England/UK 1399-1848 EU3

Henry IV Lancaster 1399 - 1432
Scottish menace was brought to its knee in the first decade of 1400. Few years later, he has launched a multi-pronged assault against Irish kingdoms, annexing all of them.
Meanwhile, France begun to threaten England, so England took its allies Portugal and Austria and punched France so hard it lost control of most of its vassals.
In the final years of his reign, Scotland was annexed into England.

Charles I Lancaster 1432 - 1456
Two wars with France and Burgundy over Normandy and Picardie saw both French and Burgundians devastated; France so much that its direct control was now over Champagne and Ile-de-France only.
Second war with France during his reign ended in their humilitation and Duchy of Brittany becoming a vassal to English crown.
He has announced creation of English Empire, and with help of Norwegian sailors, English ships set sail toward the wild shores of Greenland.

Henry V Lancaster 1456 - 1479
With nationalist sentiment in Scotland disappearing, the Empire of Great Britain was proclaimed in 1476. Orkney Islands were taken from Danish King, who ruled over Norway in that time.
Meanwhile in the west, shores of Greenland were settled by first British colonists, giving birth to British colonies.

Henry VI Frederick Lancaster 1479 - 1503
British navy discovered a New World during his reign, with first colonies created in the lands called Beothuk and Innu.
After his death, regency ruled in England during very tumultous years of Reformation, and Reformed teachings of Calvin were accepted as British national religion.

Frederick I Lancaster 1511 - 1540
High period of instability characterized Frederick's reign, because the majority of popualtion was still Catholic. Especially in Wales and Scotland, Catholic zealots battled against British Army.
His warmongering policies in regard to continental Europe brought final destruction of France and de Valois dynasty, with Paris forever becoming English territory.
Few years later he invaded Burgundian Netherlands, wrestling away Antwerpen and Artois from them, and forcing their King to renounce its control over Liege and Luxembourg.
This had quite an impact on British colonization of New World, and only few territories in Canada were settled.

Queen Anne I Lancaster 1540 - 1571
First British Queen on the throne. Her reign continued to be marred by incessant Catholic resistance, which shifted from north to Normandy and British Netherlands.
British colonists during her reign expanded further inland into Canada and America. Delaware Peninsula was taken from Hansa in a brief conquest.
In second half of Queen Anne reign the British Empire abolished old feudal system in favor of Administrative Monarchy.
By the end of her rule, Catholics were fully converted in Britain, obtaining for it internal stability and religious unity not seen since times of Henry VI.

Octavius I Lancaster 1571 - 1579
First of British monarchs to completely forego European politics, instead concentrating on exploration and colonization of the World.
British Army conquered Goa in India, allowing British East Indies Company to be formed. British colonists in the west settled the island of Cuba, with its tobacco rich plains.
He died unexpectedly in 1579 during minor skirmish with some Burgundian rebels.

Adolphus I Lancaster 1579 - 1593
Dragged into war against Burgundy on behalf of Duchy of Dauphine, his tremendous (yet bloody) victory over Burgundians led to their destruction, with Cambray in Netherlands ending in British hands.
To prevent landing of other nations in Canada, his colonization policy was to 'blanket' the shore with British settlements, which caused a strain on British treasury.
He formed personal union over Pomerania, an important and strong maritime kingdom in HRE.

Edward VI Lancaster 1593 - 1616
Narrowly avoided taking loans and curbed minting to avoid price spikes, halting the otherwise rapid rise of inflation only by the 1610s.
The 'blanketing' policy was abandoned in favor of one-two colonization, lessening the burden on the British economy.
Concentrating fully on colonization of northeastern America, he nonetheless got involved in wars with Brandenburg after his inheritance of Pomerania, which he released as vassal.

George I Lancaster 1616 - 1619
Continued colonization of northeastern America. He died in his early 30s, having accomplished very little.

Queen Anne II Lancaster 1621 - 1673
Her reign saw a boost to British economy thanks to establishment of wealthy centres of trade in Manhattan.
This surplus of money allowed British colonies to spring up across the globe; in Spices Isles, Timor and nearby islands, as well as southeastern coast of America.
Furthermore, the distant and unhospitable lands of Australia were settled, with some prison settlements being created there too.
British Army under Anne II's reign captured Malaccan peninsula and its hub of spice trade, as well as taking Cape of Good Hope from both savage natives and Aragonese colonists.

George II William Lancaster 1673 - 1687
Instituted Constitutional Monarchy, formalizing separation of powers and making Parliament more powerful.
His administration worked hard to help the colonies expand and prosper, and inner parts of Eastern Australia were colonized. In Africa, Majerteen was colonized.

George III William Lancaster 1687 - 1702
Greatly favored mercantilism and isolationism, forcing British merchants to abandon European markets and instead create monopolies in Manhattan, Gauntanamo and Malacca, as well as Antewerpen and London.
Trade dispute with Holland over the last two centres of trade ended in defeat for the Hollanders and conquest of Zeeland.
His forced assimilation project saw separation of Huron into Huron and Iroquis as well as taking some of their core lands under direct control of British crown.

Frederick II William Lancaster 1702 - 1722
Greatly expanded British colonies, setting numerous lands from Ontario in Canada to Michigan in America, as well as Siberian east coast and Kamchatka peninsula. Furthermore, he continued assimilation policy against native tribes.
Iroquis and Cherokee were forcibly collared into their core lands, with the rest taken by British colonists. His constant indecision and switching of national policies led to great instability in the Britain.
This allowed the rise of pretender after his heir George William died at age 21, catching Frederick defenseless as his Armies were either in Europe, fighting on behalf of French duchies, or against rebels in Asia.
Lancaster Dukes of Pomerania intervened, landing in York to combat the pretender rebels, as well as sharing money with Frederick to help bring stability to the UK.
The future was looking bright for Lancaster dynasty until sudden death of Frederick's second son, Edward. With no further heirs, the dynasty was endangered with exctinction.
By a stroke of luck, however, his next son and heir Richard was born just few days before his death, and Most Important Regency period begun in Britain.

Most Important Regency 1722 - 1737
Carefully grooming Richard and keeping him from danger, the British regents in meanwhile concentrated on further stabilizing the large empire.
Colonization of distant lands was slowed down, and was concentrated on Far East Asia; islands of Okinawa, Sakhalin and the Kurils were the only new settlements of the British during that period.

Richard IV Lancaster 1737 - 1755
An enlightened scholar and skilled military leader, he presided over construction of numerous universities and fine arts academies in Normandy, Netherlands and southern Britain.
His armies expanded into lands of Shawnee tribe, further collaring them in late 1740s. The only non-British colony in Canada, Kespek, was wrestled from Norway after a long war against them and the Portuguese.
He has abolished Slavery in 1740, and his colonists landed on Pacific islands of Guam and Tahiti, as well as ventured deeper into vast forests of Eastern Siberia.
In the last few months of his rule, he has turned down a petition by American colonies to lower taxes and tariffs on products imported from Britain, causing the American Revolution.

George IV Lancaster 1755 - 1773
First monarch in over a century to personally fight on the battlefield; he has led the Royal Army of London against American revolutionaries besieging Delaware as Colonial Forces fought other rebels in Pamlico and Michigan.
In 1757, the combined forces of Royal Army and Colonial Forces fought against American Revolutionaries who concentrated their troops in Oklahoma, where the Revolutionaries were completely destroyed.
His reign saw numerous states secede from Duchy of Brittany and Kingdom of Castille (vassal and ally of British, respectively).
While some lands were regained on behalf of these two or otherwise annexed, nonetheless Haiti, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile and United Provinces of Central America managed to assert their independence.
Clashes with Indian monarchies saw conquest of Malabar in the south and fragmentation of the northern kingdom of Bihar. New colonies were created in central America, and Rio de Janeiro region was taken from Brazil in his final years.

Alfred II Lancaster 1773 - 1790
His reign was quite peaceful, and he has begun a large-scale modernization of infrastructure, especially the production facilities, armories and marketplaces.
Two short wars, with Brazil in South America and Orissa in Eastern India, ended in conquest of highly profitable trade centres of Cumana and Cuttack.

George V Lancaster 1790 - 1840
The British Empire expanded to greatest extent during his rule, settling Daktoa, Kansas and Arkansas in central America, as well as Sierra Leone in Africa, Hawaii islands as well as lands west of Siberian coast.
He has worked extra hard to help British infrastructure catch up, concentrating on fortifications especially, which were simply outdated, which showed during Swiss-British war over territories in Liege and Lorraine, when Ile-de-France and Picardie were (briefly) occupied by the enemy.
On behalf of Castille, he led Britain in 1838 against Bohemia, which fought with Portugal and Castille since mid-1837.
Over 60 years old, he nonetheless led the Royal Army personally, landing in Pomerania and entering into Poznan, resulting in British defeat and destruction of the Army in January 1840.
Having rallied the Army of Ireland westwards, he lost the Battle of Mecklenburg. Soon after the defeate, he got sick and died, destabilizing Britain which suffered its bloodiest losses since war against Burgundy some 300 years earlier.

George VI Lancaster 1840 - 1846
Nicknamed 'the Old' as he was 54 at time of his ascension, his first order was to transport all armies in Britain and France to Pomerania, striking en masse against Bohemians who were nearing capture of Pomeranian capital of Mecklenburg.
Numerous skirmishes were won, culminating in destruction of Bohemian main force at Poznan. Pomeranians were left to help the re-established Royal Army lay siege to Bohemian core lands, meanwhile King George sailed with rest of troops to Spain.
Here, with help of Castille and Brittany, he drove Bohemians away from Castillean capital of Toledo and into Aragon, bottling them up while more and more lands in central Bohemia fell.
Finally, the peace treaty was signed in July 1845, which was almost complete defeat for Bohemians, now losing several vassals as well as territories in South America, with nationalist uprisings springing up in Bohemian-controlled Crimea.
The war captured most of George VI's attention, and he died just half a year after its end.

Ernest I Augustus Lancaster 1846 - ...
First order of business of Ernest Augustus was to expand the Armies to include more cavalry and artillery, to ensure that such terrible losses as when fighting Bohemians would not happen again.
He oversaw British entry into Swiss-Savoyard war on behalf of Castille. By end of 1847, the Swiss defenses were crumbling, and their Netherlander territories were surrendering one by one.
//(Game ends 12th January 1848)