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- See Wikipedia:Monarchy of Ireland
- See LIST OF HIGH KINGS OF IRELAND wikipedia.com also Ard Rí or High Kings of Ireland, starting from the Milesian conquest 1700 bc
A monarchical system of government existed in Ireland from ancient times (ante 900BC) until, for what became the Republic of Ireland, the mid-twentieth century.
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High Kings of Ireland
Kingdoms of Ireland and their Kings
Monarchs of Ireland
- Henry VIII (Tudor) of England (1491-1547) of Ireland (1542–47); Lord of Ireland 1509–42; made King by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542
- Edward VI (1547–53)
- Lady Jane Grey (1553; disputed)
- Mary I (1553–58)
- Philip jure uxoris (1554–58); his role as King of Ireland was reinforced by the Treason Act 1554
- Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
- James I (1603–25)
- Charles I (1625–49)
- Charles II (1660–85)
- James II (1685–91)
- William III (1689–1702) & Mary II (1689–94)
- Anne (1702–14)
- George I (1714–27)
- George II (1727–60)
- George III (1760–1800)
Monarchs of the Irish Free State and Ireland (1922-1949)
- George V (1922–1936) (The Irish Free State became a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire and subsequently, in 1931, a legislatively independent country)
- Edward VIII (1936)
- Arguably George VI (1936–1949), whose status was diminished
Monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- George VI (1949–1952) (Following the Ireland Act 1949, only that part of Ireland known as Northern Ireland remained part of a monarchy.)
- Elizabeth II (1952–)
References
- Cycles of the Kings Web Project: Baile Chuinn Cétchathaigh
- R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956
- Trinity University, D.P. McCarthy, Collation of the Irish regnal canon
- Annals of the Four Masters vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 at CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts
- The History of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating at CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts
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