William IV

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King of the United Kingdom human monarch

William IV was the King of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1837, known for overseeing significant reforms including the abolition of slavery in most of the British Empire and the passage of the Reform Act 1832.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of the United Kingdom → human → monarch →
burialPlace	St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle →
child	Charlotte, Princess Royal of Saxe-Meiningen (adopted/step through marriage context) →
coronationDate	1831-09-08 →
coronationPlace	Westminster Abbey, London →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1765-08-21 →
dateOfDeath	1837-06-20 →
era	Georgian era → early Victorian transition →
father	George III →
givenName	William →
house	House of Hanover →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryBranch	Royal Navy →
militaryRank	Admiral →
monarchOf	Kingdom of Hanover → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
mother	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz →
nickname	Sailor King →
notableEvent	Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 → Reform Act 1832 → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 →
notableWork	oversaw Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → oversaw passage of the Reform Act 1832 →
numberOfChildrenWithDorotheaJordan	10 →
occupation	monarch → naval officer →
partner	Dorothea Jordan →
placeOfBirth	Buckingham House, London →
placeOfDeath	Windsor Castle, Berkshire →
positionHeld	King of Hanover → King of the United Kingdom →
predecessor	George IV →
reignEnd	1837 →
reignStart	1830 →
religion	Church of England →
residence	Clarence House → St James's Palace → Windsor Castle →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn → George IV →
spouse	Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen NERFINISHED →
successor	Victoria →
successorAsKingOfHanover	Ernest Augustus →
title	Duke of Clarence and St Andrews → Earl of Munster →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → Charlotte, Princess Royal ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → George IV of the United Kingdom ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → Prince Alfred of Great Britain → Prince Octavius of Great Britain → Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom →	sibling
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey → Earl Grey → Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby → Robert Peel → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne →	monarchDuringTerm
Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover ("William IV of the United Kingdom as King of Hanover") → Coronation Ring → Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837) ("King William IV") →	usedBy
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → George III of the United Kingdom ("William IV of the United Kingdom") →	child
Reform Act 1832 → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 →	monarchAtEnactment
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → Lord High Admiral of England ("Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV)") →	notableHolder
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover ("William IV of the United Kingdom") → Queen Victoria →	predecessor
Buckingham House ("King William IV") →	clientDuringEnlargement
Coronation Ring →	commissionedBy
Coronation of William IV →	coronatedMonarch
House of Hanover ("William IV of the United Kingdom") →	hasMonarch
Coronation of William IV →	hasParticipant
Clarence House ("King William IV") →	laterKnownAs
Upper Canada →	monarchDuringExistence
Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh ("William IV of the United Kingdom") →	monarchDuringLifetime
William Huskisson →	monarchDuringService
Colin Campbell →	monarchServedUnder
Welf ("William IV of the United Kingdom") →	notableMember
House of Welf ("William IV of the United Kingdom") →	producedMonarch
Queen Adelaide ("King William IV") →	spouse
George IV of the United Kingdom ("William IV of the United Kingdom") →	successor
Queen Victoria →	uncle