| Name |
Edward Wettin |
| Title |
King of England |
Relationship | with Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse
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| Birth |
9 Nov 1841 |
Buckingham Palace, St.James Park, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
King of England reigned 1901 to 1910 King of Denmark 1844 - 1925 |
| Stories and Notes |
3 sons and 3 Daugther |
| Stories and Notes |
He was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and known to his family as ‘Bertie’. As Prince of Wales he did not meet his parent’s expectations of duty and during his mother’s long reign devoted himself to being self-indulgent. He was likeable, sociable and outgoing but became known as a playboy interested in horse racing, shooting, eating, drinking and other men’s wives.
In 1863 he married Alexandra of Denmark and the marriage was a reasonably happy producing 6 children. Alexandra tolerated his succession of mistresses who included Lille Langtry (actress), Lady Churchill (mother of Winston Churchill), Sarah Bernhardt (actress) and Alice Keppel (great-grandmother of Camilla wife of Charles the current Prince of Wales). Having mistresses was at the time not uncommon amongst the aristocracy, but his mother despaired of him and kept him away from taking an active part in politics even after Albert's death and she was elderly and retired to Balmoral and Osborne. In 1871 Edward survived a serious illness of typhoid which had killed his father. His eldest son Albert who was engaged to Mary of Teck died of pneumonia.
Edward was well received abroad and as heir-apparent toured India in 1875. When he finally became King Edward VII on the death of his mother in 1901, he frequently made trips to Europe including France where he contributed to the Anglo-French ‘Entente Cordiale’ signed in 1904, to Russia and the Triple Entente between Britain, Russia and France which a few years later would play an important role in affairs on the outbreak of World War I. He supported reform of the army following the Boer War, and Admiral Fisher’s expansion of the Royal Navy including building the new Dreadnought battleships.
The Edwardian period was seen as golden age for the upper class in Europe and America, but society was changing – socialism, women suffragettes, the Labour party and trade unions were becoming powerful and the founding of Britain’s Welfare State. ‘We are all socialists now’ he is reported to have remarked. In an increasing democratic society Edward saw the importance of displaying the mystique of pomp and circumstance of the monarchy, and seeing and being seen by the people. A role he and his successors took to well. He died of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace in 1910 and was succeeded by his second son George V. |
| To Lady Kathleen |
15 x cousin 5 times removed |
| Death |
6 May 1910 |
Buckingham Palace, St.James Park, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
| Person ID |
I3340 |
Enchanted Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
6 Sep 2020 |
| Father |
Prince Of Saxe - Coburg - Gotha Albert Augustus Wettin, b. 26 Aug 1819, Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany d. 14 Dec 1861, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 42 years) |
| Mother |
Queen of England Victoria Hanover, b. 24 May 1819, Kensington Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom d. 22 Jan 1901, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, , England, United Kingdom (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Feb 1840 |
Chapel Royal, St.James Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
| Family ID |
F1822 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Princess of Denmark Alexandra Schleswig, b. 1 Dec 1844, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, , K d. 20 Nov 1925, Sandringham House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (Age 80 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Mar 1863 |
St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Children |
| + | 1. King of England George Windsor, V, b. 3 Jun 1865, Marlborough House, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom d. 20 Jan 1936, Sandringham House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (Age 70 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1823 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Mar 2012 |
1841 - 1910 (68 years)
