| Official ruler | Pretender | Years Active |
| William I the Conqueror | |
| William II Rufus | |
| Henry I Beauclerc | |
| Stephen of Blois | |
| John Lackland | |
| John Lackland | |
| Edward II | |
| Richard II | |
| Henry IV, Henry V | |
| Henry VI | |
| Henry VI | |
| Edward IV | |
| Edward V | |
| Richard III | |
| Henry VII | |
| | Official ruler | Pretender | Years Active |
| Henry VII | |
| Henry VII | |
| Henry VII | |
| Henry VII, Henry VIII | |
| Henry VIII | |
| Mary I | |
| Elizabeth I | |
| Elizabeth I | |
| Oliver Cromwell | |
| James II | |
| William III & Mary II | |
| William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III | |
| George III | |
| George III | |
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