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House of Stuart
Monarch Born Born where Ruled Died Died where Buried Lineage Portrait
James I
1567-1603
James VI
of Scotland
1		 1566 Edinburgh Castle,
Scotland		 1603-1625 1625 Theobalds Park,
Hertfordshire		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Son of
Mary,
Queen of Scots		 Portrait
Charles I 1600 Dunfermline Palace,
Scotland		 1625-1649 1649 Whitehall Palace,
London
Beheaded		 Windsor Castle,
Berkshire		 Son of
James I		 Portrait

Commonwealth
2

 1649-1660 1
Charles II 1630 St James's Palace,
London		 1660-1685 1685 Whitehall Palace,
London		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Son of
Charles I		 Portrait
James II
3		 1633 St James's Palace,
London		 1685-1688 1701 Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
France		 Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
France		 Son of
Charles I		 Portrait

Interregnum
4

 1688-1689  
William III,
of Orange
and
Mary II
5		 1662
Mary II		 St James's Palace,
London		 1689-1694 1694 Kensington Palace,
London		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Daughter of
James II		 Portrait
William III,
of Orange
Ruled alone		 1650 The Hague,
Netherlands		 1694-1702 1702 Kensington Palace,
London
Died from injuries received during a riding accident at Hampton Court		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Grandson of
Charles I		 Portrait
Anne 1665 St James's Palace,
London		 1702-1714 1714 Kensington Palace,
London		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Daughter of
James II		 Portrait

Notes
1. James I (James VI of Scotland) was the first king to unite the crowns of England and Scotland. He was 2x great grandson of
Henry VII.

2. Between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the restoration of the monarchy with his son Charles II in 1660, a republican Commonwealth governed England.

3. James II was originally buried at the Church of the English Benedictines in Paris before his remains were moved to the church at St-Germain-en-Laye.

4. In what became known as the Glorious Revolution, James II fled to France in December 1688 and it wasn't until February 1689 that William and Mary were crowned.

5. William III was from the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau.

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