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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 .
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
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 ...
When King William IV attended the funeral of his late brother George IV, the Sword of State and Cap of Maintenance were carried before him, as at the State Opening of Parliament. Until the 20th century, monarchs by custom did not attend the funerals of their predecessors; William IV was an exception: not only did he attend, but he published a ...
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 ...
Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made the dukes of Sutherland one of the richest landowning families in the United Kingdom.
William IV succeeded his brother George IV on 26 June 1830. His first prime minister was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , who had led a chaotic Tory administration since January 1828. Until 1867, the Demise of the Crown automatically triggered the dissolution of parliament and a general election was therefore necessary with voting ...
In 1797, after the death of both Lord North and his wife Lady Anne North, King George III appointed his son, William, Duke of Clarence, as ranger of Bushy Park, carrying with it residence at Bushy House. [4] Clarence and his mistress Dorothea Jordan lived there together with their ten children until the couple's relationship came to an end in ...