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British royal family history including royal family trees since Alfred the Great, biographies of kings and queens, timeline, line of succession, and answers to frequently asked questions.
The British royal family comprises King Charles III and his close relations. There is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member, although the Royal Household has issued different lists outlining who is a part of the royal family.
The reigning king or queen is the country’s head of state. All political power rests with the prime minister (the head of government) and the cabinet, and the monarch must act on their advice. The table provides a chronological list of the sovereigns of Britain.
The British monarch was the nominal head of the vast British Empire, which covered a quarter of the world's land area at its greatest extent in 1921. The Balfour Declaration of 1926 recognised the evolution of the Dominions of the Empire into separate, self-governing countries within a Commonwealth of Nations .
Mar 11, 2021 · King Athelstan. The first king of all of England was Athelstan (895-939 AD) of the House of Wessex, grandson of Alfred the Great and 30 th great-grand uncle to Queen Elizabeth II. The Anglo-Saxon...
The British monarchy traces its origins from the petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Scotland, which consolidated into the kingdoms of England and Scotland by the 10th century. England was conquered by the Normans in 1066, after which Wales also gradually came under the control of Anglo-Normans.
Royal Family Tree (849 - Present) Detailed tree | Wessex | Normans | Plantagenet | Tudor | Scottish | Stuart | Hanover | Windsor | Elizabeth II Family
United Kingdom Monarchs (1603 - present) Until 1603 the English and Scottish Crowns were separate, although links between the two were always close - members of the two Royal families intermarried on many occasions.
1051 - Edward quarrels with Godwin and banishes the rebellious Godwin family from England. Edward promises the throne to William, Duke of Normandy. 1052 - Godwin, Earl of Wessex, returns to England.
William I 'The Conqueror' (r. 1066-1087) Encyclopedia.
