924-927: The first king to rule all of present day England, and therefore held by some to be the first King of England.
The earliest surviving manuscript portrait of an English king, in Bede's Lives of Cuthbert, commissioned as a gift by the king to the cult of St. Cuthbert in Chester-le-Street.
First recorded pact between a King and his subjects.
Shortest reign for an uncontested monarch, not crowned. (40 days)
The only King of England to be canonised.
Shortest reign for an unquestionably crowned monarch (282 days).
The last king, though uncrowned, of the original royal family.
First Norman king to be fluent in English.
The first female de facto monarch, though disputed and not crowned.
First known use of a funeral effigy in England, made necessary because a three month delay in burial left the monarch's body in a bad condition.
Third shortest reign for an uncontested but uncrowned monarch. (78 days)
Commissioned Europe's first ever – and the world's oldest surviving – dry dock at Portsmouth.
First king with a modern humanist education.
Only monarch in the last 500 years of whom no proven contemporary portrait survives.
Chartered the Muscovy Company (aka the Russian Company or the Muscovy Trading Company) the first major chartered joint stock company.
Last English monarch to enter the House of Commons.
First monarch whose funeral was attended by all the members of both Houses of Parliament.
Attended more cabinet meetings than any other monarch.
First married woman to rule England on her own.
His wife spent her entire 'reign' (she was never coronated) imprisoned, confined to a palace, in Germany.
The first monarch to study science systematically.
Longest reigning male monarch of Great Britain.
First future monarch to visit the United States.
First reigning monarch to set foot in Spain.
First reigning monarch to visit the Russian Empire.
The first monarch to visit Sweden.
The only King-Emperor to visit India.
First monarch to fly in an aircraft, flying from Sandringham to London for his Accession Council.
First reigning monarch to visit North America.
First monarch to take a tour with his family.
First monarch of Canada to open a parliamentary session.
Oldest reigning monarch.
Longest serving consort of a reigning monarch.
57 years as of July 26 2015 third longest (soon to be second longest) reigning Prince of Wales, second oldest and longest heir apparent, oldest Prince of Wales.
59 years 45 days: longest serving Prince of Wales.
57 years 4 months 10 days: second longest serving Prince of Wales (about to become third longest).
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