HM King William IV of Great Britain

At 64 years William is the oldest person to assume the British throne


Date & place of birth August 21, 1765 Buckingham Palace, London
Born as HRH Prince of Great Britain and Ireland
Names William Henry

Father King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Mother Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Queen Charlotte of Great Britain)





Royal house Hanover
Heir presumprive Janury 5, 1827-June 26, 1830
Reign June 26, 1830-June 20, 1837
Crowned September 8, 1831 Westminster Abbey, London
Tenure 9 years 359 days
Predecessor King George IV of the United Kingdom (brother)
Successor Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (niece)





Siblings (14)
Third of fifteen children (8 brothers, 6 sisters)
King George IV of the United Kingdom
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
Princess Charlotte, Princess Royal (Queen Charlotte of Württemberg)
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Augusta Sophia of Great Britain
Princess Elizabeth (Landgravine Frederick of Hesse-Homburg)
King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Princess Mary (Duchess of Gloucester)
Princess Sophia of the Great Britain
Prince Octavius of Great Britain
Prince Alfred of Great Britain
Princess Amelia of Great Britain





Married July 13, 1818 Kew Palace, London
Spouse Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen





Issue
2 daughters)
Princess Charlotte of Clarence
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence

*Both daughters died in infancy





Died June 20, 1837 Windsor Castle, Windsor (age 72)
Place of burial St.George's Chapel, Windsor Castle





Titles
HRH Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg
HRH Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, Earl of Munster (from May 20, 1789)
HM King of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover





Paternal grandparents
Prince Frederick, Prince of Wales
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg

Paternal great-grandparents
King George II of Great Britain
Margravine Caroline of Bradenburg-Ansbach (Queen Caroline of Great Britain)
Frederick II, Duke of Sax-Coburg-Altenburg
Princess Magdalena of Anhalt-Zerbst





Maternal grandparents
Duke Charles Louis of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Christiane of Schwarburg-Sondershausen
Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghauseb
Countess Sophia of Erbach-Erbach