Monarchs
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George
III was born at Norfolk House,
a lodging house in St James's Square in 1738. His parents had taken
up residence there after having been evicted from their rooms in St
James's Palace by George II, his predecessor whom he would succeed
in 1760. The following year he married Charlotte
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at St
James's Palace
and ruled until his death in 1820. From 1811, suffering from bouts
of madness, his son the future George IV ruled in his place as the
Prince Regent.
George
III
George III
George
II, the last British monarch to appear on a battlefield when he
fought at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, died at Kensington
Palace in 1760. He had been born in Hanover, Germany
in 1683 and had succeeded his father in 1727. He was the last monarch
to be buried in Westminster
Abbey.
George
II
Monarchs
buried at Westminster Abbey
George
IV was born at St
James's Palace in 1762 where in 1795 he married Caroline
of Brunswick. He ruled as Prince Regent
from 1811 due to the madness of his father George III. When his father
died in 1820 he became King and ruled until his death in 1830.
George
IV
George
IV
William
IV was born at Buckingham
Palace in 1765. Before he ascended to the throne in 1830 he had
been in the Navy and fought in the American Revolution. He ruled until
his death in 1837.
William
IV
In 1819 Queen
Victoria was born as Alexandrina Victoria at Kensington
Palace. In 1840 she married Albert
of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha at St
James's Palace. She became the longest reigning monarch in British
history (1837-1901) and the last from the House of Hanover.
Queen
Victoria
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