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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 .
In 1830, on the death of his elder brother, George IV, William acceded to the throne. He and Adelaide were crowned on 8 September 1831 at Westminster Abbey. William despised the ceremony and acted throughout, it is presumed deliberately, as if he was "a character in a comic opera", making a mockery of what he thought to be a ridiculous charade ...
c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to provide for the event that King William IV died while the next person in line to the throne was not yet aged 18. It provided for a regency until the new monarch reached the age of 18, and also would have enabled a posthumous child of King William IV to replace Queen Victoria on ...
Death Prince William Henry House of Hanover 1789–1830: 21 August 1765 Buckingham House, London son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 11 July 1818 20 June 1837 Windsor Castle, Windsor aged 71 Prince William Henry ascended as William IV in 1830 upon his brother's death; and his hereditary titles ...
1066–1087), also known as William the Conqueror or William the Bastard; William II of England (c. 1056 –1100; r. 1087–1100), also known as William Rufus; William III of England (1650–1702; r. 1689–1702), also known as William II in Scotland and William of Orange; William IV (1765–1837; r. 1830–1837), King of the United Kingdom
King Willem (disambiguation), lists kings named Willem, the Dutch equivalent of William; King William Ale House, a pub in King Street, Bristol, United Kingdom; King William Street (disambiguation) King William's March, a piece by the English composer Jeremiah Clarke; Prince William (disambiguation)
Following the death of his elder brother George IV William became king in 1830, reigning for seven years. He was himself succeeded by his eighteen-year-old niece Queen Victoria in 1837. The portrait shows William IV in his robes as a member of the Order of the Garter, with Windsor Castle in the background.
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