Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was a country in Western Europe. It was the land in the south of the island of Great Britain. It united with Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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| Official languages | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | English (official), French, Latin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Demonym(s) | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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• 927–939 (first) | Athelstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
• 1702–1707 (last) | Anne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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• Establishment | 12 July 927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 May 1707 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Before the Romans arrived, what is now England, was actually twenty two tribes. Following the collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain, seven kingdoms existed until in 827, Northumbria submitted to Egbert of Wessex at Dore, briefly making Egbert the first king to reign over a united England. It ended on 1 May 1707 with the Acts of Union 1707, which added Scotland to the Kingdom to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Southern Britain in AD 600 after the Anglo-Saxon settlement, showing England's division into multiple petty kingdoms
Fifteenth-century miniature depicting the English victory over France at the Battle of Agincourt
Portrait of Elizabeth I made to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588), depicted in the background. Elizabeth's international power is symbolised by the hand resting on the globe.
Cromwell at Dunbar. Oliver Cromwell united the whole of the British Isles by force and created the Commonwealth of England.
Charles sailed from his exile in the Netherlands to his restoration in England in May 1660. Painting by Lieve Verschuier.
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