Present King And Queen Of London
He was a patron of the arts and science founding the royal observatory.
Present king and queen of london. The witan the king s council however elected canute. 1215 signing of magna carta. Charles was brilliant and seen as a loveable rogue and merry monarch. Harald was the third child and only son of king olav v and princess märtha of sweden he was second in the line of succession at the time of his birth behind his father.
In 1940 as a result of the german occupation during. A monarch is the head of a monarchy a form of government in which a state is ruled by an individual who normally rules for life or until abdication and typically inherits the throne by birth. Elizabeth was born in london the first child of the duke and duchess of york later king george vi and queen elizabeth and she was educated privately at home her father ascended the throne on the abdication of his brother king edward viii in 1936 from which time she. Following the death of his father he was chosen king by the good folk of london.
England is a part of but not the same as the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. The current monarch of the. The son of aethelred ii edmund had led the resistance to canute s invasion of england since 1015. Born 21 february 1937 is the king of norway having ascended the throne upon the death of his father king olav v on 17 january 1991.
Monarchs may be autocrats as in all absolute monarchies or may be ceremonial figureheads. Charles had already been king of scotland since 1651 and returned to london and ruled england including wales and scotland. 1258 first english parliament. There has not been a king or queen of england for over 300 years.
1192 richard captured while on crusade. 1135 1154 war between stephen and maud. St james s palace london england. 1120 king s son and heir drowned.
Born 21 april 1926 is queen of the united kingdom and the other commonwealth realms. There have been 12 monarchs of the kingdom of great britain and the united kingdom see monarchy of the united kingdom since the merger of the kingdom of england and the kingdom of scotland on 1 may 1707. 1170 thomas becket archbishop of canterbury killed. Elizabeth ii elizabeth alexandra mary.
The queen is the longest reigning living monarch in the world and is also the longest reigning monarch in british history. Elizabeth ii became britain s queen at the age of just 25 after the.