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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 during his father's final mental illness.
George IV (born August 12, 1762, London, England—died June 26, 1830, Windsor, Berkshire) was the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover from January 29, 1820, to June 26, 1830. He served as the sovereign de facto from February 5, 1811, when he became regent for his father, George III, who suffered from ...
George IV was 48 when he became Regent in 1811, as a result of the illness of his father, George III. He succeeded to the throne in January 1820. He had secretly and illegally married a Roman Catholic, Mrs Fitzherber, in 1785. In 1795 he officially married Princess Caroline of Brunswick, but the marriage was a failure and he tried ...
In 1785, George secretly and illegally married a Roman Catholic, Maria Fitzherbert. In 1795, he was officially married to Princess Caroline of Brunswick, in exchange for parliament paying his debts.
Dec 10, 2020 · King George IV, who reigned between 1820–30 and served as prince regent between 1811–20, is widely regarded to have been one of the worst rulers in British history. An arrogant and drunken womaniser, whose gluttony led him to be known as the ‘Prince of Whales’, his absurd spending habits and flagrant disregard for his royal duties were condemned by Parliament, the public and his own ...
Jan 26, 2023 · Definition. George IV of Great Britain (r. 1820-1830) was the fourth of the Hanoverian monarchs. He first reigned as Prince Regent from 1811 for his mad father George III of Great Britain (r. 1760-1820). George IV was an unpopular monarch for his many love affairs and overspending, but he was a great patron of the arts and architecture.
Feb 17, 2011 · George IV's undoubted charm, his evident wit, his innate aesthetic sense, his enthusiasm and his imagination still left him ill-equipped to rise to the challenge of a nation daily growing in self ...
George IV (born as George Augustus Frederick on 12 August 1762, died on 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. The Regency , George's nine-year time as "Prince Regent", which started in 1811 and ended with George III's death in 1820, included winning the Napoleonic Wars in Europe .
King George IV was an extraordinary figure, dubbed ‘The First Gentleman of Europe’ and yet also an object of contempt and ridicule, particularly with regard to his love life…. George IV – as a prince and then a king – would never have had an ordinary life. Yet even with this in mind, it would seem that his life was more than usually ...
George IV paid a state visit to Ireland but initially refused to support Catholic emancipation until 1829 when encouraged by the Duke of Wellington the Catholic Relief Act was passed. He visited Scotland in 1822, the first monarch to do so since Charles II, and encouraged by Sir Walter Scott wore full Highland regalia leading to a revival of Scottish tartan dress that had been banned after the ...
