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Edward VII

King of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures · Lived 1841 to 1910 · aged 68

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He waited longer than anyone: nearly 60 years as heir before becoming king at 59. His mother kept him from power, so he became the face of Edwardian leisure - the playboy prince who finally got the crown.

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1910Died6 May 19101901Albert MedalAwardKnight Grand Commander of the Order of the DannebrogAwardEmperor of IndiaOffice1901-1910Monarch of CanadaOffice1901-19101896Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian OrderAward1877Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAward1868Order of Charles XIIIAward1865Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathAward1858Knight of the GarterAward1841Lord High Steward of ScotlandOffice1841-1901Prince of WalesOffice1841-1901Born9 November 1841

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The Christening of the Prince of Wales in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 25 January 1842The Christening of the Prince of Wales in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 25 January 1842Portrait of Edward by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1846Portrait of Edward by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1846Edward and his entourage at Niagara Falls, 1860Edward and his entourage at Niagara Falls, 1860Edward in 1862Edward in 1862Edward and Alexandra on their wedding day, 1863Edward and Alexandra on their wedding day, 1863London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, by William Holman Hunt (1864)London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, by William Holman Hunt (1864)Edward (front left) in India, 1875-76Edward (front left) in India, 1875-76

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  1. I thought everyone must know that a short jacket is always worn with a silk hat at a private view in the morning.

    To his secretary, Frederick Ponsonby, after Ponsonby suggested going with Edward in a tailcoat. Reported in Philip Magnus, King Edward the, Own words

  2. William the Great needs to learn that he is living at the end of the nineteenth century and not in the Middle Ages.

    About his nephew, Wilhelm II of Germany. Reported in Philip Magnus, King Edward the Seventh (1964), ch. 11, p. 209, Own words

  3. We hear a great deal about the Eternal Father; but I am the only man afflicted with an Eternal Mother.

    Joke attributed to Edward when Prince of Wales. Reported in J. Saxon Mills, Sir Edward Cook, K.B.E.: A Biography (London: Constable & Co.,, Own words

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Awards

Albert Medal1901
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog1901
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order1896
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George1877
Order of Charles XIII1868
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath1865
Knight of the Garter1858
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Order of the Black Eagle
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of St. Andrew
Order of the Thistle
Order of St Patrick
Order of the Star of India
Order of the Indian Empire
Order of Saint John
Royal Order of the Seraphim
Order of the Elephant
Order of Saint Hubert
Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders
Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Golden Fleece
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Sash of the Three Orders
Order of the Royal House of Chakri
orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom
Legion of Honour
Order of the Bath
Order of the Chrysanthemum

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Albert Edward, called Bertie, was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His mother's mistrust kept him on the sidelines for decades, and he filled the time with ceremony and travel - a popular 1860 tour of North America, an 1875 visit to India, a reputation for pleasure that Victoria despised. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863; they had six children. When Victoria died in 1901, he inherited the throne at last. As Edward VII, he pushed for modernisation of the Home Fleet and Army after the Boer War, restored royal pageantry, and widened the circles royalty moved in. His diplomacy with France earned him the nickname "Peacemaker," though his nephew Kaiser Wilhelm II remained a problem. He died in 1910 during a constitutional fight over the House of Lords, succeeded by his son George V.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1841 to 1910 · aged 68

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