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Edward the Elder |
Born : 870 Wessex, England Known as : Father : Alfred the Great Mother : Ealhswith Baptised : Married : Ecgwynn around 893 Ælfflæd 899 Edgiva, aka Eadgifu 919 Ascended the Throne : 26 October 899 Coronation : Kingston upon Thames on 8 June 900 Died : 17 July 924 Farndon-on-Dee, Cheshire England Buried : New Minster, Winchester, later moved to Hyde Abbey |
Athelstan |
Born : 895 Wessex, England Known as : the Glorious Father : Edward the Elder Mother : Egwina Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : August 2, 924 Coronation : Died : October 27, 939 Buried : Malmesbury Abbey |
Edmund I |
Born : 921Wessex, England Known as : Father : Edward the Elder Mother : Edgiva of Kent Baptised : Married : Ælfgifu Æthelflæd married Edmund in 944 Ascended the Throne : October 27, 939 Coronation : Died : May 26, 946 Buried : Glastonbury Abbey |
Edred |
Born : 923 Wessex, England Known as : 'weak-in-the-feet' Father : Edward the Elder Mother : Edgiva of Kent Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : Coronation : Died : November 23, 955, at Frome, Somerset, Buried : Old Minster, Winchester (Bones now in Winchester Cathedral). |
Edwy |
Born : 941 Wessex, England Known as : All-Fair Father : Edmund I Mother : Saint Elgiva Baptised : Married : Queen Elgiva Ascended the Throne : Coronation : Died : October 1, 959 Gloucester Buried : Winchester Cathedral |
Edgar I |
Born : 943/944 Wessex, England Known as : the Peaceful or the Peaceable Father : Edmund I Mother : Elgiva Baptised : Married : Æthelflæd Wulfthryth Ælfthryth Ascended the Throne : October 1, 959 Coronation : Bath, but not until 973 Died : July 8, 975 Winchester, Wessex, England Buried : Glastonbury Abbey |
Edward II |
Born : 962 Known as : the Martyr Father : Edgar Mother : Æthelflæd or Wulfthryth Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : 8 July 975 Coronation : Died : March 18, 978 Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Buried : Wareham |
Ethelred II |
Born : 968 Wessex Known as : the unready Father : Edgar Mother : Ælfthryth Baptised : Married : Ælfgifu Emma of Normandy Ascended the Throne : Coronation : Died : April 23, 1016 London Buried : Old Saint Paul's Cathedral |
Sweyn I Forkbeard |
Born : 960 Denmark Known as : Father : Harald Bluetooth Mother : Gyrid Olafsdottir Baptised : Married : Gunhild Ascended the Throne : February 3, 1013 Coronation : Died : February 3, 1014 England Buried : Roskilde Cathedral |
Edmund II
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Born : 989Wessex, England Known as : Ironside Father : Ethelred II Mother : Ælfgifu Baptised : Married : Edith Ascended the Throne : April 23 1016 Coronation : Died : November 30, 1016 Glastonbury, England Buried : Glastonbury Abbey |
Cnut |
Born : c.985 - c.995 Denmark Known as : Canute the Great Father : Sweyn Forkbeard Mother : Saum-Aesa, also known as Gunnhilda Baptised : Married : Aelgifu of Northampton Emma of Normandy July 1017 Ascended the Throne : 1016 Coronation : Died : November 12, 1035 England (Shaftesbury, Dorset) Buried : Old Minster, Winchester. Bones now in Winchester Cathedral |
Harold I |
Born : c. 1015 Known as : Harold Harefoot Father : Cnut Mother : Ælgifu Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : November 12, 1035 Coronation : Died : March 17, 1040 Oxford England Buried : St Clement Danes, Westminster, England |
Harthacanute |
Born : 1018England Known as : Father : Cnut Mother : Emma of Normandy Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : March 17, 1040 Coronation : Died : June 8, 1042England Buried : Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England |
Edward the Confessor |
Born :c 1004 Islip, Oxfordshire, England Known as : Father : Harthacanute Mother : Emma of Normandy Baptised : Married : Edith of Wessex Ascended the Throne : June 8, 1042 Coronation : 3 April 1043 Died : January 4, 1066 Buried : Westminster Abbey, Westminster, England |
Harold II |
Born : Circa 1022 Wessex, England Known as : Harold Godwinson Father : Godwin, Earl of Wessex Mother : Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Baptised : Married : Ealdgyth Swan-neck Ascended the Throne : 5 January 1066 Coronation : 6 January 1066 Died : 14 October 1066 Battle, East Sussex * Buried : Waltham Abbey, Waltham Abbey, England * There is a theory that Harold was not killed at the Battle and later died as a hermit in Chester. |
Edgar II |
Born : c. 1051Hungary Known as : Edgar Ætheling and Edgar the Outlaw Father : Edward the Exile Mother : Agatha Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne :15 October 1066 Coronation : Died : c. 1126 Buried : unknown |
William I |
Born : 1027 Falaise, France Known as : William the Conqueror Father : Robert the Magnificent Mother : Herlette of Falaise Baptised : Married : Matilda of Flanders Ascended the Throne : 25 December 1066 Coronation : 25 December 1066 Died : 9 September 1087Convent of St. Gervais, Rouen Buried : Saint-Étienne de Caen, France |
William II |
Born : 1056 Normandy, France Known as : William Rufus Father : William I Mother : Matilda of Flanders Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : Coronation : Died : 2 August 1100 The New Forest, England Buried : Winchester Cathedral, Winchester |
Henry I |
Born : 1068/1069 Selby, Yorkshire Known as : Beauclerc and Lion of Justice Father : William I Mother : Matilda of Flanders Baptised : Married : Matilda of Scotland 1100 Adeliza of Louvain 1121) Ascended the Throne : 3 August 1100 Coronation : 5 August 1100 Died : 1 December 1135 Saint-Denis-en-Lyons, Normandy Buried : Reading Abbey, Berkshire |
Stephen |
Born :c. 1096Blois, France Known as : Father : Stephen II, Count of Blois Mother : Adela of Normandy Baptised : Married : Matilda I of Boulogne Ascended the Throne : Coronation : Died : 25 October 1154 Dover, Kent Buried : Faversham Abbey, Kent |
Henry II |
Born :25 March 1133 Le Mans, France Known as : Curtmantle Father : Geoffrey of Anjou Mother : Empress Matilda Baptised : Married : Eleanor of Aquitaine On 18 May 1152, at Bordeaux Cathedral, Ascended the Throne : 25 October 1154 Coronation : 19 December 1154 Died :6 July 1189 Chinon, France Buried : Fontevraud Abbey, France |
Richard I |
Born : 8 September 1157(1157-09-08)
Beaumont Palace, Oxford Known as : the Lionheart, or Cœur de Lion Father : Henry II Mother : Eleanor of Aquitaine Baptised : Married : Berengaria of Navarre Ascended the Throne : 6 July 1189 Coronation : 3 September 1189 Died : 6 April 1199 Châlus, Limousin Buried : Fontevraud Abbey, France |
John |
Born : 24 December 1166(1166-12-24)
Beaumont Palace, Oxford Known as : "Lackland" and of "Soft-sword" Father : Henry II Mother : Eleanor of Aquitaine Baptised : Married : Isabella of Gloucester (1189–1199) Isabella of Angoulême (1200–1220) Ascended the Throne : 6 April 1199 Coronation : Died : 18/19 October 1216 Newark Castle, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire Buried : Worcester Cathedral, Worcester |
Henry III |
Born :1 October 1207 Winchester Castle, Hampshire Known as : Father : John Mother :Isabella of Angouleme Baptised : Married : Eleanor of Provence on 14 January 1236, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, Ascended the Throne :18-19 October 1216 Coronation : 28 October 1216, Gloucester 17 May 1220, Westminster Abbey Died : 16 November 1272 Westminster, London Buried : Westminster Abbey, London |
Edward I |
Born :17 June 1239 Palace of Westminster, London Known as :Longshanks, "Edward the Lawgiver", "the English Justinian", and "Hammer of the Scots" Father : Henry III Mother : Eleanor of Provence Baptised : Married : Eleanor of Castile on 1 November 1254 in the monastery of Las Huelgas. Marguerite of France Canterbury on September 10, 1299, Ascended the Throne :17 November 1272 Coronation : Died : 7 July 1307 Burgh by Sands, Cumberland Buried :Westminster Abbey, London |
Edward II |
Born :25 April 1284 Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd Known as : Father : Edward I Mother : Eleanor of Castile Baptised : Married : Isabella of France on January 25, 1308 Ascended the Throne :7 July 1307 Coronation :25 February 1308 Died :21 September 1327 Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire Buried : Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire |
Edward III |
Born :13 November 1312 Windsor Castle, Berkshire Known as : Father : Edward II Mother : Isabella of France Baptised : Married : Philippa of Hainault Ascended the Throne :25 January 1327 Coronation :1 February 1327 Died : 21 June 1377 Sheen Palace, Richmond Buried : Westminster Abbey, London |
Richard II |
Born : 6 January 1367 Bordeaux, France Known as : Father :Edward, the Black Prince Mother : Joan of Kent Baptised : Married : Anne of Bohemia at St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster on .January 22, 1382 Isabella of Valois on October 31, 1396 Ascended the Throne :22 June 1377 Coronation :16 July 1377 Died :14 February 1400 Pontefract Castle, West Yorkshire Buried : Westminster Abbey, London |
Henry IV |
Born :3 April 1367 Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire Known as : Father : John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster Mother : Blanche of Lancaster Baptised : Married : Mary de Bohun on 27 July 1380 at Arundel Castle Joanna of Navarre on February 7, 1403 at Winchester Ascended the Throne :30 September 1399 Coronation :13 October 1399 Died : 20 March 1413 Westminster, London Buried : Canterbury Cathedral, Kent |
Henry V |
Born :16 September 1387 Monmouth, Wales Known as : Father :Henry IV Mother : Mary de Bohun Baptised : Married :Catherine of Valois Ascended the Throne :21 March 1413 Coronation :9 April 1413 Died : 31 August 1422 Bois de Vincennes, France Buried : Westminster Abbey, London |
Henry VI |
Born :6 December 1421 Windsor Castle, Berkshire Father :Henry V Mother : Catherine of Valois Married :Margaret of Anjou Ascended the Throne :31 August 1422 Coronation : Died : 21 May 1471 Tower of London, London Buried : Windsor Castle, Berkshire |
Edward IV |
Born : 28 April 1442 Rouen, Normandy Known as : Father : Richard, 3rd Duke of York Mother : Cecily Neville Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : 3 March 1461 – 31 October 1470 11 April 1471 – 9 April 1483 Coronation :28 June 1461 Died : 9 April 1483 Westminster Buried : St George's Chapel, Windsor |
Earl of Warick |
Born : Known as : "Warwick the Kingmaker" Father : Mother : Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : 11 April 1471 Coronation : Died : Buried : |
Edward V |
Born : 4 November 1470 Father : Edward IV Mother : Elizabeth Woodville Ascended the Throne : 9 April 1483 Died : 1483 Buried : |
Richard III |
Born : 2 October 1452 Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire Father : Richard, 3rd Duke of York Mother : Cecily Neville Married : Anne Neville on 12 July 1472 Ascended the Throne : 22 June 1483 Coronation : 6 July 1483 at Westminster Abbey Died : 22 August 1485 Bosworth Field, Leicestershire Buried : Greyfriars Abbey, Leicestershire |
Henry VII |
Born :28 January 1457 Pembroke Castle, Wales Known as : Father : Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond Mother : Lady Margaret Beaufort Baptised : Married : Ascended the Throne : (August 22, 1485 Coronation : Died : 21 April 1509 Richmond Palace, England Buried : Westminster Abbey, London |
Henry VIII |
Born : June 24th 1491 Known as : Father : Henry 7th Mother : Elizabeth of York Baptised : Married : Katherine Of Aragon on June 11th 1509 at Greyfriars Church, Greenwich (divorced,1533) Anne Boleyn on January 25th 1533 at Westminster Abbey (beheaded, May 19th 1536) Jane Seymour on May 20th 1536 at York Place (died during childbirth Oct 27th 1537) Anne of Cleves on January 6th 1540 at Greyfriars Church,Greenwich (divorced 1540) Katherine Howard on July 28th 1540 at Hampton Court Palace (beheaded, Feb 13th 1542) Catherine Parr on July 12th 1543 at Hampton Court Palace Ascended the Throne :June 24th 1509 Coronation : Died : January 28th 1547 Palace of Whitehall, London Buried : St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Edward VI |
Born : 12 October 1537 Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames Father : Henry VIII Mother : Jane Seymour Ascended the Throne : 28 January 1547 Coronation : 20 February 1547 Died : 6 July 1553 Palace of Placentia, Greenwich Buried : 9 August 1553 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey |
Lady Jane Grey |
Born :Bradgate Park near Leicester on an unknown date in late 1536 or early 1537 Father :Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk Mother :Lady Frances Brandon Ascended the Throne :10 July Coronation : no coronation Died : 12 February 1554 Tower of London Buried : St Peter ad Vincula, London |
Mary I |
Born : 18 February 1516 Palace of Placentia, Greenwich Known as : Bloody Mary Father : Henry VIII Mother : Catherine of Aragon Baptised : 21st February 1516 Married : Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral on 25 July 1554 Ascended the Throne : 19 July 1553 Coronation : 1 October 1553 Died : 17 November 1558 Saint James's Palace, London Buried : 14 December 1558 Westminster Abbey, London |
Elizabeth I |
Born :7 September 1533 Greenwich, England Known as :The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, The Faerie Queen or Good Queen Bess Father : Henry VIII Mother : Anne Boleyn Baptised : Married : never married Ascended the Throne : 17 November 1558 Coronation : 15 January 1559 Died : 24 March 1603 Richmond, England Buried : Westminster Abbey |
James I |
Born : 19 June 1566 Edinburgh Castle Known as : Father :Lord Darnley Mother :Mary, Queen of Scots Baptised : Married : Anne of Denmark formally at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo on 23 November1589 Ascended the Throne :24 March 1603 Coronation : 25 July 1603 Died : 27 March 1625 Theobalds House Buried : Westminster Abbey |
Charles I |
Born : 19 November 1600 in Dunfermline Palace, Fife Father : James I of England Mother : Anne of Denmark Baptised : 23 December 1602 in Dunfermline, Scotland Married : Henrietta Maria of France, 11 May 1625 by proxy married in person on 13 June 1625, in Canterbury Ascended the Throne : 27 March 1625 Coronation : 2 February 1626 at Westminster Abbey, Died : 30 January 1649 Whitehall, England Buried : 7 February 1649 Windsor, England |
Charles II |
Born : Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 St. James's Palace, London Father : Charles I Mother : Henrietta Maria of France Baptised : 27 June 1630 in the Chapel Royal Married : Catherine of Braganza Ascended the Throne : 30 January 1649 Coronation : Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661 Died : 6 February 1685 Whitehall Palace, London Buried : Westminster Abbey |
James II |
Born : 14 October 1633 St. James's Palace, London Father : Charles I of England Mother : Henrietta Maria of France Baptised : Married : Anne Hyde on 3 September 1660*, in London Ascended the Throne : 6 February 1685 Coronation : 23 April 1685 Westminster Abbey Died : 16 September 1701 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France Buried : Saint-Germain-en-Laye * Secretly married but had an official ceremony on 3rd September |
William III |
Born : 14 November 1650 Binnenhof, The Hague Known as : Father : William II, Prince of Orange Mother : Mary, Princess Royal Baptised : Married : Mary, 4 November 1677 in London Ascended the Throne :13 February 1689, Coronation : 11 April 1689 at Westminster Abbey Died : 8 March 1702 Kensington Palace, London Buried : Westminster Abbey, London |
Mary II |
Born : 30 April 1662 St. James's Palace, London Known as : Father : James II and VII Mother : Anne Hyde Baptised : Married : William on 4 November 1677 in London Ascended the Throne : Coronation :11 April 1689 at Westminster Abbey Died : 28 December 1694 Kensington Palace, London Buried : Westminster Abbey, London Mary, although a sovereign in her own right, did not wield power during most of her reign, instead ceding it to her husband. William and Mary were offered the Scottish Crown; they accepted on 11 May. William was officially "William II" of Scotland. |
Anne |
Born : 6 February 1665 St. James's Palace, London Known as : Father : James II Mother : Anne Hyde Baptised : Married :Prince George of Denmark Ascended the Throne :8 March 1702, Coronation : 23 April 1702 Died : 1 August 1714 Kensington Palace, London Buried : Westminster Abbey, London |
George I |
Born :George Louis on 28 May 1660 Osnabrück, Hanover Known as : Father : Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Mother : Sophia of the Rhineland Palatinate Baptised : Married : Sophia Dorothea of Celle 1682 Ascended the Throne :1 August 1714 Coronation :Westminster Abbey on 20 October 1714 Died : 11 June 1727 Osnabrück, Hanover Buried : 4 August 1727 Herrenhausen, Hanover |
George II |
Born : George Augustus 10 November 1683 Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover Known as : Father : George I Mother : Sophia Dorothea of Celle Baptised : Married : Margravine Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1705 Ascended the Throne :11 June 1727 Coronation : 4 October 1727 at Westminster Abbey Died : 25 October 1760 Kensington Palace, London Buried : 11 November 1760 Westminster Abbey, London He was the last British monarch to have been born outside Great Britain |
George III |
Born :George William Frederick 4 June 1738 Norfolk House, St James's Square, London Known as : Father : Frederick, Prince of Wales Mother : Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Baptised :4 July 1738 Norfolk House, London Married : Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 8 September 1761 in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace Ascended the Throne : 25 October 1760 Coronation :22nd September 1761 at Westminster Abbey Died : 29 January 1820 Windsor Castle, Berkshire Buried : 15 February 1820 St George's Chapel, Windsor |
George IV |
Born : George Augustus Frederick on 12 August 1762 at St James's Palace, London Known as : Father : George III Mother : Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Baptised : 18 September 1762 Married : Caroline of Brunswick on April 8, 1795 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. Ascended the Throne : 29 January 1820 Coronation :19 July 1821 at Westminster Abbey Died : 26 June 1830 Windsor Castle, Berkshire Buried : 15 July 1830 St George's Chapel, Windsor |
William IV |
Born : William Henry on 21 August 1765 Buckingham House, London Known as : Father : George III Mother : Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Baptised : 18 September 1765 St James's Palace, London Married : Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen at Kew on 11 July 1818 Ascended the Throne :26 June 1830 Coronation : 8 September 1831 Died : 20 June 1837 Windsor Castle, Berkshire Buried : 8 July 1837 St George's Chapel, Windsor |
Victoria |
Born :Alexandrina Victoria on 24 May 1819 Kensington Palace, London Known as :Drina within the family Father : Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent Mother : Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Baptised : 24 June 1819 Kensington Palace, London Married :Prince Albert, on 10 February 1840, in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace Ascended the Throne : 20 June 1837 Coronation : 28 June 1838 Died : 22 January 1901 Osborne House, Isle of Wight, Buried : 2 February 1901 Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, Edward Oxford attempted to assassinate the Queen while she was riding in a carriage with Prince Albert in London. Oxford fired twice, but both bullets missed. On 29 May 1842 at St. James's Park, John Francis fired a pistol at the Queen while she was in a carriage, but was immediately seized by Police Constable William Trounce. On 3 July 1842, John William Bean, attempted to shoot the Queen although his gun was loaded only with paper and tobacco. In 1849, an unemployed and disgruntled Irishman named William Hamilton attempted to alarm the Queen by firing a powder-filled pistol as her carriage passed along Constitution Hill, London. In 1850, the Queen was assaulted by ex-Army officer, Robert Pate. As Victoria was riding in a carriage, Pate struck her with his gun, crushing her bonnet and bruising her. |
Edward VII |
Born : Albert Edward on 9 November 1841 at Buckingham Palace, London. Known as : Bertie to the family throughout his life. Father : Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Albert, Prince Consort). Mother : Queen Victoria. Baptised : 25 January 1842 at St George's Chapel, Windsor. Married : Princess Alexandra St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 10 March 1863. Ascended the Throne : 22 January 1901. Coronation : Westminster Abbey on 9 August 1902. Died : 6 May 1910 Buckingham Palace, London. Buried : 20 May 1910 at St George's Chapel, Windsor. |
George V |
Born : George Frederick Ernest Albert on Born : 3 June 1865 Marlborough House, London Father :: The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) Mother :: Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra) Baptised : in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 7 July 1865 Married : Mary of Teck on 6 July 1893 at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace in London. Ascended the Throne : 6 May 1910, Coronation : took place at Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1911. Died : 20 January 1936 Buried : at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. |
Edward VIII |
Born : Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David on 23 June 1894 White Lodge, Richmond, London, England. Known as : to his family and close friends by his last given name, David. Baptised : 16 July, 1894 White Lodge, Richmond, London, England. Father : George V. Mother : Mary of Teck. Ascended the Throne : 20 January 1936. Abdication : 11 December 1936. Died : 28 May 1972 (aged 77)Paris, France. Buried : 5 June, 1972 Frogmore, Berkshire, England. On 16 July 1936 an attempt was made on the King's life. An Irish malcontent, Jerome Brannigan (aka George Andrew McMahon) produced a loaded revolver as the King rode on horseback at Constitution Hill, near Buckingham Palace. |
George VI |
Born : Albert Frederick Arthur George on 14 December 1895 Sandringham House, Norfolk. Known as : as Prince Albert, and informally as "Bertie" to his family. Baptised : 17 February 1896 St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Sandringham. Father : George V Mother : Mary of Teck Married : Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923. Ascended the Throne : 11 December 1936. Died : 6 February 1952 Sandringham House, Norfolk. Buried : 15 February 1952 |
Elizabeth II |
Born : Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on 21 April 1926 Mayfair, London. Known as : Lilibet. Baptised : 29 May 1926 Buckingham Palace, London. Father : George VI. Mother : Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Married : Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) on 20 November 1947. Ascended the Throne : February 1952. |
Charles III |
Born : Charles Philip Arthur George on 14th November 1948 Buckingham Palace, London. Baptised : 15 December 1948 Buckingham Palace, London. Father : Prince Philip. Mother : Queen Elizabeth. Married : Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981. Married : Camilla Parker Bowles on 9 April 2005. Ascended the Throne : September 2022. |
The title of Prime Minister was not officially used until 1905. Before that the title was "First Lord of the Treasury".
The Capital is Edinburgh and the country is divided up into Counties.
Patron Saint : Andrew (30th November), Margaret
Currency : Pounds Sterling (GBP) = 100 Pence
National holiday :
Highest Point : Ben Nevis 1344m
Longest River : Tay
Patron Saint : St. Patrick (17th March), Columba, Bridgid of Ireland
Currency : Pound Sterling (GBP) = 100 New Pence
National holiday : Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
Highest Point : Slieve Donard 852 m
Longest River :
The Capital is Caerdydd (Cardiff) and the country is divided up into County Boroughs, Counties, and, Cities and Counties.
Patron Saint : ST. David (1st March).
Currency : Pound Sterling (GBP) = 100 New Pence
National holiday :
Highest Point : Mount Snowdon 1085 m
Longest River : River Severn
Around 1745, the anti-Jacobite sentiment was captured in a fourth verse, with a prayer for the success of George Wade's army then assembling at Newcastle. These words attained some short-term popularity, although they did not appear in the published version in Gentleman's Magazine:
British First Lords of the Treasury and Prime Ministers.
1721 Sir Robert Walpole Whig
1742 Earl of Wilmington Whig
1743 Henry Pelham Whig
1754 Duke of Newcastle Whig
1756 Duke of Devonshire Whig
1757 Duke of Newcastle Whig
1762 Earl of Bute Tory
1763 George Grenville Whig
1765 Marquess of Rockingham Whig
1766 Earl of Chatham Whig
1767 Duke of Grafton Whig
1770 Lord North Tory
1782 Marquess of Rockingham Whig
1782 Duke of Portland Tory
1783 William Pitt Tory
1801 Henry Addington Tory
1804 William Pitt Tory
1806 Lord Grenville Whig
1807 Duke of Portland Tory
1809 Spencer Perceval Tory
1812 Lord Liverpool Tory
1827 George Canning Tory
1827 Viscount Goderich Tory
1828 Duke of Wellington Tory
1830 Earl Grey Whig
1834 Lord Melbourne Whig
1834 Sir Robert Peel Tory
1835 Lord Melbourne Whig
1841 Sir Robert Peel Tory
1846 Lord John Russell Whig
1852 Earl of Derby Con
1852 Earl of Aberdeen Con
1855 Lord Palmerston Lib
1858 Earl of Derby Con
1859 Lord Palmerston Lib
1865 Lord John Russell Lib
1866 Earl of Derby Con
1868 Benjamin Disraeli Con
1868 William Gladstone Lib
1874 Benjamin Disraeli Con
1880 William Gladstone Lib
1885 Marquis of Salisbury Con
1886 William Gladstone Lib
1886 Marquis of Salisbury Con
1892 William Gladstone Lib
1894 Earl of Rosebery Lib
1895 Marquis of Salisbury Con
1902 Arthur Balfour Con Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
1905 Henry Campbell-Bannerman Lib
1908 Herbert Asquith Lib
1916 David Lloyd George Lib
1922 Andrew Bonar Law Con
1923 Stanley Baldwin Con
1924 James Ramsay MacDonald Lab
1924 Stanley Baldwin Con
1929 James Ramsay MacDonald Lab
1931 James Ramsay MacDonald Nat
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1955 Anthony Eden Con
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SCOTLAND
Scotland is a part of the United kingdom.
Counties.
Aberdeenshire East Lothian Peeblesshire
Angus Fife Perthshire
Argyll Inverness-shire Renfrewshire
Ayrshire Kincardineshire Ross & Cromarty
Banffshire Kinross-shire Roxburghshire
Berwickshire Kirkcudbrightshire Selkirkshire
Bute Lanarkshire Stirlingshire
Caithness Midlothian Shetland
Clackmannanshire Moray Sutherland
Dumfriesshire Nairnshire West Lothian
Dunbartonshire Orkney Wigtownshire Scottish Monarchy.
Kings and Queens of Scotland
858 862 Donald I
862 877 Constantine I
877 878 Aed
878 889 Giric & Eochaid
889 900 Donald II
900 943 Constantine II
943 954 Malcolm I
954 962 Indulf
962 966 Dubh
966 971 Culen
971 995 Kenneth II
995 997 Constantine III
997 1005 Kenneth III
1005 1034 Malcolm II
1034 1040 Duncan
1040 1057 Macbeth
1057 1058 Lulach
1058 1093 Malcolm III
1093 1094 Donald III
1094 1094 Duncan II
1094 1097 Donald III (restored)
1097 1107 Edgar
1107 1124 Alexander I
1124 1153 David I
1153 1165 Malcolm IV
1165 1214 William I
1214 1249 Alexander II
1249 1286 Alexander III
1286 1290 Margaret
1290 1292 Interregnum
1292 1296 John
1296 1306 Interregnum
1306 1329 Robert I (The Bruce)
1329 1371 David II
1371 1390 Robert II
1390 1406 Robert III
1406 1437 James I
1437 1460 James II
1460 1488 James III
1488 1513 James IV
1513 1542 James V
1542 1567 Mary I
1567 1625 James VI
1625 1649 Charles I
1649 1685 Charles II (exiled 1651-60)
First Minister.
7 May 1999 11 October 2000 Donald Dewar Labour
27 October 2000 8 November 2001 Henry McLeish Labour
22 November 2001 16 May 2007 Jack McConnell Labour
16 May 2007 18 November 2014 Alex Salmond Scottish National Party
20 November 2014 Nicola Sturgeon Scottish National Party
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTHERN IRELAND is a Province of Ireland but part of the United kingdom.
The Capital is Belfast and the country is divided up into Districts, Counties and Cities.
Districts.
Antrim Carrickfergus Dungannon Moyle
Ards Castlereagh Fermanagh County Newry and Mourne
Armagh Coleraine Larne Newtownabbey
Ballymena Cookstown Limavady North Down
Ballymoney Craigavon Lisburn Omagh
Banbridge Down Magherafelt Strabane
Counties.
County Antrim County Down County Londonderry
County Armagh Fermanagh County Tyrone
Cities.
Belfast Derry Wales is a part of the United kingdom.
County Boroughs
Blaenau Gwent Neath Port Talbot
Bridgend Newport
Caerphilly Rhondda Cynon Taff
Conwy Torfaen
Gwynedd Wrexham
Merthyr Tydfil
Counties.
Ceredigion Monmouthshire
Carmarthenshire Pembrokeshire
Denbighshire Powys
Flintshire The Vale of Glamorgan
Isle of Anglesey
Cities and Counties.
Cardiff Swansea National Anthems
God Save The King.
* When the monarch of the time is female, beyond the other alterations mentioned above, the last line of the third verse is changed to "with heart and voice to sing/ God Save the King".
God save our gracious King,
Long live our noble King,
God save the King:
Send him victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the King.
O Lord, our God, arise,
Scatter his enemies,
And make them fall.
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all.
Thy choicest gifts in store,
On him be pleased to pour;
Long may he reign:
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
With heart and voice to sing,
God save the King.*
Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save the King.
O Fhlùir na h-Alba (Scottish Anthem)
O Fhlùir na h-Alba,
cuin a chì sinn
an seòrsa laoich
a sheas gu bàs 'son
am bileag feòir is fraoich,
(chorus)
a sheas an aghaidh
feachd uailleil Iomhair
's a ruaig e dhachaidh
air chaochladh smaoin?
Na cnuic tha lomnochd
's tha duilleach Foghair
mar bhrat air làr,
am fearann caillte
dan tug na seòid ud gràdh,
(chorus)
Tha 'n eachdraidh dùinte
ach air dìochuimhne
chan fheum i bhith,
is faodaidh sinn èirigh
gu bhith nar Rìoghachd a-rìs
(chorus)
O Fhlùir na h-Alba,
cuin a chì sinn
an seòrsa laoich
a sheas gu bàs 'son
am bileag feòir is fraoich,
(chorus)
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau. (Welsh Anthem)
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.
(Cytgan)
Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.
Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd,
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd hardd;
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i mi.
(Cytgan)
Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad tan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad,
Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.
(Cytgan)
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