George IV, King of the United Kingdom

George IV, King of the United Kingdom	Gender: M
Birthname	George Augustus Frederick of Hanover
born on	12 August 1762 at 19:24 (= 7:24 PM )
Place	London, England, 51n30, 0w10
Timezone	LMT m0w10 (is local mean time)
	Rodden Rating B
	Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	19°55' 18°37 Asc. 20°38'

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King of the United Kingdom George IV

Biography

British royalty, the son of George III and Queen Charlotte, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and King of Hanover.

He was a precocious, attractive, strong willed youth, so complex that his tutor predicted that he would become the most polished gentleman or the biggest blackguard in England, or perhaps both. He was adored by his sisters and the bane of his father, exasperating the politicians. He was loved by many women, a sensualist and a highly gifted dilettante.

George lacked ambition and had a sordid private life. Unpopular, he was known for his overindulgences with mistresses, food, brandy and opium. Unable to handle money, by 1795 his debts amounted to 750,000 pounds (by today's standards, about $300 million). He agreed to make a proper and approved marriage to Princess Caroline of Brunswick, his first cousin, and the wedding took place three days after she arrived from Germany, on 4/08/1795. Their one daughter, Princess Charlotte Augusta, was born in January 1796, nine months after the wedding, after which they separated in bitter enmity.

His days were filled with gambling and the high life, building up debts and notoriety and he fell passionately in love with an actress at 17. When he was 23, he made a secret marriage to Mrs. Fitzherbert, on 12/15/1785, an inappropriate union that his dad had annulled. Later, his affair with Beau Brummel caused another great scandal.

George was nonetheless a man of taste who, during his reign, commissioned some of England's most beautiful buildings such as the Brighton Pavilion, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, commissioning the work at a time when the people were suffering from poverty, a further cause to bring loathing from the masses.

In October 1810 King George III went hopelessly insane and the Prince was formally announced as regent on 2/05/1911 . After nine years, he succeeded his father upon King George III's death on 1/29/1820. He was crowned at Westminster on 7/19/1821.

As king, George IV promised Caroline a generous stipend if she never returned from Italy, where she was living. Caroline was determined to claim her title as queen and returned to England, where she was welcomed by cheering crowds. Her husband promptly asked Parliament to impeach her for "licentious, disgraceful, and adulterous intercourse," and to dissolve their marriage and deprive her of her title.

The proceedings began in the House of Lords on 8/17/1820 with testimony from an endless trail of bodyguards, chambermaids and traveling companions. From August to November the trial of Queen Caroline was a media circus. A slim majority of the Lords voted for the bill to impeach the Queen, but it was shelved in November 1820 because of angry demonstrations in the streets. The people objected to the indignity of having the Queen's private life denigrated, rebelling against the over handed persecution of the King.

Even though she received the support of the people, Caroline was forcibly denied admittance to the coronation on 7/19/1821. Mortified and rejected from her royal position, she died 8/07/1821, London, England.

Totally out of touch with his times, during his ten-year reign George opposed most reforms in the government. The political consciousness which blossomed during the 1820s made for ultimate change in spite of the king who continually thwarted his own prime minister. In 1827 he was compelled to acquiesce to the Whigs coming to power. Social reform came in spite of the king and he became despised by both parties, the Tories and the Whigs.

Probably England's least popular and most ineffectual king, George IV died of a heart attack in his sleep 6/26/1830, Sandringham, England. His only legal child, Charlotte Augusta, had died in childbirth in 1817 along with her baby so George was succeeded by his brother, William IV.

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Relationships

friend relationship with Cavendish, William (born 21 May 1790)

parent->child relationship with Charlotte Augusta, Princess (born 7 January 1796)

child->parent relationship with George III, King of England (born 4 June 1738)

spouse relationship with Caroline, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom (born 17 May 1768)

sibling relationship with Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (born 24 February 1774)

sibling relationship with Alfred, Prince of Great Britain (born 22 September 1780)

sibling relationship with Amelia, Princess (born 7 August 1783)

sibling relationship with Augusta Sophia, Princess of the United Kingdom (born 8 November 1768)

sibling relationship with Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (born 27 January 1773)

sibling relationship with Charlotte, Princess (1766) (born 29 September 1766)

sibling relationship with Elizabeth, Princess (born 22 May 1770)

sibling relationship with Ernst August I, King of Hanover (born 5 June 1771)

sibling relationship with Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (born 16 August 1763)

sibling relationship with Mary, Princess (born 25 April 1776)

sibling relationship with Octavius, Prince of Great Britain (born 23 February 1779)

sibling relationship with Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (born 2 November 1767)

sibling relationship with Sophia, Princess (born 3 November 1777)

sibling relationship with William IV, King of the United Kingdom (born 21 August 1765)

Events

Relationship : Marriage 15 December 1785 (Married Mrs. Fitzherbert; annulled)
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Relationship : Marriage 8 April 1795 (Married Caroline)
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Death of Father 29 January 1820 (Father, King George III died)
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Work : Gain social status 19 July 1821 (Crowned at Westminister)
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Death by Heart Attack 26 June 1830 (Age 67)
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Source Notes

LMR quotes biographer Christopher Hibbert, "George IV, Prince of Wales," Harper & Row, New York, 1972, p.1. copy in hand.

Same data (PM) iin "George the Magnificent" by Joanna Richardson, published 1966, data from the journals of Mrs. Popendick, a lady-in-waiting, copy in hand.

Letter in hand from Miss Pamela Clark, Deputy Registrar of the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle, "Our records show that King George IV was born at 7:24 PM on 12 August 1762.

(The reputable researcher Martin Harvey quotes the London Gazette of Thursday 12 August 1762 for an announcement from St. James's "This morning, at Half an Hour past Seven, the Queen was happily delivered of a Prince." Harvey continues to quote "Memoirs of George The Third" by Rob. Huish Esq, 1821, p.269, "On the 12th of August, at twenty-four minutes after seven o'clock, her majest was brought to bed of a prince, after being in labour somewhat above two hours. Her majesty found herself unwell about two o'clock and at three ..... was sent to St. James's. About five, orders were sent and there was (ten names) present." Copy in hand from Nativitas III, James Martin Harvey.

Note that the prior account does not mention AM or PM. Evidence all supports a PM birth as being historically accepted, in spite of the (misquote?) of the London Gazette.

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