Windsor - King George V

Windsors - King George V

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Full Name: King George V
Father: George IV
Mother: Alexandra of Denmark
Born: June 3, 1865 at Marlborough House, London
Ascended to the throne: May 6, 1910 aged 44 years
Crowned: June 22, 1911 at Westminster Abbey
Married: Mary, the daughter of the Francis of Teck, on July 6, 1893
Children: Five sons including Edward VIII and George VI, and one daughter
Died: January 20, 1936 at Sandringham, Norfolk, aged 70 years, 7 months, and 16 days
Buried at: Windsor

King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1910, when he succeeded his father Edward VII. He was the second son, and became heir in 1892 on the death of his elder brother Albert, Duke of Clarence. In 1893, he married Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (Queen Mary), formerly engaged to his brother. During World War I he made several visits to the front. In 1917, he abandoned all German titles for himself and his family. The name of the royal house was changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (popularly known as Brunswick or Hannover) to Windsor.

His mother was Princess Alexandra of Denmark, sister of Empress Marie of Russia.

Timeline

1910	George V becomes King and Emperor of India on the death of his father, Edward VII.
1911	Parliament Act ensures the sovereignty of the House of Commons.
1911	National Insurance Act provides sickness and unemployment benefits.
1912	The luxury passenger ship S.S. Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage, drowning more than 1,500 people.
1914	Anglican Church in Wales is disestablished.
1914	Outbreak of World War I.
1914	Battles of Mons, the Marne, and Ypres.
1915	Second Battle of Ypres. Allied Gallipoli expedition fails to remove Turkey from the war.
1916	Battle of the Somme. Naval battle off Jutland between British and German fleets.
1916	Easter Rising in Dublin in support of Irish independence.
1916	David Lloyd George replaces Asquith as Prime Minister.
1917	Battle of Passchendale.
1917	Russian Revolution leads to the abdication of the Tsar.
1918	The end of World War I.
1918	Reform Act gives votes to women over 30.
1918	General Election produces landslide victory for Sinn Fein MPs in Ireland, who refuse to take their seats in Westminster and form their own DalI parliament in Dublin.
1919	Lady Astor becomes the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons
1919	-1921 Ireland partitioned into the Free State and the province of Northern Ireland.
1920	Marconi opens a radio broadcasting station in Britain
1920	A flu epidemic rages around the world killing more than 20 million people.
1920	First Labour government formed by Ramsay MacDonald.
1926	General Strike fails to reverse wage cuts and imposition of longer hours.
1928	All women over the age of 21 get the vote.
1928	George V falls seriously ill with blood poisoning of the lung.
1931	The Statute of Westminster recognizes independence of. the dominions.
1931	Great Depression leads to the formation of a national government of all three political parties under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald.
1932	George V makes the first annual Christmas broadcast on radio.
1935	George V celebrates his Silver Jubilee.
1936	George V dies at Sandringham.