The 12 Greatest British Monarchs of All Time

Conquerors, reformers and long-reigning survivors spread over a thousand years of crowns. Reputation and record do not always agree.

1. 1
   Henry VIII

   Tudor king who broke with Rome and married six times.
   1000pts
2. 2
   William the Conqueror

   Norman duke who won England at Hastings in 1066.
   666pts
3. 3
   Richard I

   The Lionheart, crusader king of England.
   512pts
4. 4
   Anne

   Queen at the time of the Act of Union of 1707.
   444pts
5. 5
   George V

   Monarch who steered Britain through the First World War.
   444pts
6. 6
   Edward I

   Longshanks, who conquered Wales and reshaped English law.
   363pts
7. 7
   Charles III

   The current king, who succeeded in 2022.
   266pts
8. 8
   George VI

   The reluctant king who led Britain through the Second World War.
   266pts
9. 9
   William III

   Dutch-born king of the Glorious Revolution.
   266pts
10. 10
    George III

    King during the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
    266pts
11. 11
    Edward III

    Long-reigning king who started the Hundred Years' War.
    0pts
12. 12
    Æthelstan

    First king of all England.
    0pts

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