Timelines - they defeat me

<timeline> ImageSize = width:700px height:auto barincrement:15px PlotArea = left:0 bottom:50px top:0 right:0

DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:710 till:1750 TimeAxis = orientation:hor AlignBars = justify

Colors =

#legends
id:WSX	 value:orange

id:DEN value:rgb(0.09,0.74,0.74)

id:WSXr value:orange

id:NOR	 value:rgb(0.74,0.78,0.20)
id:ANG	 value:green
id:LAN	 value:yellowgreen
id:YOR	 value:teal

id:LAN	 value:rgb(0.41,0.84,0.14)
id:YOR	 value:teal

id:TUD	 value:coral
id:STU value:magenta

id:COM value:rgb(0.22,0.64,0.90)

id:STUr value:magenta

 #interface
id:grid1 value:gray(0.7)   # major grid
id:grid2 value:gray(0.95)  # minor grid

id:life value:gray(0.4)

ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:100 start:800 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:10 start:710

Define $life = color:life Define $lshift = shift:(8,-4) #legend text shift Define $jwidth = width:0.1 #width of the vertical joint Define $w1 = color:w1 Define $w2 = color:w2 Define $w3 = color:w3

BarData=

bar:WSX1
bar:WSX2
bar:WSX3
bar:WSX4
bar:WSX5
bar:WSX6
bar:WSX7
bar:WSX8
bar:WSX9
bar:WSX10
bar:DEN1
bar:DEN2
bar:DEN3
bar:DEN4
bar:WSXr1
bar:WSXr2
bar:WSXr3
bar:NOR1
bar:NOR2
bar:NOR3
bar:NOR4
bar:NOR5
bar:ANG1
bar:ANG2
bar:ANG3
bar:ANG4
bar:ANG5
bar:ANG6
bar:ANG7
bar:ANG8
bar:LAN1
bar:LAN2
bar:LAN3
bar:YOR1
bar:YOR2
bar:YOR3
bar:TUD1
bar:TUD2
bar:TUD3
bar:TUD4
bar:TUD5
bar:TUD6
bar:STU1
bar:STU2
bar:COM1
bar:COM2
bar:STUr1
bar:STUr2
bar:STUr3
bar:STUr4
bar:STUr5
bar:space1
bar:space2
bar:house

PlotData=

 align:left fontsize:M

bar:house width:24
from: 829    till:    1013   color:WSX shift:(-30,16) text:Wessex
from: 1013   till:    1042   color:DEN shift:(-35,16)   text:Denmark
from: 1042   till:    1066   color:WSX shift:(0,16)   text:
from: 1066   till:    1154   color:NOR shift:(-30,16)    text:Normandy
from: 1154   till:    1399   color:ANG shift:(-10,16)    text:Angevin
from: 1399   till:    1461   color:LAN shift:(-53,16)    text:Lancaster
from: 1461   till:    1470   color:YOR   text:
from: 1470   till:    1471   color:LAN   text:
from: 1471   till:    1485   color:YOR shift:(-18,16)    text:York
from: 1485   till:    1603   color:TUD shift:(-10,16)    text:Tudor
from: 1603   till:    1653   color:STU shift:(40,16)    text:Stuart
from: 1653   till:    1660   color:COM   text:
from: 1660   till:    1707   color:STU   text:

color:WSX width:5

bar:WSX1 fontsize:S
from:849	till:899	$life shift:(-102,-3)	text:Alfred the Greatest
from:871	till:899	
bar:WSX2
from:871	till:924	$life shift:(-107,-3)	text:Edward the Elder
from:899	till:924	
bar:WSX3 fontsize:M
from:895	till:939	$life shift:(-78,-3)	text:Athelstan
from:924	till:939	
bar:WSX4 fontsize:S
from:921	till:946	$life shift:(-132,-3)	text:Edmund the Magnificent
from:939	till:946	
bar:WSX5 fontsize:M
from:923	till:955	$life shift:(-54,-3)	text:Edred
from:946	till:955	
from:998	till:1005	$lshift	text:Wessex
bar:WSX6
from:940	till:959	$life shift:(-95,-3)	text:Edwy the Fair
from:955	till:959	
bar:WSX7
from:943	till:975	$life shift:(-142,-3)	text:Edgar the Peaceable
from:959	till:975	
bar:WSX8
from:962	till:978	$life shift:(-139,-3)	text:St. Edward the Martyr
from:975	till:978	
bar:WSX9
from:968	till:1016	$life shift:(-148,-3)	text:Ethelred the Unready
from:978	till:1016	
bar:WSX10
from:993	till:1016	$life shift:(-112,-3)	text:Edmund Ironside
from:1015	till:1016

color:DEN
bar:DEN1
from:960	till:1014	$life shift:(-128,-3)	text:Sweyn Forkbeard
from:1013	till:1014	
bar:DEN2
from:995	till:1035	$life shift:(-64,-3)	text:Canute
from:1016	till:1035	
from:1120	till:1127	$lshift	text:Denmark
bar:DEN3
from:1015	till:1040	$life shift:(-118,-3)	text:Harold Harefoot
from:1035	till:1040	
bar:DEN4
from:1018	till:1042	$life shift:(-103,-3)	text:Harthacanute
from:1040	till:1042

color:WSXr
bar:WSXr1
from:1002	till:1066	$life shift:(-179,-3)	text:St. Edward the Confessor
from:1042	till:1066	
bar:WSXr2
from:1020	till:1066	$life shift:(-130,-3)	text:Harold Godwinson
from:1065	till:1066	
from:1138	till:1145	$lshift	text:Wessex (restored)
bar:WSXr3
from:1054	till:1125	$life shift:(-139,-3)	text:Edgar the Atheling
from:1065	till:1066

color:NOR
bar:NOR1
from:1027	till:1087	$life shift:(-172,-3)	text:William I, the Conqueror
from:1066	till:1087	
bar:NOR2
from:1060	till:1100	$life shift:(-118,-3)	text:William II, Rufus
from:1087	till:1100	
bar:NOR3
from:1068	till:1135	$life shift:(-139,-3)	text:Henry I, Beauclerc
from:1100	till:1135	
from:1198	till:1205	$lshift	text:Normandy
bar:NOR4
from:1096	till:1154	$life shift:(-76,-3)	text:Stephen
from:1135	till:1154	
bar:NOR5
from:1102	till:1167	$life shift:(-76,-3)	text:Matilda
from:1140	till:1141

color:ANG
bar:ANG1
from:1133	till:1189	$life shift:(-76,-3)	text:Henry II
from:1154	till:1189	
bar:ANG2
from:1157	till:1199	$life shift:(-160,-3)	text:Richard I, the Lionheart
from:1189	till:1199	
bar:ANG3
from:1167	till:1216	$life shift:(-114,-3)	text:John, Lackland
from:1199	till:1216	
bar:ANG4
from:1207	till:1272	$life shift:(-83,-3)	text:Henry III
from:1216	till:1272	
from:1338	till:1345	shift:(8,0) 	text:Plantagenet -~___ Angevins
bar:ANG5
from:1239	till:1307	$life shift:(-162,-3)	text:Edward I, Longshanks
from:1272	till:1307	
bar:ANG6
from:1284	till:1327	$life shift:(-80,-3)	text:Edward II
from:1307	till:1327	
bar:ANG7
from:1312	till:1377	$life shift:(-92,-3)	text:Edward III
from:1327	till:1377	
bar:ANG8
from:1367	till:1400	$life shift:(-78,-3)	text:Richard II
from:1377	till:1399

color:LAN
bar:LAN1
from:1367	till:1413	$life shift:(-159,-3)	text:Henry IV, Bolingbroke
from:1399	till:1413	
bar:LAN2
from:1387	till:1422	$life shift:(-70,-3)	text:Henry V
from:1413	till:1422	
from:1498	till:1505	shift:(8,0) 	text:Plantagenet -~___ Lancaster
bar:LAN3
from:1421	till:1471	$life shift:(-80,-3)	text:Henry VI
from:1422	till:1461	
from:1470	till:1471

color:YOR
bar:YOR1
from:1442	till:1483	$life shift:(-87,-3)	text:Edward IV
from:1471	till:1483	
bar:YOR2
from:1470	till:1483	$life shift:(-87,-3)	text:Edward V
from:1482	till:1483	
from:1538	till:1545	shift:(8,0) 	text:Plantagenet -~___  York
bar:YOR3
from:1452	till:1485	$life shift:(-84,-3)	text:Richard III
from:1483	till:1485

color:TUD
bar:TUD1
from:1457	till:1509	$life shift:(-84,-3)	text:Henry VII
from:1485	till:1509	
bar:TUD2
from:1491	till:1547	$life shift:(-90,-3)	text:Henry VIII
from:1509	till:1547	
bar:TUD3
from:1537	till:1553	$life shift:(-88,-3)	text:Edward VI
from:1547	till:1553	
from:1598	till:1605	$lshift	text:Tudor
bar:TUD4
from:1537	till:1554	$life shift:(-56,-3)	text:Jane
from:1552	till:1553	
bar:TUD5
from:1516	till:1558	$life shift:(-60,-3)	text:Mary I
from:1553	till:1558	
bar:TUD6
from:1533	till:1603	$life shift:(-89,-3)	text:Elizabeth I
from:1558	till:1603

color:STU
bar:STU1
from:1566	till:1625	$life shift:(-77,-3)	text:James I
from:1603	till:1625	
from:1203	till:1210	$lshift	text:Stuart
bar:STU2
from:1600	till:1649	$life shift:(-81,-3)	text:Charles I
from:1625	till:1649

color:COM
bar:COM1
from:1599	till:1658	$life shift:(-125,-3)	text:Oliver Cromwell
from:1653	till:1658	
from:1228	till:1235	$lshift	text:Commonwealth
bar:COM2
from:1626	till:1712	$life shift:(-146,-3)	text:Richard Cromwell
from:1658	till:1659

color:STUr
bar:STUr1
from:1630	till:1685	$life shift:(-89,-3)	text:Charles II
from:1660	till:1685	
bar:STUr2
from:1633	till:1701	$life shift:(-85,-3)	text:James II
from:1685	till:1688	
bar:STUr3
from:1650	till:1702	$life shift:(-90,-3)	text:William III
from:1689	till:1702	
from:1278	till:1285	$lshift	text:Stuart (restored)
bar:STUr4
from:1662	till:1694	$life shift:(-62,-3)	text:Mary II
from:1689	till:1694	
bar:STUr5
from:1665	till:1714	$life shift:(-57,-3)	text:Anne
from:1702	till:1714

LineData=

#a long hack to create a cool grey-bar ScaleMinor
#since a line max width is only 10, two lines are used for each grey-bar
layer:back color:grid2 width:7
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#ScaleMajor done manually to allow for the previous hack
layer:back color:grid1 width:0.1
at:800
at:900
at:1000
at:1100
at:1200
at:1300
at:1400
at:1500
at:1600
at:1700

#lines joining DESCENDANT to ANCESTOR
layer:back width:1 color:black

color:NOR
from:1109 till:1000 atpos:711	$jwidth #Matilda < Edmund Ironside
color:WSX
at:872 frompos:804 tillpos:811 #Edward the Elder < Alfred the Great
at:897 frompos:790 tillpos:797 #Athelstan < Edward the Elder
at:923 frompos:779 tillpos:801 #Edmund the Magnificent < Edward the Elder
from:900 till:928 atpos:799 $jwidth
at:928 frompos:768 tillpos:799 #Edred < Edward the Elder
at:941 frompos:757 tillpos:775 #Edwy the Fair < Edmund the Magnificent
at:947 frompos:747 tillpos:775 #Edgar the Peaceable < Edmund the Magnificent
at:964 frompos:736 tillpos:745 #St. Edward the Martyr < Edgar the Peacable
at:970 frompos:725 tillpos:745 #Ethelred the Unready < Edgar the Peacable
at:995 frompos:714 tillpos:721 #Edmund Ironside < Ethelred the Unready 
color:DEN
at:996 frompos:690 tillpos:700 #Canute < Sweyn Forbeard
at:1017 frompos:682 tillpos:689 #Harold Harefoot < Canute 
at:1023 frompos:671 tillpos:689 #Harthacanute < Canute 
color:WSXr
at:1006 frompos:660 tillpos:723 #St. Edward the Confessor < Ethelred the Unready 
from:1055 till:1000 atpos:711 $jwidth
at:1055 frompos:637 tillpos:711 #Edgar the Atheling < Edmund Ironside
color:NOR
at:1062 frompos:614 tillpos:624 #William II, Rufus < William the Conqueror
at:1069 frompos:603 tillpos:624 #Henry I, Beauclerc < William the Conqueror
from:1070 till:1097 atpos:624	$jwidth
at:1097 frompos:590 tillpos:624 #Stephen of England < William the Conqueror
at:1103 frompos:580 tillpos:603 #Matilda < Henry I, Beauclerc 
at:1109 frompos:580 tillpos:711 #Matilda < Edmund Ironside
color:ANG
at:1134 frompos:570 tillpos:581 #Henry II < Matilda
at:1159 frompos:560 tillpos:570 #Richard I, the Lionheart < Henry II
at:1168 frompos:550 tillpos:570 #John, Lackland < Henry II
at:1208 frompos:540 tillpos:548 #Henry III < John, Lackland
at:1240 frompos:526 tillpos:538 #Edward I, Longshanks < Henry III 
at:1286 frompos:515 tillpos:527 #Edward II < Edward I, Longshanks 
at:1313 frompos:504 tillpos:516 #Edward III < Edward II 
at:1368 frompos:494 tillpos:504 #Richard II < Edward III
color:LAN
at:1374 frompos:483 tillpos:504 #Henry IV, Bolingbroke < Edward III 
at:1394 frompos:472 tillpos:483 #Henry V < Henry IV, Bolingbroke 
from:1426 till:1400 atpos:471	$jwidth
at:1426 frompos:462 tillpos:471 #Henry VI < Henry V 
color:YOR
from:1443 till:1350 atpos:504	$jwidth
at:1443 frompos:450 tillpos:504 #Edward IV < Edward III
at:1472 frompos:440 tillpos:451 #Edward V < Edward IV
from:1453 till:1350 atpos:504	$jwidth
at:1453 frompos:430 tillpos:504 #Richard III < Edward III
color:TUD
at:1493 frompos:407 tillpos:417 #Henry VIII < Henry VII
at:1539 frompos:396 tillpos:405 #Edward VI < Henry VIII 
from:1543 till:1500 atpos:416	$jwidth
at:1543 frompos:385 tillpos:415 #Jane < Henry VII
at:1517 frompos:372 tillpos:405 #Mary I < Henry VIII
at:1534 frompos:359 tillpos:405 #Elizabeth I < Henry VIII
color:STU
from:1567 till:1500 atpos:416	$jwidth
at:1567 frompos:352 tillpos:415 #James I < Henry VII
at:1601 frompos:342 tillpos:352 #Charles I < James I 
color:COM
at:1627 frompos:320 tillpos:330 #Richard Cromwell < Oliver Cromwell
color:STUr
at:1631 frompos:310 tillpos:341 #Charles II < Charles I
at:1637 frompos:298 tillpos:341 #James II < Charles I
from:1655 till:1630 atpos:341	$jwidth
at:1655 frompos:287 tillpos:340 #William III < Charles I
at:1674 frompos:265 tillpos:298 #Anne < James II

width:5
points:(380,15)(390,15) color:yellowgreen
points:(250,15)(290,15) $life
points:(270,15)(280,15) color:yellowgreen

TextData=

fontsize:M
pos:(300,10) text:Life
pos:(400,10) text:Reign
pos:(480,10) text:Vertical joints show descendancy.
fontsize:S

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