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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, also known as the United Kingdom, is located northwest of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales), the northeastern part of the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland), and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a border with another country, the Republic of Ireland.
Over the centuries, the land that encompasses the United Kingdom and the rulers who reigned in that land have had a long and complicated history. We have articles on all monarchs from Alfred the Great, all consorts of monarchs from 1066, and many children of monarchs. In addition, we have a series of articles British Royal Titles and Styles that detail the titles and styles these rulers have had and the titles and styles of the current British Royal Family.
Below is an indexed listing of the various British royal houses. Please click on each house’s index link for articles about that house. Years below in the index refer to the reigns of the monarchs. Also listed below are links to the various British Content Areas.
- House of Wessex: Alfred the Great to Æthelred II the Unready (871 – 1013), Æthelred II the Unready to Edmund Ironside (1014 – 1016), Saint Edward the Confessor to Harold II Godwinson (1042 – 1066)
- House of Denmark: Sweyn Forkbeard (1013 – 1014), Cnut the Great to Harthacnut (1016 – 1042)
- House of Normandy: William I the Conqueror to Stephen (1066 – 1154)
- House of Angevin: Henry II to John (1154 – 1216)
- House of Plantagenet: Henry III to Richard II (1216 -1399)
- House of Lancaster: Henry IV to Henry VI (1399 – 1461), Henry VI (1470 – 1471)
- House of York: Edward IV (1461 – 1470), Edward IV to Richard III (1471 – 1485)
- House of Tudor: Henry VII to Elizabeth I of England (1485 – 1603)
- House of Stuart: James I to Charles I (1603 – 1649), Charles II to Anne (1660 – 1714)
- House of Hanover: George I to William IV (1714 – 1837)
- House of Hanover: Queen Victoria (1901 – 1937)
- House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Edward VII to George V (1901 – 1917)
- House of Windsor: George V to Charles III (1917 to present)
- Mountbatten Index
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Principality of Wales Index
British Content Areas
- British In Memoriam
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- British Royal Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Other Important Events
- British Royal Burial Sites
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- British Royal Links
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- British Royal Titles and Styles
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- Line of Succession to the British Throne
- Profiles of the British Royal Family
- Royal Churches: United Kingdom
- When The British Monarch Dies