Kings and Queens of Britain
Below is a list of the accession dates of the kings and queens of Great Britain since 1066. Mammoth Memory will show you how to remember them all.
ADVICE: Mammoth Memory believes it is easy to learn the accession dates of all the kings and queens from 1066 onwards. If you don't want to learn all of them, at least learn one or two key ones, like Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth II.
King/Queen Accession date
1 William I – 1066
2 William II – 1087
3 Henry I – 1100
4 Stephen – 1135
5 Henry II – 1154
6 Richard I – 1189
7 John – 1199
8 Henry III – 1216
9 Edward I – 1272
10 Edward II – 1307
11 Edward III – 1327
12 Richard II – 1377
13 Henry IV – 1399
14 Henry V – 1413
15 Henry VI – 1422
16 Edward IV – 1461
17 Edward V – 1483
18 Richard III – 1483
19 Henry VII – 1485
20 Henry VIII – 1509
21 Edward VI – 1547
22 Mary – 1553
23 Elizabeth I – 1558
24 James I – 1603
25 Charles 1 – 1625
26 Oliver Cromwell – 1653
27 Charles II – 1660
28 James II – 1685
29 William III and Mary – 1689
30 Anne – 1702
31 George I – 1714
32 George II – 1727
33 George III – 1760
34 George IV – 1820
35 William IV – 1830
36 Victoria – 1837
37 Edward VII – 1901
38 George V – 1910
39 Edward VIII – 1936
40 George VI – 1936
41 Elizabeth II – 1952
