Below, we have profiled the greatest kings and queens of in British ... and his heirs would go on to be the kings of England. Alfred significantly improved the country's legal system and military ...

Mercifully this request was ignored. As arguably, England's greatest king (and Scotland's greatest enemy) his temporary interment would have lasted an awful long time.

One historian even refers to his siege of Rochester Castle in 1215 as the greatest operation in England up to that time. King John was certainly a tough and violent king, but his portrait as a ...

But how long ago was the British monarchy established? Which ruler can rightfully call themselves the first King of England?

He said: “It will be no secret to anyone who has listened to my podcast, The Rest Is History, that I championed Athelstan as the greatest of England’s monarchs…and I am also delighted to ...