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William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III , William succeeded his elder brother George IV , becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover .
The coronation of William IV and his wife, Adelaide, as king and queen of the United Kingdom took place on Thursday, 8 September 1831, over fourteen months after he succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 64, the oldest person to assume the throne until Charles III in 2022.
The Statue of William IV is an 1844 sculpture by the English artist Samuel Nixon depicting William IV of the United Kingdom. [1] Since 1936 it has stood in King William Walk in Greenwich having been shifted from an earlier location in Central London. [2] William IV reigned from 1830 to 1837 and was succeeded by his niece the Queen Victoria.
Dorothea Jordan (née Bland; 22 November 1761 – 5 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan.She was the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence.
King William IV, 1833. The 1831 Coronation Honours were appointments by King William IV to various orders and honours on the occasion of his coronation on 8 September 1831. The honours were published in The London Gazette on 16 September and 27 September 1831.
On screen, William has been portrayed as king by Ernst G. Schiffner in the 1936 German film Mädchenjahre einer Königin, based on the play by Geza Silberer about Queen Victoria's early life, Peter Ustinov in the 2001 TV miniseries Victoria and Albert and by Jim Broadbent in the 2009 film The Young Victoria.
On 21 March 1848, the King, or rather his camarilla, initiated an apparent change of course by placing Frederick William IV at the head of the revolution, whereas the truth was that he lacked the means to pursue a policy independent of the citizens' movement. The King announced that he would support the formation of an all-German parliament ...
William IV of Forcalquier (1130–1208) William IV of Saint Omer (fl. 1157 –1191) William IV, Count of Ponthieu (1179–1221) William IV, Count of Jülich (c. 1210 –1278) William IV, Lord of Douglas (died 1333) William IV of Holland or William II, Count of Hainaut (1307–1345) William IV of Hainault or William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365–1417)