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Latest revision as of 14:26, 7 August 2021
Kingdom of England Cyneric Englaland | |||||||||
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12 July 927–11 April 1660 | |||||||||
Flag of England | |||||||||
Motto: Os, Cyne, Fæderland God, King, Fatherland | |||||||||
Anthem: God nerie þone Cyne`` God save the King | |||||||||
Common languages | English Old Norse (until 11th century) Welsh Cornish Danish Early Scots | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism (927-1532) Lutheran Protestantism (1532-1660) | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | English | ||||||||
Government | Elective monarchy (927-1066) Absolute monarchy (1066-1073) Hereditary monarchy (1073-1215) Constitutional monarchy (1215-1660) | ||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||
• 927–939 | Æthelstan | ||||||||
• 1649-1660 | Beorn II | ||||||||
Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
House of Lords | |||||||||
House of Commons | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Unification | 12 July 927 | ||||||||
• Battle of Hastings | 14 October 1066 | ||||||||
• Uprising of the North | 1066-1073 | ||||||||
• Norman Expulsion | 13 March 1073 | ||||||||
• War of the Roses | 1455-1487 | ||||||||
• Union of the Crowns | 24 March 1593 | ||||||||
• Union with Scotland | 11 April 1660 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
1283 | 145,000 km2 (56,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
1542 | 151,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
1660 | 151,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1283 | 2,600,000 | ||||||||
• 1542 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||
• 1660 | 5,310,000 | ||||||||
Currency | Pound sterling | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | GB-ENG | ||||||||
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Today part of | Britannia |