Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain: Birth Dates, Birthplaces and Parents

Normans

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1066–1087		William I		1027 or 1028		Falaise Castle, Normandy		Robert I, Duke of Normandy		Herleva of Falaise
1089–1100		William II		c. 1056		Normandy		William I		Matilda of Flanders
1100–1135		Henry I		c. 1068		Selby, Yorkshire		William I		Matilda of Flanders

House of Blois

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1135–1141		Stephen		c. 1092-6		Blois, France		Stephen, Count of Blois		Adela of Normandy
1141-(8)		Matilda		c. 7 Feb 1102		Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire (?)		Henry I		Matilda of Scotland
1141–1154		Stephen		C. 1092-6		Blois, France		Stephen, Count of Blois		Adela of Normandy

House of Anjou

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1154–1189		Henry II		5 March 1133		Le Mans, France		Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou		Empress Matilda
1189–1199		Richard I		8 Sept 1157		Beaumont Palace, Oxford		Henry II		Eleanor of Aquitaine
1199–1216		John		24 Dec 1166		Beaumont Palace, Oxford		Henry II		Eleanor of Aquitaine

Plantagenets

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1216–1272		Henry III		1 Oct 1207		Winchester Castle		John		Isabella of Angouleme
1272–1307		Edward I		17/18 June 1239		Palace of Westminster		Henry III		Eleanor of Provence
1307–1327		Edward II		25 April 1284		Caernarfon Castle		Edward I		Eleanor of Castile
1327–1377		Edward III		13 Nov 1312		Windsor Castle		Edward II		Isabella of France
1377–1399		Richard II		8 Jan 1367		Bordeauz, France		Edward, the Black Prince		Joan of Kent

Lancaster 

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1309–1413		Henry IV		3 April 1367		Bolingbroke Castle, Lincs		John of Gaunt		Blanche of Lancaster
1413–1422		Henry V		16 Sept 1386		Monmouth Castle		Henry IV		Mary de Bohun
1422–1461 1470–1471		Henry VI		6 Dec 1421		Windsor Castle		Henry V		Catherine of Valois

York

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1461–1470 1471–1483		Edward IV		28 April 1442		Rouen, France		Richard, Duke of York		Cecily Neville
1483		Edward V		4 Nov 1470		Westminster Abbey		Edward IV		Elizabeth Woodville
1483–1485		Richard III		2 Oct 1452		Fotheringhay Castle, Northants		Richard, Duke of York		Cecily Neville

Tudors 

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1485–1509		Henry VII		28 Jan 1457		Pembroke Castle		Edmund Tudor		Margaret Beaufort
1509–1547		Henry VIII		28 June 1491		Greenwich Palace, London		Henry VII		Elizabeth of York
1547–1553		Edward VI		12 Oct 1537		Hampton Court Palace		Henry VIII		Jane Seymour
1553		Jane		Oct 1537 (?)		Bradgate Park, Leics		Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk		Lady Frances Brandon
1553–1558		Mary I		18 Feb 1516		Greenwich Palace		Henry VIII		Catherine of Aragon
1558–1603		Elizabeth I		7 Sept 1533		Greenwich Palace		Henry VIII		Anne Boleyn

Stuarts

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1603–1625		James I		19 June 1566		Edinburgh Castle		Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley		Mary, Queen of Scots
1625–1649		Charles I		19 Nov 1600		Dunfermline Palace		James I		Anne of Denmark

Interregnum

The following are not kings or queens (obviously); they governed under the title Lord Protector. I include them here for completeness ... and because I can ...

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1653–1658		Oliver Cromwell		25 April 1599		Huntingdon		Robert Cromwell		Elizabeth (née Steward)
1658–1659		Richard Cromwell		4 Oct 1626		Huntingdon		Oliver Cromwell		Elizabeth (née Bourchier)

Stuarts

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1660–1685		Charles II		30 May 1630		St. James's Palace, London		Charles I		Henrietta Maria of France
1685–1688		James II		14 Oct 1633		St. James's Palace		Charles I		Henrietta Maria of France
1689–1702		William III		4 Nov 1650		The Binnenhof, The Hague		William II, Prince of Orange		Mary, Princess Royal
1689–1694		Mary II		6 Feb 1665		St. James's Palace		James II		Anne Hyde
1702–1714		Anne		6 Feb 1665		St. James's Palace		James II		Anne Hyde

Hanover

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1714–1727		George I		28 May 1660		Leineschloss, Hanover		Elector Ernest Augustus		Sophia of the Palatinate
1727–1760		George II		30 Oct 1683		Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover		George I		Sophia Dorothea of Celle
1760–1820		George III		4 June 1738		Norfolk House, London		Frederick, Prince of Wales		Princess Augusta of Saxe-Coburg
1820–1830		George IV		12 Aug 1762		St. James's Palace, London		George III		Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1830–1837		William IV		21 Aug 1765		Buckingham House, London		George III		Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1837–1901		Victoria		24 May 1819		Kensington Palace, London		Prince Edward, Duke of Kent		Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Saxe–Coburg and Gotha

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1901–10		Edward VII		9 Nov 1841		Buckingham Palace		Prince Albert of Saxe–Coburg and Gotha		Victoria

Saxe–Coburg and Gotha, later Windsor

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1910–1936		George V		3 June 1865		Marlborough House, London		Edward VII		Alexandra of Denmark

Windsor

Reign		Name		Date of Birth		Place of Birth		Father		Mother
1936		Edward VIII		23 June 1894		White Lodge, Richmond, London		George V		Mary of Teck
1936–1952		George VI		14 Dec 1895		York Cottage, Sandringham		George V		Mary of Teck
1952–2022		Elizabeth II		21 April 1926		17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London		George VI		Elizabeth Bowes–Lyon
Since 2022		Charles III		14 Nov 1948		Buckingham Palace		Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh		Elizabeth II

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