This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England. Alfred styled himself king of the Anglo-Saxons from about 886, and while he was not the first king to claim to rule all of the English, his rule ...

The reigning king or queen is the country’s head of state. All political power rests with the prime minister (the head of government ) and the cabinet , and the monarch must act on their advice. The following table provides a chronological list of the sovereigns of Britain.

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms since 2022. [b] Charles was born in Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952.

There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.

As Their Majesties' Coronation draws closer, read on for 100 fun facts about The King, The Queen Consort and the history of Coronations.

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 Kings and Queens of the Kingdom of England from 924 until England and Scotland joined together in 1707.

About The King. King Charles III, formerly known as The Prince of Wales, became King on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. In addition to his official and ceremonial duties in the United Kingdom and overseas as The Prince of Wales, His Majesty has taken a keen and active interest in all areas of public life for decades.

A full list of the Kings and Queens of England and Britain, with portraits and photos. There have been 63 monarchs of England and Britain spread over a period of approximately 1200 years. Egbert (Ecgherht) was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England.

5 days ago · From the early Anglo-Saxon kings to the Norman Conquest, the Tudor and Stuart dynasties, and the modern era, all the kings and queens of England have left a lasting legacy. They have played crucial roles in governing the nation, influencing its …

1 Athelstan was king of Wessex and the first king of all England. 2 James VI of Scotland became also James I of England in 1603. Upon accession to the English throne, he styled himself "King of Great Britain" and was so proclaimed.