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Albert was born at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. [3] His father was Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V), the second and only surviving son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra).
The wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) [a] took place on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey. The bride was a member of the Bowes-Lyon family, while the groom was the second son of King George V.
George VI was from birth a Prince of the United Kingdom, and was subsequently created a royal duke. It was as a duke that he succeeded his brother, King Edward VIII, to the throne. 14 December 1895 – 28 May 1898: His Highness Prince Albert of York; 28 May 1898 – 22 January 1901: His Royal Highness Prince Albert of York
In 1923, she married Prince Albert, the Duke of York, having turned down several previous proposals because she had misgivings about royal life. When her brother-in-law abdicated in 1936, Albert ...
King Edward VII and Prince Albert drive to Buckingham Palace amid the abdication crisis in December 1936. ... Duke of York, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Prince George, Duke of Kent. ...
2. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Next on the royal family tree is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the first-born son of Prince Charles and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. By ...
Elizabeth and Albert on their wedding day, 26 April 1923. Prince Albert, Duke of York—"Bertie" to the family—was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. He initially proposed to Elizabeth in 1921, but she turned him down, being "afraid never, never again to be free to think, speak and act as I feel I really ought to". [18]
Before his accession, George had been known as Prince Albert, Duke of York; his regnal name was chosen in honour of his late father. In 1923, he had married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon , the daughter of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne .