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 is now two home nations. The present home nations that were part of the Kingdom of England are England and Wales.

Kingdom of England
927–1707 (Commonwealth: 1649–1660)
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Location of  the Kingdom 1284–1707  (green)
Capital	Winchester (927–1066) London (1066–1707)
Official languages	English
Common languages	English (official), French, Latin
Religion	Roman Catholicism (927–1534; 1553–1558; 1685–1688) Protestantism (1534–1553; 1558–1685; 1689–1707)
Demonym(s)	English
Government	Absolute monarchy (927–1688) Constitutional monarchy (1689–1707)
Monarch
• 927–939 (first)	Athelstan
• 1066–1087 (first in London)	William I
• 1272–1307 (first to rule after the annexation of Wales)	Edward IV
• 1509–1547 (first to rule after the annexation of Ireland and also after the English Reformation which converted the kingdom from Catholicism to Protestantism	Henry VIII
• 1603–1625 (first to rule under the unification of the crowns of England and Scotland)	James I
• 1702–1707 (last)	Anne
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	House of Lords
• Lower house	House of Commons
Establishment
• Establishment	12 July 927
• Acts of Union	1 May 1707
Currency	Pound sterling
Preceded by Succeeded by Wessex Sussex Essex Kent Dumnonia Mercia East Anglia Northumbria Welsh Marches Principality of Wales Great Britain
Today part of	United Kingdom England Wales
^  Monarch of Wessex from 924. ^  Continued as monarch of Great Britain until her death in 1714.

Before the Romans arrived, what is now considered to be modern Britain consisted of around twenty two tribes. Following the collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain, seven tribes or 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.

Kingdom Of England Media

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  Fifteenth-century miniature depicting the English victory over France at the Battle of Agincourt.

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  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.

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  Cromwell at Dunbar. Oliver Cromwell united the whole of the British Isles by force and created the Commonwealth of England.