Biography of King George VI of the United Kingdom 1895-1952
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In 1892 [his father] George V King United Kingdom (age 26) was created 1st Duke York.
On 06 Jul 1893 [his father] George V King United Kingdom (age 28) and [his mother] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 26) were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Duchess York. He the son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 51) and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 48). They were second cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. 
On 14 Dec 1895 King George VI of the United Kingdom was born to George V King United Kingdom (age 30) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 28) at York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. The second son at birth he became King when his elder brother King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 1) Abdicated. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.84%.
On 06 May 1910 [his grandfather] King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 68) died. His son [his father] George V King United Kingdom (age 44) succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. [his mother] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 42) by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 24 Jul 1910 Sidney Herbet Buller Fullerton Elphinstone 16th Lord Elphinstone (age 40) and [his future sister-in-law] Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon Lady Elphinstone (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 55) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 47).
In 1912 George Holford (age 51) and Susannah West Wilson (age 47) were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 16), [his future wife] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 11), [his grandmother] Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 67) and [his aunt] Princess Victoria Windsor (age 43) were present. The Times reported ... "The aisle was lined by non-commissioned officers of the bridegroom's old regiment the 1st Life Guards. The bride who was given away by her two sons, wore a gown of old Point d'Alencon lace with a train of gold brocade veiled in chiffon. Instead of a hat she wore a headdress of gold lace and pink roses and she carried a bouquet of orchids ... The King (age 16) and Queen (age 11) gave Sir George Holford a pair of sleeve links bearing the Royal monogram in diamonds and rubies."
On 29 Sep 1914 [his future brother-in-law] John "Jock" Bowes-Lyon (age 28) and Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (age 25) were married. He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 59) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 52).
In 1920 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 24) was created 1st Duke York.
On 26 Apr 1923 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 27) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 22) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 68) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 60). He the son of George V King United Kingdom (age 57) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 55).
Mary Elphinstone (age 12) and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (age 11) were bridesmaids.
On 21 Apr 1926 [his daughter] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was born to King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 30) and [his wife] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 25).
On 07 Feb 1930 [his brother-in-law] John "Jock" Bowes-Lyon (age 43) died.
On 21 Aug 1930 [his daughter] Princess Margaret was born to King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 30) at Glamis Castle.
On 20 Jan 1936 [his father] George V King United Kingdom (age 70) died. His son [his brother] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 41) succeeded VIII King of the United Kingdom. Duke York extinct.
On 11 Dec 1936 [his brother] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 42) abdicated VIII King of the United Kingdom. King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 40) succeeded VI King of the United Kingdom. Duke York merged with the Crown.
In 1937 George Herbert Hyde Villiers 6th Earl Clarendon (age 59) was appointed 883rd Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41).
In 1937 William Cecil 5th Marquess Exeter (age 60) was appointed 885th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41).
In 1937 Bernard Fitzalan 16th Duke of Norfolk (age 28) was appointed 884th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41).
In 1937 [his father-in-law] Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 81) was appointed 886th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41). for being the Queen Consort's father.
In 1937 Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset 10th Duke Beaufort (age 36) was appointed 887th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41).
On 12 May 1937 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41) was crowned VI King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 28 May 1937 Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin (age 69) was appointed 888th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41).
In 1938 King Carol II Hohenzollern Sigmaringen (age 44) was appointed 890th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 42)..
In 1938 George II King Hellenes (age 47) was appointed 889th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 42)..
15 Sep 1938. A Page from the Visitors Book, Commemorating the Royal Visit of King George VI (age 42) to St Michael's Church, Coxwold [Map] with signatures of the King, top, and Captain Victor Malcolm Wombwell (age 45), bottom.
In 1939 Paul Karađorđević (age 45) was appointed 891st Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 43).
Before 25 Apr 1939 Thomas William Anson (age 26) and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The wedding was attended by the King (age 43) and [his wife] Queen (age 38), Princesses [his daughter] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 13) and [his daughter] Princess Margaret (age 8) - see Pathe. He the son of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 52).
In 1942 Lawrence John Lumley Dundas 2nd Marquess Zetland (age 65) was appointed 893rd Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 46).
In 1942 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 46) was appointed 892nd Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 46).
In 1943 Victor Alexander John Hope 2nd Marquess Linlithgow (age 55) was appointed 894th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 47)..
On 26 Apr 1943 Alastair Windsor 2nd Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 28) died at Ottawa. He was buried at St Ninian's Chapel, Mar Lodge Estate. Duke Connaught and Strathearn extinct. The diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles (age 56), King George VI's (age 47) private secretary, published in 2006, recorded that both the regiment and Athlone had rejected him as incompetent, and he fell out of a window when drunk and perished of hypothermia overnight.
In 1946 Charles Portal (age 52) was appointed 899th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 50).
In 1946 Alan Brooke (age 62) was appointed 898th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 50).
In 1946 Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury (age 52) was appointed 896th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 50).
In 1946 Christopher Addison (age 77) was appointed 895th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 50).
On 20 Nov 1947 [his son-in-law] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 26) and [his daughter] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 21) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 51) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 47). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In 1948 William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 54) was appointed 903rd Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 52).
In 1948 Ralph Ormsby-Gore 3rd Baron Harlech was appointed 904th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 52).
On 29 Sep 1949 George Henry Hubert Lascelles 7th Earl Harewood (age 26) and Marion Stein Countess Harewood (age 22) were married at St Mark's Church North Audley Street. King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 53), his uncle, [his wife] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 49), [his mother] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 82) [his sister] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 52), his mother, and other members of the Royal family attended the wedding. He the son of Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 52). He a grandson of George V King United Kingdom.
Marion Stein Countess Harewood: On 18 Oct 1926 she was born at Vienna. On 06 Mar 2014 she died.
In 1951 Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont 2nd Viscount Allendale (age 60) was appointed 909th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 55).
In 1951 Gerald Wellesley 7th Duke Wellington (age 65) was appointed 907th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 55).
On 06 Feb 1952 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 56) died at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk. He was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His daughter [his daughter] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 25) succeeded II Queen of the United Kingdom; she was at her Kenyan home Sagana Lodge.
On 30 Mar 2002 [his former wife] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England died.
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Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
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Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
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Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: King Edward VII of the United Kingdom Son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales
Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: George V King United Kingdom Son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Karl Anton Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Friedrich Karl Ludwig Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frederica Charlotte Dohna Schlodien Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Great x 2 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Friederike Schlieben Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Christian IX of Denmark 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Oldenburg Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
GrandMother: Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hesse-Kassel Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick V King Denmark and Norway 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Prince Frederick Oldenburg 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Charlotte of Denmark 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophie Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
King George VI of the United Kingdom Son of George V King United Kingdom
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ludwig Friedrich Alexander of Württemberg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Paul Ludwig Konstantin Teck 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Christian Nassau Weilburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Henriette Nassau Weilburg Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Willam Karel Hendrik Friso Orange Nassau 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Carolina Orange Nassau Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Anne Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
GrandFather: Francis Teck 3 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Mother: Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England Great Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Princess Mary Adelaide Hanover Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hesse-Kassel 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland Son of King George I of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
