1135 Stephen usurps the throne from Matilda, Henry’s daughter. 1136 The Earl of Norfolk leads the first rebellion against Stephen starting civil war known as 'The Anarchy'. 1136 Owain Gwynedd of Wales ...

King of England 1154–89. The son of Matilda and Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, he succeeded King Stephen (c. 1097–1154). He curbed the power of the barons, but his attempt to bring the church courts ...

King of England in 1016, the son of Ethelred II 'the Unready' . He led the resistance to Canute's invasion in 1015, and on Ethelred's death in 1016 was chosen king by the citizens of London. Meanwhile ...

Queen of England (1558–1603), the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Through her Religious Settlement of 1559 she enforced the Protestant religion by law. She had Mary Queen of Scots executed in ...

Gaelic King who ruled the territory of Dalriada which covered modern day Argyll, Kintyre, and various west-coast island. He may have had a Norse wife and ruled for around 3 years. He was killed in ...

When did the last British King fight in a battle? George II was the last British King to lead his army in person, during the War of the Austrian Succession, at the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria, 27th ...