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During the period of 1801 to 1927British monarchs reigned as 'King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'. 1801 was the date on which Great Britain and Ireland were first merged into the United Kingdom. 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The monarch or Sovereign is the head of state of the United Kingdom. ...
The United Kingdom, in the form in which it had existed since 1801, effectively came to an end when the Irish Free State seceeded from the Union in 1922. However the monarch continued to use the title King of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1927, when, under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, new titles were introduced for the British monarch so that he would reign as 'King of Great Britain', in Britain, and 'King of Ireland', in Ireland. The title of King or Queen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was borne by the following monarchs: The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and Irish... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 () was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that formed a significant landmark in the constitutional history of the UK and British Empire as a whole. ... The British monarch or Sovereign is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and is the source of all executive, judicial and (as the Queen-in-Parliament) legislative power. ... Henry VIII, became the first King of Ireland in 1541. ...
George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 29 January 1820. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... William IV (William Henry) (21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1876 until her death. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... His Majesty King Edward VII (9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth realms, and the Emperor of India. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The History of the UnitedKingdom covers the political history of the UnitedKingdom of GreatBritain and Ireland from its creation with the Act of Union 1800, and of the UnitedKingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland from 1922.
See Category:History of GreatBritain, Category:History of Ireland for earlier history, and Category:History of Britain for history that overlaps.
Kings of Tir Eogain - a successor kingdom of Ailech; dissolved in 1607.
The title "King of Ireland" was created by an act of the Irish Parliament in 1541, replacing the Lordship of Ireland, which had existed since 1171, with the Kingdom of Ireland.
Twenty-six of Ireland's thirty-two counties left the UnitedKingdom in 1922 (the six northeastern counties of Ireland opted to remain British), as the Irish Free State (renamed Éire in 1937), a self-governing dominion of the British Empire.
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