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Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 \u2013 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.\n

The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed \"Bertie\", was related to royalty throughout Europe. He was Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. During his mother's reign, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863, and the couple had six children. As Prince of Wales, Edward travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular successes. Despite the approval of the public, his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother.\n

Edward inherited the throne upon his mother's death in 1901. He played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War of 1899\u20131902. He re-instituted traditional ceremonies as public displays and broadened the range of people with whom royalty socialised. He fostered good relations between Britain and other European countries, especially France, for which he was popularly called \"Peacemaker\", but his relationship with his nephew, German Emperor Wilhelm II, was poor. \n

The Edwardian era, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in technology and society, including steam turbine propulsion and the rise of socialism. Edward died in 1910 in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords. Edward was succeeded by his only surviving son, George V.\n

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Name	Birth	Death	Marriage/notes\n
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale	8 January 1864	14 January 1892 (aged 28)	engaged 1891, to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck\n
George V	3 June 1865	20 January 1936 (aged 70)	1893, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck; had issue including Edward VIII and George VI\n
Louise, Princess Royal	20 February 1867	4 January 1931 (aged 63)	1889, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife; had issue\n
Princess Victoria	6 July 1868	3 December 1935 (aged 67)	never married and without issue\n
Princess Maud	26 November 1869	20 November 1938 (aged 68)	1896, Prince Carl of Denmark (King of Norway as Haakon VII from 1905); had issue including Prince Alexander (later Olav V)\n
Prince Alexander John of Wales	6 April 1871	7 April 1871	born and died at Sandringham House\n

Regnal titles\n
Edward VII House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Cadet branch of the House of Wettin Born: 9 November 1841 Died: 6 May 1910\n
Preceded by Victoria \n	King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions Emperor of India 22 January 1901 \u2013 6 May 1910\n	Succeeded by George V \n
British royalty\n
Vacant Title last held by George (IV) \n	Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall Duke of Rothesay 1841\u20131901\n	Succeeded by George (V) \n
Military offices\n
Preceded by The Earl Beauchamp \n	Colonel of the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 1863\u20131901\n	Succeeded by Lord Ralph Drury Kerr \n
Masonic offices\n
Preceded by The Marquess of Ripon \n	Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England 1874\u20131901\n	Succeeded by The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn \n
Honorary titles\n
Vacant Title last held by The Prince Consort \n	Great Master of the Bath 1897\u20131901\n	Succeeded by The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn \n

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v t e British princes
The generations indicate descent from George I, who formalised the use of the titles prince and princess for members of the British royal family.
1st generation	\n King George II \n
2nd generation	\n Frederick, Prince of Wales \n Prince George William \n Prince William, Duke of Cumberland \n
3rd generation	\n King George III \n Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany \n Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh \n Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn \n Prince Frederick \n
4th generation	\n King George IV \n Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany \n King William IV \n Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn \n King Ernest Augustus of Hanover \n Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex \n Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge \n Prince Octavius \n Prince Alfred \n Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh \n
5th generation	\n Prince Albert¹ \n King George V of Hanover \n Prince George, Duke of Cambridge \n
6th generation	\n King Edward VII \n Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha \n Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn \n Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany \n Prince Ernest Augustus \n
7th generation	\n Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale \n King George V \n Prince Alexander John of Wales \n Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha \n Prince Arthur of Connaught \n Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha \n Prince George William of Hanover \n Prince Christian of Hanover \n Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick \n
8th generation	\n King Edward VIII \n King George VI \n Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester \n Prince George, Duke of Kent \n Prince John \n Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn \n Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha \n Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha \n Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover \n Prince George William of Hanover \n
9th generation	\n Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh² \n Prince William of Gloucester \n Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester \n Prince Edward, Duke of Kent \n Prince Michael of Kent \n
10th generation	\n King Charles III \n Prince Andrew, Duke of York \n Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh \n
11th generation	\n William, Prince of Wales \n Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex \n James Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of Wessex \n
12th generation	\n Prince George of Wales \n Prince Louis of Wales \n Prince Archie of Sussex \n
¹ Not a British prince by birth, but created Prince Consort. ² Not a British prince by birth, but created a Prince of the United Kingdom. Princes whose titles were removed and eligible people who do not use the title are shown in italics.

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8 December, 1841