# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published October 21, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-12-greatest-british-monarchs-of-all-time*

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1. **Henry VIII** — score 1000/1000
   Tudor king who broke with Rome and married six times.
2. **William the Conqueror** — score 666/1000
   Norman duke who won England at Hastings in 1066.
3. **Richard I** — score 512/1000
   The Lionheart, crusader king of England.
4. **Anne** — score 444/1000
   Queen at the time of the Act of Union of 1707.
5. **George V** — score 444/1000
   Monarch who steered Britain through the First World War.
6. **Edward I** — score 363/1000
   Longshanks, who conquered Wales and reshaped English law.
7. **Charles III** — score 266/1000
   The current king, who succeeded in 2022.
8. **George VI** — score 266/1000
   The reluctant king who led Britain through the Second World War.
9. **William III** — score 266/1000
   Dutch-born king of the Glorious Revolution.
10. **George III** — score 266/1000
   King during the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
11. **Edward III** — score 0/1000
   Long-reigning king who started the Hundred Years' War.
12. **Æthelstan** — score 0/1000
   First king of all England.

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