England
- Sweyn Forkbeard ruled both England and Denmark from 1013 to 1014. He also ruled Norway from 999 to 1014.
- Cnut the Great ruled both England and Denmark from 1018 to 1035. He also ruled Norway from 1028 to 1035.
- Harthacanute ruled both England and Denmark from 1040 to 1042.
- Henry VI of England and France ruled both England and France from 1422 to 1453.
- Personal union with Ireland from 1541 (when Ireland was raised to the level of a Kingdom) until 1707 when the Kingdom of England ceased to exist (becoming part of the larger Kingdom of Great Britain in which the personal union continued until 1801 when Ireland was annexed by the Great Britain becoming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).
- Philip II of Spain was joint king of England with Mary I (this is sometimes disputed) from 1554 to 1558, during which time he was also King of Naples (from 1554) and King of Spain (from 1556).
- Personal union with Scotland through James Stuart (James VI of Scotland and James I of England) from 1603 to 1707 (when they were joined together in the Kingdom of Great Britain).
- King William III of England was also Stadtholder of the Netherlands and hereditary ruler of some small territories in Germany and southern France.
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Famous quotes containing the word england:
“It had not a New England but an Oriental character, reminding us of trim Persian gardens, of Haroun Al-raschid, and the artificial lakes of the East.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Such a style,—so diversified and variegated! It is like the face of a country; it is like a New England landscape, with farmhouses and villages, and cultivated spots, and belts of forests and blueberry swamps round about, with the fragrance of shad-blossoms and violets on certain winds.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The old man forgot one thing. This England of his is Christian and Anglo-Saxon. And so are her corridors of power, and those who stalk them guard them with jealousy and venom.”
—Colin Welland (b. 1934)