Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom

1841 - 1910  (68 years)

• Name	Edward VII
  Suffix	King of the United Kingdom
  Birth	9 Nov 1841	Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 May 1910	Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Burial	10 May 1910	St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I47276	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha   d. 0___ 1861
  Mother	Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom,   b. 24 May 1819, Kensington Palace, London, England d. 22 Jan 1901, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, UK (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	0___ 1840  [1]
  Family ID	F17345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexandra of Denmark
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Children	1. George V, King of the United Kingdom,   b. 3 Jun 1865, Marlborough House, London, England d. 20 Jan 1936, Sandringham House, Norfolk, England (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F17346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Nov 1841 - Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, England Death - 6 May 1910 - Buckingham Palace, London, Middlesex, England Burial - 10 May 1910 - St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Edward VII (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India Coronation portrait by Sir Luke Fildes

  
  

• Notes

  Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. During the long reign of his mother, he was largely excluded from political power, and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties, and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and the Indian subcontinent in 1875 were popular successes, but despite public approval his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother. As king, Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called "Peacemaker", but his relationship with his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II, was poor. The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. He died in 1910 in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S10259] "Queen Victoria" biography, abstracted, downloaded and published Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 by David A. Hennessee, info. [S10262] "Edward VII" biography, abstracted, downloaded and published Wedesday, January 18th, 2017 by David A. Hennessee, info@cl.