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George IV (r. 1820-1830) 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 ...
Read a biography about King George IV who was a patron of architecture. Discover why he was famous for his dissolute lifestyle.
Feb 17, 2011 · George IV was, by the time of his death, largely an irrelevance to Britain's constitutional equation. He undoubtedly left to his successors and their subjects a shimmering legacy of stunning ...
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May 17, 2018 · GEORGE IV (1762–1830; regent 1811–1821; ruled 1821–1830), one of the most controversial and loathed monarchs in British history. Born on 12 August 1762, George Augustus Frederick, 21st Prince of Wales , was notorious as a young man for drinking, gambling, and other acts of indiscretion and his failures as a politicians and a leader began ...
George IV, orig. George Augustus Frederick, (born Aug. 12, 1762, London, Eng.—died June 26, 1830, Windsor, Berkshire), King of the United Kingdom (1820–30) and king of Hanover (1820–30). The son of George III, he earned his father’s ill will by his extravagances and dissolute habits, contracting a secret marriage that was annulled by ...
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 extraordinary. He was both ‘The First Gentleman of Europe’ and an object of contempt and ridicule.
George IV (r. 1820-1830) 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.
