King Henry III Plantagenet
b. 1207. r. 1216-1272. d. 1272
9 year old puppet king to the Barons and Bishops.
His wife robbed England on behalf of her family.
Needed his son to defeat Simon DeMontfort to
regain his throne.
Eleanor Berenger
of Provence (1217-1291)
King John I (Lackland) Daddy’s Favorite.
b. 1167. r. 1199-1216. d. 1216
Had to fight his nephew Arthur for the throne.
Lost most of France back to Louis
Excommunicated by the Pope over the appointment
of a new Archbishop of Canterbury.
Signed the Magna Carta in 1215.
Isabella of Angouleme
(b. 1189-1245)
King Henry II
b. 1133. r. 1154-1189. d. 1189
Acquired 1/3 of France by inheritance, marriage and conquest.
Appointed pal Thomas Beckett as Archbishop of Canterbury to
control the church, but it backfired when Becket found God.
His wife and 4 boys all rebelled against him.
Eleanor of Aquitaine
(1123-1204)
Former Queen to King Louis of France.
That was annulled because she could
not bear a male heir.
Geoffrey Plantagenet
Count of Anjou
(1113-1151)
“Queen” Matilda
also Holy Roman Empress
b. 1101 d. 1167
Named but not crowned
King Henry I b. 1068 r. 1100-1135 d. 1135
Started “Touching for the King’s Evil”
Started the exchequer.
Lost his son WIlliam in a boat crash.
Matilda
of Scotland
(1079-1118)
King William I (The Conqueror)
b. 1028. r. 1066-1087. d. 1087
Defeated Harald II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
Matilda of Flanders
(1032-1083)
King WIlliam II (Rufus)
b. 1056. r. 1087-1100. d. 1100
Named King over his brother Robert
Weak. Presumed gay.
Killed in a hunting “accident”
King Richard I (Lionheart) Mommy’s Favorite
b. 1957 r. 1189-1199 d. 1199
Didn’t care about England beyond the money.
Joined the 3rd Crusade and was captured by
Leopold of Austria on his way home. Died on
the battlefield while in his mother’s arms.
Plantagenet
King Stephen of Blois b. 1097 r. 1135-1154 d. 1154
Age of Anarchy as he battled Matilda & Henry II for
the throne. When his wife and son Eustus died, he
settled the war and adopted Henry as his successor.
Adela
b. 1062. d. 1137
Stephen
Count of Blois
King Edward I (Longshanks) (Hammer of the Scots)
Conquered Wales
Eleanor of Castile
(1241-1290)
King Edward II
Homosexual weak king killed by his wife and
her lover with a hot poker in the ass (rumored)
King Edward III
b. 1312 r. -1377 d. 1377
Black Death of 1348
Edward the Black Prince
Would have been a good king
and avoided the Wars of the
Roses had he lived.
Edmund of York
John of Gaunt
King Louis (Louis VIII of France)
r. 1216-1217
Named King by the Nobles after
John’s death but this was revoked.
Isabella of France
The She-Wolf of France
(1295-1358)
King Richard II
b. r. d.
Personally quelled the Peasant’s Revolt.
Otherwise not a good king. Lost the
throne to his cousin Henry IV.
King Henry IV
John Beaufort
Marquess of Somerset
d. 1410
Richard, Duke of
Cambridge
(1375-1415)
Richard, Duke of York
(1411-1460)
Lancaster
John Beaufort
Duke of Somerset
d. 1444
King Henry V
The Warrior King, Henry spent most of his reign at war with
France. The Battle of Agincourt was his biggest victory.
Committed war crimes by killing all his prisoners.
King Henry VI
Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509)
m. Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond
King Richard III
King Edward IV
King Edward V
One of the two Princes in the Tower
Presumed killed by order of Richard III
Elizabeth of York
King Henry VII "The Winter King"
Killed Richard III in battle
Latter part of his reign was spent imposing harsh
taxes/fines on the nobility.
York
Norman
Blois
(3) Katherine Swynford
(1) Blanche of Lancaster
Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond
(1431-1456)
Owen Tudor (1385-1461)
Catherine of Valois
(1401-1437)
Tudor
King Henry VIII
Famous for his 6 wives.
Queen Mary I
Queen Elizabeth I
King Edward VI
Margaret Tudor (1489-1541)
King James IV or Scotland
b. 1473 r. 1488-1513 d. 1513
King James V or Scotland
b. 1512 r. 1513-1542 d. 1542
Mary, Queen of Scots
b. 1542 r. 1542-1567 d. 1587
Henry Lord Darnley
(1545-1567)
King James I
b. 1566 r. -1625 d. 1625
Also King James VI of Scotland
Jane Seymour
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
MaryTudor (1498-1535)
Frances Brandon (1517- )
Lady Jane Grey (1536-1555)
Anne of Denmark (1574-1619)
King Charles I
Henrietta
Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662)
Sophia of Hanover (1630-1714)
King George I
Mary Stuart (1631-1660)
King Charles II
King James II
Anne (1638-1671)
King William III
Queen Mary II
Queen Anne
Stuart
Hanover
King George II
Frederick of Hanover (1707-1751)
King George III
Sophia of Celle(1666-1726)
Caroline of Ansbach
(1683-1737)
Augusta of Saxe-Coburg (1719-1772)
Charlotte of Mecklenburg (1744-1818)
King WIlliam IV
King George IV
Edward Duke of Kent
(1767-1820)
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg
Queen Victoria
Albert of Saxe-Colburg & Gotha
(1819-1861)
King Edward VII
b. 1841 r. 1901-1910 d.1910
Alexandra of Denmark
(1844-1925)
King George V
b. 1865 r. 1910-1936 d.1936
Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Windsor
King George VI
Elizabeth
King Edward VIII
Queen Elizabeth II
