George Iv Hanover ^2,3

  General Notes:

[Europe_New.FTW] [royalfam.ged] George IV, who served as prince regent from 1811 to 1820 see Regencybefore succeeding his f ather, George III, to the throne, brought thestanding of the British monarchy lower than at a ny other time in itsmodern history. Born on Aug. 12, 1762, he consorted as a young man withhi s father's parliamentary opponents, including Charles James Fox. In1785 he illegally marrie d Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert. He subsequently deniedthe marriage in order to secure Parliament' s payment of his debts, and in1795 he married Princess Caroline of Brunswick, whom he later a ttemptedto divorce on his accession as king. Although long an ally of the Whigs,he declined t o bring them into power when he became regent, and he wasthereafter associated with deeply co nservative causes, especially themaintenance of official discrimination against Roman Catholi cs andProtestant dissenters. His personal profligacy and his treatment of QueenCaroline broug ht him great unpopularity. He spent extravagant sums on thearts. Some of the richest portion s of the royal collection and, aboveall, the Royal Pavilion at Brighton remain as monuments t o his culturalinterests. He died on June 26, 1830, and was succeeded by his brother,William I V.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Record Change, 24 Aug 2003. ^2,3

George married Maria Anne Fitzherbert in 1785 ².^,3 (Maria Anne Fitzherbert was born in 1756 in England,^2,3 died in 1837 in Brighton, Sussex, England ^2,3 and was buried in St John The Bapt, Brighton, England ^2,3.)

George next married Caroline Amelia Of Brunswick, daughter of Charles William Ferdinand Of Brunswick and Augusta Hanover, on 8 Apr 1795 in Chapel Royal, St James Palace, England, England ².^,3 (Caroline Amelia Of Brunswick was born in 1768 in London, London, England ^2,3 and died in 1821 ^2,3.)