King+George+V+of+Great+Britain

by emily eckel

King George was born with the name George Fredrick Ernest Albert. He was born on June 3rd 1865 in London at the Marlborough House. His mother was the Princess of Wales named Alexandra. She was from Denmark and her father was King Christian IX of Denmark. His father was the Prince of Wales named Albert Edward. He was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was styled, //His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales,// when he was born. He was baptized a month later into the angelican church by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in a private chapel of the windsor castle. George was only year and a half younger than his brother, Albert Victor. They were educated together and later were trained for the navy on the HMS //Britannia//. Their father thought the navy was “the very best possible training for any boy”. George and his brother toured the british colonies in South Africa, the Caribbean, and Australia. They also went to South America, Virginia, the Mediterranean and the Far East. When they returned the brother seperated for the first time. His brother went to Trinity College in Cambridge. George went on with the Royal Navy. He traveled a lot more while in the Navy. He served actively till 1891 and his rank was largely honorary. While in the navy George served under the command of his uncle. George spent a lot of time with his uncle’s daughter, his cousin, Marie of Edinburgh. They grew close and he planned on asking her hand in marriage. Their fathers and their grandmother all approved of the marriage but their mothers disapproved. Marie took her mothers advice and turned down the offer when George proposed. Instead she married, Ferdinand, the King of Romania. Albert Victor was engaged to his second cousin once removed, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. She was called May because of the month she was born. A month and a half after their formal engagement Albert Victor died of pneumonia. May and George grew close during the mourning process. A year later George proposed and May accepted and they married in july. Because of his brothers death he had to give up his naval career because he was second in line for the throne. After the marriage George was created the Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killarney. May was styled //Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York//. They lived in a cottage in Sandringham, Norfolk also known as the York Cottage. They lived a quiet life. George was a hunter and a stamp collector. May had five sons and one daughter. George was said to be a strict father. When queen victoria died his father took the throne as King Edward VII. George inherited the titles of Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay. He was later called //His Royal Highness The Duke of York and Cornwall//. George and May toured the British Empire. On their tour George presented metals to soldiers for fighting in the South African War. He also started the first session of the Australian Parliament when the Commonwealth of Australia was created. He also went to New Zealand where they showed their development with the up-to-date British technology. When they returned George was created the Prince of Wales and the Earl of Chester. He was allowed access to many of the state affaris and papers which he let his wife access to the papers because he liked her opinoin and thoughts. She helped him write some of his papers and speeches. George and May later traveled to india where he servely disliked the discrimination and wanted more involvement of the Indians in their government. When they returned they left right away for spain for a wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Battenburg, where the newlywed’s barely missed an assassination. George and May then went to Norway for the corination of King Haakon VII and his sister, Queen Maud. After Georges father died, George and May were corinated. May became Queen Mary and George became King George V. They then traveled to India for the Delhi Durbar, which is the coronation of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom. King George V was the only Emperor of India to be present at his Dehli Durbar. They then became also the Emperor and Emperess of India. During WWI Britian fought Germany, which the Kaiser Wilheim II was his cousin. During the war names were changed from German-sounding to British-sounding and //His(Her) Royal Highness// was changed to just Prince or Princess. Two months after the war ended George’s son died at the age 13. He had a life of illness so it was anticipated by all. Queen Mary wrote Goerge to tell him of his son’s death. After George went on a tour to visit cemetries and memorials in Europe and then a small stop in italy he decided that, that was the last time he left the United Kingdom on official business after WWI. George had the Royal Navy resuce Princess and Prince Andrew of greece during the Greek Revolution. In his later year George and his eldest son, Prince Edward, their relationship deteriorated. He was dissappointed that Edward would not settle down and that he had affairs with married women. Instead George favoured his second son, Prince Albert and his daughter Princess Elizabeth. He said “After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 months ", and of Albert and Lilibet: "I pray to God my eldest son will never marry and have children, and that nothing will come between Bertie and Lilibet and the throne." George had bad health. During WWI he was thrown from his horse and he was a heavy smoker, so he had bad breathing problems. When he died in 1936 his four living sons mounted the guard in the Vigil of the Princes. It was performed again till the death of his granddaughter.

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