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George IV was one of Britain’s most fascinating monarchs. Although often seen as a decadent figure, he ruled during a period when Britain grew into a major industrial empire. An indulgent youth. George, Prince of Wales, was born on 12 August 1762. He was the eldest son of George III and Queen Charlotte and grew up in a stifled and disciplined ...
15 de sept. de 2021 · An 1824 proclamation by King George IV asserted that the ‘Slave Population … will be undeserving of Our Protection if they shall fail to render entire Submission to the Laws, as well as dutiful Obedience to their Masters’.
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 ...
3 de nov. de 2015 · George IV: The Rebel Who Would Be King. Christopher Hibbert. St. Martin's Publishing Group, Nov 3, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 864 pages. Hibbert delivers a superbly detailed picture of the life and times of George IV including his exorbitant spending on his homes, his clothes, and his women; his patronage of the arts; his 'illegal ...
William IV, later Duke of Clarence, was the third son of George III and Queen Charlotte. ‘The Sailor King’, he spent much of his early life at sea. In 1818 he married Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen; sadly none of their children survived to adulthood. William succeeded his brother, George IV.
8 de may. de 2024 · George IV's coronation in the Abbey on 19th July 1821 was a superbly extravagant pageant that cost a staggering £230,000. He had a new crown containing over 12,000 diamonds specially made. The ageing and obese King sweltered in his suit, thick velvet coronation robes, a long curled wig and plumed hat, and he used no fewer than nineteen handkerchiefs to mop his heavily perspiring brow!
George IV van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (George IV Augustus Frederick, 1762-1830) koning van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1820-1830) plus diverse andere titels. George IV Lasja (1192-1223), koning van Georgië (1213-1223) Giorgi IV van Imeretië (1684), koning van Imeretië (West-Georgië) (1681-1683) Bekijk alle artikelen waarvan de titel begint met ...
