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For the country that is part of the United Kingdom, see England. Kingdom of England ? 10th century 1649 1649 1660: Commonwealth 1660 1707 ? Flag Coat of arms

Location of England Capital Winchester (until 12th century) London[1] (12th century 1707) Westminster (administrative) City of London (commercial) Languages English[nb 1] Old Norse (until 12th century) Welsh[nb 2] Cornish Cumbric (until 11th century) Norman (1066 15th century) Religion Roman Catholic (until 1533/1553 1558) Anglican (1533 1553/1558 1707) Government Absolute monarchy (until 1215) Semi-constitutional monarchy (1215 1689) Constitutional monarchy (1689 1707) Monarch Until 939 thelstan (first) 1702 1707 Anne (last) Legislature Parliament Upper house House of Lords Lower house House of Commons History Unification 10th century Norman conquest 1066 1088 Laws in Wales Acts 1535 1542 Union of the Crowns 24 March 1603 Glorious Revolution 11 December 1688 Union with Scotland 1 May 1707 Area Before 1542 est. 140,000 km (54,054 sq mi) 1542 1707 151,174 km (58,369 sq mi) Population 1000 est. 2,000,000 Density 14.3 /km (37 /sq mi) 1400 est. 2,500,000

Density 17.9 /km (46.2 /sq mi) 1707 est. 5,750,000 Density 38 /km (98.5 /sq mi) Currency Pound sterling Preceded by Succeeded by Wessex Northumbria Powys Fadog Powys Wenwynwyn Principality of Wales Kingdom of Great Britain Today part of United Kingdom Blank flag.svg England and Wales England Wales Southern Uplands Part of a series on the History of England Coat of arms of England Timeline Prehistoric Britain Roman Britain Sub-Roman Britain Medieval period Anglo-Saxon England English unification Norman conquest Norman England Plantagenet period Black Death in England Economy in the Middle Ages Tudor period Tudor dynasty Elizabethan period English Renaissance Stuart period English Civil War Commonwealth Protectorate Restoration Glorious Revolution Georgian period Regency period Victorian period Edwardian period World War I Interwar period World War II Postwar period Topics Social history of England History of education in England History of the economy of England History of the politics of England English overseas possessions History of the English language Polities Kingdom of England Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom -

Portal icon England portal v t e The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state in north-west Europe from the 10th century to 1707. Occupying the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britai n, the kingdom included modern-day England, Wales, and for a brief period in the 15th century the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The kingdom shared a border with Scotland to the north, but otherwise was surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. At t he start of the period its capital and chief royal residence was Winchester, but Westminster and Gloucester were accorded almost equal status, with Westminster gradually gaining preference and becoming the de facto administrative capital by the beginning of the 12th century. The kingdom broadly traces its origins to the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain and the Heptarchy of petty states that followed. The territory of what became En gland was unified into a single kingdom during the early 10th century. The Norma n invasion of Wales from 1067 and the completion of its conquest by Edward I (fo rmalised with the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284) put Wales under England's control , and Wales came under English law with the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 1542. On 1 May 1707, under the terms of the Acts of Union 1707, the kingdoms of England and Sc otland united to form Great Britain.[2][3] Although it is no longer a sovereign state, modern England continues as one of the countries of the United Kingdom.