GEORGE VI
14 Dec 1895
3:05 AM WET
Sandringham, England
Source:As noted in the diary of George V
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 Placidus/Tropical |
| PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: |
| Medium height, dark hair. Weak legs, knock kneed, speech impediment (stammer). |
| PERSONALITY: |
| Shy, sensitive, melancholy, diffident, hesitant, a reserve of fortitude, high strung, easily rebuffed. He was slow as a child and subject to sudden outbursts of temper. |
| COMMENTS: |
| His mother was cold and indifferent to her children and his father was an harsh disciplinarian who was fanatically punctual. He was not well prepared to be king as second in line to the throne, so it was a shock to him when his brother abdicated.
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| TIMELINE: |
| Aug 1909 | Whooping cough |
| Feb 1911 | Measles |
| Aug 1914 | Appendicitis |
| 1917 | Duodenal ulcer |
| 26 Apr 1923 | Marriage to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
| 12 May 1937 | Succeeded the throne after the abdication of EDWARD VIII |
| 12 Mar 1949 | Artereosclerosis operation |
| 23 Sep 1951 | Cancer operation |
| 6 Feb 1952 | Died of Lung cancer and coronary thrombosis |
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| FAMILY
GEORGE V == Mary of Teck
|_____EDWARD VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Prince of Wales)
|_____GEORGE VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York) == Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
|_____ELIZABETH II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary)
|_____Margaret Rose, Countess of Snowdon == Anthony Armstrong-Jones
|_____Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, The Princess Royal
|_____Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester
|_____George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent
|_____John Charles Francis
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