King of England

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The King of England was the male monarch who served as the sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of England before its political union with Scotland.

All labels observed (8)

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Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary office
monarchical title
appoints bishops of the Church of England
judges
royal council
associatedDynasty House of Anjou
House of Lancaster
House of Normandy
House of Stuart
Tudor dynasty
surface form: House of Tudor

House of Wessex
House of York
authorityOver Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliament

English army
English navy
capitalOfRealm London, England
surface form: London
ceremonialEvent Westminster Abbey coronation order
surface form: coronation at Westminster Abbey
constitutionalDocument Act of Settlement 1701
English Bill of Rights
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689

Magna Carta
country Kingdom of England
firstHolder Athelstan
surface form: Æthelstan
gender male
hasLanguageOfCourt Early Modern English
Latin
Middle English
Anglo-Norman
surface form: Norman French

Old English
headOfGovernmentOf Kingdom of England
headOfStateOf Kingdom of England
holdsTitleIn House of Hanover
House of Plantagenet
House of Stuart
Tudor dynasty
surface form: House of Tudor
lastSeparateHolder George I of Great Britain
William III of England
legalSystem English law
surface form: English common law
mergedInto monarch of Great Britain
monarch of the United Kingdom
monarchOf England
notableHolder Charles I of England
Charles II of England
Henry II of England
Henry VIII of England
James II of England
William the Conqueror
predecessorOf King of England self-linksurface differs
surface form: King of Great Britain

British monarch
surface form: King of the United Kingdom
religion Anglicanism
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
residence Hampton Court Palace
Palace of Westminster
St James's Palace, London
surface form: St James's Palace

Tower of London
Palace of Whitehall
surface form: Whitehall Palace

Windsor Castle
role sovereign ruler
style Defender of the Faith
Grace
His Majesty
Lord of Ireland
Majesty
successionLaw male-preference primogeniture
symbol crown of England
royal coat of arms of England
royal standard of England

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Wessex subordinateTo King of England
House of Godwin titleHeldByMembers King of England
George Louis positionHeld King of England
this entity surface form: King of Great Britain
James III claimedTitle King of England
Earl of East Anglia subordinateTo King of England
Stephen of Blois positionHeld King of England
Earl of Northumbria subordinateTo King of England
Charter of Liberties issuedByOffice King of England
John, son of Henry II nobleTitle King of England
Château Gaillard, Normandy formerOwner King of England
subject surface form: Château Gaillard
this entity surface form: Kings of England
Thomas of Windsor fatherOccupation King of England
Caroline County, Colony of Virginia allegiance King of England
this entity surface form: King of Great Britain
Lord High Constable of Ireland monarchAppointer King of England
this entity surface form: King of Great Britain
William the Red positionHeld King of England
Granville District, North Carolina sovereign King of England
this entity surface form: King of Great Britain
Sheriff of Kent subordinateTo King of England
Constable of Dover Castle appointedBy King of England