Dates To Names

Question 1

1066-1087

Answer 1

1
William 1
Norman
The conqueror

Question 2

1087-1100

Answer 2

2
William II
Norman
Rufus

Question 3

1100-1135

Answer 3

3
Henry I
Norman

Question 4

1135-1154

Answer 4

4
Stephen
Norman

Question 5

1154-1189

Answer 5

5
Henry II
Plantagenet

Question 6

1189-1199

Answer 6

6
Richard I
Plantagenet
The Lionheart

Question 7

1199-1216

Answer 7

7
John
Plantagenet 
Died of over eating
Worst English King

Question 8

1216-1272

Answer 8

8
Henry III
Plantagenet
He was 9

Question 9

1272-1307

Answer 9

9
Edward I
Plantagenet

Question 10

1307-deposed 1327

Answer 10

10
Edward II
Plantagenet
Red-hot poker thrust up his anus

Question 11

1327-1377

Answer 11

11
Edward III
Plantagenet 
Hundred years war 1338
Bubonic plague, 'black death' 1348-1350 killed half England pop

Question 12

1377-deposed 1399

Answer 12

12
Richard II
Plantagenet
Murdered by starvation after wife died and Henry IV came in

Question 13

1399-1413

Answer 13

13
Henry IV
Lancaster
Died probably if leprosy after fighting of many rebellions

Question 14

1413-1422

Answer 14

14
Henry V
Lancaster
Knighted aged 12 for fighting skills
Won battle of Agincourt
Lost just 400 soldiers killing more than 6,000
Died of dysentery

Question 15

1422-deposed 1461 beginning of war of roses

Answer 15

15
Henry VI
Lancaster 
Throne as a baby
End of 100 year war in 1453
Lost civil war of roses

Question 16

1461-1483

Answer 16

16
Edward IV
York
Had many mistresses

Question 17

1483-1483

Answer 17

17
Edward V
York
Uncle Richard ordered their death and so only reigned for 2 months

Question 18

1483-1485 end of war of roses

Answer 18

18
Richard III
York
Died at Battle of Bosworth Field

Question 19

1485-1509

Answer 19

19
Henry VII
Tudor
Crown was put on his head
Playing cards invented and wife Elizabeth of York appeared 8 times on every pack for 500 years

Question 20

1509-1547

Answer 20

20
Henry VIII
Tudor
6 wives, 1 son, 2 daughters

Question 21

1547-1553

Answer 21

21
Edward VI
Tudor
Jane Seymour son
Tuberculosis 
Lady Jane Grey executed after 9 days

Question 22

1553-1558

Answer 22

22
Mary I
Tudor
Bloody Mary daughter to Catherine of Aragon
Protestant bishops burnt at stake

Question 23

1558-1603

Answer 23

23
Elizabeth I
Tudor
Daughter of Anne Boleyn
Shakespeare
Defeat the Spanish Armada

Question 24

1603-1625

Answer 24

24
James I and VI of Scotland
Stuart 
First king of scot + Eng
Gunpowder plot 1605
1620 pilgrim fathers to America in The Mayflower

Question 25

1625-1649 English civil war

Answer 25

``` 25 Charles I Stuart 1642 civil war, captured by Cromwell Beheaded Commonwealth declared ```

Question 26

1660-1685

Answer 26

``` 26 Charles II (Merry Monarch) 13 known mistresses Great plague, 1665, fire of London ,66 St. Paul's Cathedral built by Sir Christopher Wren ```

Question 27

1685-1688

Answer 27

27 James II and VII of Scotland Restoration Parliament asked for Dutch Prince, William Of Orange to take throne

Question 28

1689-1702 and 1689-1694

Answer 28

28 William III and Mary II Restoration James tried to regain throne but lost at Battle of Boyne

Question 29

1702-1714

Answer 29

``` 29 Anne Restoration 17 pregnancies but only one survived United Kingdom of Great Britain created by the Union of Eng + Scot ```

Question 30

1714-1727

Answer 30

``` 30 George I Hanovarian Never learned English Sir Robert Walpole ```

Question 31

1727-1760

Answer 31

31 George II Hanovarian Last English king to lead army to battle at Dettingen in 1743

Question 32

1760-1820

Answer 32

``` 32 George III Hanovarian 1773 Boston tea party Became blind and insane, son ruled as prince regent from 1811 ```

Question 33

1820-1830

Answer 33

``` 33 George IV Hanovarian Love of art + architecture First gentleman of Europe ```

Question 34

1830-1837

Answer 34

``` 34 William IV (sailor king) Hanovarian Served in Royal Navy for 10 years Abolished slavery in colonies in 1833 ```

Question 35

1837-1901

Answer 35

``` 35 Victoria Hanovarian Married cousin Albert, virtual ruler Christmas Tree and Great Exhibition51 Saw British empire double 1876 empress of India ```

Question 36

1901-1910

Answer 36

36 Edward VII Hanovarian Minoru won the Derby in 1909

Question 37

1910-1936

Answer 37

``` 37 George V Windsor WWI in 1914-1918 plus Irish free state He began royal broadcasts on Xmas32 ```

Question 38

June 1936-abdicated December 1936

Answer 38

38 Edward VIII Windsor Most popular prince of Wales England has ever had Infatuated with Mrs Wallis Simpson already married 2, went abroad

Question 39

1936-1952

Answer 39

``` 39 George VI Windsor Shy nervous with a stutter WWII 1939 Start of NHS 1951 festival of Britain ```

Question 40

1952-

Answer 40

``` 40 Elizabeth II Windsor Born 21 April 1926 Married cousin Prince Philip ```