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created 1 June 2003. Corrected and updated
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H.M.
William IV
King of Great Britain & Ireland
1765-1837
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full name: |
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William Henry |
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birth: |
1765.08.21 |
at Buckingham House, St. James's
Park, London |
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father: |
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King
George III |
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mother: |
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Queen
Charlotte-Sophia |
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marriage (I): |
1784 |
Caroline von Linsingen (alleged
secret marriage) |
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children (I): |
1784 |
William (d. 1807) |
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assoc. (II): |
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Dorothea Bland |
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children (II): |
1794 |
George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence,
Earl of Munster (d.1842) |
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1795 |
Henry Fitzclarence |
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1796 |
Sophia Fitzclarence |
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1798 |
Mary Fitzclarence |
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1799 |
Frederick Fitzclarence |
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1801 |
Elizabeth Fitzclarence |
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1802 |
Adolphus Fitzclarence |
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1803 |
Augusta Fitzclarence |
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1803 |
Amelia Fitzclarence |
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1805 |
Augustus Fitzclarence |
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marriage (III): |
1818.07.13 |
Adelaide
Louisa Theresa of Saxe-Meiningen
at Kew Palace, Richmond, Surrey |
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children (III): |
1818 |
child, stillborn |
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1819 |
Princess Charlotte
Augusta Louisa of Clarence (d. 1819) |
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1819 |
child, stillborn |
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1820 |
Princess Elizabeth Georgiana
Adelaide of Clarence (d. 1821) |
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1822 |
child, stillborn |
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1824 |
twins, stillborn |
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accession: |
1830.06.26 |
upon death of brother George
IV |
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coronation: |
1831.09.08 |
at Westminster Abbey, London |
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death: |
1837.06.20 |
at Windsor Castle, Windsor
(succeeded by brother's daughter Victoria)
(buried: St.George's Chapel, Windor Castle) |
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| Titles,
Orders and Awards |
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Titles: |
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1765.08.21 |
Prince of Great Britain and
Ireland; Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, with the style of His
Royal Highness (H.R.H. The Prince William) |
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1789.05.20 |
Duke
of Clarence & St. Andrews, in the Peerage of Great Britain,
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Earl of Munster in the Peerage of Ireland (H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence) |
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1814.10.12 |
Prince of Hanover, with the style of His Royal Highness
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1830.06.26 |
H.M. William IV, By the Grace
of God, of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, King
of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, etc. |
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British Empire/Commonwealth Orders
and Awards: |
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1770.04.07 |
KT |
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1782.04.19 |
KG |
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1789.06.23 |
PC of Great Britain (introduced) |
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1815.01.02 |
GCB (mil) (Grand Master and Principal Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 1827-1830) |
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1815.08.12 |
GCH (mil) |
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1830.06.26 |
Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the
Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle, the Most Illustrious
Order of St Patrick, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, the Most
Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, and the Royal Order
of the Guelphs of Hanover |
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Foreign Orders and Awards: |
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1813 |
Knight of the Orders of St Andrew, Alexander Nevski,
and Knight 1st class of the Order of St Anne (Russia) |
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1814.04.24 |
Knight, the Order of the Holy Ghost (France) |
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1814.04.24 |
Knight, the Order of St Michael (France) |
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1814.06.09 |
Knight, the Order of the Black Eagle (Prussia) |
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1814.06.09 |
Grand Cross, the Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) |
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1830 |
Grand Cross, the Order of the White Falcon (Saxe-Weimar) |
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1830 |
Grand Cross, the Order of the Wurttemberg Crown (Wurttemberg) |
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1833 |
Grand Cross, the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order |
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1834 |
Grand Cross, the Order of Henry the Lion (Brunswick) |
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1834 |
Knight, the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain) |
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| Honorary
Military Appointments |
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1779.06.14 |
Able Seaman, H.M.S. Prince George, Royal Navy |
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1780 |
served at the relief of Gibraltar
under Sir Charles Hardy |
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1780.01.18 |
Midshipman, H.M.S. Prince George |
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1782 |
served in the American
War of Independence at New York |
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1782.11.04 |
Midshipman, H.M.S. Barfleur |
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1782-1783 |
served in the West Indies |
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1785.06.17 |
Lieutenant, H.M.S. Hebe |
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1786.04.10 |
Captain, H.M.S. Pegasus |
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1788.03.01 |
Captain, H.M.S. Andromeda |
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1790.05.01 |
Captain, H.M.S. Valiant |
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1790.12.03 |
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron, Royal Navy |
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Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron, Royal Navy |
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Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron, Royal Navy |
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1794.04.12 |
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron, Royal Navy |
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Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron, Royal Navy |
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Vice-Admiral of the Red Squadron, Royal Navy |
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1799.04.14 |
Admiral of the Blue Squadron, Royal Navy |
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Admiral of the White Squadron, Royal Navy |
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Admiral of the Red Squadron, Royal Navy |
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1811.12.24 |
Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy (rcvd. baton) |
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1827.05.02 |
Lord High Admiral of Great Britain [resigned 11.8.1828] |
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| Other
Military Connections |
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