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William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III , William succeeded his elder brother George IV , becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover .
On his deathbed, William the Conqueror accorded the Duchy of Normandy to his eldest son Robert Curthose, the Kingdom of England to his son William Rufus, and money for his youngest son Henry Beauclerc for him to buy land. Thus, with William I's death on 9 September 1087, the heir to the throne was William Rufus (born 1056), third son of William I.
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III , having done so since 5 February 1811 ...
Prince Frederick Augustus was the second son of Queen Charlotte and King George. He briefly married Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, and had no children. King William IV. Born: August 21, 1765
Said to be the son of Sarah Hussey, Countess of Tyrconnel, fostered and raised by the Molloys. Frederick George Vandiest: 1800: 1848: Louisa Ann Vandiest: 1802: 1890: Children of William IV (then Duke of Clarence) by Dorothea Jordan: George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster: 29 January 1794: 20 March 1842: married 1819, Mary Wyndham; had issue ...
His eldest son, William, is now the heir apparent and his firstborn son, George, is in line after him.) On Friday, the sovereign shared a second unseen picture from the lavish event that took ...
When William succeeded to the throne as King William IV in 1830 the titles merged with the crown. The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 12 May 1831 for George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence , the eldest illegitimate son of William IV.
George III dies on 29 January, and his son George, Prince Regent, ascends to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as George IV. He had been the effective ruler since 1811 as regent for his seriously ill father. 1830 George IV dies on 26 June. Some historians date this as the end of the Georgian era of the House of Hanover.