H.M. George V Frederick Ernest Albert (Windsor), King of the United Kingdom

1865 - 1936  (70 years)

• Name	George V Frederick Ernest Albert (Windsor)  [1]
  Title	H.M.
  Suffix	King of the United Kingdom
  Born	3 June 1865	Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Christened	7 July 1865	Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	From 6 May 1910 to 20 Jan. 1936  [1]
  	By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India
  Hereditary Title	From 6 May 1910 to 1927  [1]
  	By The Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India
  Coronation	22 June 1911	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Regnal Name	George V  [1]
  Died	20 Jan. 1936	Sandringham House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Buried	St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I172	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	1 May 2021

  
  

  Father	H.M. Edward VII Albert Edward (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), King of the United Kingdom,   b. 9 Nov. 1841, Buckingham Palace, London, England ,   d. 6 May 1910, Buckingham Palace, London, England  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	H.R.H. Princess Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie (zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg), of Denmark,   b. 1 Dec. 1844, Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark ,   d. 20 Nov. 1925, Sandringham House, Norfolk, England  (Age 80 years)
  Married	10 March 1863	St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	H.S.H. Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes (Württemberg), of Teck,   b. 26 May 1867, Kensington Palace, London, England ,   d. 24 March 1953, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 85 years)
  Married	6 July 1893	Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, England   [1]
  Children	1. H.M. Edward VIII Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (Windsor), King of the United Kingdom,   b. 23 June 1894, White Lodge, Richmond Park, London, England ,   d. 28 May 1972, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France  (Age 77 years) + 2. H.M. George VI Albert Frederick Arthur George (Windsor), King of the United Kingdom,   b. 14 Dec. 1895, York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England ,   d. 6 Feb. 1952, Sandringham House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	4 April 2018
  Family ID	F100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Their Late Majesties King George V and Queen Mary by Lafayette bromide print, 1911 7 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. (189 mm x 140 mm) image size Purchased, 1986 Photographs Collection NPG Ax26488 https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw157283/King-George-V-Queen-Mary?

  
  

  Heraldry

  Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom (Variant 1) Quarterly, First and Fourth Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Second quarter Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland).

  
  

• Notes

  “GEORGE V ‘By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and of the Br Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,’ GEORGE FREDERICK ERNEST ALBERT (probably) WIPPER (but possibly WETTIN) later WINDSOR (to which changed 1917 on the advice of officials, the dominant influence among whom was Lord (1st and last Baron) Stamfordham (see 1931 edn), despite the existence of (a) the Earldom of Windsor as one of the subsidiary titles of the Marquess of Bute (qv) and (b) the Viscountcy of Windsor and (c) the Barony of Windsor, both subsidiary titles of the Earls of Plymouth (qv), whose family name had been Windsor till 1833, after which it became Windsor-Clive), previously of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha but from 1917 of the House of Windsor, KG (1884), KT (1893), KP (1897), GCMG (1901, Grand Master 1905), GCSI (1905), GCIE (1905), GCVO (1897), ISO (1893), PC (GB 1894, I 1897), Roy Victorian Chain 1902; b Marlborough House Pall Mall London SW1 3 June 1865 (bapt Windsor Castle 7 July 1865); s f 6 May 1910; RN: Cadet 1877, Midshipman 1880, Sub-Lt 1884, Lt 1885, Cdr 1891, Copt 1893, R-Adml 1901, V-Adml 1903, Adml 1907, Adml of the Fleet 1910, Adml Danish and Swedish Navies; Gen 1902, FM 1910, Personal ADC to TM QUEEN VICTORIA 1887–1901 and EDWARD VII 1901–10, Col-in-Ch: RM, Life Gds, RHG, 1st Roy Dragoons, 10th Roy Hus, Roy Regt Artillery, RE, Gren Gds, Coldstream Gds, Scots Gds, Irish Gds, Welsh Gds, KORR, King's Regt, Roy Fus, Norfolk Regt, Roy Welch Fus, Black Watch, KRRC, Queen's Own Cameron Hldrs, Roy Irish Fus, RTC, OTC, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeo, Norfolk Yeo, Suffolk Yeo, 108th Field Bde, 8th Bn Hants Regt, Manchester Regt, W African Frontier Force, KAR, RFC and RAF (Ch RAF 1919) and (in the IA) Skinner's Horse, 8th King George's Own Light Cav, 18th King Edward's Own Cav, 5th King Edward's Own Cav, 18th King Edward's Own Cav, 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse, 19th King George's Own Lancers, 21st King George's Own Centl India Horse, 1st Sappers and Miners, 11th Sikh Regt, 1st Madras Pioneers, 4th Bombay Grens, 10th Baluch Regt, 1st Gurkha Rifles, 2nd Gurkha Rifles, Capt-Gen and Hon Col HAC, Hon Col 3rd Bn W Yorks Regt, Roy Canadian Dragoons, 43rd Canadian Inf, Roy Malta Artillery, 8th (Zamora) Inf Regt Spain, Hon Memb HAC Massachusetts, FM Japanese Army; Bailiff Grand Cross OStJ, Kt: Golden Fleece Spain, St Andrew Russia, Elephant Denmark, Annunziata and Savoy Italy; Hon LLD: Cantab 1894, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, McGill, Laval, Toronto, Queen's Coll Kingston (Ontario) 1901, U of Wales 1902, London 1903, Glasgow 1907; Hon DCL Oxon 1897, DLitt Sheffield 1909, Chllr Cape U 1901 and U of Wales 1902, Bencher Lincoln's Inn 1892 (Treas 1903), Er Bro Trin Ho, Ld Warden Cinque Ports and Constable Dover Castle 1905–07, Hon FRCS, Patron RCM and RAM, Ranger Windsor Gt Pk 1917; m Chapel Royal St James's Palace 6 July 1893 his cousin HSH PRINCESS (VICTORIA) MARY (MAY) AUGUSTA LOUISA OLGA PAULINE CLAUDINE AGNES, LG (d 1953), only dau of HH THE DUKE OF TECK, GCB, GCVO, by HRH PRINCESS MARY ADELAIDE WILHELMINA ELIZABETH, yr dau of HRH 1st DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE (s of GEORGE III), and d Sandringham 20 Jan 1936, having had [issue].” [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Sovereign Families of Europe (Online), William Bortrick, https://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_UnitedKingdom.php. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, pages cxxxviii–cxxxix.