Monday, October 19, 2015

Monarchical

Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, King Oyo is the youngest monarch having been crowned king at the age of three and a half years old

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Ramses the Great were both 90 when they died, making them jointly the oldest monarchs

Sobhuza II was the longest reigning monarch having reigned for 82 years, 254 days

Pharaoh Nebiriau II had a short reign but not as short as Prince Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angouleme, "King Louis XIX" on the throne for twenty minutes

Queen Darejan and King Heraclius II of Georgia had 23 children

Kan'yamato Iwarebiko known posthumously as Emperor Jimmu ruled Japan 660-585BC








Thursday, October 15, 2015

Succession

1. The Prince of Wales
2. The Duke of Cambridge
3. Prince George of Cambridge
4. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
5. Prince Henry of Wales
6. The Duke of York
7. Princess Beatrice of York
8. Princess Eugenie of York
9. The Earl of Wessex
10. Viscount Severn
11. The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
12. The Princess Royal
13. Mr. Peter Phillips
14. Miss Savannah Phillips
15. Miss Isla Phillips
16. Mrs. Michael Tindall

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Heirs and Graces

Prince Charles
Prince William
Prince George

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland

1702-1714 Anne House of Stuart
1714-1727 George I House of Hanover
1727-1760 George II House of Hanover
1760-1820 George III (Elector, 1760-1815, and King,1815-20, of Hanover) House of Hanover
1820-1830 George IV House of Hanover
1830-1837 William IV (King of Hanover 1830-7) House of Hanover
1837-1901 Victoria (Empress of India 1876-1901) House of Hanover
1901-1910 Edward VII House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
1910-1936 George V House of Windsor
1936         Edward VIII House of Windsor
1936-1952 George VI House of Windsor
1952-         Elizabeth II (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Head of the Commonwealth of Nations) House of Windsor

Monday, October 05, 2015

Kings and Queens of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland

1603-1625 James I (King of Scotland as James VI 1567-1625) House of Stuart
1625-1649 Charles I House of Stuart
1649-1653 Commonwealth Commonwealth
1653-1658 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector) Commonwealth
1658-1659 Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector) Commonwealth
1660-1685 Charles II House of Stuart
1685-1688 James II House of Stuart
1689-1694 William III of Orange and Mary II (jointly) House of Orange
1694-1702 William III (alone) House of Orange

Kings and Queens of England, Wales and Ireland

1509-1547 Henry VIII 

1547-1553 Edward VI

1553-1558 Mary I

1558-1603 Elizabeth I 

Sunday, October 04, 2015

Kings and Queens of England and Wales

1272-1307 Edward I         House of Plantagenet
1307-1327 Edward II House of Plantagenet
1327-1377 Edward III House of Plantagenet
1377-1399 Richard II House of Plantagenet
1399-1413 Henry IV         House of Lancaster
1413-1422 Henry V         House of Lancaster
1422-1461 Henry VI         House of Lancaster
1461-1483 Edward IV House of York
1483         Edward V House of York
1483-1485 Richard III House of York
1485-1509 Henry VII House of Tudor

Friday, October 02, 2015

High Kings of Ireland

Mael Sechnaill mac Maele Ruanaid, 846–860
Aed Findliath, 861–876
Flann Sinna, 877–914
Niall Glundub, 915–917
Donnchad Donn, 918–942
Congalach Cnogba, 943–954
Domnall ua Neill, 955–978
Mael Sechnaill mac Domnaill, 979–1002; 1014–1022
Brian Boruma, 1002–1014
Donnchad mac Briain, died 1064
Diarmait mac Mail na mBo, died 1072
Toirdelbach Ua Briain, died 1086
Muirchertach Ua Briain, died 1119
Domnall Ua Lochlainn, died 1121
Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair, died 1156
Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, died 1166
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, died 1198