English > King of Great Britain: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | The sovereign ruler of England. |
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| Synonym | King of England |
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| Instances | Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute the Great | king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him |
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| Charles, Charles I, Charles Stuart | son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland |
| Charles, Charles II | King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685) |
| Edgar | The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy |
| Edward, Edward I | King of England from 1272 to 1307 |
| Edward, Edward II | King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I |
| Edward, Edward III | son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377 |
| Edward, Edward IV | King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483 |
| Edward, Edward V | King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483) |
| Edward, Edward VI | King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553 |
| Edward, Edward VII, Albert Edward | King of England from 1901 to 1910 |
| Edward, Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor | King of England and Ireland in 1936 |
| Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor | son of Ethelred the Unready |
| Edward the Martyr, Saint Edward the Martyr, St. Edward the Martyr | King of England who was a son of Edgar |
| Edwy, Eadwig | King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959) |
| George, George I | Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727) |
| George, George II | King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760) |
| George, George III | King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820 |
| George, George IV | King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830 |
| George, George V | King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936 |
| George, George VI | King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947 |
| Harold I, King Harold I, Harold Harefoot, Harefoot | illegitimate son of Canute who seized the throne of England in 1037 (died in 1040) |
| Harold II, King Harold II | King of England who succeeded Edward the Confessor in 1066 and was the last of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs |
| Henry I, Henry Beauclerc | King of England from 1100 to 1135 |
| Henry II | First Plantagenet King of England |
| Henry III | son of King John and king of England from 1216 to 1272 |
| Henry IV, Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke | The first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413 |
| Henry V | son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422 |
| Henry VI | son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461 |
| Henry VII, Henry Tudor | First Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509 |
| Henry VIII | son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547 |
| James, James I, King James, King James I | The first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625 |
| James, James II | The last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland |
| John, King John, John Lackland | youngest son of Henry II |
| Richard I, Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart, Richard the Lion-Hearted | son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199 |
| Richard II | King of England from 1377 to 1399 |
| Richard III | King of England from 1483 to 1485 |
| William I, William the Conqueror | duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England |
| William II, William Rufus | The second son of William the Conqueror who succeeded him as King of England (1056-1100) |
| William III, William of Orange | King of England and Scotland and Ireland |
| William IV, Sailor King | King of England and Ireland |
| Broader | king, male monarch, Rex | A male sovereign |
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| Spanish | Rey de Gran Bretaña, Rey de Inglaterra |
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