Part 118

+---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | NAMES AND LINEAGE | PRINCIPAL | CHIEF | EVENTS OF | | OF SOVEREIGNS | STATESMEN | WARRIORS | REIGN | | | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | ANGLO-SAXON KINGS | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EGBERT (775?-837)-- |... |The king.-- |The kingdoms of | |Son of Alcmund, de- | |Ethelwolf.-- |the Heptarchy | |scended from Inigi- | |Kenneth. |united, and take | |sil, brother to Ina, | | |the name of En- | |king of West Saxons. | | |gland. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |ETHELWOLF (---- -358)|Athelstan. |Wolfhere.-- |Tithes instituted;| |--Son of Egbert. | |Ethelhelm.-- |London plundered | | | |Ceorle. |by the Danes; En- | | | | |gland becomes | | | | |tributary to the | | | | |Holy See. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |ETHELBALD--Son of |Swithun, Bishop |Osric. |Scots defeated by | |Ethelwolf. |of Winchester. | |the Britons. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |ETHELBERT--Son of |... |The king. |Winchester burnt | |Ethelwolf. | | |by the Danes. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |ETHELRED I. (871).-- |... |Young Alfred. |Battles of Aston | |Brother to Ethelbert.| | |and Basing--York | | | | |taken. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |ALFRED THE GREAT |... |The king.-- |University of Ox- | |(849-901).--Brother | |Oddune, earl of|ford founded. | |to Ethelred, and son | |Devonshire. |Juries instituted.| |of Ethelwolf. | | |England divided | | | | |into shires, | | | | |tithings and | | | | |and hundreds. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD THE ELDER |... |The king. |Northumberland and| |(870?-924).--Second | | |East Anglia united| |son of Alfred the | | |to the crown. Uni-| |Great. | | |versity of Cam- | | | | |bridge founded. | | | | |Battles of Tems- | | | | |ford and Malden. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |ATHELSTAN (895?-941).|Turketul, Chan- |Guy of Warwick.|Constantine III. | |--Natural son of |cellor. | |of Scotland and | |Edward the Elder. | | |six Irish and | | | | |Welsh kings killed| | | | |at battle of | | | | |Brunanburh. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDMUND THE PIOUS |... |The king. |Cumberland and | |(923-946).--Eldest | | |Westmoreland given| |legitimate son of | | |up to Malcolm, | |Edward the Elder. | | |king of Scotland. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDRED (---- -955?).--|Aldheim, Arch- |The king. |Northumbrian Danes| |Second legitimate son|bishop of | |reduced. | |of Edward the Elder. |Canterbury. | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWY (939?-959).-- |Odo, Archbishop |Prince Edgar. |Rebellion of the | |Eldest son of Edmund |of Canterbury. | |Mercians. | |the Pious. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDGAR (943?-975).-- |Ethelwold. |... |King of Wales, | |Brother to Edwy. | | |Ireland and the | | | | |Isle of Man, | | | | |recognize Edgar | | | | |for their sover- | | | | |eign. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD THE MARTYR |Dustan. |... |... | |(961?-978).--Eldest | | | | |son of Edgar. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |ETHELRED II. |Siricius, Arch- |Prince Edmund. |Arabic figures in-| |(_Sweyn_) (---- |bishop of |Alfric. |troduced. Sweyn, | |-1016).--Brother to |Canterbury. | |king of Denmark, | |Edward the Martyr, | | |conquers England. | |and son of the beau- | | | | |tiful Elfrida. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDMUND, IRONSIDE |Edric, Earl of |... |Massacre of the | |(989-1017).--Eldest |Wilts. | |Danes. England di-| |son of Ethelred II. | | |vided between | | | | |dward and Canute | | | | |I. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | DANISH KINGS | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |CANUTE I. (995-1035).|Thurkell, Duke |Godwin, Earl of|Parents prohibited| |--Son of Sweyn, King |of East Anglia. |Kent. |selling their | |of Denmark. |--Urick, Duke of| |children. End of | | |Northumberland. | |the Danish war of | | | | |two hundred years.| +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HAROLD I. (1040- |Earl Godwin. |Godwin, Earl of|Paper first used | |----)--Second son of | |Kent. |in England. | |Canute I., by Queen | | | | |Alfwen. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |CANUTE II. (1019- |Earl Godwin. |Leofric, Duke |... | |1042).--Third son of | |of Mercia. | | |Canute I., by Emma of| | | | |Normandy. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | SAXON KINGS | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD THE CONFESSOR |Robert, Arch- |Siward, Duke of|Common law of En- | |(1004-1066).--Son of |bishop of |Northumberland.|gland established.| |Edmund Ironside. |Canterbury-- | |Westminster Abbey | | |Harold. | |founded. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HAROLD II. (1022- |Morcar, Earl of |Gurth and |Battle of | |1066).--Son of Earl |Northumberland. |Leofwin, the |Hastings, Norman | |Godwin, by the eldest| |king’s |conquest. | |daughter of Canute I.| |brothers. | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | NORMAN KINGS | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR|Odo, Bishop of |Malcolm, King |Tower of London | |(1027-1087).--Son of |Bayeaux. |of Scotland. |built. Doomsday | |Robert, Duke of Nor- |Fitzosborne, | |book. Bishoprics | |mandy, by his mis- |Earl of | |created. | |tress Harlotte. |Hereford. | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |WILLIAM RUFUS (1056- |Herbert-- |Earl of |First Holy War. | |1100).--Second son of|Lozinga. |Northumberland |Westminster Hall | |William the Con- | |--Duke of |built. Reduction | |queror. | |Normandy. |of the Welsh. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HENRY I. (1068-1135).|Archbishop |Earl of |Normandy con- | |--Brother of William |Anselm. Bishop |Flanders. |quered. First | |Rufus. |of Salisbury. | |Parliament. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |STEPHEN (1105-1154). |William of |Earl of |Canon law intro- | |--Son of Stephen, |Ypres. |Gloucester. |duced. | |Earl of Blois, and | | | | |Adela, daughter of | | | | |William the Con- | | | | |queror. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | PLANTAGENETS | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HENRY II. (1133- |Thomas à Becket,|Strongbow, Earl|King takes posses-| |1189).--Eldest son of|Lord Chancellor.|of Pembroke. |sion of Ireland. | |Geoffrey, Earl of | | |Judicial circuits | |Anjou, and of the Em-| | |established. | |press Maud. Heir to | | | | |Henry I. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |RICHARD I. (1157- |Bishop of Durham|The king, sur- |London divided in-| |1199).--Second son of|--Longchamp, |named Cœur de |to companies. King| |Henry II. |Bishop of Ely. |Lion. |joins the Crusade.| +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |KING JOHN (1166- |Archbishop of |Prince Arthur. |Phillip II. of | |1216).--Brother to |Hubert, Chancel-| |France takes pos- | |Richard I. |lor. | |session of | | | | |Normandy. War with| | | | |the barons. Magna | | | | |Charta signed. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HENRY III. (1207- |William, Earl of|Simon, Earl of |Intestine wars. | |1272).--King John’s |Pembroke, Hugh |Leicester. |Westminster Abbey | |eldest son. |de Burgh, Bishop|Prince Edward. |rebuilt. | | |of Winchester. | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD I. (1239- |Giffard, Arch- |Llewellyn, |Wales united to | |1307).--Eldest son of|bishop of York. |Prince of |England. Mariner’s| |Henry III. | |Wales. |compass invented. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD II. (1284- |Pierce Gaveston |Guy, Earl of |King abdicates the| |1327).--Eldest son of|--Hugh de |Warwick. |throne. Courts of | |Edward I. |Spencer. | |Nisi Prius es- | | | | |tablished. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD III. (1312- |Mortimer, Earl |Edward, the |Battles of Cressy | |1377).--Son of Edward|of March. |Black Prince-- |and Poictiers. | |II. | |Sir Richard |Order of the | | | |Knowles. |Garter instituted.| +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |RICHARD II. (1366- |Richard de Vere,|H. Percy, sur- |Wat Tyler’s insur-| |1400).--Son of Edward|Duke of Ireland.|named Hotspur--|rection. King de- | |the Black Prince, and|A. Neville, |John of Gaunt. |posed. | |grandson of Edward |Archbishop of | | | |III. |York. | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | HOUSE OF LANCASTER | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HENRY IV. (1366?- |R. Neville, Earl|Sir John |Battle of | |1413).--Son of John |of Westmoreland.|Oldcastle. |Shrewsbury. | |of Gaunt, and grand- | | | | |son of Edward III. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HENRY V. (1388-1422).|Beaufort, Duke |Duke of |Battle of | |--Eldest son of Henry|of Exeter. |Gloucester, |Agincourt. Siege | |IV. | |Wodehouse Gam. |of Rouen. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HENRY VI. (1421- |Humphrey, Duke |Joan of Arc, |Battles of | |1471).--Son of Henry |of Gloucester, |Duke of |Crevant, Verneuil,| |V. |Duke of Suffolk,|Bedford, Lord |St. Albans, and | | |Duke of |Talbot, R. |Towton. Siege of | | |Somerset. |Neville, Earl |Orleans. | | | |of Warwick. | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | HOUSE OF YORK | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD IV. (1441- |Earl Rivers. |Admiral Coulon.|Printing first in | |1483).--Son of | | |use. | |Richard, Duke of | | | | |York; descendant of | | | | |Edward III. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD V. (1470- |Richard, Duke of|Lord Hastings. |Richard’s usurpa- | |1483).--Eldest son of|Gloucester. | |tion. | |Edward IV. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |RICHARD III. (1452- |Lord Stanley. |Henry, Earl of |Battle of Bosworth| |1485).--Brother to | |Richmond. Duke |Field. | |Edward IV. | |of Buckingham. | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | HOUSE OF TUDOR | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HENRY VII. (1457- |Cardinal Morton,|Lord Lovell. |Discovery of | |1509).--Son of |Sir Edward | |America. | |Margaret, Countess of|Poynings. | | | |Richmond; descendant | | | | |of John of Gaunt. | | | | | | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |HENRY VIII. (1491- |Cardinal Wolsey,|Duke of Norfolk|The Reformation. | |1547).--Second son of|Sir Thomas More,|--Earl of |Monasteries dis- | |Henry VII. |Fox, Cromwell. |Surrey. |solved. | | | |Lord Maxwell. | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD VI. (1537- |Seymour, Duke of|Lord Russell. |Religious insur- | |1553).--Son of Henry |Somerset-- | |rection. | |VIII., by Jane |Dudley, Earl of | | | |Seymour. |Warwick. | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |QUEEN MARY (1516- |Gardiner, Chan- |Duke of Savoy. |Catholic religion | |1558).--Daughter of |cellor. | |restored. | |Henry VIII., by | | | | |Catharine of Aragon. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |QUEEN ELIZABETH |Robert Dudley, |Admiral Howard |Mary Queen of | |(1533-1603).-- |Sir Nicholas |--Sir Francis |Scots executed. | |Daughter of Henry |Bacon, Lord |Drake. Sir F. |Spanish Armada | |VIII., by Anne |Burleigh. |Vere. Sir P. |destroyed. Protes-| |Boleyn. | |Sidney. |tant religion re- | | | | |stored. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | HOUSE OF STUART | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |JAMES I. (1566-1625).|Robert Car, Earl|Sir Horace |Union of the | |--Son of Mary, Queen |of Somerset. |Vere. |crowns of England | |of Scots, and Henry |George Villiers,| |and Scotland. Gun-| |Stuart, Lord Darnley;|Duke of Bucking-| |powder plot. | |and great-grandson of|ham. Earl of | | | |Margaret, daughter of|Salisbury. | | | |Henry VII. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |CHARLES I. (1600- |Earls of Port- |Earl of Essex. |Battles of Edge | |1649).--Third son of |land and Straf- |Sir T. Fairfax,|Hill, Tadcaster | |James I. |ford--Laud, |Earl of |and Gisborough. | | |Archbishop of |Manchester. | | | |Canterbury. | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |COMMONWEALTH declared|Oliver Cromwell.|Admiral Blake, |Charles I. be- | |May 19. | |General Monk. |headed. Royal | | | | |power usurped. | | | | |Battle of Dunbar. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | HOUSE OF STUART | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |CHARLES II. (1630- |Earl of Claren- |Duke of York. |Restoration of | |1685).--Eldest son of|don. |Earl of |monarchy. Plague | |Charles I. | |Sandwich. |and fire in | | | | |London. Royal So- | | | | |ciety founded. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |JAMES II. (1633- |Chancellor |Duke of |King abdicates the| |1701).--Brother to |Jeffries. |Monmouth. |throne. Revolu- | |Charles II. | | |tion. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |WILLIAM (1650-1702) |Earl of Sunder- |Russell, |Bank of England | |and MARY (1662-1694).|land. Earl of |Shovel, Ginkle.|established. Siege| |--William, Prince of |Tankerville. | |of Namur. Battles | |Orange, (Holland). | | |of Boyne and La | |Mary, eldest daughter| | |Hogue. Treaty of | |of James II., by Anne| | |Ryswick. | |Hyde. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |QUEEN ANNE (1685- |Lords Godolphin |Duke of |Battles of Blen- | |1714).--Second |and Cowper--Earl|Marlboro’--Sir |heim and Ramilles.| |daughter of King |of Oxford. |G. Rook, Ormund|Scotch union. | |James II., and con- |Harcourt. |--Benbow. | | |sort of George, |Bollingbroke. | | | |Prince of Denmark. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | HOUSE OF HANOVER | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |GEORGE I. (1660- |Dukes of New- |Earl of Mar. |Insurrection in | |1727).--Eldest son of|castle and |Duke of Argyle.|favor of the Pre- | |Ernest Augustus, Duke|Devonshire. |Lord Cobham. |tender. Septennial| |of Brunswick, and |Lords Townsend | |parliament. | |Princess Sophia, |and Carteret. | | | |daughter of Frederick| | | | |V., of Bohemia. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |GEORGE II. (1683- |Sir R. Walpole. |Duke of Cumber-|New style intro- | |1760).--Only son of |Mr. Sandys. Earl|land. Lord |duced. Battles of | |George I., by |of Huntington. |Anson. Earl of |Dettingen, | |Dorothy, daughter and|Duke of Bedford.|Stair. Gen. |Culloden, and | |heiress of the Duke | |Wolfe. |Minden. Peace of | |of Zell. | | |Aix La Chapelle. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |GEORGE III. (1738- |Chatham. North, |Rodney, Howe, |French and Ameri- | |1820).--Eldest son of|Pitt, Fox. |Abercrombie-- |can Revolutions. | |Frederick and | |Nelson, |Union with Ire- | |Augusta, Prince and | |Wellington. |land. Battles of | |Princess of Wales, | | |Leipsic and | |and grandson of | | |Waterloo. | |George II. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |GEORGE IV. (1762- |... |... |... | |1830).--Eldest son of| | | | |George III., by his | | | | |consort, Charlotte of| | | | |Mecklenburg. | | | | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |WILLIAM IV. (1765- |Lord John |... |Reform Bill passed| |1837).--Third son of |Russell, Robert | |by Parliament. Mu-| |George III. |Peel, Lord | |nicipal Corpora- | | |Melbourne. | |tions Act. Estab- | | | | |lishment of the | | | | |University of | | | | |London. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-|Lord Palmerston,|Generals |Crimean war, | |1901).--Daughter of |Lord Derby, |Gordon, |Indian Mutiny, | |Edward, fourth son of|Disraeli, |Roberts, |Zulu war, Boer | |George III., and |Gladstone, |Kitchener. |war, Home Rule | |Victoria Maria |Rosebury, | |agitation. Austra-| |Louisa, daughter of |Salisbury. | |lian Commonwealth | |Francis, duke of | | |bill. Imperialism | |Saxe-Coburg. | | |strengthened. | | | | |Marked literary | | | | |achievements. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ | HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |EDWARD VII. (1841- |... |Lord Roberts, |King Edward and | |1910).--Son of | |General |his Ministers were| |Victoria and Prince | |Kitchener. |influential in es-| |Albert of Saxe-Coburg| | |tablishing the | |and Gotha. | | |Triple Entente, | | | | |including England,| | | | |France and Russia.| +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+ |GEORGE V. (1865- |Asquith, Lloyd- |Kitchener, |England the lead- | |----).--Son of Edward|George, Cecil. |French, Haig. |ing and directing | |VII. and Queen | | |power of the | |Alexandra, daughter | | |Entente in the | |of Christian IX. of | | |Great European war| |Denmark. | | |against the | | | | |Germanic Allies. | +---------------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+