I know these will be totally retarded questions to the many CP-ers who are knowledgable in this area but here goes...

What was the name of the first British Monarch--(as we know them now)--as in Elizabeth II, George VI, Victoria, Etc.......?
And how much do the most common of his coins generally go for ?

I've just had a quasi-facination with this recently and the net is'nt really telling me what i need to know.


Thx

Usually I would go with William the Conqueror for Anglo-Saxon.

First British monarch was James I (aka James VI of Scotland).

First English monarch, then Egbert's your man. Although there are other contender's for this, Offa of Mercia had much of the important part of England under his power just prior to Egbert's reign. Other contenders are Egbert's decendents; Alfred the Great, Æthelstan and Edgar. Needless to say England was definately a unified country when Edgar died, which was long before William the Conqueror's father was even a twinkle in his father's eye.

First Scottish monarch, then i'd be thinking Kenneth McAlpin.

Egbert (802-839)
Known as the first King of All England, he was forced into exile at the court of Charlemagne, by the powerful Offa, King of Mercia. Egbert returned to England in 802 and was recognized as king of Wessex. He defeated the rival Mercians at the battle of Ellendun in 825. In 829, the Northumbrians accepted his overlordship and he was proclaimed "Bretwalda" or sole ruler of Britain.
IMO and historical text!

Would he be the one of construction fame?

The first British monarch was actually Queen Anne,as it was during her reign (1701/2-14) that the Kingdoms of England & Scotland were united as the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

King James VI of Scotland/I of England was the first monarch to be the legal ruler of both England & Scotland.Both countries remained as separate kingdoms,as did Ireland.

Aidan.

Well, if you really want to get technical, the first monarch of the UK as it exist now with the addition of N. Ireland would have to be George III. The Union with Ireland was effected in 1801.

To get even more technical it wasn't Northern Ireland, it was the whole of Ireland!



This is why i talk generally when i get to the British monarchy, sometimes the simple answer is suitable for the purposes. If going into detail there's pitfalls everywhere.

Northern Ireland (or 'Ulster',as it is commonly known as) was established as a separate country in 1921.King George V was the first King of Northern Ireland as well as the King of Ireland,in addition to being King of Great Britain & the Dominions & Emperor of India.

Aidan.

Politics in Northern Ireland!

To be REALLY pedantic. William I was Norman (That's a french invader)!!

King Egbert was the first King of England,as he was also the King of Wessex prior to England's unification in around the year 829.Prior to this date,England was divided into 7 kingdoms,which became known as the Heptarchy

Here's an article; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptarchy .

Aidan.