Kings and Queens.

We're American and barely know anything about the histories of other nations. So, learn something. (Also, some of these names are priceless).

House of Mercia
- Offa

House of Wessex
- Egbert
- Ethelwulf
- Ethelbald
- Ethelbert
- Ethelred
- Alfred the Great
- Edward the Elder
- Elfward
- Athelstan the Glorious
- Edmund the Magnificent
- Edred
- Edwy the Fair
- Edgar the Peaceable
- Saint Edward the Martyr
- Ethelred the Unready
- Edmund Ironside

House of Denmark
- Sweyn Forkbeard
- Canute
- Harold Harefoot
- Harthacanute

House of Wessex (Restored)
- Saint Edward the Confessor
- Harold Godwinson
- Edgar the Atheling

House of Normandy
- William I the Conqueror
- William II Rufus
- Henry I
- Stephen
- Matilda

House of Plantagenent
*Angevins
- Henry II
- Henry the Young King
- Richard I the Lionheart
- John Lackland
- Henry III
- Edward I Longshanks
- Edward II
- Edward III
- Richard II
*House of Lancaster
- Henry IV Bolingbroke
- Henry V
- Henry VI
* House of York
- Edward IV
- Edward V
- Richard III

House of Tudor
- Henry VII
- Henry VIII
- Edward VI
- Jane
- Mary I
- Elizabeth I

House of Stuart
- James I
- Charles I

Commonwealth
- Oliver Cromwell
- Richard Cromwell

House of Stuart (Restored)
- Charles II
- James II
- William III
- Mary II
- Anne

House of Hanover
- George I
- George II
- George III
- George IV
- William IV
- Victoria

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Edward VII

House of Windsor (name change during WWI due to anti-German sentiment)
- George V
- Edward VIII
- George VI
- Elizabeth II

Who ever succeeds Elizabeth II will also be a member of the House of Windsor, as per royal proclamation.

TG out!

Hail to the Chief...all of them.

As a person with a degree in American Studies, I think all aspects of American history are important. However, I realize that not everyone probably feels this way. So, I guess I'll just list the Presidents...it's a nice start.

1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler
11. James K. Polk
12. Zachary Taylor
13. Millard Fillmore
14. Franklin Pierce
15. James Buchanan
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Andrew Johnson
18. Ulysses S. Grant
19. Rutherford B. Hayes
20. James A. Garfield
21. Chester A. Arther
22. Grover Cleveland
23. Benjamin Harrison
24. Grover Cleveland (yes, again)
25. William McKinley
26. Theodore Roosevelt
27. William H. Taft
28. Woodrow Wilson
29. Warren G. Harding
30. Calvin Coolidge
31. Herbert Hoover
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt
33. Harry S Truman
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower
35. John F. Kennedy
36. Lyndon B. Johnson
37. Richard M. Nixon
38. Gerald R. Ford
39. Jimmy Carter
40. Ronald Reagan
41. George H.W. Bush
42. William J. Clinton
43. George W. Bush

-There are two sets of fathers/sons: The Adam's and the Bush's.
-There is one grandfather/grandson: William H. Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
-Harry Truman's middle name is "S". It doesn't stand for anything.
-Four presidents have been assassinated: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy
-Other presidents have also died in office: William Henry Harrison (pneumnoia), Taylor (food poisoning), Harding (heart attack), Franklin Roosevelt (complications from polio).
-Eisenhower's son married Nixon's daughter.
-Grover Cleveland is the only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms.
-James Buchanan was our only bachelor president, but Cleveland married in the White House.

A little Presidential knowledge for you.

TG out!