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Name your top 3 most influential English monarchs in order.
(And perhaps have a small poke at some else's list)
1. William I
2. Henry VIII
3. Alfred I
honourable mentions to Elizabeth I and Edward I



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Edmund the Martyr
William the Bastard
Victoria Regina, Empress of India
Elizabeth I (oops nvm that's too many)
(Also honorable mention Charles II)

Oh I can only have 3? I guess I have to give Liz the boot, honorable mention for her

Oh ya who can forget Henry the Heretic, #VIII

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Aethelstan
Offa
Henry V

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@wolfgang59 said
Name your top 3 most influential English monarchs in order.
(And perhaps have a small poke at some else's list)
1. William I
2. Henry VIII
3. Alfred I
honourable mentions to Elizabeth I and Edward I



Happy debating .. at least it will make a change from Trump!
I'm going to go with Henry VII. His more famous son was a squanderer of food, money, and resources. Henry VII brought about a nearly peaceful kingdom, stability to the British currency, and a more cohesive government. Henry VII was a pretty boring guy, but he did a decent job.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England

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@mchill said
I'm going to go with Henry VII. His more famous son was a squanderer of food, money, and resources. Henry VII brought about a nearly peaceful kingdom, stability to the British currency, and a more cohesive government. Henry VII was a pretty boring guy, but he did a decent job.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England
This is the top 3 influential not top 3 who did a decent job! 😉

I think that Henry VIII's influence is quite profound even though
he was a mediocre king.
* United Wales & England
* First British King of Ireland (I think ...)
* English Reformation and founding Church of England
* "Father" of the Royal Navy (though I think others have that disputed title too)

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She was English.
She was born in England.
Her father was born in England.

Anyway why be so pedantic?
It's just for fun.

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Probably, are you questioning that she was an actress?

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@wolfgang59 said
Name your top 3 most influential English monarchs in order.
(And perhaps have a small poke at some else's list)
1. William I
2. Henry VIII
3. Alfred I
honourable mentions to Elizabeth I and Edward I



Happy debating .. at least it will make a change from Trump!
Not an expert on the history of the English throne, but I'd pick the same ones as you.

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@wolfgang59 said
She was English.
She was born in England.
Her father was born in England.

Anyway why be so pedantic?
It's just for fun.
I would interpret the "English monarchs" as the holders of the title of the Kingdom of England, not as pertaining to the holders' ethnicity. William the Conqueror clearly wasn't "English" in a cultural sense and many of his direct successors lived in modern-day France.

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@kazetnagorra said
I would interpret the "English monarchs" as the holders of the title of the Kingdom of England, not as pertaining to the holders' ethnicity. William the Conqueror clearly wasn't "English" in a cultural sense and many of his direct successors lived in modern-day France.
I think D69 was trying to trap me or someone else
into saying that Victoria was still a Queen of England.
(The title didn't exist after Queen Anne)

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Wrong again. I'm not eager to deny it.