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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 ...
The Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia, dated 19 February 1836 and formally titled "Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom erecting and establishing the Province of South Australia and fixing the boundaries thereof", was presented to King William IV to formally seek the approval to establish the Province of South Australia.
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
The Statue of William IV is an 1844 sculpture by the English artist Samuel Nixon depicting William IV of the United Kingdom. [1] Since 1936 it has stood in King William Walk in Greenwich having been shifted from an earlier location in Central London. [2] William IV reigned from 1830 to 1837 and was succeeded by his niece the Queen Victoria.
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)
The coronation of William IV and his wife, Adelaide, as king and queen of the United Kingdom took place on Thursday, 8 September 1831, over fourteen months after he succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 64, the oldest person to assume the throne until Charles III in 2022.
William IV of Forcalquier (1130–1208) William IV of Saint Omer (fl. 1157 –1191) William IV, Count of Ponthieu (1179–1221) William IV, Count of Jülich (c. 1210 –1278) William IV, Lord of Douglas (died 1333) William IV of Holland or William II, Count of Hainaut (1307–1345) William IV of Hainault or William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365–1417)