<Tr> <Td> Ælfweard c. 17 July 924--2 August 924 (16 days) </Td> <Td> Does not appear </Td> <Td> c. 901 Son of Edward the Elder and Ælfflæd </Td> <Td> Does not appear Unmarried? No children </Td> <Td> 2 August 924 Aged about 23 </Td> <Td> Son of Edward the Elder </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Birth </Th> <Th> Marriages </Th> <Th> Death </Th> <Th> Claim </Th> <Th> Ref . </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Æthelstan 924 King of the Anglo - Saxons (924--927)--King of the English (927--939) 27 October 939 (14--15 years) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 894 Son of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn </Td> <Td> Does not appear Unmarried </Td> <Td> 27 October 939 Aged about 45 </Td> <Td> Son of Edward the Elder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edmund I 27 October 939--26 May 946 (6 years, 212 days) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 921 Son of Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent </Td> <Td> (1) Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury 2 sons (2) Æthelflæd of Damerham 944 No children </Td> <Td> 26 May 946 Pucklechurch Killed in a brawl aged about 25 </Td> <Td> Son of Edward the Elder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eadred 26 May 946--23 November 955 (9 years, 182 days) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 923 Son of Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent </Td> <Td> Does not appear Unmarried </Td> <Td> 23 November 955 Frome Aged about 32 </Td> <Td> Son of Edward the Elder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eadwig 23 November 955--1 October 959 (3 years, 313 days) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 940 Son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury </Td> <Td> Ælfgifu No verified children </Td> <Td> 1 October 959 Aged about 19 </Td> <Td> Son of Edmund I </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edgar the Peaceful 1 October 959--8 July 975 (15 years, 281 days) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 943 Wessex Son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury </Td> <Td> (1) Æthelflæd c. 960 1 son (2) Ælfthryth c. 964 2 sons </Td> <Td> 8 July 975 Winchester Aged 31 </Td> <Td> Son of Edmund I </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward the Martyr 8 July 975--18 March 978 (2 years, 254 days) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 962 Son of Edgar the Peaceful and Æthelflæd </Td> <Td> Does not appear Unmarried </Td> <Td> 18 March 978 Corfe Castle Murdered aged about 16 </Td> <Td> Son of Edgar the Peaceful </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (1st reign) Æthelred Æthelred the Unready 18 March 978--1013 (34--35 years) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 968 Son of Edgar the Peaceful and Ælfthryth </Td> <Td> (1) Ælfgifu of York 991 9 children (2) Emma of Normandy 1002 3 children </Td> <Td> 23 April 1016 London Aged about 48 </Td> <Td> Son of Edgar the Peaceful </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Birth </Th> <Th> Marriages </Th> <Th> Death </Th> <Th> Claim </Th> <Th> Ref . </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Æthelstan 924 King of the Anglo - Saxons (924--927)--King of the English (927--939) 27 October 939 (14--15 years) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 894 Son of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn </Td> <Td> Does not appear Unmarried </Td> <Td> 27 October 939 Aged about 45 </Td> <Td> Son of Edward the Elder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

How many female british monarchs have there been