Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1884 — English Sovereigns. [ARTICLE]

English Sovereigns.

The> following, beginning with John, the grantor of Magna Charta, have been sovereigns of England: John—Sixth son of Henrv 11. Henry HL—Eldest son of John. Edward I —Eldest son of Henry 111. Edward II. —Eldest surviving son of Edward I. Edward llL—Eldest son of Edward 11. Richard II. —Son of the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward 111. Henry IV.—Son of John of Gaunt, foilrth son of Edward 111. Henry V.—Eldest son of Henry IV. Henry Vl.—Only son of Henry V. Edward IV;—Grandson of Richard, sou of Edmund, son of Edward 111. Edward V.—Eldest son of Edward IV. Richard llL—Younger brother of Edward IV. Henry Vll.—Son of Edmund, eldest son of Owen Tudor by Katharine, widow of Henry V. Henry VllL—Only surviving son of Henry VII. Edward Vl.—Son Henry VIII. by Jane Seymour. Mary L—Daughter of Henry VIII by Katherine of Arragon, Elizabeth—Daughter of Henry VIII. by Anne Boleyn. James I,—Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, grand-daughter of James IV. and Margaret, daughter of Henry VII. Charles I.—-Only surviving son of James I. Charles IL—Eldest son of Charles L James ll.—Second son of Charles I. William lIL f Son of William Prince nnd of Oran s e Mary, - daughter of Charles I. Mary 11. Eldest daughte of James IL Anne—Second daughter of James 11. George L—Grandson of Elizabeth, daughter of James I. George ll.—Only son of George L George lll.—Grand son of George lIL George IV.—Eldest son of George lIL William IV.—Third son of George lIL Victoria—Daughter of Edward, fourth son of George lIL