King George V
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.
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| Full name at birth | George Frederick Ernest Albert Wettin
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| Claim to fame | King of England, Queen Victoria's grandson
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| Date of birth | 3 June 1865
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| Place of birth | Marlborough House, Westminster, Middlesex, London, England, UK
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| Date of death | 20 January 1936
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| Age | 70 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Sandringham House, Norfolk, London, England, United Kingdom
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| Resting place | 28 January 1936 St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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| Occupation | King of England, Prince of Wales
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| Height | 5' 6" (168 cm)
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| Pets | Heather (border collie)
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![King George V - Dworskie Zycie Magazine Pictorial [United Kingdom] (January 2024)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/0/7/0751gejsk1x7ek57.jpg?skj2io4l)
For poor Alix it was best so, but those poor innocent children.”
- His reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape.
- In 1917, he 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 was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar (mass assembly at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the coronation of a King and Queen of the United Kingdom)
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