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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 | |||||||||
 Location of the Kingdom (Green) | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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