The tudors after him were welsh(ending with Elizabeth 1, then the Stewarts were Scottish, Cromwell wasn’t a monarch, then the Stewart’s died out after Anne, and then Germans ruled till today
SimpleMan469 on
Wasn’t Richard a Norman?
LastEsotericist on
Richard spoke French at home lol.
Angelicaldoll03 on
Careful, if you say that too loud, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha might send you a very polite, slightly German cease and desist.
Proud_Smell_4455 on
No the last monarch of England who was English was Edgar II. Richard III was just another Norman usurper.
RedheadMom94 on
He wasn’t English, he was Norman.
The last king of England whose family was English was Harold Godwinson.
jbi1000 on
Why? There have been multiple monarchs who were born in England and spoke English as their main language since then…
“Oh but the bloodline came from somewhere else”
I don’t hold with that weird genetic nationalist rubbish. If you are born somewhere, speak the language and are socialised in that culture then you are definitely from that country no matter your parents heritage.
A modern person born in England today with, say, Carribean or Asian heritage from immigrant grandparents would be… English.
SiberianKitty99 on
The last king of England who was English was Harold. 1066 and all that. Richard I Queen of the English was Norman, a French-speaking Norwegian.
The current lot are German and Greek… except that the ‘Greek’ is mostly Danish/German.
Rue, Britannia, Britannia rues the day…
ValerianKeyblade on
If you’re going to be this pedantic about it, you can argue that England hasn’t had a monarch at all since the Union of Crowns in 1603, as every one since has been the King or Queen of Great Britain (and Ireland/Northern Ireland/Empire/Commonwealth etc etc)
CharmingImpression92 on
Harold Godwinsson was the last english king
ExternalSeat on
nope. all of the Plantagenets were Norman. Almost all of the Modern UK aristocracy are the descendants of those who came over with William the Conquerer. The majority of the wealth of the UK is still in the hands of the Normans.
Don_Madruga on
No, the last monarch of England that was English was Charles III, because he was born and raised in England, and as such is English.
ciaphas-cain1 on
Okay got this was poorly thought out, I was more thinking about how the smaller parts of the uk and foriegn powers had monarchs on the throne culturally from there rather than from England which has a comparatively massive population and industry
therealsourdaniel on
Well this post sure brought out all the pedants lol
CharlesChrist on
Richard III and the entire Plantagenet Dynasty are French. The last true English King would be Harold Godwinson.
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The tudors after him were welsh(ending with Elizabeth 1, then the Stewarts were Scottish, Cromwell wasn’t a monarch, then the Stewart’s died out after Anne, and then Germans ruled till today
Wasn’t Richard a Norman?
Richard spoke French at home lol.
Careful, if you say that too loud, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha might send you a very polite, slightly German cease and desist.
No the last monarch of England who was English was Edgar II. Richard III was just another Norman usurper.
He wasn’t English, he was Norman.
The last king of England whose family was English was Harold Godwinson.
Why? There have been multiple monarchs who were born in England and spoke English as their main language since then…
“Oh but the bloodline came from somewhere else”
I don’t hold with that weird genetic nationalist rubbish. If you are born somewhere, speak the language and are socialised in that culture then you are definitely from that country no matter your parents heritage.
A modern person born in England today with, say, Carribean or Asian heritage from immigrant grandparents would be… English.
The last king of England who was English was Harold. 1066 and all that. Richard I Queen of the English was Norman, a French-speaking Norwegian.
The current lot are German and Greek… except that the ‘Greek’ is mostly Danish/German.
Rue, Britannia, Britannia rues the day…
If you’re going to be this pedantic about it, you can argue that England hasn’t had a monarch at all since the Union of Crowns in 1603, as every one since has been the King or Queen of Great Britain (and Ireland/Northern Ireland/Empire/Commonwealth etc etc)
Harold Godwinsson was the last english king
nope. all of the Plantagenets were Norman. Almost all of the Modern UK aristocracy are the descendants of those who came over with William the Conquerer. The majority of the wealth of the UK is still in the hands of the Normans.
No, the last monarch of England that was English was Charles III, because he was born and raised in England, and as such is English.
Okay got this was poorly thought out, I was more thinking about how the smaller parts of the uk and foriegn powers had monarchs on the throne culturally from there rather than from England which has a comparatively massive population and industry
Well this post sure brought out all the pedants lol
Richard III and the entire Plantagenet Dynasty are French. The last true English King would be Harold Godwinson.