State · 1542 – 1801
Kingdom of Ireland
A state of 1542 – 1801 — 259 years in Europe. It replaced Lordship of Ireland, West Breifne and Fermanagh and 1 more and followed Gaelic Ireland. It was replaced by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The atlas records 25 things within it — wars and battles 17 · famine and plague 1 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 15 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 259 years
- 1542 – 1801
- Rulers
- 15
- the King of Ireland
- Within it
- 25
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- West Breifne · replaces
- Fermanagh · replaces
- East Breifne · replaces
- Lordship of Ireland · replaces · 1171 – 1542
- Gaelic Ireland · follows · 500 – 1603
After it
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · replaced by · 1801 – 1927
Rulers
The line of King of Ireland - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry VIII | 1542 – 1547 | 5 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Edward VI | 1547 – 1553 | 6 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Lady Jane Grey | 1553 – 1553 | under a year | executedWikidata's manner of death | another recorded relative |
| Mary I | 1553 – 1558 | 5 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | another recorded relative |
| Elizabeth I | 1558 – 1603 | 45 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| James VI and I | 1603 – 1625 | 22 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Charles I of England | 1625 – 1649 | 24 years | executedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Charles II of England | 1660 – 1685 | 25 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| James II of England | 1685 – 1688 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Mary II | 1689 – 1694 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| William III of England | 1694 – 1702 | 8 years | died by accidentWikidata's manner of death | spouse |
| Anne, Queen of Great Britain | 1702 – 1714 | 12 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| George I of Great Britain | 1714 – 1727 | 13 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| George II of Great Britain | 1727 – 1760 | 33 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| George III | 1760 – 1801 | 41 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | grandchild |
15 rulers, 15 with terms dated as terms, covering 1542 – 1801. Median reign 12 years. 2 of 14 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedKingdom Ireland · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gisbwoy 
flag, undatedSaint Patrick's Saltire · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1500 – 15992 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Battle of the Yellow Ford · battle · 1598
- Battle of Curlew Pass · battle · 1599
1600 – 169914 rows · 12 wars and battles
- Jonathan Swift · philosopher · 1667 – 1745
- George Berkeley · religious leader · 1689 – 1753
- Battle of the Boyne · battle · 1690
- Williamite War in Ireland · war · 1689 – 1691
- Irish Confederate Wars · war · 1641 – 1653
- Battle of Bantry Bay · battle · 1689
- Battle of Aughrim · battle · 1691
- Battle of Benburb · battle · 1646
and 6 more in the atlas.
1700 – 17999 rows · 3 wars and battles
- Edmund Burke · philosopher · 1729 – 1797
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · politician · 1769 – 1852
- Oliver Goldsmith · scientist · 1728 – 1774
- Wolfe Tone · politician · 1763 – 1798
- French expedition to Ireland · battle · 1796
- Irish Famine · famine · 1740 – 1741
- John Barry · commander · 1745 – 1803
- Battle of Tory Island · battle · 1798
and 1 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood259 years
stood longer than 70% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per century0.8
had more wars on record per century than 92% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median12 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 41% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record15
has more rulers on record than 88% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 8 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1516 – 1827, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1672, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q215530 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.