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The British Monarchs from Richard the Conqueror to Queen Victoria(Wikipedia) |
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![]() WILLIAM I |
William the Conqueror William the Bastard (Guillaume le Bâtard, Guillaume le Conquérant) Tenure 1066-1087
Falaise Castle c. 1028 - Rouen 1087 |
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![]() WILLIAM II |
William II William Rufus (Guillaume le Roux) Tenure 1087-1100
Normandy c. 1060 - The New Forest 1100 |
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![]() HENRY I |
Henry I Henry Beauclerc (Henri Beauclerc) Tenure 1100-1135
Selby 1068 - Castle of Lyons-la-Forêt 1135 |
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![]() STEPHEN |
Stephen Stephen of Blois (étienne de Blois) Tenure 1135-1154
Blois c. 1096 - Dover Castle 1154 |
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![]() HENRY II |
Henri II Henry Curtmantle (Henri Court-manteau) Tenure 1154-1189
Le Mans 1133 - Chinon 1189 |
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![]() RICHARD I |
Richard I Richard the Lionheart (Richard Cœur de Lion) Tenure 1189-1199
Beaumont Palace 1157 - Chalus 1199 |
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![]() JOHN |
John Lackland (Jean sans Terre) Tenure 1199-1216
Beaumont Palace 1166 - Newark-on-Trent 1216 |
Centennial Square - left wing![]() |
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![]() HENRY III |
Henry III Henry of Winchester Tenure 1216-1272
Winchester Castle 1207 - Westminster Palace 1272 |
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![]() EDWARD I |
Edward I Longshanks Tenure 1272-1307
Westminster Palace 1239 - Burgh by Sands 1307 |
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![]() EDWARD II |
Edward II Edward of Caernarfon Tenure 1307-1327
Caernarfon Castle 1284 - Berkeley Castle 1327 |
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![]() EDWARD III |
Edward III
Tenure 1327-1377
Windsor Castle 1312 - Sheen Palace 1377 |
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![]() RICHARD II |
Richard II
Tenure 1377-1399
Bordeaux 1367 - Pontefract Castle 1400 |
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![]() HENRY IV |
Henry IV Bolingbroke Tenure 1399-1413
Bolingbroke Castle 1366 - Westminster Abbey 1413 |
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![]() HENRY V |
Henry V
Tenure 1413-1422
Monmouth Castle 1386 - Château de Vincennes 1422 |
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![]() HENRY VI |
Henry VI
Tenure 1422-1461 and 1470-1471
Windsor Castle 1421 - Tower of London 1471 |
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![]() EDWARD IV |
Edward IV
Tenure 1461-1470 and 1471-1483
Rouen 1443 - Westminster Palace 1483 |
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![]() RICHARD III |
Richard III
Tenure 1483-1485
Fotheringhay Castle 1452 - Bosworth Field 1485 |
Centennial Square - front porch![]() |
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![]() HENRY VII |
Henry VII
Tenure 1485-1509
Pembroke Castle 1457 - Richmond Palace 1509 |
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![]() HENRY VIII |
Henry VIII
Tenure 1509-1547
Greenwich Palace 1491 - Whitehall Palace 1547 |
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![]() EDWARD VI |
Edward VI
Tenure 1547-1553
Hampton Court Palace 1537 - Greenwich Palace 1553 |
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![]() MARY |
Mary I
Tenure 1553-1558
Greenwich Palace 1516 - St. James's Palace 1558 |
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![]() ELIZABETH |
Elizabeth I
Tenure 1558-1603
Greenwich Palace 1533 - Richmond Palace 1603 |
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![]() VICTORIA |
Victoria Alexandrina Victoria Tenure 1837-1901
Kensington Palace 1819 - Osborne House 1901 |
Centennial Square - right wing![]() |
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![]() JAMES I |
James I
Tenure 1603-1625
Edinburgh Castle 1566 - Theobalds House 1625 |
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![]() CHARLES I |
Charles I
Tenure 1625-1649
Dunfermline Palace 1600 - Whitehall Palace 1649 |
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![]() CROMWELL |
Oliver Cromwell Old Ironsides Tenure 1653-1658
Huntingdon 1599 - Whitehall 1658 |
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![]() CHARLES II |
Charles II
Tenure 1660-1685
St. James's Palace 1630 - Whitehall Palace 1685 |
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![]() JAMES II |
James II
Tenure 1685-1688
St. James's Palace 1633 - Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1701 |
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![]() WILLIAM III |
William III William of Orange Tenure 1689-1702
The Hague 1650 - Kensington Palace 1702 |
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![]() ANNE |
Anne
Queen of England 1702-1707
St. James's Palace 1665 - Kensington Palace 1714 |
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![]() GEORGE I |
George I George Louis Tenure 1714-1727
Leineschloss 1660 - Osnabrück 1727 |
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![]() GEORGE II |
George II George Augustus Tenure 1727-1760
Herrenhausen 1683 - Kensington Palace 1760 |
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![]() GEORGE III |
George III George William Frederick Tenure 1760-1820
Norfolk House 1738 - Windsor Castle 1820 |
Channing Way![]() |
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![]() GEORGE IV |
George IV George Augustus Frederick Tenure 1820-1830
St James's Palace 1762 - Windsor 1830 |
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![]() WILLIAM IV |
William IV William Henry Tenure 1830-1837
Buckingham Palace 1765 - Windsor Castle 1837 |
35 | VICTORIA | Between 22 and 23. |
The Town Hall and the Statues of the Kings.Later they were placed in the niches:
On Wednesday [21 May 1873], the statues of the Kings and the reigning Queen of England, which are to be placed in niches outside the Bradford new Town Hall, were thrown open for public inspection, at a small charge, the proceeds to be given to the charities. The statues are exhibited in a room on the ground floor of the ball. Seven figures have yet to come — James II., Henry V., Edward IV., Edward V., Queen Elizabeth, George IV., and Queen Victoria. All the other sovereigns are represented. They form an interesting gallery, and are creditable specimens of the work of Messrs. Farmer and Brindley, of London. Great attention has been paid to costume, the statues being shown in the dress of the various periods at which the sovereigns lived. The pose of each figure has been specially studied, and the contrast between Charles I. and Cromwell, and between William I. and the later Kings, is shown in a striking manner. Richard III. is not the "hump-backed tyrant," but a tall, martial figure, with a cunning cast of countenance, while Queen Mary is a lovely woman. The statues are a little over life-size. They have already been inspected by a considerable number of persons. The cost of the statues will be about £70 each.
The Royal Statues for the Town Hall.
The work of raising the statues of the monarchs to their niches in the front of the new Town Hall is progressing satisfactorily, though rather slowly. Some twenty-four are now in their places, the last that has been put in his place being Oliver Cromwell. With one exception, the order of arrangement has been chronological commencing at the Norfolk-street end of the building with William I., and proceeding in order along the front of the hall. The Tudors Henry VII., Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Mary, have the honour of occupying the niches over the front entrance. Some curiosity has been felt and expressed as to why James I. has followed Queen Mary, the "good Queen Bess" having been omitted. We understand it is the intention of the committee to place Elizabeth in a place of greater honour, on one side of the front entrance, opposite the statue of her present Majesty, which is to be on the other side. We have heard it suggested that it would not be out of place if William IV., as the monarch in whose reign the Act under which Bradford was incorporated, were to support Queen Victoria in this dignified position; but we believe it has been thought that a more evenly-balanced appearance would be secured by the two greatest of our queens being placed opposite each other.
Om 9 September 1873 the new town hall was opened.
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