There have been 12 monarchs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of Great Britain was formed on 1 May 1707 with the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which had been in personal union under the House of Stuart since 24 March 1603. On 1 January 1801 Great Britain merged with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. After most of Ireland left the union on 6 December 1922, on 12 April 1927 its name was amended to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. British monarchsHouse of StuartEngland and Scotland entered into legislative and governmental union on 1 May 1707 under the Acts of Union 1707. | Anne1 May1707–1714 England and Scotland
8 March 1702-1707
||  || 6 February 1665
St James's Palace
daughter of James II and Anne Hyde
St James's Palace
28 July 1683
17 children
Kensington
aged 49
|}House of HanoverThe Hanoverian succession came about as a result of the Act of Settlement 1701, passed by the English Parliament. In return for access to the English plantations in North America, the Hanoverian succession and the Union were ratified by the Scottish Parliament in 1707.
| George I
1 August
1714–1727 || 100px || 28 May 1660
Leineschloss
son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia of Hanover
21 November 1682
2 children
aged 67
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| George II
11 June
1727–1760 ||  || 30 October 1683
Herrenhausen
son of George I and Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lueneburg-Celle
22 August 1705
8 children
Kensington Palace
aged 76
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| George III
25 October
1760–1820 ||  || 4 June 1738
Norfolk House
son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
8 September 1761
15 children
Windsor Castle
aged 81
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| George IV
29 January
1820–1830 ||  || 12 August 1762
St James's Palace
son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
15 September 1785
(2) Caroline of Brunswick
St James's Palace
8 April 1795
1 daughter
Windsor
aged 67
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| William IV
26 June
1830–1837 || || 21 August 1765
Buckingham Palace
son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
13 July 1818
2 children
Windsor Castle
aged 71
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| Victoria
20 June
1837–1901 || 100px|| 24 May 1819
Kensington Palace
daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
St James's Palace
10 February 1840
9 children
Osborne House
aged 81
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Although he was the son and heir of Victoria, Edward VII inherited his father's names and is therefore counted as inaugurating a new royal house.
| Edward VII
22 January 1901 –
6 May 1910 ||  || 9 November 1841
Buckingham Palace
son of Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
10 March 1863
6 children
Buckingham Palace
aged 68
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The house name Windsor was adopted in 1917, during the First World War. It was changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because of wartime anti-German sentiment.
| George V
6 May 1910 –
20 January 1936 ||  || 3 June 1865
Marlborough House
son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark
6 July 1893
St James's Palace
6 children
Sandringham House
aged 70
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| Edward VIII
20 January –
11 December 1936
White Lodge
son of George V and Mary of Teck
3 June 1937
no children
Bois de Boulogne
aged 77
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| George VI
11 December 1936 –
6 February 1952 ||  || 14 December 1895
Sandringham
son of George V and Mary of Teck
26 April 1923
2 children
Sandringham House
aged 56
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| Elizabeth II
6 February
1952 – present || 100px || 21 April 1926
Mayfair
daughter of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
20 November 1947
4 children
|}Timeline of British Monarchs
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Regnal numberingFollowing the Acts of Union, regnal numbering of subsequent monarchs followed on from those of England. William IV, Edward VII, Edward VIII, and Elizabeth II all taking the next number in the English sequence. As a result of Scottish opposition to the use of the style Elizabeth II'', it was suggested by Winston Churchill that all future monarchs should take the next number from either the English or Scottish sequence, whichever was higher. This new rule was consistent, in that had it been applied since the Union, it would not have changed the regnal numbers of any previous post-union monarch. Notes and references See also
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