George IV
1762–1830
Victoria's uncle
Facts
- Born:
- 12 August 1762
- Died:
- 26 June 1830 (aged 67)
- At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 56
Family
Parents
Siblings
- Prince Frederick, Duke of York 1763–1827
- William IV 1765–1837
- Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg 1766–1828
- Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent 1767–1820
- Princess Augusta Sophia 1768–1840
- Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg 1770–1840
- Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover 1771–1851
- Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex 1773–1843
- Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge 1774–1850
- Mary, Duchess of Gloucester 1776–1857
- Princess Sophia 1777–1848
- Prince Octavius 1779–1783
- Prince Alfred (son of George III) 1780–1782
- Princess Amelia 1783–1810
Children
Life in the Almanack
- 12 August 1762 Birth of Prince George, the future George IV
- 7 January 1796 Birth of Princess Charlotte of Wales, only child of George IV aged 33
- 19 July 1821 The lavish and enormously expensive coronation of George IV aged 58
- 26 June 1830 George IV dies; William IV succeeds, and eleven-year-old Victoria becomes heir presumptive aged 67
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