List of Canadian monarchs

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Listed here are the monarchs who reigned over Canada, starting with the French colony of Canada, which subsequently became a British colony, followed by the British Dominion of Canada, and, finally, the present-day sovereign state of Canada. [11] The date of the first claim by a monarch over 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. [20] However, some sources, instead, put this date at 1535, when the word Canada was first used to refer to the French colony of Canada, [21] which was founded in the name of King Francis I. [22] [23] Monarchical governance subsequently evolved under a continuous succession of French, British, and eventually uniquely Canadian sovereigns. [28] Since the first claim by Henry VII, [29] there have been 33 sovereigns of Canada, including two sets of co-sovereigns. [37]

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While Canada became a Dominion within the British Empire upon Confederation in 1867, [38] [39] [40] [41] the concept of a fully independent Canada sharing the person of the sovereign with the United Kingdom and other countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, only emerged gradually over time through constitutional convention, [42] and was officially confirmed with the passage of the Statute of Westminster in 1931. [43] Since then, [31] the Canadian Crown has been legally distinct from those of the other Commonwealth realms, with its own separate and distinct monarch. [N 1] Although the term king of Canada was used as early as the beginning of the reign of George VI, [45] 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)

PortraitRegnal nameReignFull nameConsort
House of Valois
Francois Ier Louvre.jpg Francis I
(1494–1547)		24 July 153431 March 1547Francis Eleanor of Austria
Territorial claim:
Henry II of France-Francois Clouet (altered).jpg Henry II
(1519–1559)		31 March 154710 July 1559Henry Catherine de' Medici
FrancoisII.jpg Francis II
(1544–1560)		10 July 15595 December 1560Francis Mary, Queen of Scots
Portrait of King Charles IX of France (1550-1574), by After Francois Clouet.jpg Charles IX
(1550–1574)		5 December 156030 May 1574Charles Maximilian Elisabeth of Austria
Quesnel Henry III of France in Polish hat.jpg Henry III
(1551–1589)		30 May 15742 August 1589Alexandre Édouard Louise of Lorraine
House of Bourbon
Frans Pourbus the Younger (Antwerp 1569 - Paris 1622) - Henri IV, King of France (1553-1610) - RCIN 402972 - Royal Collection.jpg Henry IV
(1553–1610)		2 August 158914 May 1610Henri de Bourbon Margaret of Valois,
Marie de' Medici
Luis XIII, rey de Francia (Philippe de Champaigne).jpg Louis XIII
(1601–1643)		14 May 161014 May 1643Louis Anne of Austria
Louis XIV of France.jpg Louis XIV
(1638–1715)		14 May 16431 September 1715Louis-Dieudonné Maria Theresa of Spain,
Françoise d'Aubigné
Territorial changes:
Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774) edited 2.jpg Louis XV
(1710–1774)		1 September 171510 February 1763Louis Marie Leszczyńska
Territorial changes:

The English and British Crowns (1497–1931)

PortraitRegnal nameReignFull nameConsort
House of Tudor
Enrique VII de Inglaterra, por un artista anonimo.jpg Henry VII
(1457–1509)		24 June 149721 April 1509Henry Elizabeth of York
Territorial changes:
  • 1497: in Henry's name, John Cabot laid claim to lands that soon came to be called "Canada". [N 2] [30] The English Crown did not concretely exercise this claim until the reign of King George III, when the colony of Canada was officially ceded from France to Great Britain.
Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of Henry VIII - Google Art Project.jpg Henry VIII
(1491–1547)		21 April 150928 January 1547Henry Catherine of Aragon (1509), Anne Boleyn (1533), Jane Seymour (1536), Anne of Cleves (1540), Catherine Howard (1540), Catherine Parr (1543)
Circle of William Scrots Edward VI of England.jpg Edward VI
(1537–1553)		28 January 15476 July 1553EdwardNone
Anthonis Mor 001.jpg
Portrait of Philip II of Spain by Sofonisba Anguissola - 002b.jpg 		Mary I
(1516–1558)
& Philip II
(1527–1598)
as co-sovereigns		19 July 1553 (Mary I)

25 July 1554 (Philip II)

17 November 1558Mary

Felipe

each other
Darnley stage 3.jpg Elizabeth I
(1533–1603)		17 November 155824 March 1603ElizabethNone
Territorial changes:
House of Stuart
JamesIEngland.jpg James I
(1566–1625)		24 March 160327 March 1625Charles James Anne of Denmark
King Charles I after original by van Dyck.jpg Charles I
(1600–1649)		27 March 162530 January 1649Charles Henrietta Maria of France
Interregnum 30 January 164929 May 1660
King Charles II by John Michael Wright or studio.jpg Charles II
(1630–1685)		29 May 16606 February 1685Charles Catherine of Braganza
Territorial changes:
James II by Peter Lely.jpg James II
(1633–1701)		6 February 16851 December 1688James Mary of Modena
Vacant1 December 168813 February 1689
Mary II - Kneller 1690.jpg
King William III of England.jpg 		Mary II
(1662–1694)
& William III
(1650–1702)
as co-sovereigns		13 February 168928 December 1694

8 March 1702

Mary

William

each other
Dahl, Michael - Queen Anne - NPG 6187.jpg Anne
(1665–1714)		8 March 17021 August 1714Anne Prince George of Denmark
Territorial changes:
House of Hanover
King George I by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (3).jpg George I
(1660–1727)		1 August 171411 June 1727George Louis Sophia Dorothea of Celle
George II by Thomas Hudson.jpg George II
(1683–1760)		11 June 1727
old calendar 		25 October 1760
new calendar 		George Augustus Caroline of Ansbach
Allan Ramsay - King George III in coronation robes - Google Art Project.jpg George III
(1738–1820)		25 October 176029 January 1820George William Frederick Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Governors General of British North America: The Lord Dorchester, Robert Prescott, Robert Milnes, Thomas Dunn, James Henry Craig, George Prevost, Gordon Drummond, John Coape Sherbrooke, The Duke of Richmond
Territorial changes:
George IV 1821 color.jpg George IV
(1762–1830)		29 January 182026 June 1830George Augustus Frederick Caroline of Brunswick
Governors General of British North America: The Earl of Dalhousie, James Kempt
William IV in 1833 by Shee cropped.jpg William IV
(1765–1837)		26 June 183020 June 1837William Henry Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Governors General of British North America: The Lord Aylmer, The Earl of Gosford
Queen Victoria 1843.jpg Victoria
(1819–1901)		20 June 183722 January 1901Alexandrina Victoria Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Governors General of British North America: The Earl of Gosford, John Colborne, The Earl of Durham, The Lord Sydenham, Charles Bagot, The Lord Metcalfe, The Earl Cathcart, The Earl of Elgin, Edmund Walker Head, The Viscount Monck; Governors General of Canada: 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
Prime Ministers of Canada: John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, Charles Tupper, Wilfrid Laurier
Territorial changes:
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
King Edward VII by Sir (Samuel) Luke Fildes.jpg Edward VII
(1841–1910)		22 January 19016 May 1910Albert Edward Alexandra of Denmark
Governors General of Canada: The Earl of Minto, the Earl Grey
Prime Minister of Canada: Wilfrid Laurier
Territorial changes:
House of Windsor [lower-alpha 1]
King George V 1911.jpg George V
(1865–1936)		6 May 191011 December 1931George Frederick Ernest Albert Mary of Teck
Governors General of Canada: 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
Prime Ministers of Canada: Wilfrid Laurier, Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Richard B. Bennett
Territorial changes:
  • 1931: granted Royal Assent to the Statute of Westminster 1931, thereby creating the Canadian Crown and leaving Newfoundland as the only part of Canada's current territory left 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.

The Dominion of Newfoundland had the same status as Canada in 1931. However, its parliament never adopted the statute to create a separate position of king of Newfoundland and would remain under the British Crown until it joined Canada in 1949.

PortraitRegnal nameReignFull nameConsort
House of Windsor [lower-alpha 2]
King George V 1911.jpg George V
(1865–1936)		11 December 193120 January 1936George Frederick Ernest AlbertMary of Teck
Governors general: The Earl of Bessborough, the Lord Tweedsmuir
Prime ministers: Richard B. Bennett, William Lyon Mackenzie King
His Majesty King Edward VIII in Garter Robes (cropped).jpg Edward VIII
(1894–1972)		20 January 193611 December 1936Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick Davidnone
Governor general: The Lord Tweedsmuir
Prime minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King
King George VI.jpg George VI
(1895–1952)		11 December 19366 February 1952Albert 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:
  • 1949: merged Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador) into Canada, thereby putting all of Canada's current territory under the Canadian Crown.
Queen Elizabeth II in Coronation Robes.jpg Elizabeth II
(1926–2022)		6 February 19528 September 2022Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Philip Mountbatten
Governors general: Vincent Massey, Georges Vanier, Roland Michener, Jules Léger, Edward Schreyer, Jeanne Sauvé, Ray Hnatyshyn, Roméo LeBlanc, Adrienne Clarkson, Michaëlle Jean, David Johnston, Julie Payette, Mary Simon
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, Justin Trudeau
Charles III parliamentary procession 2024 (cropped).jpg Charles III
(b. 1948)		8 September 2022presentCharles Philip Arthur George Camilla Shand
Governor general: Mary Simon
Prime minister: Justin Trudeau

Consorts

The Canadian monarch's 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, as a courtesy, addressed in Canada using the style and title as they hold in the UK. After informal discussions among the various Commonwealth prime ministers between 1954 and 1957, it was decided that the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Elizabeth II, would not be granted the title of prince consort . [48] [49]

Since Confederation, two sovereigns have reigned over Canada without a consort: Victoria, whose husband, Albert, died before Confederation, and Edward VIII, who married Wallis Simpson after his abdication.

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." [44]
  2. ↑ From 1763 to 1791 the colony of Canada was known as "Quebec" prior to returning to the name "Canada" (Upper and Lower) which were unified in 1841.
  3. ↑ 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.
  1. ↑ George V changed the name of the British royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor on 17 July 1917. [47] This change was made in response to anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I.
  2. ↑ Descendants of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II belong to the House of Windsor by Royal Command (9 April 1952 Declaration by Queen Elizabeth II to her Privy Council) although under the usual rules of genealogy they are, by paternal descent, also members of the Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg (the ruling House of Denmark and of the former Kingdom of Greece). Accordingly, King Charles III is the first monarch of the House of Windsor who is a patrilineal descendant of the Glücksburg dynasty, instead of descending from Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the male line as was the case with the previous monarchs of the House of Windsor.

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