George V is King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936.

How did George V die?

George V passed away in 1936 (chronic bronchitis).

What is George V known for?

George V is primarily known as a(n) monarch, politician, aristocrat, filatelisté.

Who is George V married to?

George V is connected to: Mary of Teck.

George V

King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936

Born:June 3, 1865

Died:January 20, 1936

Age at death:70

Manner of death:Euthanasia

Cause of death:Chronic Bronchitis

Zodiac Sign:Gemini

Born in:Marlborough House, United Kingdom

Buried in:United Kingdom

Languages:English

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Notable Work

The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship “Bacchante”

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Delhi Durbar and CoronationDelhi Durbar

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The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship “Bacchante”

Awards

Albert Medal (1913)honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (1909)Royal Victorian Chain (1902)Knight of the Garter (1884)Legion of Honour

George V

King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936

Biography

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. George was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Victoria, as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). He was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father, and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until his elder brother's unexpected death in January 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. The next year George married his brother's former fiancée, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, and they had six children. When Queen Victoria died in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became king-emperor on his father's death in 1910. George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement. All of these developments radically changed the political landscape of the British Empire, which itself reached its territorial peak by the beginning of the 1920s. The Parliament Act 1911 established the supremacy of the elected British House of Commons over the unelected House of Lords. As a result of the First World War, the empires of his first cousins Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany fell, while the British Empire expanded to its greatest effective extent. In 1917, George became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German public sentiment. He appointed the first Labour ministry in 1924, and the 1931 Statute of Westminster recognised the Empire's Dominions as separate, independent states within the British Commonwealth of Nations. George suffered from smoking-related health problems during his later reign. On his death in January 1936, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII. Edward abdicated in December of that year and was succeeded by his younger brother Albert, who took the regnal name George VI.

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Quotes

“The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.”

— Speech in the Guildhall of London (5 December 1901), quoted in Harold Nicolson, King George V (1952), p. 73

“Wake up, England, you have been asleep too long!”

— Speech in the Guildhall of London after a trip around the world, as quoted in Ralph D. Blummenfeld, "H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Heir to the Throne", Leslie's Weekly, vol. 95, no. 2,444 (10 July 1902) p. 28, col. 3

“I may be uninspiring but I'll be damned if I'm alien.”

— Said after H. G. Wells referred to "an alien and uninspiring Court" (April 1917), quoted in Harold Nicolson, King George the Fifth: His Life and Reign (1953), p. 308

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Selmer trumpet, given as a gift by King George V of the United Kingdom to Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong Museum, 34-56 107 St., Corona, Queens, NY.

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