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George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 \u2013 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.\n

George was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Victoria, as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). He was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until his elder brother's unexpected death in January 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. The next year George married his brother's former fianc\u00e9e, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, and they had six children. When Queen Victoria died in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became king-emperor on his father's death in 1910.\n

George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape of the British Empire, which itself reached its territorial peak by the beginning of the 1920s. The Parliament Act 1911 established the supremacy of the elected British House of Commons over the unelected House of Lords. As a result of the First World War (1914\u20131918), the empires of his first cousins Nicholas II of Russia and Wilhelm II of Germany fell, while the British Empire expanded to its greatest effective extent. In 1917, George became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German public sentiment. He appointed the first Labour ministry in 1924, and the 1931 Statute of Westminster recognised the Empire's Dominions as separate, independent states within the British Commonwealth of Nations.\n

George suffered from smoking-related health problems during his later reign. On his death in January 1936, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII. Edward abdicated in December of that year and was succeeded by his younger brother Albert, who took the regnal name George VI.\n

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Name\n	Birth\n	Death\n	Marriage\n	Their children\n
Date\n	Spouse\n
Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor)\n	(1894-06-23)23 June 1894\n	28 May 1972(1972-05-28) (aged 77)\n	3 June 1937\n	Wallis Simpson\n	None\n
George VI\n	(1895-12-14)14 December 1895\n	6 February 1952(1952-02-06) (aged 56)\n	26 April 1923\n	Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon\n	Elizabeth II\n
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon\n
Mary, Princess Royal\n	(1897-04-25)25 April 1897\n	28 March 1965(1965-03-28) (aged 67)\n	28 February 1922\n	Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood\n	George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood\n
The Hon. Gerald Lascelles\n
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester\n	(1900-03-31)31 March 1900\n	10 June 1974(1974-06-10) (aged 74)\n	6 November 1935\n	Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott\n	Prince William of Gloucester\n
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester\n
Prince George, Duke of Kent\n	(1902-12-20)20 December 1902\n	25 August 1942(1942-08-25) (aged 39)\n	29 November 1934\n	Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark\n	Prince Edward, Duke of Kent\n
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy\n
Prince Michael of Kent\n
Prince John\n	(1905-07-12)12 July 1905\n	18 January 1919(1919-01-18) (aged 13)\n	None\n	None\n

Regnal titles\n
George V House of Windsor Cadet branch of the House of Wettin Born: 3 June 1865 Died: 20 January 1936\n
Preceded by Edward VII \n	King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions Emperor of India 6 May 1910 \u2013 20 January 1936\n	Succeeded by Edward VIII \n
British royalty\n
Preceded by Albert Edward \n	Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall Duke of Rothesay 1901\u20131910\n	Succeeded by Edward (VIII) \n
Honorary titles\n
Preceded by The Duke of Cambridge \n	Grand Master of the Order of St Michael and St George 1905\u20131910\n	Vacant Title next held by The Prince of Wales \n
Preceded by The Lord Curzon of Kedleston \n	Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1905\u20131907\n	Succeeded by The Earl Brassey \n

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