British Monarchs Trivia Word Search

Nicknamed for his fierce resistance to Cnut's 1016 invasion, this king briefly split England with the Dane before dying young.

This king's claim to the French throne launched the Hundred Years' War and he founded the Order of the Garter.

This Danish king briefly seized the English throne in 1013, ruling for just weeks before his death; his beard gave him his nickname.

As Prince Regent and later king, this pleasure-loving monarch gave his name to a lavish architectural era.

Nicknamed for his ruddy complexion, this son of the Conqueror died in a suspicious hunting accident in the New Forest in 1100.

This king's stunning victory over a larger French force at Agincourt in 1415 was later immortalized by Shakespeare.

Already king of Scotland, this monarch united the two crowns in 1603 and commissioned a famous English Bible translation.

This king conquered Wales and warred relentlessly in Scotland, earning the epithet '_ _ _ _ _ _ of the Scots.'

This king broke from the Catholic Church to secure a divorce, going on to marry a total of six wives.

The last Stuart monarch, this queen presided over the 1707 Act of Union joining England and Scotland.

Victorious at Bosworth Field in 1485, this king founded a new dynasty by defeating Richard III and marrying a Yorkist princess.

This grandson of the Conqueror seized the throne from his cousin, touching off a 19-year civil war known as 'The Anarchy.'

Facing renewed Viking raids, this king's epithet actually meant 'poorly advised': Aethelred the _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Alfred defended Wessex from Viking invasions and later became the only English king remembered by this epithet: _ _ _ _ _.

The first Lancastrian king seized the crown from his deposed cousin and spent his reign fending off rebellions.

Crowned before his first birthday, this king's fragile mental health and weak rule helped spark the Wars of the Roses.

The first Hanoverian king spoke little English and leaned on ministers, boosting the rise of the prime minister's role.

This queen's long reign, the longest of any British monarch until her great-great-granddaughter surpassed it, gave an entire era its name.

Remembered for losing the American colonies, this long-reigning king also suffered from bouts of severe mental illness.

One of the 'Princes in the Tower,' this boy king vanished in 1483 after just months on the throne, his fate still disputed.

This king's disastrous defeat at Bannockburn to Robert the Bruce was followed by his deposition and murder in 1327.

The last Anglo-Saxon king of England died at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066, reportedly shot through the eye with an arrow.

Murdered at Corfe Castle in 978, likely on the orders of his stepmother, this young king became Edward the _ _ _ _ _ _.

As a child, this future queen who would reign for 70 years was known within her family by an affectionate nickname: '_ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

The first Plantagenet king built a realm stretching to the Pyrenees and had his archbishop, Thomas Becket, murdered in 1170.

The only surviving legitimate son of the king with six wives, this boy ruler pushed England toward Protestantism before dying at fifteen.

Often called the first true King of All England after his 937 victory at Brunanburh, this Wessex king unified the land.

This youngest son of William I seized the throne days after his brother's death and later lost his heir in a shipwreck.

Crowned as a teenager, this short-reigning 10th-century king was said to have scandalously left his own coronation feast.

Forced by rebellious barons to seal the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215, this king had earlier lost most of his French territories.

Restored to the throne in 1660 after years of exile, this 'Merry Monarch' reigned through the Great Fire of London.

This queen ruled jointly with her Dutch husband after the 1688 revolution that deposed her own father.

This Crusading king's French epithet, meaning 'brave-hearted,' lives on as Richard the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Despite a reign later idealized for stability, this 10th-century Wessex king is remembered by the epithet 'Edgar the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

This Catholic king was deposed in 1688 when Parliament invited his daughter and her husband to take the throne instead.

This 10th-century Wessex king, nephew of Athelstan, was stabbed to death at a feast after reclaiming the Midlands from Vikings.

The son of Alfred the Great who continued reuniting England is remembered as Edward the _ _ _ _ _.

This mid-10th-century Wessex king, plagued by illness, completed the conquest of Viking-held Northumbria.

This queen earned a grim epithet for burning Protestant dissenters at the stake: '_ _ _ _ _ _ Mary.'

Deeply pious and childless, this king's death in January 1066 triggered the succession crisis that led to the Norman Conquest.

Known for his swiftness, this son of the Danish conqueror ruled England for a few years in the 1030s before his half-brother succeeded him.

Known for his love of leisure and fine living, this king's reign gave its name to a brief, glamorous pre-WWI era.

Thrust onto the throne by his brother's abdication, this stammering king led Britain through World War II.

Still a boy when he faced down the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, this king was later deposed by his cousin.

This king changed his dynasty's Germanic-sounding name to 'Windsor' during the anti-German sentiment of World War I.

The longest-serving heir apparent in British history, this king succeeded his mother in 2022 after her 70-year reign.

Queen for just nine days in 1553 before being deposed and later executed, this Tudor was a great-granddaughter of the dynasty's founder.

This Yorkist king won the crown on the battlefield during the Wars of the Roses and briefly lost it before reclaiming it in 1471.

The last British monarch to personally lead troops into battle did so at Dettingen in 1743.

Duke of Normandy before invading in 1066, this king commissioned the Domesday Book survey of his new kingdom.

This daughter of Henry I fought her cousin Stephen for the throne during a civil war remembered as 'The Anarchy.'

This long-reigning 13th-century king rebuilt Westminster Abbey and faced a baronial revolt led by Simon de Montfort.