King of Ireland

The designation King of Ireland has been used during three periods of Irish history.

List of Lords, Kings and Queens of Ireland (Non-Native)

1171-1541

• Prince Henry (I), Lord of Ireland 1171–1189 (King of England as Henry II, and Duke of Normandy, from 1154)
• Prince Richard (I) (King of England as Richard I "Lion-Heart")
• Prince John (In England, King John; in Normandy, Duke John; etc.)
• Prince Henry (II) (King of England as Henry III)
• Prince Edward (I) (King of England as Edward I)
• Prince Edward (II) (King of England as Edward II)
• Prince Edward (III) (King of England as Edward III)
• Prince Richard (II) (King of England as Richard II)
• Prince Henry (III) (King of England as Henry IV)
• Prince Henry (IV) (King of England as Henry V)
• Prince Henry (V) (King of England as Henry VI)
• Prince Edward (IV) (King of England as Edward IV)
• Prince Edward (V) (King of England as Edward V)
• Prince Richard (III) (King of England as Richard III)
• Prince Henry (VI) (King of England as Henry VII)
• Prince Henry (VII), (1509–1542) (King of England as Henry VIII)

1541-1801

• Henry VIII and I, King of Ireland (1542–1547; previously Prince Henry (VII), Lord of Ireland, 1509–1542. (Although universally known as "Henry VIII," he was technically Henry I in Ireland, as the first of the English kings Henry to be King of Ireland; and the same principle applies to his successors until 1801.)
• Edward VI and I (Edward VI of England, I of Ireland)
• Jane
• Mary I
• Elizabeth (Not "Elizabeth I" in Ireland because, excepting Northern Ireland, Ireland has never had an "Elizabeth II.")
• James VI & I (James VI of Scotland, I of England and Ireland)
• Charles I
• Charles II
• James VII & II
• William III, II & I & Mary II (William III of England and the Netherlands, II of Scotland, I of Ireland; and Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland).
• Anne
• George I
• George II
• George III (1760–1801)

1801-1927

Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which see.

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The first of these was George III, (1801-1820). The last was George V, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (and Emperor of India, etc.), 1910-1927; thereafter, King of Ireland, 1927-1936, and King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Related Topics:
1801 - 1820 - Emperor of India - 1910 - 1927 - 1936

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1927-1949

• George V (1927–1936)
• Edward VIII (1936)
• George VI (1936–1949)

Kings George I, II, and III had reigned as "King of Ireland"; a constitutional change had occurred and Georges III & IV had reigned as "King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." As the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom were separate from 1922 and the royal titles from 1927, it might be supposed that George V, once again called "King of Ireland", should be numbered "IV" as the 4th of that name to be "King of Ireland." This would be incorrect, however; regnal numerals are always fully cumulative and do not depend on the precise wording of actual titles; if they did, George III would have suddenly become "George I of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" at that constitutional change.

Related Topics:
1922 - 1927

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Edward VIII was the first monarch to accede to the British throne with the Northern Irish designation attached to his title. His brother, George VI was the first actually so crowned, and the last to be crowned King of Ireland.

Related Topics:
Edward VIII - George VI

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George VI's daughter, Elizabeth II, currently Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, has in common with the former American presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan that all three of them are descendants of the pre-Norman Cennétig kings of Munster in southwestern Ireland. In the Queen's case, her descent from Brian Boru and other native Irish kings is through her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

Related Topics:
Elizabeth II - United Kingdom - John F. Kennedy - Ronald Reagan - Munster - Brian Boru - Irish kings - Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

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