A Brief History of British Kings and Queens: British Royal History from Xalfred the Great to the Present

by Ashley, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780786711048
• ISBN10: 0786711043
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-05
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

In one portable volume, A Brief History of British Kings and Queens offers a royal biographical AZ, its pages lavish in details on all the rulers of the kingdoms within the British Isles, together with their wives or consorts, pretenders, usurpers, and regents, from Queen Boadicea of the early Britons to today's Elizabeth II. This complete record of Britain's kings and queens contains more than 1,000 monarchs and 2,000 years of fascinating history. "Everything its title promises. The pages are filled with ... everything anyone might ever want to know about the royals."Publishers Weekly "Highly recommended."Choice

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Kingdom Against Kingdom: Early Britain	1	(148)
The Celts (700BC-AD43)	3	(5)
The Roman Occupation (43-410)	8	(7)
The Dark Ages (410-802)	15	(13)
The Saxons, Angles and Jutes	21	(7)
The First Kings of the English (802-1066)	28	(23)
The House of Normandy (1066-1154)	51	(28)
The Kingdoms of Wales and of Scotland	79	(45)
Wales (500-1240)	79	(18)
Scotland (850-1165)	97	(27)
The House of Anjou (part 1: 1154-1272)	124	(25)
Uniting the Kingdoms	149	(194)
Kingdoms Still Divided	151	(13)
Wales 1246-84	151	(5)
Scotland 1214-1371	156	(8)
The House of Anjou (part II: 1272-1399)	164	(29)
The Houses of Lancaster and York (1399-1485)	193	(32)
The House of Tudor (1485-1603)	225	(36)
Scotland: The House of Stewart (1371-1625)	261	(43)
England, Wales and Scotland: The House of Stewart (later Stuart) (1603-1714)	304	(39)
The Rise of Empire	343	(38)
The House of Hanover (1714-1901)	345	(36)
Develoving Empire and Kingdom	381	(28)
The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (changed to Windsor) (1901-)	383	(26)
Chronology of British Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rulers	409	(70)
The Celtic Tribes (Pre-Roman Conquest)	414	(1)
The Roman Occupation (AD43-AD410)	415	(6)
The British Kingdoms (410-920)	421	(4)
The Saxon Kingdoms (455-933)	425	(13)
The Danish Kingdoms (866-954)	438	(1)
The Saxon and Danish Kingdoms (899-1066)	439	(2)
The English Kingdoms (1066-1603)	441	(2)
England and Scotland (1603-1694)	443	(1)
Great Britain (1714-)	443	(1)
The Picts and Scots (Pre-Roman-847)	444	(5)
The Scottish Kingdoms (908-1130)	449	(6)
The Danish and Norse Kingdoms (560-1471)	455	(5)
Scotland (1306-1807)	460	(2)
Kingdom of Man (1333-1765)	462	(2)
The Welsh Kingdoms (400-1291)	464	(15)
List of Royal Consorts	479	(8)
Royal Family Trees	487	(12)
The Direct Descent of Elizabeth II	489	(1)
The Saxon Kings of the English	490	(1)
The House of Normandy	491	(1)
The House of Anjou/Plantagenet	492	(1)
The Houses of York and Lancaster	493	(1)
The Tudor and Stewart Succession	494	(1)
The House of Stewart	495	(1)
The House of Hanover	496	(1)
The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (changed to Windsor)	497	(2)
Bibliography and Acknowledgements	499	(10)
Index	509