# Wikijunior:Kings and Queens of England/Introduction


Welcome to the Wikijunior book on Kings and Queens of England.

In this book, we will start by looking at the very first Anglo-Saxon
Kings of England. We will then move on to show how the Crown changed
hands many times as a result of conquest. We see some powerful kings and
some weak ones. We see how the Crown has battled Parliament. We look at
the period where power finally did transfer to Parliament through to the
times of our current queen, Elizabeth II. At the end we will also look
at who the next kings of England may be.

We will find out about eleven Kings called Edward and nine called Henry
and a nine-day queen and King Philip, who most people have now forgotten
about. But first let\'s start way back in 871 with the Anglo-Saxons and
the only king of England to be called \"Great,\" Alfred.

