This category lists sites and pages about George I (1660–1727) whoreigned as king of Great Britain and Ireland (1714–27); son of Sophia,electress of Hanover, and great-grandson of James I.
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George II
This category lists sites and pages about George II (1683–1760) whoreigned as king of Great Britain and Ireland (1727–60), son and successorof George I.
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George III
This category lists sites and pages about George III (1738–1820) whoreigned as king of Great Britain and Ireland (1760–1820); son of FrederickLouis, prince of Wales, and grandson of George II, whom he succeeded.
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George IV
This category lists sites and pages about George IV (1762–1830) whoreigned as king of Great Britain and Ireland (1820–30), eldest son andsuccessor of George III.
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George V
This category lists sites and pages about George V (1865–1936) whoreigned as king of Great Britain and Ireland (1910–36), second son andsuccessor of Edward VII.
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George VI
This category lists pages and sites about the life of George VI (1895-1952),who ascended the throne in 1936.
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Grey, Lady Jane
This category lists sites and pages about Lady Jane Grey (1537–54) whoreigned as queen of England for nine days.
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Harold II
This category lists sites and pages about Harold II (c.1020 - 66) who held the crown for nine months in 1066 before being killed.
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Henry I
This category lists pages and sites about the life of Henry I (c.1068 – 1 December 1135),who reigned as King of England from 1100 to 1135.
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Henry II
This category lists sites and pages about Henry II (1133–89)who reigned from 1154–89 as King of England.
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Henry III
This category lists sites and pages about Henry III (1207–72) who reigned from 1216–72 as King of England.
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Henry IV
This category lists sites and pages about Henry IV (1367–1413) who reigned from 1399–1413 as King of England.
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Henry V
This category lists sites and pages about Henry V (1387–1422) who reigned from 1413–22 as King of England.
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Henry VI
This category lists sites and pages about Henry VI (1421–71) who reigned from 1422–61 and 1470–71 as King of England.
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Henry VII
This category lists sites and pages about Henry VII (1457-1509)who reigned from 1485-1509 as King of England.
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Henry VIII
This category lists pages and sites about the life and rule of Henry VIII (1491-1547).
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House of Hanover
The House of Hanover (the Hanoverians) were a German royal dynasty which succeeded the House of Stuart as kings of Great Britain in 1714.
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House of Lancaster
The House of Lancaster is a dynasty of English kings. It was one of the opposing factions involved in the Wars of the Roses, an intermittent civil war which affected England and Wales during the 15th century.
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House of Plantagenet
This category lists sites and links to monarchs who ruled during the period of the Angevin Empire also known as the House of Plantagenet.
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House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha.
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House of Stuart
Royal house of Scotland from 1371 and of England from 1603. It was interrupted in 1649 by the establishment of the Commonwealth but was restored in 1660.
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House of Tudor
The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) is a series of five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England and Ireland from 1485 until 1603.
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House of Wessex
The House of Wessex refers to the family that ruled a kingdom in southwest England known as Wessex.
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House of Windsor
The House of Windsor, previously called the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, is the Royal House of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the other Commonwealth Realms.
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House of York
The House of York was a dynasty of English kings. The House was involved in the Wars of the Roses, an intermittent civil war which affected England and Wales during the 15th century.
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James II
This category lists sites and pages about James II (1633–1701) whoreigned as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1685–88); second sonof Charles I, brother and successor of Charles II.
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James I and VI
This category lists sites and pages about James I and VI (1566–1625) whoreigned as king of England (1603–25) and, as James VI, of Scotland (1567–1625).
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John I
This category lists sites and pages about John I (Lackland) (1167-1216) whoreigned as king from 1199-1216.All sites listed here are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment
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Mary, Queen of Scots
This category lists pages and sites about Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart) (December 8, 1542 – February 8, 1587), better known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was Queen of Scots, monarch of the Kingdom of Scotland, from December 14, 1542 – July 24, 1567; and Queen Consort of France from July 10, 1559 – December 5, 1560.
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Mary I
This category lists pages and sites about Mary I (1516-1558), also known asBloody Mary, who ruled the British empire from 1553-1558.
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Mary II
This category lists sites and pages about Mary II (1662–94) queenof England and wife of William III.
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Matilda
This category lists pages and sites about Empress Matilda or Empress Maud (1102 – September 10, 1167) – daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England and his wife Maud of Scotland (herself daughter of Malcolm III Canmore and St.
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Norman Dynasty
The Normans came to govern England following one of the most famous battles in English history: the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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Richard I
This category lists pages and sites that tell about the life of Richard I (1157-1199).
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Richard II
This category lists sites and pages about Richard II (1367–1400) who reigned from 1377–99 as King of England.
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Richard III
This category lists sites and pages about Richard III (1452–85) who reigned from 1483–85 as King of England.
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Stephen
This category lists pages and sites that tell about the life of Stephen (11097?–1154) who reigned as King of England from 1135–54.
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Victoria
This category lists sites and pages about Queen Victoria (1819–1901) who reigned as queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901).
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William I, the Conqueror
This category lists sites and pages about William the Conqueror (1025-1087).
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William II
This category lists sites and pages about William II or William Rufus (d.1100) who reigned as King of England from 1087–1100).
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William III
This category lists sites and pages about William III (1650–1702) whoreigned as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702); son of WilliamII, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands,and of Mary, oldest daughter of King Charles I of England.
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William IV
This category lists sites and pages about William IV (1765–1837) whoreigned as king of Great Britain and Ireland (1830–37), third son of GeorgeIII.All sites listed here are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment
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