TABLE OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND FROM THE CONQUEST. (COMPILED ACCORDING TO THE DATES IN THE "Notitia Historica" OF SIR 1 Part of the year 1470 is called the 49th of Henry VI., that monarch having been restored to the throne by the earl of Warwick, and a parliament summoned in Henry's name on the 15th of October, 1470, to meet at Westminster on the 26th of November following. King Henry, dethroned in 1461, died a few days after the decisive battle of Tewkesbury, which was fought on the 4th of May, 1471. 1 Nearly all other Tables state that Henry VII. died on the 22nd of April, 1509; but the inscription on that monarch's tomb, as given in Sandford's Genealogical History, proves the above to be the correct date: "Moritur deinde XXI die Aprilis, anno ætatis LIII. Regnavit annos XXIII, menses VIII, minus uno die.” 2 In consequence of the mental illness of his majesty George III., his son George, prince of Wales (afterwards George IV.), was declared Regent of the kingdom, on the 5th of February, 1811; and the regency continued until the death of the king, Jan. 29, 1820, thus embracing a period of eight years, eleven months, and twentyfour days. George IV. therefore governed, as regent and king, nineteen years, four months, and twenty-two days. *.* It may, perhaps, be necessary to observe, that two queens, viz., Matilda or Maud (styled in history the "Empress"), and the lady Jane Grey, are not included in the preceding Table of Sovereigns. The one, though the rightful heir, and crowned, was excluded from the succession by the usurpation of Stephen; the other, though unambitious of her elevation to the throne, forfeited her life, a few days after she had been proclaimed queen, upon the scaffold. Neither of these princesses has a place in the Regal Tables of our accepted historians. - EDITOR. |