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5 days ago · son Edward VIII. son George VI. Mary of Teck (born May 26, 1867, Kensington Palace, London—died March 24, 1953, London) was the queen consort of King George V of Great Britain and the mother of kings Edward VIII (afterward duke of Windsor) and George VI.
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1 day ago · Born on December 14, 1895, at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate, George VI was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was a shy and sensitive child, often overshadowed by his elder brother, Edward. George VI was educated at home until the age of 13, when he was sent to the Royal Naval College, Osborne, as a naval cadet.
11 hours ago · Above: Mary in 1873 (left); in 1895, when she was the wife of the future King George V. Queen Mary alongside her husband King George V in their coronation regalia.
4 days ago · In 1937, Cristóbal Balenciaga established his Paris ateliers at 10–12 Avenue George V. It was at this historic address that the couturier of couturiers worked, fitted clients, showed collections, and kept an apartment until he retired in 1968. In 2020, the building was restored to reflect the original Balenciaga interiors, part of a long ...
3 days ago · George Washington, American general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775–83) and subsequently first president of the United States (1789–97). He is known as ‘the Father of His Country.’ Learn more about Washington’s life and career.
3 days ago · The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
5 days ago · Learn More. Rachel Cole The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. George Washington - Revolutionary War, 1st President, Father of Country: Washington’s administration of the government in the next eight years was marked by the caution, the methodical precision, and the sober judgment that had always characterized him.
