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He was the youngest child and fifth son of George, Prince of Wales, and Mary, Princess of Wales. He was named John despite that name's unlucky associations for the royal family, [4] but was informally known as "Johnnie". [5] At the time of his birth, he was sixth in the line of succession to the throne, behind his father and four older brothers.
Prince John may refer to: John, King of England (1166–1216) known as Prince John during the reigns of his father and older brother; Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905–1919), youngest son of King George V; John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316–1336), second son of Edward II; John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399), third son ...
From January to April 1931, the Prince of Wales and his brother Prince George travelled 18,000 miles (29,000 km) on a tour of South America, steaming out on the ocean liner Oropesa, [36] and returning via Paris and an Imperial Airways flight from Paris–Le Bourget Airport that landed specially in Windsor Great Park. [37] [38]
In December 1908, young Prince John watches his family attend a birthday party for his grandmother Queen Alexandra, at Sandringham in Norfolk. Next summer, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra and their children visit their relations, the British royals, on the Isle of Wight. The Russians entrance Prince John with their exoticism.
William was the first child born to a Prince and Princess of Wales since Prince John was born to Prince George and Princess Mary (later King George V and Queen Mary) in July 1905. [8] When he was nine months old, William accompanied his parents on their 1983 tour of Australia and New Zealand, as his first trip overseas. [9]
The first known use of the title "Prince of Wales" [note 1] was in the 1160s by Owain Gwynedd, ruler of Kingdom of Gwynedd, in a letter to Louis VII of France. [2] In the 12th century, Wales was a patchwork of Anglo-Norman Lordships and native Welsh principalities – notably Deheubarth, Powys and Gwynedd – competing among themselves for hegemony. [3]
Joan should not be confused with her half-sister, Joan, Queen of Scotland. Little is known about her early life. Her mother's name is known only from Joan's obituary in the Tewkesbury Annals, where she is called "Regina Clementina" (Queen Clemence); there is no evidence that her mother was in fact of royal blood. [4]
King Edward VIII succeeded to the thrones of the United Kingdom and the dominions in January and abdicated in December, 1936. As Prince of Wales (1910–1936), he made extensive official tours of dominions and territories of the British Empire, but he did not make any state visits or official tours of overseas territories as King during his short reign.