Kings of Britain:
1483 - 1513: Arthur II "The Glorious" (House of Gwent) [20]
1513 - 1556: Arthur III "The Weak" (House of Gwent) [21]
1556 - 1598: David III "The Builder"(House of Gwent) [22]
1598 - 1610: Owen II "The Useless" (House of Gwent) [23]
1610 - 1613: Edward V "The Sick" (House of Gwent) [24]
1613 - 1616: Charles "The Perverse" (House of Gwent) [25]
1616 - 1687: Jane I "The Pure" (House of Gwent) [26]
1687 - 1699: Arthur IV "The Pious" (House of Stafford) [27]
1699 - 1717: Constantine III (House of Stafford) [28]
1718 - 1751: William (House of Nassau) [29]
1751-1831: John "The Heathen" (House of Nassau) [30]
Kings of Britain, Dukes of Cleves
1831 - 1847: Margot I (House of Follet) [31]
Interregnum:
1847 - 1850:
Emperors of Britain:
1850 - 1874: Alexander (House of Hamilton) [32]
1874 - 1891: Maurice 'The Silent' I (House of Hamilton) [33]
[1]After defeating both Duke William the Bastard and King Harald Hardrada, Harold II solidified once more the Anglo-Saxon rule over England. Not much is known about him, besides him dying of an illness in 1079 and being succeeded by his son, Harold.
[2] Harold III ruled only for three years when he died from an unknown disease hypothesized to be cancer.
[3] Brother of Harold III, Edward choose his royal number so as to count, his uncle, Edward the Confessor, as the first Edward to be King of England.
Edward had been born in 1051, and was married to Ogiva of Flanders, the youngest daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders, this alliance would do the Kingdom of England well as Robert the Frisian, was also hostile to the Normans, and was able to help fend off a second wave of Invasion in 1122, 56 years after the battle of Hastings.
He died at the old age of 75, leaving his throne to his grandson, Godric, as his eldest son, Edgar, had died in the Battle of Dover, 1122.
[4] Godric's reign is primarily known as a time in which Wales was ultimately subjugated by the Anglo-Saxons. Godric himself was known as a fierce combatant who lead his armies in many battles. He died at the age of 35 after being kicked in the chest by his newly acquired horse. He left his throne to his 16 years old son, Harold.
[5] Although Godric wanted his son to succeed him, the Welsh rebellion and Scottish invasion led to the Witans of the Assemby to elect the 25 year old experienced commander of Godwin's Egbert of Wessex, Egbert was a descendant of Edgar of Wessex and Edward the Confessor's dynasty. Egbert defeated the Scottish invasion, and secured Wales, building a series of Forts to secure the region. He also began to develop a unified legal code for the nation.
[6] Harold, the son of Egbert of Wessex, became King at 21, and two years later married Beatrix, the daughter of David I of Scotland.
During his reign, the Kingdom of England and Scotland, put their differences aside and working together to conquer the land of Hibernia to the West.
He died age 48, with more land under his successor, Prince Cynric of Wessex's control.
[7] Cynric would continued the conquest, what the constant fighting brought ruin to the treasury. He died in combat, though there were whispers of treachery. Cynric left a bastard son as an heir, but the assembly would vote on the matter of successor
[8] The Witan chose the Earl of Northumbria, who could command the respects of the Earls of Mercia and of the East. He had rebuilt his Earldom well after the Scottish invasion of decades before, and he too had married a Scottish princess. His reign is notable for his conciliation to the Welsh, as he carved out a new earldom from its territory, and sat his second son up as its Earl, establishing the fiefs of those occupied Welsh land, and redistributing some land to Welsh-born lords. However, it would also be matched by his bloody suppression of rebellion in Ireland, a conflict he collaborated with the Scots in.
[8] Welsh-born, Dafydd, grandson of nobleman Owain Gwynedd, was a young Prince of Gwynedd in north Wales, during the reign of Oswulf, with many saying he was a favourite of the King and after his majesty's death, Dafydd was named King David I of England. By a combination of war and diplomatic marriages his royal house dominated England for the next 42 years of his reign.
He was called "the Great" by his subject in Wales, who were proud to be seen as an equal kingdom to that of England. While in England, he was praised by Barons when in 1215, King David chartered a new constitution, which drew out the lines of his political power and the power bestowed to the people of England and Wales, it is still in affect today, 800 years after being written.
[10] Born as fourth son of David he had very little chance to get the throne, but after death of his brothers (two of them died within one month in mysterious circumstances) he became only heir to his father, but he also became suspected of murder. As result revolt against his rule started in Northern Wales, led by man, who claimed to be David's oldest son , miraclousy saved from murder attempt of his evil brother. Fighting rebellions consume first five years of his reign.
[11] Iorwerth succeeded his grandfather after his father, Gwilym died fighting loyally for his father, King Constance, in the 1230 revolt in Luton.
On his succession he was crowned as Edward III, his twenty-eight year reign, saw an alliance between himself, King Francis of Brittany and King Alfonso of Leon.
His marriage to Matilda, daughter of Emperor Henry VIII of the Holy Roman Empire and had three sons and four daughters.
[12] Oldest son of Edward, as husband of Anne of France he presented claim to French throne after House of Capet died out in male line, starting long period of Anglo-French animosity.[/
[13] Catrin was the only living child of Constantine II and became queen, after his death. A large powerful woman, many artist compared her to the Celtic queen, Boudica, giving the kingdom a massive moral boost.
The only controversial issue about her marriage, was her determination to marry an English nobleman rather then a foreign prince of equal ranks. She died aged 80 years old.
[14] Son of Catrin and Edgar, viscount of Hereford. He gave up claim to French throne in peace of Calais, in exchange French king widthrew support for Llewellyn, Edward's distant cousin and claimant to Welsch and English crowns.
[15] When Edward died in 1391, his son was expected to ascend to the throne. However as the young Prince Richard was being brought from York to London, he died suddenly after suffering a fever. This left the English and Welsh thrones open. The northern Scottish Kingdom put forward a claimant, David, but he was rejected by the Privy Council. France then took the opportunity and prepared to launch and invasion of England to install Prince Henri on the throne. Scotland invaded to install David II, and several English nobles put forward their own claims. The Wars of English Succession was a five sided war between the French supported King Henry I, Scottish supported David II, Richard of Lancaster, James of Somerset and Llewellyn of Gwynedd. After a bitter and brutal war, Llewellyn of House Gwynedd was left in control of the English and Welsh thrones.
[16] Member of cadet branch of House of Gwynedd. Attempted many times to take the throne even before war of succession. When French backed candidate Henri died from fever in 1398 he get French support promising that if he will not left sons English and Welsh throne will go to one of sons of King of France, Robert V. Perspective of getting throne in London for one of his descandants was very likely for Robert, because Llewellyn was over 50 years old when he made his promise. With French help Llewellyn defeated other pretenders and regained crown for his house. Altought Robert's hopes for English and Welsh kingdoms for his son do not come true-Gwynedd fathered a a son with his third wife. LLewellyn died at age 75 leavin the throne to his only son, 7 years old Owen
[17] Owen is known for many things. His Uncle Owain Dayfdd ruled in his stead as he grew up. He took his Uncle's and Father's name as his regal title. Owain earned his reputation for always charging after his defeats and never staying down. He formally anointed Cardiff as the 'Second Capital' of the Kingdom and married a Scottish princess. It is Owain that the term 'United Kindom' was adopted, for Scotland became personally united with England, and Scotland. Owain fought for his trustworthy allies on the Continent and sought to unify the three kingdoms in a common 'character'. There are many other adventures that he did that are very well known. Owain's kingdom became threatened due to the obligations that he did for France and it is this that led to his unfortunate demise on the battlefield. He sent his heir Dafydd with the King of France in a battle over Flanders as the 'great enemy' came over the hill.
[18] Nephew of Owain, Llewellyn's grandson. He was seriously wounded in battle of Antwerp, and was lame until his death, thus nickname. David lost Scotland due to rebellion of Alexander of Moray.
[19] Eldest son of David II, Andrew I was one of the European monarchs who answered Emperor Alexander IV of Byzantium's call to help defend Constantinople and what remained of the Byzantine Empire from the Turks. Though he saw numerous battles and stories are still told of his brave and, some would claim, foolhardy actions in battle, what eventually killed him was dysentery in a camp by Antioch.
[20]Oldest son of Andrew. Ascending the throne he changed name of his kingdoms to Kingdom of Britain and took regnal number II as he claimed to be distant succesor of legendary king of Britons. In 1499 he fought alongside Hungarian king Bela in battle of Adrianopole, where he slayed Turkish sultan personally. He was later canonized by pope Alexander VII as saint.
[21]The only son of Arthur II and his queen Catarina of Portugal, Arthur III was a man who never understood why he should be king. Largely ruled by his sister Joan, Duchess of Norfolk, he spent much of his time planning elaborate play battles and becoming on of the most highly celebrated painters of the time. He married Matilda of Kent for his first wife and had 2 living children, Dafydd (David) and Catrin (Catherine). He remarried in 1550 after his first's wifes mental collapse and their marriage's subsequent annullment to Agnes of Cleves, the only daughter and second child of the old and ailing Johann of Cleves. They had two children before he died; Constance and Owen. He died in the great fire of 1556, which destroyed a very large portion of London and killed 5000 people.
[22] The oldest son of Arthur III, David was known as "the Builder" for physically re-building London and for diplomatically building bridges between the royal families of Europe, by marrying his full-sister, Catherine to Emperor Otto XV of the Holy Roman Empire, his half-sister, Constance to his cousin King Henrique III of Portugal, his half-brother to Lady Anne of Cheshire and finally himself to Princess Alexis of Scotland.
He died in 1598, with his only son , Owen, taking the throne.
[23] Owen II earned his name "The Useless" by refusing to do anything to do with ruling. Though not inept like Arthur III was, he was a lazy man who spent over half of his thirty five year life in whore houses and managed to contract multiple STDs by the age of 16. He married his only English cousin Dorothy of York, the heiress to the lands of Owen, Duke of York. They hated each other immensely, with the Queen spending 2 years in France between 1603 and 1605 after the birth of their eight children: Edward, Catrin, Alexis, Constance, David, Antigone, Claudia and Harold. Before and during his 17 year marriage he produce several high profile bastards, like: Joshua of Kent (who nailed a condemnation of the Monarchy on Hever Castle's walls), Anne of Norfolk (who attempted to seduce Johann of Burgundy and then succeeded in seducing William of Cleves) and Jane of Gloucester (who kidnapped 17 peasant babies between 1603 and 1609, for which she was imprisoned in a small castle in Ireland and died in 1612). He died of 'food poisoning' in 1610 after his food taster somehow failed to appear at the appropriate time and Owen II was impatient.
[24] Edward V, son of Owen II inherited his father's throne whilst suffering from an outbreak of flu. He would remain ill throughout his three year reign, suffering various illness before finally dying from a bout of consumption in 1613.
[25] A disgrace amongst the Kings of England. A lover of money, he sought to increase his wealth by increasing taxes and using the navy to pirate the English Channel and the North Sea, which earned the wrath of not only foreign leaders, but Britain's own merchants. Most of his other acts are too vile to be described here. When he announced that his own daughter would be queen, a riotous mob rose up, rescued the daughter from incest, tossed him into a well, and sealed the well to be forgotten.
The daughter of King Charles, she was, at the age of 14, saved by here liberators when her father, introduced the idea of marrying her as his queen and having children by her.
She was crowned Queen Jane I, straight after the death of her father.
Because of her father, Queen Jane I stayed unmarried, with her subjects giving her the title the "Pure Queen" and to many of her relatives, she became know as Queen Auntie.
Her reign was a peaceful one as her strong links with Pope Paul X, who gave her the affectionate name of Sister Jane, meant most of Britain's enemies were threatened with excommunication if any word of war was mentioned.
Before her death aged 85, she proclaimed that the succession should follow the lineage of her recently deceased cousin, Lord George Stafford, Duke of Norfolk
[27] Arthur, son of duke George of Norfolk was not very interested in ruling a country ( and in affairs of this world in general). After death of his beloved wife Margaret of Nassau he abdicated in favour of his only son Constantine, to become a Benedictine monk.
[28] Constantine III quickly proved to be just as disinterested in running the nation as his father. Instead he left the government in the hands of various favorites and male lovers and spent his time indulging in a love for women's fashion, makeup, jewelry, exotic foods, along with constructing elaborate palaces and castles that nearly bankrupted the country (but became major tourist draws in the modern era). Needless to say this state of affairs was hideously unpopular with the people, which led to Constantine's assassination in his 'Palace of Love and Beauty' in Oxford along with two of his favorite lovers by a cabal of noblemen who planned on taking the nation for themselves, however they fell into squabbling and along with Constantine not having an heir (or having had ANY relations with his wife, Queen Christina of Sweden) the nation stood on the precipice of chaos.
[29] Nephew of Margaret of Nassau, Arthur's wife. He was choosen to be next king after one year long, chaotic interregnum, mostly because of support of former king, now 90 years old Benedictine monk called brother Peter.
[30] The only Atheist Monarch in British History he had a very stormy relation with the Church after many failed conversions. King John was also a admirer of the Celts of the Continent and saw himself as their ruler. He had grand dreams of a united Celtic State which he professed to his mother (which she then proceeded to record). In an effort to unite the Celts of the English Isles he invaded Scotland in 1800 with a bloated and numerically superior army. The Scots held off as long as they could but were inevitably overrun by English troops, the last castle in the Highlands falling in 1815. John then spent the next sixteen years pacifying the Scots by executing rebels and absorbing Scotland into the British cultural sphere. He was killed in a Scottish rebellion that attacked a fort he was visiting near Edinburgh.
[31] The niece of William I by his sister Jane, she was the heiress of her father's title Duke of Cleves and the only remaining family member of King John. She married Johann of Austria, a childhood friend who had no political connections to pull her into wars. She gave birth three times before her death at her fourth (stillborn) child. They were Antigone, Gaius and Julia, all named after the Queen's favourite historical figures. She was remembered for the Margot Hospitals and Schools
[32]In absence of legal heirs regent Alexander Hamilton made coup d'etat and proclaimed himself new monarch. He thought, that country as powerful as Britain shouldn't be merely kingdom so he took Emperor title. He was succeeded by his oldest son Maurice.
[33] Maurice earned his nickname by stating his beliefs with a long pause after. He took the name after a Dutch relative. Under his reign the British Empire became the first realm to be based on an 'imperial commonwealth' model. Maurice married a Dutch princess and appointed his ________ as his heir. The British Empire became a respected nation for commerce, peace talks, and the pursuit of knowledge. All the while Maurice groomed his ___ as a co-ruler and died unexpectedly due to a boating accident.
1483 - 1513: Arthur II "The Glorious" (House of Gwent) [20]
1513 - 1556: Arthur III "The Weak" (House of Gwent) [21]
1556 - 1598: David III "The Builder"(House of Gwent) [22]
1598 - 1610: Owen II "The Useless" (House of Gwent) [23]
1610 - 1613: Edward V "The Sick" (House of Gwent) [24]
1613 - 1616: Charles "The Perverse" (House of Gwent) [25]
1616 - 1687: Jane I "The Pure" (House of Gwent) [26]
1687 - 1699: Arthur IV "The Pious" (House of Stafford) [27]
1699 - 1717: Constantine III (House of Stafford) [28]
1718 - 1751: William (House of Nassau) [29]
1751-1831: John "The Heathen" (House of Nassau) [30]
Kings of Britain, Dukes of Cleves
1831 - 1847: Margot I (House of Follet) [31]
Interregnum:
1847 - 1850:
Emperors of Britain:
1850 - 1874: Alexander (House of Hamilton) [32]
1874 - 1891: Maurice 'The Silent' I (House of Hamilton) [33]
[1]After defeating both Duke William the Bastard and King Harald Hardrada, Harold II solidified once more the Anglo-Saxon rule over England. Not much is known about him, besides him dying of an illness in 1079 and being succeeded by his son, Harold.
[2] Harold III ruled only for three years when he died from an unknown disease hypothesized to be cancer.
[3] Brother of Harold III, Edward choose his royal number so as to count, his uncle, Edward the Confessor, as the first Edward to be King of England.
Edward had been born in 1051, and was married to Ogiva of Flanders, the youngest daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders, this alliance would do the Kingdom of England well as Robert the Frisian, was also hostile to the Normans, and was able to help fend off a second wave of Invasion in 1122, 56 years after the battle of Hastings.
He died at the old age of 75, leaving his throne to his grandson, Godric, as his eldest son, Edgar, had died in the Battle of Dover, 1122.
[4] Godric's reign is primarily known as a time in which Wales was ultimately subjugated by the Anglo-Saxons. Godric himself was known as a fierce combatant who lead his armies in many battles. He died at the age of 35 after being kicked in the chest by his newly acquired horse. He left his throne to his 16 years old son, Harold.
[5] Although Godric wanted his son to succeed him, the Welsh rebellion and Scottish invasion led to the Witans of the Assemby to elect the 25 year old experienced commander of Godwin's Egbert of Wessex, Egbert was a descendant of Edgar of Wessex and Edward the Confessor's dynasty. Egbert defeated the Scottish invasion, and secured Wales, building a series of Forts to secure the region. He also began to develop a unified legal code for the nation.
[6] Harold, the son of Egbert of Wessex, became King at 21, and two years later married Beatrix, the daughter of David I of Scotland.
During his reign, the Kingdom of England and Scotland, put their differences aside and working together to conquer the land of Hibernia to the West.
He died age 48, with more land under his successor, Prince Cynric of Wessex's control.
[7] Cynric would continued the conquest, what the constant fighting brought ruin to the treasury. He died in combat, though there were whispers of treachery. Cynric left a bastard son as an heir, but the assembly would vote on the matter of successor
[8] The Witan chose the Earl of Northumbria, who could command the respects of the Earls of Mercia and of the East. He had rebuilt his Earldom well after the Scottish invasion of decades before, and he too had married a Scottish princess. His reign is notable for his conciliation to the Welsh, as he carved out a new earldom from its territory, and sat his second son up as its Earl, establishing the fiefs of those occupied Welsh land, and redistributing some land to Welsh-born lords. However, it would also be matched by his bloody suppression of rebellion in Ireland, a conflict he collaborated with the Scots in.
[8] Welsh-born, Dafydd, grandson of nobleman Owain Gwynedd, was a young Prince of Gwynedd in north Wales, during the reign of Oswulf, with many saying he was a favourite of the King and after his majesty's death, Dafydd was named King David I of England. By a combination of war and diplomatic marriages his royal house dominated England for the next 42 years of his reign.
He was called "the Great" by his subject in Wales, who were proud to be seen as an equal kingdom to that of England. While in England, he was praised by Barons when in 1215, King David chartered a new constitution, which drew out the lines of his political power and the power bestowed to the people of England and Wales, it is still in affect today, 800 years after being written.
[10] Born as fourth son of David he had very little chance to get the throne, but after death of his brothers (two of them died within one month in mysterious circumstances) he became only heir to his father, but he also became suspected of murder. As result revolt against his rule started in Northern Wales, led by man, who claimed to be David's oldest son , miraclousy saved from murder attempt of his evil brother. Fighting rebellions consume first five years of his reign.
[11] Iorwerth succeeded his grandfather after his father, Gwilym died fighting loyally for his father, King Constance, in the 1230 revolt in Luton.
On his succession he was crowned as Edward III, his twenty-eight year reign, saw an alliance between himself, King Francis of Brittany and King Alfonso of Leon.
His marriage to Matilda, daughter of Emperor Henry VIII of the Holy Roman Empire and had three sons and four daughters.
[12] Oldest son of Edward, as husband of Anne of France he presented claim to French throne after House of Capet died out in male line, starting long period of Anglo-French animosity.[/
[13] Catrin was the only living child of Constantine II and became queen, after his death. A large powerful woman, many artist compared her to the Celtic queen, Boudica, giving the kingdom a massive moral boost.
The only controversial issue about her marriage, was her determination to marry an English nobleman rather then a foreign prince of equal ranks. She died aged 80 years old.
[14] Son of Catrin and Edgar, viscount of Hereford. He gave up claim to French throne in peace of Calais, in exchange French king widthrew support for Llewellyn, Edward's distant cousin and claimant to Welsch and English crowns.
[15] When Edward died in 1391, his son was expected to ascend to the throne. However as the young Prince Richard was being brought from York to London, he died suddenly after suffering a fever. This left the English and Welsh thrones open. The northern Scottish Kingdom put forward a claimant, David, but he was rejected by the Privy Council. France then took the opportunity and prepared to launch and invasion of England to install Prince Henri on the throne. Scotland invaded to install David II, and several English nobles put forward their own claims. The Wars of English Succession was a five sided war between the French supported King Henry I, Scottish supported David II, Richard of Lancaster, James of Somerset and Llewellyn of Gwynedd. After a bitter and brutal war, Llewellyn of House Gwynedd was left in control of the English and Welsh thrones.
[16] Member of cadet branch of House of Gwynedd. Attempted many times to take the throne even before war of succession. When French backed candidate Henri died from fever in 1398 he get French support promising that if he will not left sons English and Welsh throne will go to one of sons of King of France, Robert V. Perspective of getting throne in London for one of his descandants was very likely for Robert, because Llewellyn was over 50 years old when he made his promise. With French help Llewellyn defeated other pretenders and regained crown for his house. Altought Robert's hopes for English and Welsh kingdoms for his son do not come true-Gwynedd fathered a a son with his third wife. LLewellyn died at age 75 leavin the throne to his only son, 7 years old Owen
[17] Owen is known for many things. His Uncle Owain Dayfdd ruled in his stead as he grew up. He took his Uncle's and Father's name as his regal title. Owain earned his reputation for always charging after his defeats and never staying down. He formally anointed Cardiff as the 'Second Capital' of the Kingdom and married a Scottish princess. It is Owain that the term 'United Kindom' was adopted, for Scotland became personally united with England, and Scotland. Owain fought for his trustworthy allies on the Continent and sought to unify the three kingdoms in a common 'character'. There are many other adventures that he did that are very well known. Owain's kingdom became threatened due to the obligations that he did for France and it is this that led to his unfortunate demise on the battlefield. He sent his heir Dafydd with the King of France in a battle over Flanders as the 'great enemy' came over the hill.
[18] Nephew of Owain, Llewellyn's grandson. He was seriously wounded in battle of Antwerp, and was lame until his death, thus nickname. David lost Scotland due to rebellion of Alexander of Moray.
[19] Eldest son of David II, Andrew I was one of the European monarchs who answered Emperor Alexander IV of Byzantium's call to help defend Constantinople and what remained of the Byzantine Empire from the Turks. Though he saw numerous battles and stories are still told of his brave and, some would claim, foolhardy actions in battle, what eventually killed him was dysentery in a camp by Antioch.
[20]Oldest son of Andrew. Ascending the throne he changed name of his kingdoms to Kingdom of Britain and took regnal number II as he claimed to be distant succesor of legendary king of Britons. In 1499 he fought alongside Hungarian king Bela in battle of Adrianopole, where he slayed Turkish sultan personally. He was later canonized by pope Alexander VII as saint.
[21]The only son of Arthur II and his queen Catarina of Portugal, Arthur III was a man who never understood why he should be king. Largely ruled by his sister Joan, Duchess of Norfolk, he spent much of his time planning elaborate play battles and becoming on of the most highly celebrated painters of the time. He married Matilda of Kent for his first wife and had 2 living children, Dafydd (David) and Catrin (Catherine). He remarried in 1550 after his first's wifes mental collapse and their marriage's subsequent annullment to Agnes of Cleves, the only daughter and second child of the old and ailing Johann of Cleves. They had two children before he died; Constance and Owen. He died in the great fire of 1556, which destroyed a very large portion of London and killed 5000 people.
[22] The oldest son of Arthur III, David was known as "the Builder" for physically re-building London and for diplomatically building bridges between the royal families of Europe, by marrying his full-sister, Catherine to Emperor Otto XV of the Holy Roman Empire, his half-sister, Constance to his cousin King Henrique III of Portugal, his half-brother to Lady Anne of Cheshire and finally himself to Princess Alexis of Scotland.
He died in 1598, with his only son , Owen, taking the throne.
[23] Owen II earned his name "The Useless" by refusing to do anything to do with ruling. Though not inept like Arthur III was, he was a lazy man who spent over half of his thirty five year life in whore houses and managed to contract multiple STDs by the age of 16. He married his only English cousin Dorothy of York, the heiress to the lands of Owen, Duke of York. They hated each other immensely, with the Queen spending 2 years in France between 1603 and 1605 after the birth of their eight children: Edward, Catrin, Alexis, Constance, David, Antigone, Claudia and Harold. Before and during his 17 year marriage he produce several high profile bastards, like: Joshua of Kent (who nailed a condemnation of the Monarchy on Hever Castle's walls), Anne of Norfolk (who attempted to seduce Johann of Burgundy and then succeeded in seducing William of Cleves) and Jane of Gloucester (who kidnapped 17 peasant babies between 1603 and 1609, for which she was imprisoned in a small castle in Ireland and died in 1612). He died of 'food poisoning' in 1610 after his food taster somehow failed to appear at the appropriate time and Owen II was impatient.
[24] Edward V, son of Owen II inherited his father's throne whilst suffering from an outbreak of flu. He would remain ill throughout his three year reign, suffering various illness before finally dying from a bout of consumption in 1613.
[25] A disgrace amongst the Kings of England. A lover of money, he sought to increase his wealth by increasing taxes and using the navy to pirate the English Channel and the North Sea, which earned the wrath of not only foreign leaders, but Britain's own merchants. Most of his other acts are too vile to be described here. When he announced that his own daughter would be queen, a riotous mob rose up, rescued the daughter from incest, tossed him into a well, and sealed the well to be forgotten.
The daughter of King Charles, she was, at the age of 14, saved by here liberators when her father, introduced the idea of marrying her as his queen and having children by her.
She was crowned Queen Jane I, straight after the death of her father.
Because of her father, Queen Jane I stayed unmarried, with her subjects giving her the title the "Pure Queen" and to many of her relatives, she became know as Queen Auntie.
Her reign was a peaceful one as her strong links with Pope Paul X, who gave her the affectionate name of Sister Jane, meant most of Britain's enemies were threatened with excommunication if any word of war was mentioned.
Before her death aged 85, she proclaimed that the succession should follow the lineage of her recently deceased cousin, Lord George Stafford, Duke of Norfolk
[27] Arthur, son of duke George of Norfolk was not very interested in ruling a country ( and in affairs of this world in general). After death of his beloved wife Margaret of Nassau he abdicated in favour of his only son Constantine, to become a Benedictine monk.
[28] Constantine III quickly proved to be just as disinterested in running the nation as his father. Instead he left the government in the hands of various favorites and male lovers and spent his time indulging in a love for women's fashion, makeup, jewelry, exotic foods, along with constructing elaborate palaces and castles that nearly bankrupted the country (but became major tourist draws in the modern era). Needless to say this state of affairs was hideously unpopular with the people, which led to Constantine's assassination in his 'Palace of Love and Beauty' in Oxford along with two of his favorite lovers by a cabal of noblemen who planned on taking the nation for themselves, however they fell into squabbling and along with Constantine not having an heir (or having had ANY relations with his wife, Queen Christina of Sweden) the nation stood on the precipice of chaos.
[29] Nephew of Margaret of Nassau, Arthur's wife. He was choosen to be next king after one year long, chaotic interregnum, mostly because of support of former king, now 90 years old Benedictine monk called brother Peter.
[30] The only Atheist Monarch in British History he had a very stormy relation with the Church after many failed conversions. King John was also a admirer of the Celts of the Continent and saw himself as their ruler. He had grand dreams of a united Celtic State which he professed to his mother (which she then proceeded to record). In an effort to unite the Celts of the English Isles he invaded Scotland in 1800 with a bloated and numerically superior army. The Scots held off as long as they could but were inevitably overrun by English troops, the last castle in the Highlands falling in 1815. John then spent the next sixteen years pacifying the Scots by executing rebels and absorbing Scotland into the British cultural sphere. He was killed in a Scottish rebellion that attacked a fort he was visiting near Edinburgh.
[31] The niece of William I by his sister Jane, she was the heiress of her father's title Duke of Cleves and the only remaining family member of King John. She married Johann of Austria, a childhood friend who had no political connections to pull her into wars. She gave birth three times before her death at her fourth (stillborn) child. They were Antigone, Gaius and Julia, all named after the Queen's favourite historical figures. She was remembered for the Margot Hospitals and Schools
[32]In absence of legal heirs regent Alexander Hamilton made coup d'etat and proclaimed himself new monarch. He thought, that country as powerful as Britain shouldn't be merely kingdom so he took Emperor title. He was succeeded by his oldest son Maurice.
[33] Maurice earned his nickname by stating his beliefs with a long pause after. He took the name after a Dutch relative. Under his reign the British Empire became the first realm to be based on an 'imperial commonwealth' model. Maurice married a Dutch princess and appointed his ________ as his heir. The British Empire became a respected nation for commerce, peace talks, and the pursuit of knowledge. All the while Maurice groomed his ___ as a co-ruler and died unexpectedly due to a boating accident.
