Kings of England and France (1413-1473)
1413/1422 - 1437: Henry V/Henri II (House of Lancaster) [1]
1437 - 1447: Edward IV/Édouard I (House of Lancaster) [2]
1447 - 1473: Peter I/Pierre I (House of Lancaster) [3]
Kings of England (1473-1605)
1473 - 1501: John II (House of Lancaster) [1]
1501 - 1550: Edgar I (House of Lancaster) [2]
1550 - 1599: Joan Elizabeth 'the Golden' I (House of Lancaster) [3]
1599 - 1605: Richard IV (House of Stuart) [4]
[1] Without split royal attention John II was able to focus on administrative reforms for the realm, improving law enforcements and making taxation more efficent. He maintained close relations with his brother Edward and supported him in his continetal efforts untill his death by illness. A minor footnote was that an adventurer from Italy wanted to lead an expedition west to find a new trade route to the east. Though many educate people said it was folly because of the size of the Earth Henri took a gamble and supported the expedition. However, Byzantine reconquest of Egypt made the need for the route unimportant and when it failed to return interest in a route west would dissappear for the next century.
[2] Edgar was the youngest born of John II's children but the only one who lived to adulthood. He became King at the age of 14 but refused a regency, Edgar's reign oversaw 'the long peace', in which England avoided the wars raging on the continent in favor of promoting vast constructions in the Kingdom that, along with the banks and trade networks established by Edgar that saw England become the wealthiest nation in Europe.
[3] Joan Elizabeth continued her predecessor's reforms and focused on the banking trade. It is said that under her rule England ascended to its Golden Age with its Golden Queen at the helm (even though she had brown hair). She focused on reforming the judicial system and pushed for democratic governance with her lords. It is of the latter that she encountered difficulty in giving power to the people. To this end she founded the first public school system although stymied by the other issues she wanted to focus on. Joan Elizabeth sponsored her nephew, Richard as the heir to the throne. She died on New Year's Eve of 1599 with great sorrow cast over the very rich Kingdom of England.
[4] Richard was named heir to the throne of England by his aunt. His mother had married the Scottish prince, Duncan, second son of the Queen of France and Scotland and her husband. He took the throne prepared to rule, but lead his kingdom into an unwinnable 13-year long war with Castile over the Caribbean, got involved in the Austrian succession crisis that pitted England, Aragon and Prussia, against France, Scotland, Castile and Poland-Lithuania, and launched an unsuccessful bid to win the Holy Roman Empire, that left England near bankruptcy. However, his reign was cut short when the Scottish-French Queen claimed his throne, forcing him to flee to Ireland in 1605.
Kings of France (1473-1567)
1473 - 1499: Édouard II (House of Lancaster) [4]
1499 - 1527: Henri III (House of Lancaster)[5]
1527 - 1546: Marie I (House of Lancaster) [6]
1546 - 1567: Louis XI (House of Lancaster) [7]
Kings of France and Scotland (1567-1604)
1567 - 1604: Henri IV / Henry I (House of Lancaster) [8]
Monarchs of France, Scotland and England (1605 - 1654)
1604/1605 - 1624: Marie II / Mary I (House of Lancaster) [9]
1624 - 1654: Jean III/John III (House of Nassau) [10]
Monarchs of France
1654 - 1666: Pierre II (House of Nassau) [11]
1666 - 1721: Jean IV (House of Lorraine) [12]
1721 - 1729: Henri V (House of Lorraine) [13]
1729 - 1757: Jean V (House of Lorraine) [14]
1757 - 1779: Victoire I (House of Lorraine) [15]
[1] After the successful siege of Meaux, Henry V hears the news of his father-in-law's death in 1422, with Charles VI of France dead, Henry was now King of France as well as England.
Henry sends his brother-in-law, Charles, Dauphin of Viennois, to live in the Tower of London, where Charles stays until his death in 1431 at the age of 28.
With his wife, Catherine of France, he has another two sons, as spares to their first son, Prince Henry of Wales.
In 1437, after 15 years of ruling the two kingdoms peacefully, Henry was succeeded by his son Edward.
[2] To not annoy his two kingdoms' subjects, Édouard/Edward passed summers in London and winters in Paris. Meanwhile, each kingdom was managed by a Privy Council/Conseil du Roi. This also reinforced the use of French(Norman French) into English court and nobility, with all the common folk speaking English. When things about a "foreign king" were about to explode, Édouard was drowned in a shipwreck en route to Paris. He had four sons, and was succeeded by the eldest, Peter.
[3] Peter (or Pierre in French) found himself having to fight for both England and France since factions in both Kingdoms found him to be 'too foreign' the French found him 'too English', the English found him 'too French'. In France his brother Prince Édouard proclaimed himself 'Édouard II' and led a rebellion that lasted seven years, while in England supporters of 'Old Henry', or Henry, Prince of Wales who had been stripped of his inheritance and imprisoned in the Tower of London by Henry V & II due to madness proclaimed him 'Henry VI' and their rebellion lasted five years. While Peter was able to prevail against them both with the help of the legendary warrior-maiden Jeanne d'Arc who later became the King's mistress and bore him seven children, his remaining reign was extremely unstable, as a result when he reached near-death he decided to split the French and English crowns between his children, his only legitimate son, Edward, by his wife Maria of Spain was given France, while his eldest son, Philip, by his mistress, was given England and its domains.
[4] Édouard II's reign in France was profoundly unstable thanks in large part to the Franco-Burgundian War which dominated his reign. Launched by Philippe IV, Duke of Burgundy, and continued by his daughter Isabeau and her husband Archduke Christoph (later Holy Roman Emperor), after Philippe IV's death during the siege of Épernay, Édouard sought to meet the challenge to his rule head-on. After nearly 15 years of warfare however Édouard II died in battle against Emperor Christoph at the Siege of Troyes, having failed to anticipate the number of mercenaries the Emperor had employed from the Alps and Italian states.
[5] Henri would start his reign dealing with a crisis. In order to defeat Emperor Christoph von der Mark he borrowed money from his family in Spain and England and bought off the mercenaries, defeating the Emperor. he was able to subjugate Burgundy but failed in pushing for more due to financial issues. He'd spent the rest of his reign dealing with that. Henri only had daughters, but due to the English victory, they would be able to inherit.
[6] The eldest of Henri's daughters, Marie was the most eligible bachelorette in Europe even before she became Queen. In order to secure peace in Burgundy she married Henri-Louis, the only remaining member of Burgundy's former Ducal family with whom she bore nine children. During Marie's reign a period of reconstruction began, even while in the Germanies the Protestant Reformation emerged and spread outward. While she supported the Roman Catholic Church, Marie also sold supplies and mercenary services to the Protestant German princes in order to keep Austria from becoming too powerful. This had the long-term consequence of setting off a chain reaction of events that would see the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire into several states, though Marie would not live to see this event, having died in 1546 from breast cancer, leaving France to her son, Louis.
[7] Louis inherited France from his mother after her death. The question of his marriage was a highly debated issue, both in the Royal Court and on the streets of France. He was betrothed to the Austrian Princess, Anne, but her father's decision to invade Milan, left the marriage alliance dead in the water. There were rumors that Anne and Louis had meet in Geneva during the peace negotiations after Austria had been rebuked, and had an affair. Louis then married Queen Agatha of Scotland. Louis and his wife fought against numerous Scottish revolts to secure their positions. Louis and Agatha were never made co-monarchs of the others kingdoms, due to opposition from Scottish Nobles. They were succeeded by their son Henri.
[8] Henri IV (Henry I in Scotland) reigned during a volatile time in European history, while France founded it's colonial Empire with colonies along the West African coast and in South America, in Europe the French Kingdom found itself involved in the series of overlapping wars that would come to be known as 'the Dissolution Wars' which saw the collapse of the HRE, though this would occur in the reign of his daughter, Maria.
[9] Marie II (Mary I in Scotland and England) laid claim forcing King Richard IV to flee to Ireland in 1605, where he died unmarried and without a legitimate heir.
Marie was seen as the religious queen that was needed for the two island nations. Her reign saw 'the Dissolution Wars' fought between 1606 to 1619, resulting in the formation of the Protestant Hanoverian-Prussia Kingdom in the North, allied with Russia and Denmark. With the Catholic Bavarian-Saxon Kingdom in the South, allied with France and Austria.
The last five years of her reign saw tension building up between both sides, when she died, she left her three kingdoms to her only child, Prince John from her second marriage to Ludwig, duke of Nassau.
[10] Due to pressure from English nobles, who were not happy being ruled from Paris, where John resided most of time, he promised to divide his kingdom-upon his death his older son Pierre took French throne, when younger one Lear became English and Scottish king.
[11] Pierre II's reign was an unhappy one, struck with leprosy a few days after his coronation, Pierre took to wearing elaborate golden masks and robes to hide his condition. His wife died in childbirth and his eldest son Charles died in a jousting accident, while the younger son Louis managed to seize power from his ailing father, ruling France as Regent but died three days before his father did, leaving the crown to Jean IV..
[12] Grandson of Pierre II. Son of Charles of Lorraine and Marie, Pierre's only daughter. He united Lorraine with France after his father's death in 1678.
[13] The oldest son of Jean and his Spanish wife, Isabel. Henri, succeeded to the throne at the age of 66, after years of waiting for his father either abdicate or die.
His reign was short for at the age of 70, he contracted Yellow fever, a disease which left him with a fever, abdominal pain occurs, and liver damage causing his skin to turn yellow for the last four years of his life.
[14] Oldest son of Henri. As Grandson of Spanish princess Isabel he claimed Spanish throne after his cousin king Pedro died without heir, but Spanish nobles proclaimed Miguel of Portugal as their new king, Jean lost battle with Miguelist forces at Zaragoza and was forced to renounce his claims.
[15] Victoire decided not to claim the Spanish throne and upon her ascension to the throne ceded the claim to Miguel of Portugal in return for 50,000 gold coins. She then would go on regular visits to John VI of Britain, a friendship that would later turn to marriage in 1779 as the two united their Kingdoms into one United Kingdom. Despite this both would continue to rule separately until their deaths in 1794 and 1797 when their son ____ would be crowned as the King of Great Britain, Ireland and France.
Kings of Great Britain and Ireland
1654 - 1681: Lear (House of Nassau) [1]
1681 - 1700: Paul Maurice I (House of Nassau) [2]
1700 - 1753: John IV (House of Nassau) [3]
1753 - 1761: John V (House of Nassau)[4]
1761 - 1779: John VI (House of Nassau) [5]
Kings of Great Britain, Ireland and France
1779 - 1794/1797 - John VI (House of Nassau) & Victoire I (House of Lorraine) [5] & [15]
1794/7 - 1830 Peter II (House of Nassau-Lorraine) [6] & [16]
1830 - 1857: John VII (House of Nassau-Lorraine) [7] & [17]
1857 - 1910: Peter III (House of Nassau-Lorraine) [8] & [18]
1910 - 1990: John VIII (House of Nassau-Lorraine) [9] & [19]
[1] Named after a legendary King of England, Lear had arranged for the unification of England and Scotland into a single Kingdom prior to his father's death, while technically only completed three years after the start of his reign, Lear backdated it to the start of his reign out of vanity. Lear's reign saw the construction of a vast complex of palaces outside of London that came to be called 'the King's City' and he required the nobility to spend most of their time there in order to keep a close eye on them. To keep them happy he had the palaces built to be the most luxurious buildings in the world (at the time) and with elaborate courtly rituals and entertainments the nobility were appeased while the King gained absolute power. When Lear died in 1681 it was his grand nephew, Paul Maurice who took the throne.
[2] Paul Maurice administered the state as a business. He is often referred to as 'the Banker'. Everything about his reign took an austere turn and focused on a priority that Paul Maurice sought at a time. He is accredited in financial reform and giving power to a Council of Ministers in certain areas. Paul Maurice did run into challenges and founded several divisions of a Ministry of Intelligence that concentrated on those that wanted to counter his financial focus. Paul Maurice did run into several problems with the nobles and pushed for expansion beyond Great Britain and Ireland's shores. The famous Cabot Expedition discovered Columbia (OTL Newfoundland) and it was swiftly turned into a penal colony. He adopted his grandnephew, John as his heir and died due to his constant focus on making British banks as rich as it had been in his ancestor's time.
[3] Prince John, was the grandson of Paul Maurice's younger brother, Richard, who died 1690, of natural causes. Leaving John's father, Edward as heir, however, he died in 1698, after a brief illness.
Prince John, was adopted by his great-uncle, King Paul Maurice, at the age of 27.
His reign of 53 years, saw the fulfilment of Paul Maurice's focus, with the British economy being the richest, with the colonies and trade bringing in a good level of income.
[4] John was well known for his piety, which also caused his premature death-fasting destroyed his health and he died just eight years after his father leaving no children, he was succedeed by younger brother Henry who chose the regnal name John VI
[5] John VI was a good king whose close relationship with Queen Victoire I of France eventually led the two to marry in 1779. After the marriage was consummated they united their Kingdoms to unite as Dual Monarchs. John VI would die in 1794 and was succeeded by his and Victoire's son ____ who would also succeed his mother in 1797.
[6] Peter II ruled for 36 years as King of Great Britain and Ireland and 33 years as King of France. It was during his reign that the idea of a United Kingdom of the three Kingdoms was floated past nobles of both Kingdom but it did not gain more attention and was quickly dismissed. Peter II's reign was unmarked by war but a horrible famine in 1812 left Ireland in a bad state that was just recovering in later 1830 when Peter II died. He was succeeded by his son John VII
[7] John VII ruled for twenty-seven years and was considered a great king due to his policies resulting in a resurgence of the economy and his quick actions after a second famine in Ireland in 1837 allowed the country to recovered more quickly than before. No wars took place during the reign of John VII but tension did begin to rise and were about to simmer over when John VII died in 1857
[8] Grandson of John VII, Peter III ruled for fifty-three years as King and was considered a great king after his actions in the early part of the 1860s ended the simmering tensions in Europe for a couple of generations. He was also frugal with the economy and so the Kingdoms of Great Britain, Ireland and France were flush with money. After his death in 1910 he was succeeded by his young grandson John
[9] John VIII ruled for 80 years after ascending the throne as a two year old. After a fourteen year regency he had his majority confirmed. However he quickly showed himself to be a hedonist and corrupt as the sky is blue. He delegated all of governmental procedures to ministers and ruled only in name. This resulted in resentment rising against the monarchy but a brutal massacre of the rebels in 1931 saw John VIII personally execute several rebels before returning to his reign of hedonism for the next 49 years. After his death during an orgy he was succeeded by his great-grandson _____
1413/1422 - 1437: Henry V/Henri II (House of Lancaster) [1]
1437 - 1447: Edward IV/Édouard I (House of Lancaster) [2]
1447 - 1473: Peter I/Pierre I (House of Lancaster) [3]
Kings of England (1473-1605)
1473 - 1501: John II (House of Lancaster) [1]
1501 - 1550: Edgar I (House of Lancaster) [2]
1550 - 1599: Joan Elizabeth 'the Golden' I (House of Lancaster) [3]
1599 - 1605: Richard IV (House of Stuart) [4]
[1] Without split royal attention John II was able to focus on administrative reforms for the realm, improving law enforcements and making taxation more efficent. He maintained close relations with his brother Edward and supported him in his continetal efforts untill his death by illness. A minor footnote was that an adventurer from Italy wanted to lead an expedition west to find a new trade route to the east. Though many educate people said it was folly because of the size of the Earth Henri took a gamble and supported the expedition. However, Byzantine reconquest of Egypt made the need for the route unimportant and when it failed to return interest in a route west would dissappear for the next century.
[2] Edgar was the youngest born of John II's children but the only one who lived to adulthood. He became King at the age of 14 but refused a regency, Edgar's reign oversaw 'the long peace', in which England avoided the wars raging on the continent in favor of promoting vast constructions in the Kingdom that, along with the banks and trade networks established by Edgar that saw England become the wealthiest nation in Europe.
[3] Joan Elizabeth continued her predecessor's reforms and focused on the banking trade. It is said that under her rule England ascended to its Golden Age with its Golden Queen at the helm (even though she had brown hair). She focused on reforming the judicial system and pushed for democratic governance with her lords. It is of the latter that she encountered difficulty in giving power to the people. To this end she founded the first public school system although stymied by the other issues she wanted to focus on. Joan Elizabeth sponsored her nephew, Richard as the heir to the throne. She died on New Year's Eve of 1599 with great sorrow cast over the very rich Kingdom of England.
[4] Richard was named heir to the throne of England by his aunt. His mother had married the Scottish prince, Duncan, second son of the Queen of France and Scotland and her husband. He took the throne prepared to rule, but lead his kingdom into an unwinnable 13-year long war with Castile over the Caribbean, got involved in the Austrian succession crisis that pitted England, Aragon and Prussia, against France, Scotland, Castile and Poland-Lithuania, and launched an unsuccessful bid to win the Holy Roman Empire, that left England near bankruptcy. However, his reign was cut short when the Scottish-French Queen claimed his throne, forcing him to flee to Ireland in 1605.
Kings of France (1473-1567)
1473 - 1499: Édouard II (House of Lancaster) [4]
1499 - 1527: Henri III (House of Lancaster)[5]
1527 - 1546: Marie I (House of Lancaster) [6]
1546 - 1567: Louis XI (House of Lancaster) [7]
Kings of France and Scotland (1567-1604)
1567 - 1604: Henri IV / Henry I (House of Lancaster) [8]
Monarchs of France, Scotland and England (1605 - 1654)
1604/1605 - 1624: Marie II / Mary I (House of Lancaster) [9]
1624 - 1654: Jean III/John III (House of Nassau) [10]
Monarchs of France
1654 - 1666: Pierre II (House of Nassau) [11]
1666 - 1721: Jean IV (House of Lorraine) [12]
1721 - 1729: Henri V (House of Lorraine) [13]
1729 - 1757: Jean V (House of Lorraine) [14]
1757 - 1779: Victoire I (House of Lorraine) [15]
[1] After the successful siege of Meaux, Henry V hears the news of his father-in-law's death in 1422, with Charles VI of France dead, Henry was now King of France as well as England.
Henry sends his brother-in-law, Charles, Dauphin of Viennois, to live in the Tower of London, where Charles stays until his death in 1431 at the age of 28.
With his wife, Catherine of France, he has another two sons, as spares to their first son, Prince Henry of Wales.
In 1437, after 15 years of ruling the two kingdoms peacefully, Henry was succeeded by his son Edward.
[2] To not annoy his two kingdoms' subjects, Édouard/Edward passed summers in London and winters in Paris. Meanwhile, each kingdom was managed by a Privy Council/Conseil du Roi. This also reinforced the use of French(Norman French) into English court and nobility, with all the common folk speaking English. When things about a "foreign king" were about to explode, Édouard was drowned in a shipwreck en route to Paris. He had four sons, and was succeeded by the eldest, Peter.
[3] Peter (or Pierre in French) found himself having to fight for both England and France since factions in both Kingdoms found him to be 'too foreign' the French found him 'too English', the English found him 'too French'. In France his brother Prince Édouard proclaimed himself 'Édouard II' and led a rebellion that lasted seven years, while in England supporters of 'Old Henry', or Henry, Prince of Wales who had been stripped of his inheritance and imprisoned in the Tower of London by Henry V & II due to madness proclaimed him 'Henry VI' and their rebellion lasted five years. While Peter was able to prevail against them both with the help of the legendary warrior-maiden Jeanne d'Arc who later became the King's mistress and bore him seven children, his remaining reign was extremely unstable, as a result when he reached near-death he decided to split the French and English crowns between his children, his only legitimate son, Edward, by his wife Maria of Spain was given France, while his eldest son, Philip, by his mistress, was given England and its domains.
[4] Édouard II's reign in France was profoundly unstable thanks in large part to the Franco-Burgundian War which dominated his reign. Launched by Philippe IV, Duke of Burgundy, and continued by his daughter Isabeau and her husband Archduke Christoph (later Holy Roman Emperor), after Philippe IV's death during the siege of Épernay, Édouard sought to meet the challenge to his rule head-on. After nearly 15 years of warfare however Édouard II died in battle against Emperor Christoph at the Siege of Troyes, having failed to anticipate the number of mercenaries the Emperor had employed from the Alps and Italian states.
[5] Henri would start his reign dealing with a crisis. In order to defeat Emperor Christoph von der Mark he borrowed money from his family in Spain and England and bought off the mercenaries, defeating the Emperor. he was able to subjugate Burgundy but failed in pushing for more due to financial issues. He'd spent the rest of his reign dealing with that. Henri only had daughters, but due to the English victory, they would be able to inherit.
[6] The eldest of Henri's daughters, Marie was the most eligible bachelorette in Europe even before she became Queen. In order to secure peace in Burgundy she married Henri-Louis, the only remaining member of Burgundy's former Ducal family with whom she bore nine children. During Marie's reign a period of reconstruction began, even while in the Germanies the Protestant Reformation emerged and spread outward. While she supported the Roman Catholic Church, Marie also sold supplies and mercenary services to the Protestant German princes in order to keep Austria from becoming too powerful. This had the long-term consequence of setting off a chain reaction of events that would see the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire into several states, though Marie would not live to see this event, having died in 1546 from breast cancer, leaving France to her son, Louis.
[7] Louis inherited France from his mother after her death. The question of his marriage was a highly debated issue, both in the Royal Court and on the streets of France. He was betrothed to the Austrian Princess, Anne, but her father's decision to invade Milan, left the marriage alliance dead in the water. There were rumors that Anne and Louis had meet in Geneva during the peace negotiations after Austria had been rebuked, and had an affair. Louis then married Queen Agatha of Scotland. Louis and his wife fought against numerous Scottish revolts to secure their positions. Louis and Agatha were never made co-monarchs of the others kingdoms, due to opposition from Scottish Nobles. They were succeeded by their son Henri.
[8] Henri IV (Henry I in Scotland) reigned during a volatile time in European history, while France founded it's colonial Empire with colonies along the West African coast and in South America, in Europe the French Kingdom found itself involved in the series of overlapping wars that would come to be known as 'the Dissolution Wars' which saw the collapse of the HRE, though this would occur in the reign of his daughter, Maria.
[9] Marie II (Mary I in Scotland and England) laid claim forcing King Richard IV to flee to Ireland in 1605, where he died unmarried and without a legitimate heir.
Marie was seen as the religious queen that was needed for the two island nations. Her reign saw 'the Dissolution Wars' fought between 1606 to 1619, resulting in the formation of the Protestant Hanoverian-Prussia Kingdom in the North, allied with Russia and Denmark. With the Catholic Bavarian-Saxon Kingdom in the South, allied with France and Austria.
The last five years of her reign saw tension building up between both sides, when she died, she left her three kingdoms to her only child, Prince John from her second marriage to Ludwig, duke of Nassau.
[10] Due to pressure from English nobles, who were not happy being ruled from Paris, where John resided most of time, he promised to divide his kingdom-upon his death his older son Pierre took French throne, when younger one Lear became English and Scottish king.
[11] Pierre II's reign was an unhappy one, struck with leprosy a few days after his coronation, Pierre took to wearing elaborate golden masks and robes to hide his condition. His wife died in childbirth and his eldest son Charles died in a jousting accident, while the younger son Louis managed to seize power from his ailing father, ruling France as Regent but died three days before his father did, leaving the crown to Jean IV..
[12] Grandson of Pierre II. Son of Charles of Lorraine and Marie, Pierre's only daughter. He united Lorraine with France after his father's death in 1678.
[13] The oldest son of Jean and his Spanish wife, Isabel. Henri, succeeded to the throne at the age of 66, after years of waiting for his father either abdicate or die.
His reign was short for at the age of 70, he contracted Yellow fever, a disease which left him with a fever, abdominal pain occurs, and liver damage causing his skin to turn yellow for the last four years of his life.
[14] Oldest son of Henri. As Grandson of Spanish princess Isabel he claimed Spanish throne after his cousin king Pedro died without heir, but Spanish nobles proclaimed Miguel of Portugal as their new king, Jean lost battle with Miguelist forces at Zaragoza and was forced to renounce his claims.
[15] Victoire decided not to claim the Spanish throne and upon her ascension to the throne ceded the claim to Miguel of Portugal in return for 50,000 gold coins. She then would go on regular visits to John VI of Britain, a friendship that would later turn to marriage in 1779 as the two united their Kingdoms into one United Kingdom. Despite this both would continue to rule separately until their deaths in 1794 and 1797 when their son ____ would be crowned as the King of Great Britain, Ireland and France.
Kings of Great Britain and Ireland
1654 - 1681: Lear (House of Nassau) [1]
1681 - 1700: Paul Maurice I (House of Nassau) [2]
1700 - 1753: John IV (House of Nassau) [3]
1753 - 1761: John V (House of Nassau)[4]
1761 - 1779: John VI (House of Nassau) [5]
Kings of Great Britain, Ireland and France
1779 - 1794/1797 - John VI (House of Nassau) & Victoire I (House of Lorraine) [5] & [15]
1794/7 - 1830 Peter II (House of Nassau-Lorraine) [6] & [16]
1830 - 1857: John VII (House of Nassau-Lorraine) [7] & [17]
1857 - 1910: Peter III (House of Nassau-Lorraine) [8] & [18]
1910 - 1990: John VIII (House of Nassau-Lorraine) [9] & [19]
[1] Named after a legendary King of England, Lear had arranged for the unification of England and Scotland into a single Kingdom prior to his father's death, while technically only completed three years after the start of his reign, Lear backdated it to the start of his reign out of vanity. Lear's reign saw the construction of a vast complex of palaces outside of London that came to be called 'the King's City' and he required the nobility to spend most of their time there in order to keep a close eye on them. To keep them happy he had the palaces built to be the most luxurious buildings in the world (at the time) and with elaborate courtly rituals and entertainments the nobility were appeased while the King gained absolute power. When Lear died in 1681 it was his grand nephew, Paul Maurice who took the throne.
[2] Paul Maurice administered the state as a business. He is often referred to as 'the Banker'. Everything about his reign took an austere turn and focused on a priority that Paul Maurice sought at a time. He is accredited in financial reform and giving power to a Council of Ministers in certain areas. Paul Maurice did run into challenges and founded several divisions of a Ministry of Intelligence that concentrated on those that wanted to counter his financial focus. Paul Maurice did run into several problems with the nobles and pushed for expansion beyond Great Britain and Ireland's shores. The famous Cabot Expedition discovered Columbia (OTL Newfoundland) and it was swiftly turned into a penal colony. He adopted his grandnephew, John as his heir and died due to his constant focus on making British banks as rich as it had been in his ancestor's time.
[3] Prince John, was the grandson of Paul Maurice's younger brother, Richard, who died 1690, of natural causes. Leaving John's father, Edward as heir, however, he died in 1698, after a brief illness.
Prince John, was adopted by his great-uncle, King Paul Maurice, at the age of 27.
His reign of 53 years, saw the fulfilment of Paul Maurice's focus, with the British economy being the richest, with the colonies and trade bringing in a good level of income.
[4] John was well known for his piety, which also caused his premature death-fasting destroyed his health and he died just eight years after his father leaving no children, he was succedeed by younger brother Henry who chose the regnal name John VI
[5] John VI was a good king whose close relationship with Queen Victoire I of France eventually led the two to marry in 1779. After the marriage was consummated they united their Kingdoms to unite as Dual Monarchs. John VI would die in 1794 and was succeeded by his and Victoire's son ____ who would also succeed his mother in 1797.
[6] Peter II ruled for 36 years as King of Great Britain and Ireland and 33 years as King of France. It was during his reign that the idea of a United Kingdom of the three Kingdoms was floated past nobles of both Kingdom but it did not gain more attention and was quickly dismissed. Peter II's reign was unmarked by war but a horrible famine in 1812 left Ireland in a bad state that was just recovering in later 1830 when Peter II died. He was succeeded by his son John VII
[7] John VII ruled for twenty-seven years and was considered a great king due to his policies resulting in a resurgence of the economy and his quick actions after a second famine in Ireland in 1837 allowed the country to recovered more quickly than before. No wars took place during the reign of John VII but tension did begin to rise and were about to simmer over when John VII died in 1857
[8] Grandson of John VII, Peter III ruled for fifty-three years as King and was considered a great king after his actions in the early part of the 1860s ended the simmering tensions in Europe for a couple of generations. He was also frugal with the economy and so the Kingdoms of Great Britain, Ireland and France were flush with money. After his death in 1910 he was succeeded by his young grandson John
[9] John VIII ruled for 80 years after ascending the throne as a two year old. After a fourteen year regency he had his majority confirmed. However he quickly showed himself to be a hedonist and corrupt as the sky is blue. He delegated all of governmental procedures to ministers and ruled only in name. This resulted in resentment rising against the monarchy but a brutal massacre of the rebels in 1931 saw John VIII personally execute several rebels before returning to his reign of hedonism for the next 49 years. After his death during an orgy he was succeeded by his great-grandson _____
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