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;[[1066 in England]]<ref>{{cite web |title=KS2 History: The Anglo-Saxons. 7: 1066—The year of three kings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/history-ks2-anglo-saxons-1066-hastings/zkvxxyc |website=[[BBC School Radio]] |access-date=4 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>: [[Harold Godwinson]] (Earl of Wessex), [[William the Conqueror]] (Duke of Normandy), and [[Harald Hardrada]] (King of Norway) all claimed the title of King of England.
;[[1066 in England]]<ref>{{cite web |title=KS2 History: The Anglo-Saxons. 7: 1066—The year of three kings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/history-ks2-anglo-saxons-1066-hastings/zkvxxyc |website=[[BBC School Radio]] |access-date=4 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>: [[Harold Godwinson]] (Earl of Wessex), [[William the Conqueror]] (Duke of Normandy), and [[Harald Hardrada]] (King of Norway) all claimed the title of King of England.
;[[1483 in England]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=St. Aubyn |first1=Giles |title=The Year of Three Kings, 1483 |date=1983 |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]] |location=New York |isbn=9780689114090 |edition=First American}}</ref>: Edward&nbsp;IV died in April. His son Edward&nbsp;V, reigned until June, when his uncle and [[Lord Protector]], [[Richard&nbsp;III]], deposed him.
;[[1483 in England]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=St. Aubyn |first1=Giles |title=The Year of Three Kings, 1483 |date=1983 |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]] |location=New York |isbn=9780689114090 |edition=First American}}</ref>: Edward&nbsp;IV died in April. His son Edward&nbsp;V, reigned until June, when his uncle and [[Lord Protector]], [[Richard&nbsp;III]], deposed him.
;[[1888 in Buganda|1888]] and [[1889 in Buganda]]<ref name="lubega">{{cite news |last1=Lubega |first1=Henry |title=The year Buganda was ruled by three kings |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/The-year-Buganda-was-ruled-by-three-kings/689844-3467470-jlrlayz/index.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=[[The Monitor (Uganda)|The Monitor]] |location=Kampala, Uganda |date=9 January 2021 |language=en}} Citing:
* {{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=John Milner |title=The Year of the Three Kings of Buganda: Mwanga, Kiwewa, Kalema, 1888–1889 |date=1950 |publisher=Uganda Journal}}
* {{cite book |last1=Kaggwa |first1=Apolo |author1-link=Apolo Kaggwa |title=The Kings of Buganda |date=1971 |publisher=[[East African Publishing House]] |isbn=9780800216337}}</ref>{{efn|group=note|While only two kings reigned in 1889, historian Sir John Milner Gray uses "Year of Three Kings" to refer to the full time period between Mwanga II's deposition and restoration to power.<ref name="lubega"/>}}: [[Mwanga II of Buganda|Mwanga&nbsp;II]] fled in September 1888 after his chiefs sought to relace him with his brother, [[Kiweewa of Buganda|Kiweewa]]. Six weeks later, Muslim chiefs captured Kiweewa and replaced him with their initial pick to be [[kabaka]], [[Kalema of Buganda|Kalema]]. In 1889, Mwanga retook the throne from Kiweewa.
;[[1936 in the United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=R. J. Q. |author1-link=R. J. Q. Adams |chapter=1936: The Year of Three Kings |title=British Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of Appeasement, 1935–39 |date=1993 |pages=35–55 |doi=10.1057/9780230375635}}</ref>: After [[Death and state funeral of George V|the death]] of George&nbsp;V in January, his son [[Edward&nbsp;VIII]] became king, [[Abdication of Edward VIII|only to abdicate]] in December amidst a constitutional crisis. He was succeeded by his brother, [[George&nbsp;VI]].
;[[1936 in the United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=R. J. Q. |author1-link=R. J. Q. Adams |chapter=1936: The Year of Three Kings |title=British Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of Appeasement, 1935–39 |date=1993 |pages=35–55 |doi=10.1057/9780230375635}}</ref>: After [[Death and state funeral of George V|the death]] of George&nbsp;V in January, his son [[Edward&nbsp;VIII]] became king, [[Abdication of Edward VIII|only to abdicate]] in December amidst a constitutional crisis. He was succeeded by his brother, [[George&nbsp;VI]].


Revision as of 06:11, 6 January 2023

Several years have been referred to as the Year of the Three Kings or Year of Three Kings. This list does not represent all times that a country has had three kings or three claimants to the throne in a single year.

1016 in England[1]
Æthelred the Unready died in April, leaving the throne to Edmund Ironside, who reigned only till November, when he died and was succeeded by Cnut the Great.
1066 in England[2]
Harold Godwinson (Earl of Wessex), William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), and Harald Hardrada (King of Norway) all claimed the title of King of England.
1483 in England[3]
Edward IV died in April. His son Edward V, reigned until June, when his uncle and Lord Protector, Richard III, deposed him.
1936 in the United Kingdom[4]
After the death of George V in January, his son Edward VIII became king, only to abdicate in December amidst a constitutional crisis. He was succeeded by his brother, George VI.

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References

  1. ^ "Congress Speakers". Medieval Institute. Western Michigan University. Retrieved 4 November 2022. Barbara Yorke (University of Winchester), 'The Year of the Three Kings: 1016 in the Context of Early Medieval Succession Disputes'
  2. ^ "KS2 History: The Anglo-Saxons. 7: 1066—The year of three kings". BBC School Radio. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. ^ St. Aubyn, Giles (1983). The Year of Three Kings, 1483 (First American ed.). New York: Scribner. ISBN 9780689114090.
  4. ^ Adams, R. J. Q. (1993). "1936: The Year of Three Kings". British Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of Appeasement, 1935–39. pp. 35–55. doi:10.1057/9780230375635.
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