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Lists of monarchs in the British Isles

Index Lists of monarchs in the British Isles

This page links to lists of monarchs that have reigned the various kingdoms and other states that have existed in the British Isles throughout recorded history. [1]

49 relations: Bretwalda, British Isles, Carausian Revolt, Earl of Orkney, Heptarchy, Hwicce, King of Mann, King of the Britons, Kingdom of Breifne, Kingdom of Dublin, Kingdom of Essex, Kingdom of Gwynedd, Kingdom of the Isles, Kingdom of the Rhinns, Kings of Ailech, Kings of Airgíalla, Kings of Magh Luirg, Kings of Osraige, Kings of Uisnech, Kingship of Tara, Legendary kings of Scotland, List of British monarchs, List of English monarchs, List of High Kings of Ireland, List of kings of Connacht, List of kings of Dál Riata, List of kings of Dumnonia, List of kings of Leinster, List of Kings of Mide, List of kings of Munster, List of kings of Strathclyde, List of kings of the Picts, List of kings of Ulster, List of legendary kings of Britain, List of monarchs of East Anglia, List of monarchs of Kent, List of monarchs of Mercia, List of monarchs of Northumbria, List of monarchs of Sussex, List of monarchs of Wessex, List of rulers of Tír Eoghain, List of rulers of Wales, List of Scottish monarchs, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Mann, Magonsæte, Monarchy of Ireland, Recorded history, Wihtwara.

Bretwalda

Bretwalda (also brytenwalda and bretenanwealda, sometimes capitalised) is an Old English word.

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British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles.

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Carausian Revolt

The Carausian Revolt (286–296) was an episode in Roman history, during which a Roman naval commander, Carausius, declared himself emperor over Britain and northern Gaul.

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Earl of Orkney

The Earl of Orkney was originally a Norse jarl ruling the Norðreyjar (the islands of Orkney and Shetland).

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Heptarchy

The Heptarchy is a collective name applied to the seven petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in 5th century until their unification into the Kingdom of England in the early 10th century.

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Hwicce

Hwicce (Old English: /ʍi:kt͡ʃe/) was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England.

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King of Mann

The King of Mann was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles.

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King of the Britons

The title King of the Britons (Latin Rex Britannorum) was used (often retrospectively) to refer to the most powerful ruler among the Celtic Britons, both before and after the period of Roman Britain up until the Norman conquest of England.

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Kingdom of Breifne

The Kingdom of Breifne or Bréifne (anglicized Breffni, Breffny, Brefnie, Brenny) was a confederation of túaithe in medieval Ireland headed by a ruirí drawn from the Uí Briúin Bréifne.

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Kingdom of Dublin

Vikings invaded the territory around Dublin in the 9th century, establishing the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, the earliest and longest-lasting Norse kingdom in Ireland.

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Kingdom of Essex

The kingdom of the East Saxons (Ēast Seaxna Rīce; Regnum Orientalium Saxonum), today referred to as the Kingdom of Essex, was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.

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Kingdom of Gwynedd

The Principality or Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin: Venedotia or Norwallia; Middle Welsh: Guynet) was one of several successor states to the Roman Empire that emerged in sub-Roman Britain in the 5th century during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.

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Kingdom of the Isles

The Kingdom of the Isles comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD.

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Kingdom of the Rhinns

Na Renna, or the Kingdom of the Rhinns, was a Norse-Gaelic lordship which appears in 11th century records.

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Kings of Ailech

The Kings of Ailech belonged to the Northern Uí Néill and were based at the Grianan of Aileach (Grianán Ailigh),Seán Duffy (2014); "Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf", page 21.

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Kings of Airgíalla

Between the sixth and sixteenth centuries, the Kingdom of Airgíalla (Anglicized as Oriel) was one of the three major kingdoms that formed what is now the province of Ulster.

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Kings of Magh Luirg

The Kings of Magh Luirg or Moylurg were a branch of the Síol Muireadaigh, and a kindred family to the Ua Conchobair Kings of Connacht.

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Kings of Osraige

The kings of Osraige (alternately spelled Osraighe and Anglicised as Ossory) reigned over the medieval Irish kingdom of Osraige from the first or second century AD until the late twelfth century.

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Kings of Uisnech

The Kings of Uisnech were of the Uí Néill and one of its major southern branches, the Clann Cholmáin.

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Kingship of Tara

The term Kingship of Tara was a title of authority in ancient Ireland.

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Legendary kings of Scotland

The Scottish Renaissance humanist George Buchanan gave a long list of Scottish Kings in his history of Scotland—published in Latin as Rerum Scoticarum Historia in 1582—most of whom are now considered by historians to be figures of legend, or completely misrepresented.

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List of British monarchs

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.

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List of English monarchs

This list of kings and queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, one of the petty kingdoms to rule a portion of modern England.

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List of High Kings of Ireland

Medieval Irish historical tradition held that Ireland had been ruled by an Ard Rí or High King since ancient times, and compilations like the 11th-century Lebor Gabála Érenn, followed by early modern works like the Annals of the Four Masters and Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, purported to trace the line of High Kings.

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List of kings of Connacht

The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the cóiced (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland.

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List of kings of Dál Riata

This is a List of the kings of Dál Riata, a kingdom of Irish origin which was located in Scotland and Ireland.

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List of kings of Dumnonia

The kings of Dumnonia were the rulers of the large Brythonic kingdom of Dumnonia in the south-west of Great Britain during the Sub-Roman and early medieval periods.

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List of kings of Leinster

The following is a provisional list of the Kings of Leinster who ruled the Irish kingdom of Leinster (or Laigin) up to 1632 with the death of Domhnall Spainneach Mac Murrough Caomhanach, the last legitimately inaugurated head of the MacMurrough Kavanagh royal line.

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List of Kings of Mide

In medieval Ireland, the Kings of Mide were of the Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the Uí Néill.

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List of kings of Munster

The kings of Munster (Rí Mumhan), ruled from the establishment of Munster during the Irish Iron Age, until the High Middle Ages.

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List of kings of Strathclyde

The list of the kings of Strathclyde concerns the kings of Alt Clut, later Strathclyde, a Brythonic kingdom in what is now western Scotland.

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List of kings of the Picts

The list of kings of the Picts is based on the Pictish Chronicle king lists.

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List of kings of Ulster

The King of Ulster (Old Irish: Rí Ulad, Modern Irish: Rí Uladh) also known as the King of Ulaid and King of the Ulaid, refers to the kings of the Irish provincial over-kingdom of Ulaid.

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List of legendary kings of Britain

The following list of legendary kings of Britain derives predominantly from Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136 work Historia Regum Britanniae ("the History of the Kings of Britain").

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List of monarchs of East Anglia

The kingdom of East Anglia, (also known as the kingdom of the East Angles), was a small independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom that comprised what are now the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of the Fens.

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List of monarchs of Kent

This is a list of the kings of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent.

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List of monarchs of Mercia

The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th.

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List of monarchs of Northumbria

Northumbria, a kingdom of Angles, in what is now northern England and south-east Scotland, was initially divided into two kingdoms: Bernicia and Deira.

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List of monarchs of Sussex

This list of kings and ealdormen of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the South Saxons contains substantial gaps, and many of the dates from this time are unreliable.

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List of monarchs of Wessex

This is a list of monarchs of Wessex until 927.

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List of rulers of Tír Eoghain

This article lists the Kings of Tír Eoghain or Tyrone from 1185 to 1616.

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List of rulers of Wales

Before the Conquest of Wales was completed in 1282, Wales consisted of a number of independent kingdoms, the most important being Gwynedd, Powys, Deheubarth (originally Ceredigion, Seisyllwg and Dyfed), Gwent and Morgannwg.

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List of Scottish monarchs

The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland.

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Lord of Galloway

The lords of Galloway consisted of a dynasty of heirs who were lords (or kings) and ladies who ruled over Galloway in southwest Scotland, mainly during the High Middle Ages.

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Lord of Mann

The title Lord or Lady of Mann (Çhiarn Vannin) is used on the Isle of Man to refer to the island's Lord Proprietor and head of state.

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Magonsæte

Magonsæte was a minor sub-kingdom of the greater Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, thought to be coterminous with the Diocese of Hereford.

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Monarchy of Ireland

A monarchical system of government existed in Ireland from ancient times until, for what became the Republic of Ireland, the mid-twentieth century.

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Recorded history

Recorded history or written history is a historical narrative based on a written record or other documented communication.

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Wihtwara

Wihtwara was the kingdom founded on the Isle of Wight, a island off the south coast of England, during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_monarchs_in_the_British_Isles

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