What is Monarchy of Ireland?
[[File:Royal Harp Badge of Ireland.svg|thumb|Badge of the Kingdom of Ireland]] [[Ireland]] is mostly the [[Republic of Ireland]] (which does not have a [[monarchy]]) and partly [[Northern Ireland]] (whose monarch is [[Charles III]]). Northern Ireland is part of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]], a [[constitutional monarchy]]. Until the 20th century, all Ireland had a constitutional monarchy and was a part of the United Kingdom since 1801. Monarchies were in existence through most of the [[history of Ireland]]. In the [[High Middle Ages]], the [[Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland]] ended when the [[Norman invasion of Ireland|Normans invaded Ireland]]. Ireland became a [[fief]] of the [[Papal States]] (the government of the [[Pope]]). The [[King of England]]'s government started to control many of the lands of Ireland. This continued until the [[English Reformation]], when the [[Kingdom of England]] got full [[ownership]] of Ireland. The [[Kingdom of Ireland]] came into existence in the [[reign]] of [[Henry VIII]]. Henry VIII was the first to be both King of England and King of Ireland. The [[Kingdom of Ireland]] started in 1542. Before 1603, Ireland shared a monarch with the Kingdom of England (but not with the [[Kingdom of Scotland]]) in a [[personal union]]. When Henry VIII's daughter [[Elizabeth I]] died in 1603, [[James VI and I]] became the first to be King of Ireland, King of England, and King of Scotland in a three-kingdom personal union. Between 1603 and 1707, the Kingdom of Ireland shared the monarchs of the [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and the [[Kingdom of England]]. [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]] was the Queen of Ireland when the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain]] came into existence in 1707. Anne was Queen of Ireland and Queen of Great Britain. Between 1707 and 1801, the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] shared the British monarchy with the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain]]. (During the government of [[Oliver Cromwell]], the British Isles became a [[republic]]: the [[Commonwealth of Engl