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List of Canadian monarchs

The line of monarchs who reigned over Canada begins approximately at the turn of the 16th century.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The date of the first claim by a monarch over what is now Canada varies, with most sources giving the year as 1497, when John Cabot made landfall somewhere on the North American coast (likely either modern-day Newfoundland or Nova Scotia), and claimed the land for England on behalf of King Henry VII.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] However, some sources instead put this date at 1534, when New France was founded in the name of King Francis I.[18][19] Monarchical governance subsequently evolved under a continuous succession of French, British, and eventually uniquely Canadian sovereigns.[4][5][16][19][20][21][22] Since the first claim by Henry VII,[23] there have been 33 sovereigns of Canada, including two sets of co-sovereigns.[24][25][26][27][28][29]

While [37] it was not until 1953 that the monarch's title was made official, with Elizabeth II being the first monarch to be separately proclaimed as Queen of Canada, as per the Royal Style and Titles Act.

Sovereigns of Canada

The French Crown (1534–1763)

No. Portrait Regnal name Reign Full name Consort
Sovereigns of the colony of Canada
1 Francis I
(1534–1547)
House of Valois 		24 July 1534 31 March 1547 Francis Eleanor of Austria
Territorial changes: Jacques Cartier laid claim to "Kanata" (Canada) in the name of King Francis I.[38]
2 Henry II
(1519–1559)
House of Valois 		31 March 1547 10 July 1559 Henry Catherine de' Medici
3 Francis II
(1544–1560)
House of Valois 		10 July 1559 5 December 1560 Francis Mary, Queen of Scots
4 Charles IX
(1550–1574)
House of Valois 		5 December 1560 30 May 1574 Charles Maximilian Elisabeth of Austria
5 Henry III
(1551–1589)
House of Valois 		30 May 1574 2 August 1589 Alexandre Édouard Louise of Lorraine
6 Henry IV
(1553–1610)
House of Bourbon 		2 August 1589 14 May 1610 Henri de Bourbon Margaret of Valois,
Marie de' Medici
7 Louis XIII
(1601–1643)
House of Bourbon 		14 May 1610 14 May 1643 Louis Anne of Austria
8 Louis XIV
(1638–1715)
House of Bourbon 		14 May 1643 1 September 1715 Louis-Dieudonné Maria Theresa of Spain,
Françoise d'Aubigné
Note: Ceded Acadia, Placentia, and Hudson Bay to Anne, 1713.
9 Louis XV
(1710–1774)
House of Bourbon 		1 September 1715 10 February 1763 Louis Marie Leszczyńska
Territorial changes: Ceded the George III, 1763.

The English and British Crown (1497–1931)

During this era, each of the colonies within British North America (including Canada) were legally independent of each other and had their own governor.
No. Portrait Regnal name Reign Full name Consort
Sovereigns of the colony of Canada
1 Henry VII
(1457–1509)
House of Tudor 		24 June 1497 21 April 1509 Henry Elizabeth of York
Territorial changes: John Cabot laid claim to what is now Canada in the name of King Henry VII.[24]
2 Henry VIII
(1491–1547)
House of Tudor 		21 April 1509 28 January 1547 Henry Catherine of Aragon (1509), Anne Boleyn (1533), Jane Seymour (1536), Anne of Cleves (1540), Catherine Howard (1540), Catherine Parr (1543)
3 Edward VI
(1537–1553)
House of Tudor 		28 January 1547 6 July 1553 Edward None
4 Mary I
(1516–1558)
House of Tudor 		19 July 1553 17 November 1558 Mary Philip II of Spain (co-sovereign)
5 Elizabeth I
(1533–1603)
House of Tudor 		17 November 1558 24 March 1603 Elizabeth None
6 James I
(1566–1625)
House of Stuart 		25 July 1603 27 March 1625 Charles James Anne of Denmark
7 Charles I
(1600–1649)
House of Stuart 		27 March 1625 30 January 1649 Charles Henrietta Maria of France
Cromwellian Era 30 January 1649 29 May 1660
8 Charles II
(1630–1685)
House of Stuart 		2 May 1670 3 September 1651 Charles Catherine of Braganza
Note: Created Rupert's Land through Royal Warrant for the Hudson's Bay Company.
9 James II
(1633–1701)
House of Stuart 		6 February 1685 1 December 1688 James Mary of Modena
Vacant 1 December 1688 13 February 1689
10 William III
(1650–1702)
House of Orange-Nassau 		13 February 1689 8 March 1702 William Mary II of England
(co-monarch)
11 Anne
(1665–1714)
House of Stuart 		8 March 1702 1 August 1714 Anne Prince George of Denmark
Note: Acquired Acadia, Placentia, and Hudson Bay from Louis XIV of France, 1713.
12 George I
(1660–1727)
House of Hanover 		1 August 1714 11 June 1727 George Louis Sophia Dorothea of Celle
13 George II
(1683–1760)
House of Hanover 		11 June 1727
old calendar 		25 October 1760
new calendar 		George Augustus Caroline of Ansbach
14 George III
(1738–1820)
House of Hanover 		25 October 1760 29 January 1820 George William Frederick Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Territorial changes: Acquired New France from Louis XV of France, 1763. Created provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, 1790.
15 George IV
(1762–1830)
House of Hanover 		29 January 1820 26 June 1830 George Augustus Frederick Caroline of Brunswick
16 William IV
(1765–1837)
House of Hanover 		26 June 1830 20 June 1837 William Henry Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Sovereigns of the Dominion of Canada[N 2]
17 Victoria
(1819–1901)
House of Hanover 		20 June 1837 22 January 1901 Alexandrina Victoria Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Canadian Governors general:The Viscount Monck, the Lord Lisgar, the Earl of Dufferin, the Marquess of Lorne, the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Lord Stanley of Preston, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Minto
Canadian Prime ministers: John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, Charles Tupper, Wilfrid Laurier
Initial provinces: Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Territorial changes: United Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada, 1841. United the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into the Dominion Canada under a new Canadian crown, 1867. Later joined Rupert's Land, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island into Canada. Established Manitoba, North-Western Territory (now Northwest Territories), British Columbia, and Yukon Territory (now Yukon)
18 Edward VII
(1841–1910)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 		22 January 1901 6 May 1910 Albert Edward Alexandra of Denmark
Canadian Governors general: The Earl of Minto, the Earl Grey
Canadian Prime minister: Wilfrid Laurier
Territorial changes: Created new provinces Saskatchewan and Alberta
19 George V
(1865–1936)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917)
House of Windsor (after 1917) 		6 May 1910 11 December 1931 George Frederick Ernest Albert Mary of Teck
Canadian Governors general: The Earl Grey, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the Duke of Devonshire, the Lord Byng of Vimy, the Marquess of Willingdon, the Earl of Bessborough
Canadian Prime ministers: Wilfrid Laurier, Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen, William Lyon Mackenzie King
Territorial changes: Signed the Statute of Westminster, thereby creating the Canadian Crown and leaving Newfoundland as the only part of present-day Canada under the British Crown.

The Canadian Crown (1931–present)

In 1931 the Canadian Crown emerged as an independent entity from that of the British Crown due to the Statute of Westminster 1931.
No. Portrait Regnal name Reign Full name Consort
Sovereigns of Canada
1 George V
(1865–1936)
House of Windsor 		11 December 1931 20 January 1936 George Frederick Ernest Albert Mary of Teck
Governors general: The Earl of Bessborough, the Lord Tweedsmuir
Prime ministers: William Lyon Mackenzie King, R. B. Bennett
2 Edward VIII
(1894–1972)
House of Windsor 		20 January 1936 11 December 1936 Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David none
Governor general: The Lord Tweedsmuir
Prime minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King
3 George VI
(1895–1952)
House of Windsor 		11 December 1936 6 February 1952 Albert Frederick Arthur George Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Governors general: The Lord Tweedsmuir, the Earl of Athlone, the Viscount Alexander of Tunis
Prime ministers: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent
Territorial change: Joined Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador) into Canada, 1949, thereby putting all of modern Canada under the Canadian Crown.
4 Elizabeth II
(b. 1926)
House of Windsor 		6 February 1952 Present Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Governors general: The Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Roland Michener, Jules Léger, Edward Schreyer, Jeanne Sauvé, Ray Hnatyshyn, Roméo LeBlanc, Adrienne Clarkson, Michaëlle Jean, David Johnston
Prime ministers: Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker, Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper
Territorial change: Created the new territory of Nunavut

Consorts

The Canadian monarchs' consort—his or her spouse—has no constitutional status or power, but is a member of the Canadian Royal Family. In the United Kingdom, all female consorts have had the right to and have held the title of Queen Consort; as Canada does not have laws or letters patent under the Great Seal of Canada laying out the styles of any Royal Family members besides the monarch, royal consorts are addressed in Canada using the style and title as they hold in the UK. After informal discussions amongst the various Commonwealth prime ministers between 1954 and 1957, it was decided that Prince Philip, husband of Elizabeth II, would not be granted the title of Prince Consort.[39][40]

Since Confederation, two sovereigns have reigned over Canada without a consort: Victoria, who's husband, Albert, died before Confederation and Edward VIII, who married Wallis Simpson after his abdication. Though Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (the current wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the throne of Canada), will technically become queen consort in the United Kingdom, Clarence House has stated that, due to public opinion regarding her relationship with the Prince of Wales, she will be styled there as Princess Consort.[41][42][43]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The English Court of Appeal ruled in 1982, while "there is only one person who is the Sovereign within the British Commonwealth... in matters of law and government the Queen of the United Kingdom, for example, is entirely independent and distinct from the Queen of Canada."[36]
  2. ^ In 1867, the separate colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick joined to form the Dominion of Canada. Subsequently, each of the other colonies in British North America eventually joined the union as provinces. Other provinces were created by the Dominion from its territories. Over time, Canada gradually gained increasing independence from the United Kingdom due to continued evolution in constitutional practice. However, it remained under the British Crown until 1931, when the Canadian Crown is generally accepted as having been created due to the enactment of the Statute of Westminster. The Dominion of Newfoundland continued as a separate British colony under the British Crown until it joined Canada in 1949.

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External links

  • Department of Canadian Heritage: The Kings and Queens of Canada: The Crown in Canadian History
  • Senate of Canada: Canada, A Constitutional Monarchy
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