King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
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He waited sixty-four years for a crown no one expected him to wear, outlasted by scandal and ten illegitimate children, then ruled just long enough to abolish slavery and reshape Parliament before dying without an heir—handing Britain to a teenage niece named Victoria.
William Henry was George III's third son, a royal spare who went to sea and earned the nickname "Sailor King" during years in the Caribbean and British North America. Created Duke of Clarence in 1789, he spent two decades living openly with actress Dorothea Jordan, fathering ten children outside marriage before she left in 1811. He married Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen in 1818, served as Lord High Admiral in 1827, and inherited the throne in 1830 when both elder brothers died without legitimate issue. His seven-year reign pushed through the Reform Act of 1832, abolished slavery across ne…
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I trust in God that my life may be spared for nine months longer, after which period, in the event of my death, no Regency would take place.
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