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House of Stuart
Monarch Born Born where Ruled Died Died where Buried Lineage Portrait
James I
1567-1603
James VI
of Scotland
(1) 		1566 Edinburgh Castle,
Scotland		 1603-1625 1625 Theobalds Park,
Hertfordshire		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Son of
Mary,
Queen of Scots		 Portrait
Charles I 1600 Dunfermline Palace,
Scotland		 1625-1649 1649 Whitehall Palace,
London
Beheaded.		 Windsor Castle,
Berkshire		 Son of
James I		 Portrait

Commonwealth (2)

 1649-1660 1
Charles II 1630 St James's Palace,
London		 1660-1685 1685 Whitehall Palace,
London		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Son of
Charles I		 Portrait
James II
(3)		 1633 St James's Palace,
London		 1685-1688 1701 Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
France		 Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
France		 Son of
Charles I		 Portrait

Interregnum (4)

1688-1689  
William III,
of Orange
and
Mary II
(5) 		1662
Mary II		 St James's Palace,
London		 1689-1694 1694 Kensington Palace,
London 		Westminster Abbey,
London		 Daughter of
James II		 Portrait
William III,
of Orange
Ruled alone		 1650 The Hague,
Netherlands		 1694-1702 1702 Kensington Palace,
London
Died from injuries received during a riding accident at Hampton Court.		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Grandson of
Charles I		 Portrait
Anne 1665 St James's Palace,
London		 1702-1714 1714 Kensington Palace,
London 		Westminster Abbey,
London		 Daughter of
James II		 Portrait

Notes
1. James I (James VI of Scotland) was the first king to unite the crowns of England and Scotland. He was 2x great grandson of
Henry VII.

2. Between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the restoration of the monarchy with his son Charles II in 1660, a republican Commonwealth governed England.

3. James II was originally buried at the Church of the English Benedictines in Paris before his remains were moved to the church at St-Germain-en-Laye.

4. James II fled to France in December 1688 and it wasn't until February 1689 that William and Mary were crowned.

5. William III was from the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau.

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