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17 May 2016updated 12 Oct 2023 10:44am

How many King Edwards has England had? Why I am irrationally enraged by regnal numbering

When the fourth is the first.

By Jonn Elledge

(Photo By Edward the Confessor. Image: Hulton Archive/Getty.)

Pop quiz, hotshot. The last King of England who went by the name of Edward was Edward VIII (1936). So, how many King Edwards has England had?

Ha. Fooled you. It’s eleven.

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