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 | | Whilst the Irish Free State became independent in 1922, after the Anglo-Irish War, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland continued in name until 1927 when it was renamed as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in accordance with the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927. | | | Finally in December 1922, twenty-six of Ireland's counties seceded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and formed the independent Irish Free State. | | | Though the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland effectively came to an end in 1922, the monarch continued to use the title of King or Queen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1927. |
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| | George V of the United Kingdom |
| | Although a female-line great granddaughter of King George III of the United KingdomGeorge III, Queen Mary was the daughter of the Duke of Teck, a morganatic section of the Royal House of Württemberg. | | | George V of the United Kingdom Duke of York | | | As well as being MonarchKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from 1927, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and the Commonwealth Realms, George was also the Emperor of India. |
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| | George III of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738– 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. | | | George III was distressed by the attempts to force him to appoint ministers not of his liking. | | | George III was indignant when he learnt of the opinions of the colonists. |
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| | thePeerage.com - Person Page 10085 |
| | William IV Henry Hanover, King of the United Kingdom was the son of George III William Frederick Hanover, King of Great Britain and Sophie Charlotte Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz. | | | Frederick Augustus Hanover, 1st Duke of York was the son of George III William Frederick Hanover, King of Great Britain and Sophie Charlotte Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz. | | | He was crowned King of the United Kingdom on 8 September 1831 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, and styled 'By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ireland, King, Defender of the Failth. |
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| | Victoria of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | At birth Victoria was a granddaughter of a monarch (George III) through the male line and as such held the style and title of a Royal Highness and Princess of the United Kingdom and was styled Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria of Kent (as the daughter of the Duke of Kent and Strathearn). | | | One of the most significant acts of the new ministry was to bring the United Kingdom into the Crimean War in 1854, on the side of the Ottoman Empire and against Russia. | | | In Canada, the United Kingdom faced an insurrection (see Rebellions of 1837), and in Jamaica, the colonial legislature had protested British policies by refusing to pass any laws. |
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| | Learn more about Victoria of the United Kingdom in the online encyclopedia. |
| | She was born on May 24, 1819, to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of HSH Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. | | | Source: report of a conversation with Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom in which she talked of the health problems of Prince William of Gloucester. | | | After Princess Charlotte's death in 1817, there was a scramble by George III's younger sons to abandon their mistresses, marry, and beget an heir to the realm. |
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| | HR1146 analysis |
| | Thereby, the United States take the advice of her first president, George Washington, who cautioned his countrymen to “steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world,” lest the nation’s security and liberties be compromised by endless and overriding international commitments. | | | The Constitution of the United States of America is a legitimate constitution, having been submitted directly to the people for ratification by their representatives elected and assembled solely for the purpose of passing on the terms of that document. | | | On the one hand, some proposed that once the Charter of the United Nations was ratified, the president of the United States would act independently of Congress pursuant to his executive prerogative to conduct the foreign affairs of the nation. |
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| | Learn more about Victoria of the United Kingdom in the online encyclopedia. |
| | She was born on May 24, 1819, to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of HSH Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. | | | Source: report of a conversation with Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom in which she talked of the health problems of Prince William of Gloucester. | | | After Princess Charlotte's death in 1817, there was a scramble by George III's younger sons to abandon their mistresses, marry, and beget an heir to the realm. |
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| | Victoria of the United Kingdom - Free Encyclopedia |
| | She was born on May 24, 1819, to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of HSH Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. | | | Source: report of a conversation with Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom in which she talked of the health problems of Prince William of Gloucester. | | | After Princess Charlotte's death in 1817, there was a scramble by George III's younger sons to abandon their mistresses, marry, and beget an heir to the realm. |
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| | Anne of Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Anne was the last monarch of the House of Stuart; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, George I, of the House of Hanover. | | | Anne's arms before the Union were: Quarterly, I and IV Grandquarterly, Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or (for France) and Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England); II Or a lion rampant within a tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland). | | | The reign of Anne was marked by an increase in the influence of ministers and a decrease in the influence of the Crown. |
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| | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen - Free Encyclopedia |
| | Adelheid (Anglicized to Adelaide) married HRH Prince William, Duke of Clarence, a son of George III of the United Kingdom, on July 13, 1818, at Kew Palace in Surrey, England. | | | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (August 13, 1792 - December 2, 1849) was the queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom. | | | Princess Adelheid Amalia Luisa Theresa Carolina, elder daughter of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, she was born in Thuringia, Germany. |
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| | George III of the United Kingdom - Free Encyclopedia |
| | King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 | | | George III's reign saw the revival of two-party politics after half a century of Whig dominance of political life, the expansion and subsequent loss of most of Britain's colonies in North America, protracted war with France and the beginning of the most rapid phase of British industrialisation. | | | The king's experiment (1770-82) in government through the ministry of Lord North ended in the disastrous loss in the American War of Independence (1775-83) of the thirteen British North American colonies which became the United States of America. |
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| | Victoria of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | At birth Victoria was a granddaughter of a monarch (George III) through the male line and as such held the style and title of a Royal Highness and Princess of the United Kingdom and was styled Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria of Kent (as the daughter of the Duke of Kent and Strathearn). | | | Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819– 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. | | | Victoria's death brought an end to the rule of the House of Hanover in the United Kingdom; King Edward VII, like his father Prince Albert, belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. |
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| | ipedia.com: Victoria of the United Kingdom Article |
| | Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. | | | Victoria, Alexandrina Victoria Wettin (May 24, 1819- January 22, 1901) of the German Royal House of Hanover was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for sixty-three years, seven months, and two days (June 20, 1837- January 22, 1901), the longest reign yet of any British monarch. | | | Her favourite Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, persuaded her to assume, by Royal Proclamation of April 28, 1876, the title of "Empress of India," reflecting the fact that she had presided over a massive expansion of the British Empire and the continued rise of Britain as an industrial power. |
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| | The Ultimate Princess Olivia - American History Information Guide and Reference |
| | George III of the United Kingdom was said to have married a Quakeress named Hannah Lightfoot on 17 April 1759, prior to his marriage to Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1761. | | | If such a marriage had existed in 1761, then his marriage to Charlotte would have been bigamous and all of George's successors would have been usurpers. |
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| | United Kingdom |
| | King Edward VIII succeeded to the throne on Jan. 20, 1936, at his father's death, but he abdicated on Dec. 11, 1936 (in order to marry an American divorcée, Wallis Warfield Simpson), in favor of his brother, who became George VI. | | | The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and Northern Ireland, is twice the size of New York State. | | | The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a queen and a Parliament that has two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 bishops; and the House of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected members. |
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| | The arms of Canada |
| | Passed in the reign of King George III, it empowered the Crown to grant, by proclamation, arms and flags to the United Kingdom and its dependencies. | | | The Royal arms of the United Kingdom were then freely used to identify the offices of the Government of Canada. | | | This request was approved and the arms assigned to Canada were appointed and declared in the proclamation (text on next page) of His Majesty King George V dated November 21, 1921. |
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| | Victoria of the United Kingdom |
| | Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. | | | Victoria, Alexandrina Victoria Wettin (May 24, 1819- January 22, 1901) of the German Royal House of Hanover was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for sixty-three years, seven months, and two days (June 20, 1837- January 22, 1901), the longest reign yet of any British monarch. | | | Her favourite Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, persuaded her to assume, by Royal Proclamation of April 28, 1876, the title of "Empress of India," reflecting the fact that she had presided over a massive expansion of the British Empire and the continued rise of Britain as an industrial power. |
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| | ipedia.com: Victoria of the United Kingdom Article |
| | Victoria, Alexandrina Victoria Wettin( May 24, 1819 - January 22, 1901) of the German Royal House of Hanover was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for sixty-three years, seven months, and two days ( June 20, 1837 - January 22, 1901), the longest reign yet of any British monarch. | | | Victoria, Alexandrina Victoria Wettin of the German Royal House of Hanover was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for sixty-three years, seven months, and two days, the longest r... | | | Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. |
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| | United Kingdom |
| | King Edward VIII succeeded to the throne on Jan. 20, 1936, at his father's death, but he abdicated on Dec. 11, 1936 (in order to marry an American divorcée, Wallis Warfield Simpson), in favor of his brother, who became George VI. | | | The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a queen and a Parliament that has two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 bishops; and the House of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected members. | | | Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom - Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Channel... |
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| | Articles - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha |
| | King George III of the United Kingdom- (June 4, 1738- January 29, 1820). | | | Her husband, Frederick, Prince of Wales died before his father; Augusta& son by Frederick became King George III of Great Britain. | | | The birth of their first daughter, Augusta, on August 31, 1737, took place at St James's after Augusta was forced by Frederick to travel from Hampton Court Palace while in labour, simply to prevent his hated mother, Caroline of Ansbach, and father, King George II, from being present at the birth. |
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| | Royalty.nu - British Royal History - Queen Victoria and Her Family |
| | Queen Victoria's father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a son of King George III. | | | Henry and Mary Ponsonby: Life at the Court of Queen Victoria by William M. Kuhn. | | | The "Jubilee Plot" to blow up the queen, her family, and most of the British Cabinet was uncovered by Scotland Yard with just a few days to go. |
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| | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
| | His father's sister, Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, married Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte. | | | Albert and his elder brother, Ernest, spent their youth in a close companionship scarred by their parents' turbulent marriage and eventual separation; their adored mother, exiled from court and barred from seeing her children again due to an affair, died young, at age 31, of cancer. | | | Queen Victoria remained a member of the House of Hanover, even though, upon marriage her personal surname, if any, is sometimes said to have changed from Hannover (or Guelph) to Wettin. |
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| | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the version used by the government and consequently as the official coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the crown is shown resting directly on the shield, with the helm, crest and mantling not displayed. | | | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom as used in Scotland | | | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (for use in Scotland) |
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| | Queen Victoria |
| | The Duke of Kent was the fourth son of George III and Victoria Maria Louisa was the sister of King Leopold of Belgium. | | | In 1868 William Gladstone, leader of the Liberals in the House of Commons, became Prime Minister. | | | How could the Queen consent to take a man as an adviser and confidential counsellor in all matters of State, religion, society, Court, etc., etc., he who as her Secretary of State and while a guest under her roof at Windsor Castle had committed a brutal attack upon one of her ladies? |
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| | ipedia.com: Victoria of the United Kingdom Article |
| | Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 to Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (fourth son of King George III) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, sister of King Leopold I of the Belgians and widow of Emich, 2nd Prince of Leiningen. | | | Her favourite Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, persuaded her to assume, by Royal Proclamation of April 28, 1876, the title of "Empress of India," reflecting the fact that she had presided over a massive expansion of the British Empire and the continued rise of Britain as an industrial power. | | | The Duke of Kent, marrying at the age 50, became the father of the ultimate heiress. |
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