Apart from Charlies?

Question

what will the next era be called if and when Prince Charles gets on the throne. I mean we have had the Victorian age for Queen Victoria and presently we are Elizabethans for Queen Elizabeth.
So, what next?
I dread to think what it will be when Wills gets to be king

Answer 1

The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance, and saw the flowering of English literature and poetry. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished and William Shakespeare.
As for now, there are no specific era name for Queen Elizabeth II. The current royal house is "House of Windsor" and it will be changed to "House of Mountbatten-Windsor" (the official surname used by the current monarch and its royal descendants)

Answer 2

Some names lend themselves to particular periods, particularly when dealing with antiques and buildings. Victorian is obvious. Edwardian is the period of Edward VII, before WWI. The reigns of George V and VI were dominated by the two world wars so the eras are named after the wars rather than the kings.

Georgian is the 18th century taking in George I, II and III and is followed by Regency which is late George III, George IV and usually William IV although he is somethimes called pre-Victorian.

With the Tudors, only Elizabeth had an age named after her. Elizabeth II's reign is often referred to as the New Elizabethan. The Stuarts had Carolean and Jacobean but Charles II's era was the Restoration. Before the Tudors, the Plantagenets ruled England for a long time we don't see eras named after kings. Really the first era to be named after the monarch was the Elizabethan and not all monarchs since then have had an era to themselves.

Charles will probably be George VII of the House of Mountbatten-Windsor. Whether the era is named after him we will have to leave to history to decide.

Answer 3

Well, the last time a Charles was on the throne it was called the Carolinian era. It followed the 'Jacobean' era, when the king was James. There's also been a Georgian 'era' when the king was, yep, George. The last King William was part of the Hanoverian era, the one before that of the Stuart ... perhaps Windsor will be used?

Cheers :-)

Answer 4

The Elizabethan Era was the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603)!! The present monarchy is known as the House of Windsor; the name came into being in 1917 and will continue when Prince Charles and/or Prince William, become kings, as it's the family name.

Answer 5

The UK is currently in the reign of The House of Windsor. Charles will be the next Windsor to reign,as will,the second in line, his son, William. Charles may also choose any name that he wishes to use at coronation time. Check out http://www.royal.gov/uk and look under the Royal Family, family name for an explanation.

Answer 6

The Charles in Charge era. Next, he might want to hire Scott Baio and Willie Aames as consultants.

Answer 7

It seems the eras are only named for female rulers. And since Elizabeth I snatched the "elizabethan era" title, the second Elizabeth's reign is without a nickname.
Perhaps one of William's female descendants (not in our lifetime, obviously), will make a good queen and thus earn the era to be named by her.
Depending, that is, if the royalty even survives the next few years, let alone decades.

Answer 8

Charles has expressed a desire to be known as King George so presumably that means we will be Georgians.
Goodness only knows what the populace will be know as when we have a King William.

Answer 9

I honestly don't think it will be called any sort of age, because the monarchy does not have the political or social power it did even a century ago.

Answer 10

The New Georgian Era, as he will has stated he will use the regnal name of George.

Too bad, because my choice is Chuckabethan.