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William the Conqueror

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Reign: 1066–1087, Notable Events: Norman Conquest of England, Battle of Hastings.

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Henry II

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Reign: 1154–1189, Notable Events: Thomas Becket's murder, Legal reforms and the development of Common Law.

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Richard the Lionheart

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Reign: 1189–1199, Notable Events: Third Crusade, Development of English Chivalry.

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Elizabeth I

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Reign: 1558–1603, Notable Events: Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Elizabethan Religious Settlement, Flourishing of English drama.

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Victoria

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Reign: 1837–1901, Notable Events: Victorian Era, Industrial Revolution, Expansion of the British Empire.

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Edward VII

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Reign: 1901–1910, Notable Events: End of the Victorian Era, Entente Cordiale.

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George V

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Reign: 1910–1936, Notable Events: World War I, The first monarch of the House of Windsor.

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Edward VIII

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Reign: 1936, Notable Events: Abdication Crisis.

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Elizabeth II

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Reign: 1952–2022, Notable Events: Longest-reigning current monarch, Decolonization of Africa and the Caribbean, COVID-19 pandemic.

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Charles II

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Reign: 1660–1685, Notable Events: Restoration of the monarchy, Great Plague, Great Fire of London.

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Henry VIII

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Reign: 1509–1547, Notable Events: English Reformation, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Six marriages.

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Henry VII

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Reign: 1485–1509, Notable Events: End of the Wars of the Roses, Establishment of the Tudor dynasty.

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Edward I

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Reign: 1272–1307, Notable Events: Conquest of Wales, Laws of Edward the Confessor, Expulsion of the Jews.

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George III

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Reign: 1760–1820, Notable Events: American War of Independence, Acts of Union with Ireland, Napoleonic Wars.

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Edward III

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Reign: 1327–1377, Notable Events: Hundred Years' War, Black Death, Founding of the Order of the Garter.

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James I

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Reign: 1603–1625, Notable Events: Authorized King James Version of the Bible, Gunpowder Plot, Foundation of Jamestown.

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George VI

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Reign: 1936–1952, Notable Events: World War II, Independence of India and Pakistan, Beginning of the NHS.

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Richard III

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Reign: 1483–1485, Notable Events: Death at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Last king of the House of York and Plantagenet.

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William IV

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Reign: 1830–1837, Notable Events: Reform Act of 1832, End of slavery in the British Empire.

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Queen Anne

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Reign: 1702–1714, Notable Events: Acts of Union 1707, War of the Spanish Succession, Formation of the United Kingdom.

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James II

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Reign: 1685–1688, Notable Events: Glorious Revolution, Declaration of Indulgence, Deposition and exile.

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Stephen

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Reign: 1135–1154, Notable Events: Anarchy, Battle of Lincoln, Treaty of Wallingford.

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Henry I

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Reign: 1100–1135, Notable Events: Shipwreck of the White Ship, Charter of Liberties, Exile of Robert Curthose.

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Edward II

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Reign: 1307–1327, Notable Events: Defeat at Bannockburn, Ordinances of 1311, Forced abdication for son Edward III.

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Matilda

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Reign: Not a monarch but claimed the throne during 1139–1148, Notable Events: Battle of Lincoln, Rout of Winchester, Anarchy.

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Henry III

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Reign: 1216–1272, Notable Events: Signing of the Magna Carta, Barons' War, Reconstruction of Westminster Abbey.

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Henry IV

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Reign: 1399–1413, Notable Events: Deposition of Richard II, Revolt of Owain Glyndŵr, Establishment of the Lancastrian dynasty.

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Henry VI

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Reign: 1422–1461, 1470–1471, Notable Events: Wars of the Roses, Loss of Hundred Years' War, Mental illness and incapacity.

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Henry V

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Reign: 1413–1422, Notable Events: Battle of Agincourt, Treaty of Troyes, Ascendancy in the Hundred Years' War.

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Charles I

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Reign: 1625–1649, Notable Events: English Civil War, Trial and execution, Personal rule period (Eleven Years' Tyranny).

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Mary I

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Reign: 1553–1558, Notable Events: Marian Persecutions, Restoration of Roman Catholicism, Loss of Calais to France.

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Edward VI

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Reign: 1547–1553, Notable Events: Protestant reformation, Book of Common Prayer, Devise for the Succession.

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William III and Mary II

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Reign: 1689–1702 (William III alone until 1694), Notable Events: Glorious Revolution, Bill of Rights 1689, Establishment of the Bank of England.

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George I

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Reign: 1714–1727, Notable Events: First monarch of the House of Hanover, Jacobite rising of 1715, South Sea Bubble.

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George II

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Reign: 1727–1760, Notable Events: War of Jenkins' Ear, Seven Years' War, Last British monarch born outside Great Britain.

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George IV

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Reign: 1820–1830 (as Regent from 1811), Notable Events: Regency Era, Cato Street Conspiracy, Construction of Buckingham Palace.

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Edward IV

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Reign: 1461–1470, 1471–1483, Notable Events: Wars of the Roses, Battle of Towton, Establishment of the Yorkist dynasty.

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Lady Jane Grey

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Reign: 1553 (disputed), Notable Events: Nine Days' Queen, Executed after Mary I's ascension, Protestant martyr.

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Mary II

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Reign: 1689–1694 (with William III), Notable Events: Glorious Revolution, Jacobite plots against them, Co-ruler as per the wishes of Parliament.

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain

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Reign: 1702–1714, Notable Events: Acts of Union 1707, War of the Spanish Succession, Last monarch of the House of Stuart.

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William II

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Reign: 1087–1100, Notable Events: Rebellion of 1088, Accidental death while hunting, His death led to the accession of Henry I.

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