House / Group: Windsor (see note 1)
Born / died: 1865-1936
Reign: 1919-1936
Born / died: 1865-1936
Reign: 1919-1936
The eldest surviving son of Edward VII (elder Albert died before his father)
Married Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (who had previously been engaged to his brother Albert) in 1893 and had 6 children (Edward (VIII)], Albert (who became George VI), Mary, Henry, George, John)
Buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Married Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (who had previously been engaged to his brother Albert) in 1893 and had 6 children (Edward (VIII)], Albert (who became George VI), Mary, Henry, George, John)
Buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Note 1: The change of House name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor was made in 1917, during the First World War, in the reign of George V, because the former was considered too Germanic.
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