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King George VI

British royalty, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936-52), Emperor of India (1936-47), King of Ireland (1936-49), Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney (1920-1936). He ascended to the British Throne after his brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated in the face of opposition to his proposed marriage to American divorcée Wallis Simpson.


Biographical fast facts

Full or original name at birth: Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor

Date, time and place of birth: December 14, 1895, at 3:05 a.m., York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England

Date, place and cause of death: February 6, 1952, Sandringham House, Norfolk, England (Coronary thrombosis/Lung cancer)

Marriage
Wife: Queen Elizabeth (m. April 26, 1923 - February 6, 1952) (his death)
Wedding took place at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

Children
Daughters: Queen Elizabeth II (b. April 21, 1926, at 2:40 a.m., at 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, England)
Princess Margaret (b. August 21, 1930, at 9:22 p.m., Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland - d. February 9, 2002, at 6:30 a.m., at King Edward VII Hospital, London, England, of a stroke/heart ailment)

Parents
Father: King George V
Mother: Queen Mary

Burial site: St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, England




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