Ethelbert, died 866, and was succeeded by his brother, Ethelred I. received a wound in battle of which he died 872, and was succeeded by his brother, Alfred, died 901, and was succeeded by his son, Edward the Elder, died 924, and was succceded by his son, Athelstan, died 940, and was succeeded by his brother, Edmund I. received a wound, in endeavoring to part two of his servants, of which he bled to death, 946, and was succeeded by his brother, Edred, died 955, and was succeeded by his nephew, Edwy, eldest son of Edmund I. died of grief 959, and was succeeded by his brother, Edgar, died 973, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward, the Martyr, stabbed by order of his mother in law 979, and was succeeded by his half brother, Ethelred II. died 1016, and was succeeded by his son, Edmund II. murdered 1017, and was succeeded by a Dane. Q. How many kings of the Danish line succeeded? A. Five, namely,.... Canute, the Dane, descended from a daughter of Edward the elder, died 1036, and was succeeded by his son, Harold I. died 1939, and was succeeded by his brother, I 2 Hardicanute, by, Hardicanute, died 1041, and was succeeded Edward the Confessor, son of Ethelred II. died Jan. 1066, and was succeeded by, Harold II. son of the earl of Kent, slain in battle October 14, 1066 ;, and was succeeded by William the conqueror. Q. Name the succession of English monarchs from William the Conqueror, down to the present time? A. They are the following; namely,... 1st. Four Norman kings; William, of Nor-mandy; William Rufus; Henry I; Stephen. 2d Fourteen kings of the family of Plantage. net,.... Henry II; Richard I; John; Henry III; Edward I; Edward II; Edward III; Richard II; Henry IV; Henry V; Henry VI; Edward IV; Edward V; Richard III. 3d. Five, of the house of Tudor,... Henry VIE; Henry VIII; Edward VI; Mary ;: Elizabeth. 4th. Six, of the house of Stewart,... James I; Charles I; Charles II; James II; Mary II, queen of William the third; Anne. 5th. One king of the house of Nassau; Wil liam III. 6th. Three kings of the Brunswick line, which succeeded upon the death of Anne ; George I;. George II; George III. Q. Please to repeat these a little more in detail? A. William I, duke of Normandy, was a de scendant from Canute, and born 1027; he made claim of the crown of England, and landed in Sussex, Sussex, Sept. 29, 1066; defeated the English troops at Hastings, Oct. 14 following, when Harold was slain, and William assumed the title of Conqueror; crowned at Westminster, Dec. 25, 11066; wounded by his son Robert in Normandy, 1077; his queen Matilda, a descendant from Alfred, died in Normandy, 1085; he died at Hermentrude, in Normandy, Sept. 9, 1087; was buried at Caen, and succeeded in Normandy by his eldest son Robert, and in England by his second surviving son. William II, born 1057; crowned Sept. 27, 1087; invaded Normandy with success 1089; killed by accident as he was hunting in New Forest, by Sir Walter Tyrrel, Aug, 2, 1100; was. buried at Winchester, and succeeded by his brother, Henry I. born 1068; crowned Aug. 5, 1100; married Matilda, daughter of Malcolm, king of Scots, Nov. 11 following; defeated his brother Robert, in Normandy, 1107, and sent him prisoner to England; his eldest son shipwrecked and lost in coming from Normandy, 1120; surfeited himself with eating lampreys at Lyons, in Normandy, and died Dec. 1, 1135; was buried at Reading, and succeeded by his nephew Stephen, third son of his sister, Adela, by the earl of Blois; though by will he left his dominions to his daughter, Maud, born 1101; married to Henry IV. emperor of Germany, 1109; he died 1127, and the English nobility swear fealty to her; mar ried Jeffery Plantagenet, earl of Anjou, 1130; landed in England, and claimed her right to the crown, 1139; crowned, but soon after defeated at at Winchester, 1141; retired to France, 1147; and died 1167. Stephen, born 1105; crowned Dec. 26, 1135; taken prisoner at Lincoln by the earl of Gloucester, Maud's brother, 1141, but afterward released for the earl of Gloucester, who was taken at Winchester; his queen Matilda died, 1151; made peace with Henry, Maud's son, 1153; died of the piles at Dover, Oct. 25, 1154; was buried at Fever ham, and succeeded by, Henry II, Grandson of Henry I, born 1133; crowned, with his queen Eleanor, Dec. 19, 1154; invaded Ireland, and conquered it, 1172; impri soned his queen, on account of Rosamond his concubine, 1173; did penance at Becket's tomb, 1174; took the king of Scotland prisoner, 1175; had an amour with Alice of France, the intend ed princess of his son Richard, 1181; his son Richard rebels, 1185; died of grief in Norman dy, cursing his sons, July 6, 1189; was buried at Fonteveraud in France, and succeeded by his son, Richard I, born at Oxford, 1157; crowned Sept. 3, 1189; conquered the island of Cyprus, and there married Berengera, daughter of the king of Navarre, 1191; arrested near Vienna, by the duke of Austria, Dec. 20, 1192; ransomed for 40,000l. and returned to England, March 20, 1193; wounded with an arrow at Chalus, in Normandy, and died April 6, 1199; was bu ried at Fonteveraud, and succeeded by his bro+ ther, John, born 1166; crowned May 27, 1199; divorced his wife visa, and married Isabella, daughter of the count of Angoselme, 1200; took his his nephew Arthur prisoner, 1202, whom he murdered; imprisoned his queen, and banished all the clergy 1208; excommunicated, 1209; surrendered his crown to Pandolf, the pope's le gate, May 25, 1213; absolved July 20 following; obliged by the Barons to confirm Magna Charta, 1215; died at Newark, Oct. 18, 1216; was buried at Worcester, and succeeded by his son, Henry III, born 1207; crowned at Gloucester, Oct. 28, 1216; crowned at Westminster, 1219; married Eleanor, daughter of the count of Province, 1236; pledged his crown, plate, and jewels for money, 1248; obliged by his nobles to resign the power of a sovereign, and sell Normandy and Anjou to the French, 1258; taken prisoner at Lewes, May 14, 1264; wounded at the battle of Evesham, Aug. 4, 1265; died at Bury St. Edmund's Nov. 16, 1272; was buried at Westminster, and succeeded by his son, Edward I, born 1239; married Eleanor, princess of Castile, 1253; wounded in the Holy Land with a poisoned dagger, but recovered by his princess sucking out the venom, 1271; proclaimed king on the death of his father, 1272; landed in England, July 25, and crowned, Aug. 19, 1274; reduced the Welsh princes, 1282; his queen died of a fever, 1290; conquered Scotland, 1296; and brought to Westminster their coronation chair, &c. married Margaret, sisterto the king of France, 1299; died of a flux at Burgh in Cumberland, July 7, 1307; was buried at Westminster, and succeeded by his son, Edward II, born 1284; created prince of Wales, 1300, and was the first king of England's son |