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Hace 3 días · The inhabitants of the neighbourhood then memorialised the king (William IV. for the replacement of the time-keeper, when his Majesty, having ascertained its weight, "shrewdly inquired how, if the palace roof was not strong enough to carry the clock, it was safe for the number of persons occasionally seen upon it to witness processions, &c."
Hace 4 días · Nearly 50 years later, in 1830, the prince unexpectedly ascended the British throne as William IV after his two older brothers died without heirs. After he became king, William IV saw Washington ...
Hace 5 días · "~ the Sailor King": William IV of the United Kingdom "~ the Saint": Edward the Confessor, also known as Saint Edward; Ferdinand III of Castile (Spanish: Fernando el Santo) Lulach of Scotland; Louis IX of France (French: Saint Louis) William X, Duke of Aquitaine; Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (German: Luitpold der Heilige)
Hace 5 días · The future King William IV described Nelson as 'the merest boy of a captain I ever beheld.' The young prince recalled: 'His dress was worthy of attention. He had on a full laced uniform: his lank unpowdered hair was tied in a stiff hessian tail of extraordinary length; the old-fashioned flaps of his waistcoat added to the general quaintness of his figure ...
Hace 4 días · William the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 onward.
Hace 3 días · The Fitzwilliams ordered two grand stone entrances to the collieries to be built. Aristocrats and royalty walked underground through them including the Duke of Clarence in 1828, who later became King William IV. Both survive, one lies overgrown in a field and another is in a back garden.
Hace 4 días · Nearby is the simple slab covering the grave of the Duke of Sussex, who was so shocked at the confusion at the funeral of King William IV that he declared that he would not be buried at Windsor. His nephew, the second Duke of Cambridge ( d . 1904), lies in a tomb of a simplified Egyptian style.
