Kingdom of England

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927 – 1707 · up to 346 thousand km² · Europe

Capital: Winchester (…–1100), London (1100–…), Westminster (1100–…), City of London (1100–…)

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united under the rule of Æthelstan, until 1 May 1707, when it relinquished its sovereignty along with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of England was among the most powerful states in Europe during the medieval and early modern periods.

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Predecessors: Heptarchy, Commonwealth of England, Lordship of Brecknock, Kingdom of Wessex

Successors: Commonwealth of England, Kingdom of Great Britain

Rulers

England and Britain

Æthelstan 924 – 939, Edgar the Peaceful 959 – 975, Æthelred the Unready 978 – 1013, Cnut the Great 1016 – 1035, Edward the Confessor 1042 – 1066, William the Conqueror 1066 – 1087, William II Rufus 1087 – 1100, Henry I Beauclerc 1100 – 1135, Stephen of Blois 1135 – 1154, Henry II 1154 – 1189, Richard the Lionheart 1189 – 1199, John Lackland 1199 – 1216, Henry III 1216 – 1272, Edward I Longshanks 1272 – 1307, Edward II 1307 – 1327, Edward III 1327 – 1377, Richard II 1377 – 1399, Henry IV 1399 – 1413, Henry V 1413 – 1422, Henry VI 1422 – 1461, Edward IV 1461 – 1483, Richard III 1483 – 1485, Henry VII 1485 – 1509, Henry VIII 1509 – 1547, Edward VI 1547 – 1553, Mary I 1553 – 1558, Elizabeth I 1558 – 1603, James I 1603 – 1625, Charles I 1625 – 1649, Oliver Cromwell 1649 – 1660, Charles II 1660 – 1685, James II 1685 – 1688, William III of Orange 1689 – 1702, Queen Anne 1702 – 1714

Events on its territory

• 1066 Halley's Comet over England
• 1215 Magna Carta
• 1429 Joan of Arc relieves Orléans
• 1534 Henry VIII breaks with Rome
• 1600 East India Company founded
• 1642–1651 English Civil War
• 1687 Newton's Principia
• 1688–1689 Glorious Revolution