King William IV
Author : Philip Ziegler
Publisher : Fontana Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 28,3 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Philip Ziegler
Publisher : Fontana Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 28,3 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : John Ashton
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 16,58 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : John Ashton
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 26,16 MB
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368904043
Reproduction of the original.
Author : JOHN. ASHTON
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2018
Category :
ISBN : 9781033573129
Author : John Van Der Kiste
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1399098586
Born in 1765, third son of King George III and Queen Charlotte, Prince William, Duke of Clarence, initially had little expectation of succeeding to the British throne. A brief career in the navy, followed by several years of semi-obscurity and a liaison with the actress Dorothea Jordan that gave them a family of ten children, came to an end with the ‘royal race for the crown’, requiring him and several of his other similarly unmarried brothers to find wives and ensure the royal succession after the unexpected death of their only legitimate niece Charlotte, daughter of the Prince Regent. William’s wife, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, failed to produce any children who survived infancy, but despite their great difference in ages she succeeded in taming his previously uncouth manners. By the time he ascended the throne in 1830, the formerly outspoken prince had proved himself fitted to be a conscientious and astute if occasionally eccentric sovereign who successfully weathered the storms engendered by the passage of the Great Reform Bill. Between them, King William and Queen Adelaide helped to restore the popularity of a somewhat tarnished crown and lay the foundations for a modern monarchy under the auspices of their niece who succeeded them as Queen Victoria. This book portrays the life and character of ‘Good King Billy’, one of Britain’s most endearing sovereigns. An affable character of straightforward honesty and common sense, an occasionally tactless, blundering character with an instinctive dislike of pomp and ceremony but with the common touch, he was arguably the most human, down-to-earth of the Hanoverians.
Author : Tom Pocock
Publisher : Sinclair Stevenson
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Biografie over de Engelse koning (1765-1837)
Author : Charles F. Greville
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780469237797
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Author : Percy Fitzgerald
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,74 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : George Newenham WRIGHT
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 1837
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Charles Greville
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 2023-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368826700
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.