Who is your favourite British monarch?
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View Poll Results: Favourite British monarch?
William the Conqueror 5 3.73% Richard the Lionheart 9 6.72% King John (what a disaster) 6 4.48% Henry V 6 4.48% Richard III 3 2.24% Henry VIII 19 14.18% Mary I 1 0.75% Elizabeth I 35 26.12% Charles I 6 4.48% Charles II 6 4.48% William of Orange 10 7.46% George III 1 0.75% Victoria 22 16.42% George V 5 3.73%
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Who is your favourite British monarch?Tell me and why!
Mine is Henry VIII, as his impact on the monarchy was huge. He founded the Anglican Church and his reign is fascinating, the most interesting. He was both a ruthless tyrant and a loving family man. After the Tudors, the monarchy gets sooo boring (though I am quite fond of Charles II as I'm studying him for A level history). -
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?No Henry VII in the poll?
He ended the Wars of the Roses by defeating Richard III and then maintaining his position in the face of two subsequent military challenges.
Married Elizabeth of York, uniting the houses of York and Lancaster, in a brilliant political move and, despite the political utility of his marriage, reportedly never even looked at another woman, a phenomenally rare thing in a medieval king, English or otherwise.
He rebuilt the power of the monarchy, and left the treasury in the black and considerably fuller than when he started, again a phenomenally rare thing in a medieval king, most of whom left the Crown in debt.
He managed to arrange excellent marriages for his children so that not only was his surving son king of England, but his eldest daughter was Queen of Scotland and his youngest was Queen of Spain (for a while).
He is also a direct ancestor of the current monarch, unlike some of the more famous ones whose lines were cut off. -
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?Think the OP is only counting monarchs from the current line, which started with William the Conqueror.(Original post by NDGAARONDI)
Ummm Queen Boudicca, damn it. -
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?Elizabeth and Victoria for frankly incredible guts in male dominated societies.
Henry V for Agincourt!
William of Orange for the transformation of the monarchy in the Glorious Revolution.
Henry VIII for making school history lessons so much more interesting, nothing like a couple of executions to spice things up
Completely torn, can't decide! AAAAAHHHHH!!! -
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Re: Who is your favourite British monarch?I think it's actually quite arbitrary to start from William the Conqueror. He was related to previous kings of England, and it's not like it has been an unbroken line since then.(Original post by Destroyer25)
Think the OP is only counting monarchs from the current line, which started with William the Conqueror.
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