Rulers of england5/29/2023 ![]() Although he opposed the abolition of the slave trade, a motion was eventually passed in 1807 to abolish it during his reign.ĭuring his later life, George suffered increasingly from mental and physical illness, made worse by the stress from the death of his youngest and favourite daughter Princess Amelia. George’s reign was most notable for the many military conflicts which occurred, including the defeat of France in the Seven Years’ War, the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars. It was only in 1801, when the two countries were unified, that he became King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ![]() George III of the House of Hanover was King of Great Britain and Ireland upon his coronation in 1760. Despite therapy in the 1920s and later, made famous by the Oscar winning film The King’s Speech, he never fully overcame the impediment, and it added a lot of stress to his reign, which involved much public speaking. George, or Bertie as he was known by friends and family, also struggled with a stammer. George became King George VI that same year, and was credited with leading the nation through the trials of the Second World War. However, his short lived reign came to an end when he abdicated from the throne in order to marry his mistress, American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Upon the death of his father, George’s older brother became King Edward VIII. In 1923, he married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who accepted on his third proposal. In his early life George suffered from poor health, but attended the Royal Naval College and spent time at sea. George VIĪlso known as ‘the reluctant king,’ King George VI was the shy younger son of King George V, who never expected to be crowned king. To this day, the monarch of the United Kingdom still belongs to the Church of England. This was not possible under Catholicism, so Henry created a new branch of Christianity where divorce was possible and of which he was the Supreme Head. Henry is also best known for founding the Church Of England in order to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon, who had failed to give birth to a living son, and marry his mistress Anne Boleyn. One died of illness, while his sixth and final wife, Catherine Howard, was the only one to outlive him. Two were divorced, and two were beheaded at Henry’s behest. The capricious and impulsive Henry married six different women throughout his life, and most came to a tragic end. Perhaps the most well known of these are his six marriages. The second monarch of the famous Tudor dynasty, Henry VIII is a famous figure in British history for many reasons. The marriages and children of her extensive family led to descendants in almost every royal house in Europe and beyond, earning her the nickname of “the grandmother of Europe.” 3. Although the monarchy was a constitutional one at the time, giving the monarch less political power than before, Victoria still held extensive political and social influence. From then, Victoria went into a period of deep mourning and was to wear only black clothes for the rest of her life. Her reign was marked by tragedy when Albert died in 1861. She was popular during her early reign and married her husband, Prince Albert, in 1840. Victoria acceded to the throne at the age of just 18 following the death of her uncle, King William IV who had no surviving children. Until recent years, the record of the UK’s longest serving monarch was held by Queen Victoria, who ruled for an impressive 63 years until her death in 1901. Her reign has seen a total of 14 British prime ministers come and go, as well as numerous momentous world events, such as the continued decolonisation of Africa from the 1960s, the Suez crisis in 1956, and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. ![]() Since her own coronation in 1953, the Queen has ruled for 68 years making her, among many other accolades, the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch, as well as the world’s longest-serving female head of state. ![]() After his death and the subsequent abdication of her uncle Edward VIII, Elizabeth became first in line to the British throne upon the coronation of her father, George VI. Without a doubt the most famous British monarch, and arguably one of the world’s most famous monarchs, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the current Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth nations.Įlizabeth was born in 1926 and at the time was not in line to the throne, as her father was only the second son of the current king, George V. ![]()
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