Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 171.
GEORGE H FORCE GENEALOGY FULL
Full name: Albert Frederick Arthur George.King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions (more.).He was succeeded by his elder daughter, Elizabeth II. He was beset by health problems in the later years of his reign. George adopted the new title of Head of the Commonwealth. Ireland formally declared itself a republic and left the Commonwealth in 1949, and India became a republic within the Commonwealth the following year. After the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, George remained king of both countries, but relinquished the title of Emperor of India in June 1948. Though Britain and its allies were ultimately victorious in 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union rose as pre-eminent world powers and the British Empire declined. War with Italy and Japan followed in 19, respectively. From 1939, the Empire and Commonwealth – except Ireland – was at war with Nazi Germany. The following year, a new Irish constitution changed the name of the state to Ireland and established the office of President.
GEORGE H FORCE GENEALOGY FREE
The parliament of the Irish Free State removed direct mention of the monarch from the country's constitution on the day of his accession. Edward abdicated to marry Simpson, and George ascended the throne as the third monarch of the House of Windsor.ĭuring George's reign, the break-up of the British Empire and its transition into the Commonwealth of Nations accelerated. British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin advised Edward that for political and religious reasons he could not marry a divorced woman and remain king. However, later that year Edward revealed his desire to marry divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. George's elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII upon the death of their father in 1936. In the mid-1920s, he had speech therapy for a stammer, which he never fully overcame. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. He attended naval college as a teenager, and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War. As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. Known publicly as Albert until his accession, and "Bertie" among his family and close friends, George VI was born in the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria, and was named after his great-grandfather Albert, Prince Consort. He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth. George VI ( Albert Frederick Arthur George) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, The King of England and Scotland, King, Duke of Kent, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Monarchy, Monarch of United Kingdom Husband of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Motherįather of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdonīrother of Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom, Duke of Windsor Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prince George, Duke of Kent and Prince John of the United Kingdom Son of George V, King of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England Sandringham Estate, Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom York Cottage, Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom "Bertie", "the Stammerer", "Albert Frederick Arthur George", "The King of England and Scotland", "George VI" George VI Albert Frederick Arthur, King of the United Kingdom
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