What is List of English monarchs?
The King of England was the supreme [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] of the [[Kingdom of England]]. This is a list of the '''[[King]]s and [[Queen]]s of the [[England|Kingdom of England]]''' from 924 until England and [[Scotland]] joined together in 1707. == First kings == {{See also|List of monarchs of Wessex}} * [[Athelstan]] (924–939) * [[Edmund I of England|Edmund I]] (939–946) * [[Edred of England|Edred]] (946–955) * [[Edwy of England|Edwy the Fair]] (955–959) * [[Edgar of England|Edgar the Peaceable]] (959–975) * [[Edward the Martyr|St Edward the Martyr]] (975–978) * [[Ethelred the Unready]] (978–1013, 1014–1016) * [[Sweyn I of Denmark|Sweyn Forkbeard]] (1013–1014) <small>''(from [[Denmark]])''</small> * [[Edmund II of England|Edmund Ironside]] (1016) == Danish kings == * [[Cnut the Great]] (1016–1035) * [[Harold Harefoot]] (1037–1040) * [[Harthacanute]] (1035–1037, 1040–1042) == Last Anglo-Saxon kings == House of Wessex * [[Edward the Confessor|St Edward the Confessor]] (1042–1066) House of Godwin * [[Harold Godwinson]] (1066) == Normans == In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy invaded England. He defeated King Harold Godwinson and became King. * [[William I of England|William the Conqueror]] (1066–1087) * [[William II of England|William II]] (1087–1100) * [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] (1100–1135) House of Blois * [[Stephen of England|Stephen]] (1135–1154) == Plantagenets == === Angevins === [[File:King Edward III from NPG.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Early modern half-figure portrait of Edward III in royal garb.|Edward III as he was portrayed in the late 16th century.]] * [[Empress Matilda]] (1141) * [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] (1154–1189) * [[Richard I of England|Richard I, the Lionheart]] (1189–1199) * [[John I of England|John]] (1199–1216) * [[Henry II